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Le Monde 4 Flashcards

1
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Death row

A

Le couloir de la mort

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2
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Mushy, soppy

Tear-jerker

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Mièvre adj

Bland, insipid

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3
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Leave for good

A

Quitter pour le bon

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4
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Volume(book)

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Tome m

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5
Q

Hoax fraud swindle

Scam con rip off

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Arnaque f

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Worrying, concerning

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Préoccupant

Absorbing, preoccupying

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7
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Crackle, patter (rain), sizzle (oil)

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Crépiter

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8
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Under-growth

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Sous-bois m

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9
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Fugitive, deserter

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Fuyard

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10
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Surrounding area, outskirts

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Abords mpl

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11
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Death penalty

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La peine de mort

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12
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Tuft of hair

Tussock, clump

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Touffe f

Pubes sl

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13
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Omen

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Augure m
And fortune teller
De bon augure a gd omen for

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14
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Down to earth

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(Etre) terre à terre

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15
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Inappropriate, ill chosen

Unwelcome. Annoying. Awkward

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Importun adj

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16
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21st birthday

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Vingt et unième anniversaire

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17
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Recall, look back on, remember

Reminisce, relive

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Remémorer

Se remémorer

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18
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Snapshot, shot, picture

A

Cliché m

And cliché

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19
Q

Hit strike
Crack down clamp down
Put yr foot down come down hard on sb

A

Sévir

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20
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Squirt, jet n

A

Giclée f

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21
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Charcoal sketch, drawing

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Fusain m

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22
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Publication

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Parution f
Date de … Release date
Parution d’un article publ of an article

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23
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Coast guard

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Les garde-côtes

24
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Smooch, kiss

A

Bécoter

25
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Stiff ( slang noun)

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Macchabée

26
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Ogle v

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Reluquer

27
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Slang: arse, tits, boobs

Big round loaf

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Miches f pl

28
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Scarper, bolt, run off, scurry away

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Détaler

29
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Hiding, spanking, beating, trashing

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Raclée f

Notre équipe a pris une raclée dimanche dernier

30
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Bless v

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Bėnir

31
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Silhouette

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Ombre chinoise f

Nfpl shadow puppet show

32
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Flock (bird), swarm, flock, throng (people)

Cloud

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Nuée f

33
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Retreat, hideaway

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Tanière f

34
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Bigwig, VIP

A

Huile f

Oil

35
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Harvest (grapes)

Crop of grapes

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Vendange f

36
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Logo, emblem

Sign

A

Enseigne f

37
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Mocking jeering adj

A

Goguenard

38
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Sticker

A

Autocollant m
Bumper sticker
Self-adhesive

39
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Lose control

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Perdre pied

40
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Head-over-heals

Madly, to distraction, hopelessly

A

Éperdument

41
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Deteriorate

A

Décompenser

42
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Be dumbfounded, gob smacked, flabbergasted

A

Tomber des nues
Nues nfpl heavens, skies,mclouds
Combat á mains nues hand to hand combat

43
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Beat, thrash, give sb a good hiding

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Rosser

44
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Be in the way, take up too much space, be a nuisance

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Encombrer
Impede, block
S’encombrer de qqc hoard, clutter yr home with sth

45
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Old knick knacks

A

Vieilleries

46
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Not run smoothly

Have a screw loose

A

Be pas tourner rond

47
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Go through a red light

A

Brûler un feu, brûler un stop

48
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Breatalizer

A

Contrôle éthylométrique m

49
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Back ßeat (car)

A

Banquette arrière

50
Q

Procrastinate
Play for time
Um and ah

A

Tergiverser

51
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Play for time

A

Jouer la montre

52
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Hurtle, burst into view

Turn up, drop by, pop by

A

Débouler

53
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Straight

A

Rectiligne

La route était …

54
Q

Gun, pistol

A

Flingue m
Flinguer qqn to shoot sb
Flinguer qqc shoot down in flames, shoot full of holes

55
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Challenge n

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Défi m
Challenge sb to do st mettre qqn au défi de faire qqc
Out of defiance par défi
Rise to a ch relever un défi

56
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Globalisation

A

Mondialisation f

And globalisation

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