Nancy Drew tomb 5 Flashcards

1
Q

emmurer

A

to wall in, to immure

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2
Q

objet de risée

A

laughing stock

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3
Q

souliers

A

shoes

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4
Q

découpage

A
  1. cutting up, carving
  2. cutout
  3. shooting script (of a film)
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5
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découpage électoral

A

districting

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6
Q

la reliure

A

binder, bookbinder

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7
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marotte

A

craze, fad

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8
Q

capoter

A
  1. chavirer: to capsize, to overturn

2. fam: to fall through, to come to nothing

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9
Q

un bémol

A

flat (in music)

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10
Q

une boulette

A
  1. pellet

2. fam: blunder

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11
Q

boulette de pâte

A

dumpling

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12
Q

boulette de viande

A

meatball

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13
Q

le brasier

A

blaze, inferno

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14
Q

le boîtier

A

the container something is enclosed in

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15
Q

mûre (adj)

A

middle age, ripe, mature

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16
Q

la mûre

A
  1. blackberry

2. mulberry

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17
Q

fauteuil à bascule

A

rocking chair

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18
Q

la trouille

A

fear, fright

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19
Q

prise de bec

A

squabble, spat

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20
Q

l’éboulis

A

heap of rocks or earth, debris

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21
Q

les pansements

A

dressings, bandages

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22
Q

les éperons

A

spurs

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23
Q

une arête

A
  1. fish bone

2. edge, ridge

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24
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l’arête du nez

A

the bridge of the nose

25
Q

le bouffon

A
  1. farcical, comical

2. clown, buffoon, jester

26
Q

le chiffon

A

rag, dust cloth

27
Q

une fillette

A

little girl

28
Q

la fougère

A

fern, bracken

29
Q

la bringue

A

binge, to go on a binge

30
Q

le heaume

A

helmet

31
Q

défaillance

A
  1. failure, fault

2. failing, weakness

32
Q

félon

A

disloyal, traitor

33
Q

les maçons

A
  1. brick layer, mason

2. builder

34
Q

un guerrier

A

warrior

35
Q

c’est muré

A

it’s walled in

36
Q

coffret

A

casket

37
Q

ce roquet

A
  1. yappy little dog

2. (person) bad-tempered little runt

38
Q

crème fouettée

A

whipped cream

39
Q

fouetter

A
  1. to whip, to slash

2. to whisk

40
Q

une écurie

A

a stable

41
Q

le larron

A

bandit, thief

42
Q

la margelle

A

edge, rim

43
Q

un puits

A

well (for water)

44
Q

la margelle du puits

A

edge of the well

45
Q

l’évêque

A

bishop

46
Q

une troup

A

the army, troup

47
Q

les convives

A

guests

48
Q

de cierges

A

candles in a church

49
Q

cierge magique

A

sparkler

50
Q

un aumônier

A

chaplain

51
Q

le sanglier

A

wild boar

52
Q

le bouleau

A

birch

53
Q

l’épinette

A
  1. spinet

2. (Can) spruce

54
Q

le mélèze

A

larch (tree)

55
Q

saule pleureur

A

weeping willow

56
Q

un bouleau à papier

A

birch

57
Q

le frêne

A

ash tree

58
Q

érable à sucre

A

maple