lol Flashcards
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broadly speaking, in the big picture
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en gros
2
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spread, extend, expand on
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s’étendre
his dreads spread out as he expands on philosphy
3
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high pressure washer
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karcher
kreacher uses a high pressure washer to wash house
4
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landmark, point of reference
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la repère
I replied that the giant pear is the point of reference/landmark around here
5
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even
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pair
6
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afflict someone with something
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affliger qqn de qqch
7
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curfew
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le couvre-feux
8
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tracksuit
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survêtement
you put on a tracksuit on your clothes
9
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clothing (adj)
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vestimentaire
10
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passion, enthusiasm, infatuation
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le engouement
have someone in your tastes
11
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small miff, humiliation
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la microvexation
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conduct, manner, method
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le procédé
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sucker, taken in
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le dupe
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fade
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s’effacer
15
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serve your sentenec
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purger sa peine
serve your pain in purgatory
16
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big shot, boss, whiz kid
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le caïd
said is a crap big shot
17
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imprisonment
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l’enfermement
18
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undertake, begin doing
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entreprendre
the entrepeneur undertakes a purge of his company
19
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lucky charm
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porte-bonheur
20
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maggot, worm
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le ver
maggot in your glass
21
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borrow smth
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emprunter qqch a qqn
em borrow a prune a moi
22
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loan smth
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prêter qqch a qqn
loan a priest a moi
23
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notice, identify, label
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repérer
i notice that you were repairing the label - why?
24
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who has lost their bearings
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prive de repère
deprived of the landmark of the giant pear
25
g hand in hand with
aller de pair avec
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without equal, unparalleled
hors pair
27
distress, upset
affliger
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the damage is done
le ver est dans le fruit
| the worm is in the fruit
29
bare-naked
nu comme ver
| worm doing a naked striptease
30
shoe (a horse), hook, snare
ferrer
31
blacksmith
forgeron
32
as the crow flies (straight)
a vol d'oiseau
33
bereavement
le deuil
| he saw a death and ojknyv
34
mourn or someone
faire le deuil de
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younger (old-fashioned)
puîné
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butcher, cork
le boucher
| ebonie boucher is a butcher, put a cork in her
37
daring, reckless, foolhardy
téméraire
| foolhardy mothers are rare
38
impassable, insurmountable
infranchissable
| this french learning is insurmountable
39
most of all, above all
par-dessus tout
| dr seuss values pairs of words above all
40
living
en vie
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devour, gobble up
engouffrer
| this goof gobbled himself up
42
dive into, rush into
s'engouffrer
| goof rushed into his freres arms
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put on fire
mettre en feu
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care for
tenir a qqn
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set ablaze
embraser
| i could kiss you fro setting that house ablaze
46
dwarf
nain
| nein, i am no dwarf, said hitler
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twist, wriggle, get in a muddle
tortiller
| mouse wriggling arround in my tortilla,in a muddle
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a big fucking
un putain de gros
49
pour, shed
verser
| shedding tears over this poet's verses about pouring wine
50
bribe
verser des pots des vins
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bribe
verser un sous-de-table a qqn
52
reach, get as far as
parvenir
53
what does it look like
a quoi ca rassemble
54
put-downs
vanne
| put someone down over a having a ot fancy vanna
55
comeback
la repartie
| yeah, well you repair cars for a living, i got to parties
56
manage, figure out
demerder
57
draw (water), collect, obtain
puiser
| je puis draw water to collect gold
58
scheming, skulduggery
la magouille
| marge scheming to put a grenouille in homer's bed
59
shovel, snog, a fall (inf)
la pelle
| pele shoveling dirt, snogged by a fan and alls down
60
adopt a populist stance
faire la demagogie
61
disperse, clear, distract
dissiper
| distract the guard by sipping a cocktail suggestively, while we disperse the others
62
defy smth
se jouer de qqch
| I defy the rules of this game, bit others
63
overloaded, overwhelmed
surcharge
| this computer is running out of charge because its overhwhelmed
64
worthless, crummy, lousy
a deux balles
65
eat away at, wear down, undermine
miner
| this minig job is eating away at the rock and wearing it down, undermining nature
66
french education department
le BEF
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gun
flingue
| fling guns at you instead of shooting them
68
mad, crazy
cingle
| he's single because he's crazy
69
draw on one's resources
puiser dans ses ressources
| i can draw on my resources
