Le Circle Des 17 tomb 2c Flashcards

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la planque

A
  1. (fam) lien où l’on cache qqch ou qqn
    syn: cachette
  2. place abritée; peu exposée ; place où le travail est facile
    syn: combine, filon
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mater

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to checkmate; to subdue

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3
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trop croquante

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too crunchy

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4
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la sangle

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strap, band, belt, saddle-girth

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sangler

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to strap, to lace tightly

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le babouin

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singe à museau allongé et aux lèvres proéminentes

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le flou

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softness, haziness
(adj) soft, blurred, hazy, fuzzy, foggy

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moisissure

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mold, mildew

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la remorque

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towing, tow-line; trailer

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la supérette

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magasin d’alimentation imitant, en plus petit, les supermarchés

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blindé

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armored

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foirer

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to hang fire (fusée); to strip (vis); to flop (fam)

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couenne de porc

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pork bellies

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14
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crachoter

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to sputter

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renchérir

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to increase in price; to improve on

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16
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blouser

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(fam): tromper (qqn)

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déconner

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(fam): dire des absurdités; des conneries

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18
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baba

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(adj): flabbergasted, amazed

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19
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en rester baba

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to be dumb-founded

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20
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la baba

A

sponge-cake steeped in rum

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21
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un chausson

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slipper; apple turn-over (cuisine)

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22
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la cannelle

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cinnamon

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23
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un chausson à la cannelle

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cinnamon turn-over

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le grabuge

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(fam) row, rumpus

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le virage
curve (in a road)
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cramer
brûler légèrement syn: flamber
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ne fais pas ta chochotte
don’t be a sissy
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la chevrotine
buckshot
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tiquer
to tick, to twitch
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myrtille
blueberry
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la galère
galley
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amidonner
to starch
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le fourgon
wagon, van
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la fourgonnette
delivery van or truck
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la civière
stretcher
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fourvoyer
to lead astray
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se fourvoyer
to go astray
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les meneurs
the leaders
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abatter-moi
kill me ; shoot me
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un atèle
a brace
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la main-d’œuvre
the work force
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désœuvre(e)
idle, not productive
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le fumier
dung, manure
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le racloir
scraper
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endommager
to damage, to injure
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étanche
watertight, airtight
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étancher
to stanch, to stem (sang); to stop, to quench, to slack, to make watertight/airtight
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exténuer
to tire out; to wear out, to exhaust
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une poignée
a handful, a handle (porte), hilt (épée), grip (revolver)
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écrouler
to collapse; to fall in, to give way, to crumble, to break up, to come to nothing
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sous-fifres
underlings
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un fascicule
small bundle, part, section (publication)
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se ruer sur
to fling oneself at
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se ruer vers
to rush towards
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ambulant(e)
traveling, itinerant
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étroit(e)
adj: narrow 2. tight = étrigué 3. strict = rigoureus 4. close = intime
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une bâche
tarpaulin (tarp)
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dériver
détourner (des eaux)
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la lianes
plant grimpante des forêts tropicales, de la jungle (vines)
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le point de ralliement
rallying
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aiguillette (de poulet)
chicken strip
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le bobo
fam: boo-boo; scratch
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glousser
to cluck, to chuckle, to chortle
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la chenille
1. caterpillar 2. chenille (fabric)
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gifler
to slap
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roupiller
(fam) to snooze, to sleep
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la pagaille
1. (fam) mess, chaos 2. il y en a en pagaille - there are loads of them