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maigret Flashcards

1
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affreux mensonge

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terrible lie

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2
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un amant

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a lover

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3
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diffamation

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defamation

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4
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pliée

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folded

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5
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je vous prie croire

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I beg you to believe

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6
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moitié

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half (la moitié de)

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7
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frotter

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to rub

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8
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s’accouder

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to lean

s’accouder à/contre/sur
exp.
to rest one’s elbows on/against/on

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rude

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[barbe, toile]   rough
   [métier, tâche]   hard, tough  
être mis à rude épreuve      to be severely tested  
   [climat]   harsh
   (=bourru)   harsh, rough
   (=fruste)   rugged
   (=solide)  
un rude gaillard      a strapping fellow  
un rude appétit      a healthy appetite
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10
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sommer qn de faire

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to command sb to do, to order sb to do

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mener

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to take (à, dans),

cela ne vous mènera à rien! that will get you nowhere!
(=diriger)
[+enquête] to conduct
[+affaires] to manage

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atteindre

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[+but, niveau] to reach
[projectile] to hit, to enter
(=émouvoir) to affect

atteindre l’orgasme

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amener

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to bring sb, to take a vehicle or route,
(=entraîner) to bring about
(=inciter)

(=baisser)
[+drapeau, voiles] to lower

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14
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osseux

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boney

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15
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hérité

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inherited

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16
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décrocher

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(=dépendre) to take down
[+contrat, poste, bac, médaille] to get
(fig) (=obtenir)
(=soulever le combiné) to pick up the phone

[avion, appareil] to stall

   (=renoncer)   
[élève, lycéen]   to drop out   
[coureur]   to drop out
     (ÉCONOMIE)   
[monnaie, titre, cours]   to lose ground
   *, ne plus prêter attention   to switch off
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17
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se décrocher

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[tableau, rideau] to fall down

18
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hausser

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[+niveau, barre] to raise
hausser le ton to raise one’s voice
hausser les épaules to shrug, to shrug one’s shoulders
se hausser sur la pointe des pieds to stand on tiptoe, to stand on tippy-toe (USA)

19
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reprendre

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[+prisonnier, ville] to recapture
[+objet prêté, donné] to take back
[+article usagé] to take back , (sous condition d’achat) to take in part exchange
[+firme, entreprise] to take over
(après une interruption)
[+travail, promenade] to resume
[+rôle, poste] to take up again
[+argument, idée] to take up, to use
[+article] to rework
[+jupe] to alter
[+émission, pièce] to put on again
[+chanson, refrain] to take up again
[+personne] (=corriger) to correct, to pick up
(=réprimander) to tell off

20
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priver, se priver

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to deprive

21
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se colleter

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se colleter à qch to grapple with sth
→ pour nous, le polar n’était pas une facilité d’écriture, mais un moyen de se colleter au réel
se colleter avec to wrestle with

22
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se coller

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to cling, stick or glue

23
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bouillant , e

A

boiling

24
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sourcils

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eyebrow

Sourcils broussailleux, épilés.
Froncer les sourcils.

25
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Froncer les sourcils.

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to frown

26
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Sourcils broussailleux, épilés.

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bushy eyebrows, plucked.

27
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lancer

A 
to throw, launch, chuck, or fire something
lancer de javelot
to curse:
lancer l'anathème contre
lancer des injures à quelqu'un
exp.
to hurl insults at somebody
28
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dans l’intérêt

A

in the interest

29
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dévouée

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devoted

30
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fiches dans le bureau

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records / files in the office

31
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inutile

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unnecessary

32
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écraser

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to crush, to run over, to overwrite

s’écraser : to crash,

figuratively intransitively : écrase-toi! , which is shut up!

33
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le poids

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wieght

34
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foule

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crowd

35
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fièvre

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fever

36
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pervers

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pervers
n.
pervert
[Med.]

pervers
adj.
perverse

pervers
adj.
perverted
[Med.]

perverse
adj.
perverse

perverse
adj.
perverted
[Med.]

perverse
n.
pervert
[Med.]

pervers sexuel
n.
sexual pervert

effet pervers
n.
pernicious effect
[Bus.]

des effets pervers
exp.
pernicious effects

37
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resigned

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résignée

38
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frightened

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effrayée

39
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betray

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trahir

40
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Negrel seemed somewhat embarrassed

A

Negrel a paru quelque peu embarrassé

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