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Legend tome 1c Flashcards

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une fougue

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ardor, spirit, passion

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panser

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  1. to groom (a horse)

2. to dress, to bandage

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la plaie

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  1. blessure: wound, cut, sore
  2. scourge, plague
  3. (fam) pest
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essorer

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to wring out, to spin dry

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proche

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near, nearby

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proche de

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  1. close to

2. near, imminent

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abattre

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to cut down, to slaughter, to kill

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les menottes

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handcuffs

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un apanage

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perogative

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attiser

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to stir up, to fuel

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attiser le feu

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to fan the flames

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fana

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frantic, freak

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la gâchette

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trigger

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la variole

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small pox

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magouille

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(fam) scheming, skulduggery

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combler

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  1. to fill in, to fill up

2. to fulfill, to satisfy

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égorger

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to cut the throat of

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songer

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to consider, to imagine

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avez-vous songé aux frais ?

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have you considered the cost?

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la louange

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praise

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21
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chanter ses louanges

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sing one’s praises

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rictus

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un grimace qui ressemble à un sourire

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narguer

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  1. to mock, to taunt

2. to flout (danger, etc)

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un aveu

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confession, admission

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passer aux aveux

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to confess

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huer

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to boo, to hoot

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huées

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boos

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avoir des renvois

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burp

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roter

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(fam): to burp

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le renvoi

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le rot: burp

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mouvoir

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pousser - to move, to prompt

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l’entretien

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  1. maintenance, upkeep

2. talk, discussion, interview

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gominer

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enduire ses cheveux de gomina, ou d’une pommade quelconque

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l’astre

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star

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surdoué

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extremely intelligent, gifted

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36
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agenouille

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kneeled down

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futée

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cunning, crafty

38
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recalés

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to fail a student

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emmerdement

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problem

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un émeutier

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rioter

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un grésillement

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  1. crackling (of a telephone, radio, etc.)

2. sizzling

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égrener les heures

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  1. to mark the hours
43
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égrener

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to shell (peas, etc), to seed (grain or fruit), to gin (cotton)

44
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égrener son chapelet

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to say one’s rosary

45
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les bidonville

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shantytown

46
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le judas

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petite ouverture faite dans une porte, pour voir de l’autre côté

47
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le cliché

A

negative (in photography)

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floue

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  1. blurred, fuzzy

2. vague, hazy (of ideas etc.)

49
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bâcler

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to rush through, to dash off

50
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travaille bâclé

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botched up work

51
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avachi

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  1. shapeless

2. limp, flabby

52
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agacer

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énerver: to annoy, to irritate

53
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saccadé

A

jerky, abrupt

54
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en quinte de toux

A

coughing fit

55
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la morsure

A

bite (of a dog, etc)

56
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ronger

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  1. to gnaw, to nibble
  2. to corrode
  3. to eat away at
57
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soulager

A

to relieve

58
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la boutade

A

plaisanterie : joke, witticism

59
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arrondir

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  1. to round, to make round
  2. to round off
  3. augment, to increase
60
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marécages

A

lieu inculte et humide ou s’étendent des marais

Syn: bourbeux : terrain marécageux

61
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déclencher

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  1. to release, to set off
  2. provoquer : to trigger, to prompt
  3. to launch, to begin
62
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élevage

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  1. breeding, raising

2. ranch, livestock farm

63
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l’élevage de chevaux

A

horse breeding

64
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le bétaillère

A

to fight

65
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émeutes

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soulèvement populaire, généralement spontané et non organisé
Syn: agitation, révolte, révolution

66
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une saillie

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  1. projection, protuberance, ledge
67
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longer

A
  1. to go along, to follow

2. to run alongside, to border

68
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brassard

A

au large ruban cendré qu’ils portent autour du bras

69
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cendreux

A

ashy, ashen, gray

70
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létal(e)

(pl) létaux

A

lethal

71
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un haut-le-cœur

A

retching, to gag

72
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toquer

A

to knock ,to rap

73
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toquer à la porte

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to knock on the door

74
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faucher

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  1. to mow, to cut
  2. to mow down, to knock down
  3. fam: to swipe, to pinch
75
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la dalle

A
  1. paving stone, flagstone

2. slab (of stone or concrete)

76
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foutoir

A

(fam et vulg) grand désordre

77
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plâtre

A

plaster, plaster cast

78
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pince

A
  1. pliers

2. tongs

79
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pince à épiler

A

tweezers

80
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la broutille

A

trifle

81
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survolté

A
  1. boosted ( of an electronic circuit

2. overexcited

82
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la sangle

A

strap, cinch

83
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toiser

A

to look (a person) up and down

84
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le ressac

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retour violent des vagues sur elles-mêmes, après un choc, lorsqu’elles ont frappé un obstacle

85
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le parvis

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square (in front of a church)

86
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la rigole

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trench, ditch, channel

87
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ferroviaire

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rail, railroad

88
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pluvieuse

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rainy, wet

89
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n’avoir que des emmerdements

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to reap be in the shit

90
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enduire

A

to coat, to cover

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