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Le Circle des 17 tomb 1b Flashcards

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guilleret(te)

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sprightly, lively, smart

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la réglisse

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licorice

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le rouleau

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roll; rolling-pin; coil; scroll

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au bout de son rouleau

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at one’s wits end

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le gabarit

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model, template, gauge

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la gâche

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staple

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couiner

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pousser de petits cris; pleurer
to whimper

Syn: piailler, grincer

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blottir

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to huddle

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dare-dare

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promptement = en toute hâte, précipitamment, vite
Accourir dare-dare

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obséder

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to obsess, to beset; to importune

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rondouillard

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qui a de l’embonpoint - who is overweight
= grassouillet; rond; rondelet

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un embonpoint

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stoutness, plumpness

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une décapotable

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qui peut être décapoté
- which can be opened
a convertible

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voiture décapotable

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convertible

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le caïd

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personnage très important dans son milieu
(fam) = manitou, pointe

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coquard

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black-eye

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le plafonnier

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ceiling-light

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signet

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bookmark

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marqueur de livre

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book marker

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mordiller

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to nibble

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faites-moi-chier

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piss me off

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frimer

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chercher à se faire remarquer
to show off

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un émule

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emulator; rival, competitor

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la barrière

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barrier, obstacle, turnpike, gate

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déglutition

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swallowing

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embrouiller

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to tangle up; to embroil, to mix up, to meddle, to confuse

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avouer

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to admit

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pris un râteau

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got shot down (for a date)

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une anguille

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eel

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vanner

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to winnow, (to blow something away until you get what you want )
separating grain from chaf 

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l’ai-je vanné

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did I winnow it

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éphèbe

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dans la Grèce antique: jeune garçon
Syn: adonis

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tu m’as roulé

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you tricked me

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la tare

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defect, blemish, taint

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prenant(e)

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engaging, captivating

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une sarbacane

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fait des pompes

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does push-ups

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fente

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crack, fissure, split, slit, gap

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les borborygmes

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bruit produit par le déplacement des gaz dans l’intestin ou l’estomac
syn: gargouillement

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la trouille

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pop: funk; (usa) scare

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le chevrotement

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chevroter

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to kid, to bleat, to quiver, to tremble

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fagoté(e)

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dowdy, frompish (fam)

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articulations

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navré

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heart-broken; grieved; sorry

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le fiston

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(fam): fils

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flippante

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creepy, scary

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le calvaire

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calvary; wayside cross; cross

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buter

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to abut, to butt, to knock against, to trip, (pop) to bono off

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flancher

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to flinch, to give in, to break down (auto)

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une fugue

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le jeu en valait la chandelle

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the game was worth the candle

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Il s’est mis à faire les cent pas

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he started pacing back and forth

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pencher

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to tilt, to slope, to incline, to bend, to lean

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ça m’a mis en rogne

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It pissed me off

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raclure

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scrapings, scrapers

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nasillarde

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nasal, sniffling

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soufflé

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(fam): amazed, puffed (pâté)

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pétillante

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crackling, sparkling, fizzing (eau)

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claquer

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to smack; to clap (mains), to snap (doigts), to crackle (fouet), to slam (porte)

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le chiendent

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twitch; snag, rub (fam)

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brailler

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to bawl, to squall

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le goret

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young pig, piglet, (fig) dirty pig

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bousculer

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to jostle, to hustle, to upset, to knock over

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schlinguer

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(fam): puer;
ça schlingue, ici.

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un autrui

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others, other people

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le poulailler

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hen house, chicken-roost, poultry cart
gallery, cheap seats, (am) peanut gallery

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embrouiller

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to tangle up, to embroil; to mix up, to muddle, to confuse

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le flingue

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pistolet ou revolver

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cartonner

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to bind in boards, to put in stiff covers

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rallier

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to rally; to rejoin

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pioncer

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(fam) dormir; dormir profondément

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époustoufler

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fam: jeter (qqn) dans l’étonnement, la surprise admirative
Syn: épater, étonner

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le poirier

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il a fait le poirier sur le guidon

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he did a handstand on the handlebars

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trahir

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to betray, to deceive

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repérer

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to mark, to locate

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trifouiller

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to fumble about , to meddle with

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en titubant

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staggering

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tituber

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to stagger; to totter, (am) to weave

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le flou

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(noun) softness, haziness
(adj) soft; fluffy (cheveux)

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navré

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sorry, heartbroken

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un maton

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(fam); gardien de prison

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racheter

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to repurchase, to buy back, to redeem, to ransom, to compensate, to make up for, to atone for

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le cobaye

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guinea-pig

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le fretin

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entrave

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fetter; shackle; impediment

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apeuré

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scared, frightened, timid

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gouffre

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gulf, abyss, chasm

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