Legend tome 1b Flashcards

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la tenue

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  1. holding, running (of a meeting etc.)
  2. organizing, keeping
  3. conduct, manners
  4. bearing, posture
  5. clothes, dress, outfit
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tenue de livres

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bookkeeping

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tenue d’hiver

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winter clothing

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tenue militaire

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military dress, uniform

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tenue de soirée

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formal dress

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se raviser

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to change one’s mind

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la couette

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comforter, duvet

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couettes

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pigtails

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en batailler

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in disarray, disheveled

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la reprise

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  1. recapture
  2. resumption
  3. repeat, revival (in tv and movies)
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à maintes reprises

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on numerous occasions, repeatedly

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mielleux

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doucereux : sugary, saccharine

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la mie

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inside, soft part (of a loaf of bread)

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bimensuelle

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semi monthly, twice a month

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brasser

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  1. to mix, to toss, to shuffle

2. to brew (beer)

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avouer

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to admit, to confess, to own up

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17
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Quelle poisse!

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What bad luck!

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la paupière

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eye lid

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19
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rixe

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bagarre : brawl, fight

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givre

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frost

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Il est complètement givré

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(fam) : fou, ivre

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ébullition

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boil, boiling

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en état d’ébullition

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in a fever of excitement, in turmoil

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criard(e)

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  1. shrill

2. loud, garish

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un char
1. cart, wagon | 2. chariot
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char d’assaut
tank
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terne
1. fade: colorless, drab | 2. ennuyeux : dull, dreary
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délavé (e)
faded
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une fiole
vial
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un étui
case
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étui à lunettes
glasses case
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étui de révolver
holster
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la crosse
1. butt, grip (of a gun) | 2. stick, lacrosse stick
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crosse de hockey
hockey stick
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s’éloigner
to move away, to go away
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éloigner
1. écarter : to push aside, to move away | 2. détourner : to divert, to turn away
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dépouiller
1. to strip (off) 2. to dispossess, to despoil 3. to peruse, to scrutinize 4. to skin
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dépouiller le scrutin
to tally the votes
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nanti (e)
affluent, well-to-do
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en nage
dripping with sweat
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un essaim
swarm
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arracher
1. to uproot, to tear out | 2. to extract, to pull out
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s’arracher
to pull out, to pluck
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s’arracher les cheveux
to tear one’s hair out
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s’arracher de
to tear oneself away from
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le remblai
le talus : embankment, slope
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la berge
rive: bank (of a river etc.)
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la cannelle
cinnamon
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la varicelle
chicken pox
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crasseux (euse)
filthy, grimy
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crasse
filth, grime
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faire une crasse
to play a dirty trick
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agacer
énerver: to annoy, to irritate
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un prêteur
lender, money lender
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prêteur sur gages
pawnbroker
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éventrer
1. to disembowel 2. to gore 3. to tear open
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le talus
le remblai: embankment, slope
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une souche
1. stump (of a tree) 2. stock, descent 3. stub (of a check) 4. strain of a desease
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arguer
1. to deduce, to infer 2. ~de : to use as a pretext 3. ~que : to argue that, to protest that
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le nimbe
zone lumineuse qui entoure la tête des représentations de Dieu, des anges, des saints Syn: auréole
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la fronce
gather (of fabric)
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courbe
curve, bend
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éventrer
dans sa colère, il a éventré un oreiller : il l’a crevé, déchiré
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mendiante
beggar, mendicant
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ordurier
obscène :obscene, filthy
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une ordure
1. filth | 2. trash, garbage
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dépatouiller
(fam): se tirer d’une situation difficile, d’un mauvais pas. Laissez -le se dépatouiller tout seul
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branlant (e)
shaky, wobbly, unsteady
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froncer
1. to gather (frantic) | 2. to wrinkle, to pucker
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froncer les sourcils
to frown
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écarter
1. to spread, to open
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éloigner
to move aside, to push away
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gribouillir
to scribble, to doodle
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ébouriffer
1. to tousle, to ruffle | 2. (fam): to amaze, to stun
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pécule
économies : savings
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la dèche
(fam): manque d’argent, misère, pauvreté
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Être dans la dèche
sans le sou
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racler
to scrape (off), to scrape against
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s’appuyer
1. to rest, to lean | 2. to support, to back up
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s’appuyer sur
to push, to press
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étal
1. éventaire: stall in a market | 2. butcher’s block
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dépourvue de
lacking in, devoid of, without
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dépourvue au
by surprise
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la vitre
1. pane, window pane | 2. window (of a car, train etc.)
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vitre arrière
rear window
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racler
to scrape (off), to scrape against
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huppé (e)
1. tufted, crested | 2. (fam) posh, high-class
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la merise
wild cherry
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en merisier
cette commode est en merisier, le bois clair d’un cerisier sauvage.
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échafauder
1. to erect scaffolding 2. to stack, to pile up 3. to build up (plans, theories etc.)
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boutade
plaisanterie : joke, witticism
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rasade
le contenu d’un verre plein à ras bord
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moiré
syn: chatoyant : à reflets changeants : watery appearance
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étonner
to surprise, to astonish
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haché(e)
1. ground, chopped, minced | 2. jerky, disjointed
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bifteck haché
ground beef
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méfier
to be careful, to beware
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veiller
ne dormir pas, rester éveillé
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renfrogner
to scowl
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un recueil
collection, compilation
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calvitie
baldness