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N 1 Flashcards

1
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unspeakable, unutterable, untold

A

indicible

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2
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to leave without saying goodbye, to slip away

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filer à l’anglaise

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3
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a small bottle/flask for expensive liquids like perfume

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un flacon

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4
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tempting, enticing

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alléchant

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5
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to take over, to take it from here

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prendre le relais

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6
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a goose

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un oie

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7
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an armrest

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un accoudoir

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8
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a wart

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une verrue

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9
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noise, racket, ruckus (besides un grabuge)

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un boucan

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10
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little boy/girl, little one

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petiot(e)

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11
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to envy

A

envier

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12
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rounded (adj)

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arrondi

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13
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livestock breeding

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l’élevage

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14
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to fight

A

se bagarrer

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15
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whimsical, ludicrous, absurd

A

saugrenu

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16
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nestled, cuddled, curled up

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blotti

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17
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a quilt, comforter (literary)

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un édredon

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18
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juicy

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juteux -euse

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19
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a den or lair

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un antre

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20
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eroded, crumbled

A

effrité

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21
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a setting, a ring box, a case

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un écrin

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22
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a spool, coil, or reel

A

une bobine

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23
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lapsed, null and void

A

caduc

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24
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a tyrant

A

un tyran

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25
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pained, saddened

A

peiné

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26
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to suffer (besides souffrir et subir)

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pâtir

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27
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toothless

A

édenté

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28
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harmful, detrimental, damaging

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nuisible

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29
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to ogle

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lorgner

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30
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a grudge

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une rancune

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31
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a goldsmith or silversmith

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un orfèvre

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32
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a truce

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une trêve

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33
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swollen (besides gonflé/enflé)

A

tuméfié

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34
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a canopy over a bed or thrown

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un baldaquin

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35
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as is, as such

A

tel quel

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36
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a tarp

A

une bâche

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37
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to take hostage

A

prendre en otage

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38
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a kitty or pussycat

A

une minette

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39
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pussy (nsfw)

A

la chatte, le minou

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40
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cheap wine (besides pinard)

A

la piquette

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41
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a “fire sale” or sidewalk sale

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une braderie

42
Q

stocky or broad-backed

A

râblé

43
Q

not perfect / room for improvement

A

perfectible

44
Q

a confession

A

un aveu(x)

45
Q

a keg or barrel (besides tonneau)

A

un baril

46
Q

to be lying (on the ground, in bed, etc)

A

gésir

47
Q

grieving, in mourning

A

en deuil

48
Q

noxious, harmful

A

nocif -ive

49
Q

to “hit the sack)

A

aller au plumard

50
Q

soot

A

la suie

51
Q

to get out of control, to go badly

A

partir en sucette (f) (lollipop)

52
Q

stiff, achy (muscles)

A

courbaturé

53
Q

to swing by, to drop by

A

faire un saut

54
Q

a slide (like for ppt or projectors)

A

une diapositive

55
Q

zany, wacky, oddball

A

farfelu

56
Q

to smash, shatter, bash-in

A

fracasser

57
Q

to cross your eyes

A

loucher

58
Q

to be homesick

A

avoir le mal du pays

59
Q

a corpse

A

une dépouille

60
Q

unannounced / unexpected (like a visit)

A

inopiné

61
Q

to “do the trick”

A

faire l’affaire

62
Q

a moral dilemma

A

un cas de conscience

63
Q

a killer smile

A

un sourire ravageur

64
Q

to conceal

A

dissimuler

65
Q

to put in gear (car)

A

embrayer

66
Q

a pollster

A

un sondeur

67
Q

a tall tale

A

une galéjade

68
Q

to stroll, mosey, walk around

A

déambuler

69
Q

a stag / buck

A

un cerf

70
Q

a female deer

A

un daim

71
Q

pale-ish

A

pâlichon

72
Q

to be deemed or considered sthg

A

être réputé

73
Q

to tweak or fine tune

A

fignoler

74
Q

from beyond the grave

A

d’outre-tombe

75
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where appropriate, if need be

A

le cas échéant

76
Q

a loophole

A

une échappatoire

77
Q

hairiness

A

la pilosité

78
Q

the edge, border, selvedge

A

la lisière

79
Q

to frolic

A

gambader

80
Q

chick, sweetie/honey

A

un poussin

81
Q

a raid or roundup

A

une rafle

82
Q

to snuggle up or cuddle up

A

se blottir

83
Q

to stem, curb, or curtail

A

endiguer

84
Q

hateful, heinous, loathsome

A

haïssable

85
Q

a deckchair or sun lounger

A

un transat

86
Q

an underling or minion

A

un sous-fifre

87
Q

to sip

A

siroter

88
Q

wild game, venison

A

le gibier

89
Q

blowgun / peashooter

A

une sarbacane

90
Q

an ember or hot coal

A

une braise

91
Q

malevolent, evil, wicked

A

maléfique

92
Q

to embrace

A

s’étreindre

93
Q

to derive, to drift off/away, to divert

A

dériver

94
Q

to sneak, to slip through, to squeeze/crawl

A

se faufiler

95
Q

to play pranks/tricks

A

jouer des tours

96
Q

to hover or glide

A

planer

97
Q

weighed down, weighted

A

lesté

98
Q

to daydream

A

rêvasser

99
Q

He was high (on life) / happy

A

il planait

100
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a wreck, wreckage, shipwreck

A

une épave

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