70
work yourself to death, put great effort into
s'echiner
| work like a dog to do chin plastic surgery
71
erase, reduce
gammer
| erase all the colour gammes of the world
72
flagship, pioneer authority
phare
| the pharo's lighthous is a pioneer construction
73
last year of nurser school (5-6 years)
la grande section
| a large section of children are in their last year of nursery school
74
base, pedestal
la socle
| there's a key inside the sock on the pedestal in the temple
75
seized, caught
saisi
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revolt
la fronde
| have a revolt at the front because the waves are too large to sail over
77
be in somebody's cross-hairs
etre dans le collimateur de qqn
| be in the same regard as the mature glue in somebody's cupboard - to be taken out
78
dwell, reside, remain, stay
demeurer
| when we're dead, we reside in cofinns and stay there
79
develop, finalize
mettre au point
| developing a points system for my students, to put them on their pointe shoes faster
80
sit (hold a post)
sieger
| he sat at thje post of commander during the siege, and as they sieged they proclaimed it was won
81
to exasperate
horripiler
| this horrible pile of un-ironed clothes exasperates me
82
nonsense, folly
la baliverne
| going to bali to read jules verne is nonsense
83
partner in crime
compere
| he's my partner in cimr,e like a father
84
strive to do smth, make a point of
se faire fort de faire qqch
| i strived to makea fort, to make a point of being a pirate
85
assumption, premise
le postulat
| you just assume the post only takes those who failed the umat
86
thrash, beat, denounce
fustiger
| first, i beat this tiger, then i denounced him as being like faust
87
stride
la foulee
| stride out of the crowd, i'm no fool
88
support, back up
étayer
| i'll support whoever slays eta etat where they say yerr
89
all the more so
a fortiori
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to scheme
magouiller
| marge scheming to put a frog in homer's bed
91
dime a dozen, by the dozen
a la pelle
| those peles are a dime a dozen
92
clear up a misunderstanding
dissiper un malentendu
93
be decided
se jouer
| this game will be decided by one player - penalty shooter
94
it's up to you
a vous de jouer
95
shop around
faire jouer la concurrence
| make the concurencija play for you; shopping around for a wedding band
96
pull strings
faire jouer ses relations
| make your relatives play their networks to get you a job
97
turn misfortune into advantage
jouer a qui perd gagne
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try to outwit
jouer au plus fin
| try to outwit partner by playing with thinner cards and throwing two down at a time
99
be a party pooper
jouer les trouble-fête
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widen the gap
creuser le fosse
| drinking cruisers widens the gap between those who tell the truth and those who are fausse
101
not look good, much
ne pas payer de mine
| i wouldnt pay for this mine, it doesn't look much
102
gun down (fam)
flinguer
103
whip, sting (with words)
cingler
| you're single because your words sting people
104
set thinking, arouse suspiciouns
mettre la puce a l'oreille
| having a flea in your ear should have aroused suspiciouns about the state of your ahir
105
see the glus half full
voir la verre a moitie plein plutôt qu'a moitie vide
106
hitch, snag, hiccup
un hic
107
grinding
la trituration
| grinding your teeth at the treat your were rationed
108
slant, tilt, lean, beat around the bush
biaiser
| beat around the bush because you're biased to the conclusion
109
infant care home
la pouponniere
| lots of dolls for the kids to play with in ther
110
be widely talked about
defraire la chronique
| so many stories about you that they fray the pages of theDaily Chronic
111
outline
brosser a grand traits
| briefly outline the big traitors of this operation - the ones who brush their teeeth
112
IQ
QI
113
be quick off the mark
demarrer/partir au quart de tour
| the ballet dancer was a quarter of the way through the turn when she flew off
114
get things straight
mettre les choses au point
| we have to get things straight about how sharp this knife point should be so it can stab things
115
insight
le eclaircissement
| the lighting gave me some insight into what a sissy he was
116
contradict
nier qqch
117
take the word
prendre la parole
118
give out, put forward (opinion)
émettre
| I put forward the opinion that the emissions we are giving out are uncacceptable
119
carry a judgement on smth
porter un jugement sur
120
express yourself, show
exterioser
121
to such an extent
a ce point
122
although (+subj), whatever
quoique
123
tease
agacer
| Agnes teases me about being a gay sermon preacher
124
stammering, early stages, infancy
le balbultiement
| in the infancy of the light bulb, the moment it lit up all they could do was stammer
125
have the experience of
faire l'experience de
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stray, divert, wander
dévier
127
enclosed
clos
128
define (an idea)
délimiter
(put some limits on your thesis idea, it's undefined0
129
in bold print
en caractere gros
| gross characters type in bold print
130
pronto
illico
| write the illiad, with a company i can do it pronto
131
namely that
a savoir que
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while you're at it
dans la foulee
| while you're in the foule, can you pickpocket some people
133
smell a rat, something is afoot
sentir qu'il y a anguille sous roche
I feel the eel under the rock!
134
behind closed doors
a huis clos
| behind eight closed doors, they scheme
135
in a vacuum, cocooned
en vase clos
| we do not exist in a vase, cocconed from the world
136
Harm, adversary affect
Porter atteint à
| the porter's use of a bag tainted with cyanide harmed his reputation
137
to provide someone with
nantir qqn de
| Nancy wake provided the soldiers with bullets with which to tire
138
Whirlwind, turbulence, whirl
le tourbillon
| Whirlwind picked up the tour d'effel with all the billionaires inside
139
Hunt down, pursue; battle (lit)
pourchasser
| Poor chaser are bring hunted down by the conservatives
140
Shopping bag, basket
le cabas
| put a cab and a bass guitar in you basket and go off to the market
141
Puppet, inconsequential (adj)
Fantoche
| The fan'a lighting of a puppet on fire with a torch was inconsequential to the concert
142
denunciation, informing
la délation
| there was a delay for being denounced for not engaging in ablation of hair
143
postbox
la boîte aux lettres
144
Crate, chamber
la caisson
| Hey son let's sleep in this crate with the guitar cases
145
Rubber
le caoutchouc
| the chook gets a good workout trying to peck rubber apart
146
Ease, dull, alleviate
atténuer
| attend to you to ease your pain
147
deprivation, barrenness, destitution
le dénuement
| I was deprived of my clothes and destitute in my nue moment
148
Put forward (excuse, pretext), claim
alléguer
149
Be struck by lightning; devastate, hit hard
Foudroyer
| Rover was out looking for food and got struck by lightning
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glare at
foudroyer du regard
