Nancy Drew tome 3 Flashcards
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écumer
A
- to skim
- piller: to plunder
- to search through, to scour
2
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le carillon
A
bell, chime
3
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espiègle
A
mischievous, impish
4
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d’ores et déjà
A
already
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le peignoir
A
bath robe, dressing gown
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briguer
A
- to aspire to
2. to solicit, to seek
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lice
A
to join in the fray, to be in the running
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la bourre
A
stuffing, padding, wad
9
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bourrer
A
to fill, to stuff, to cram
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le grappin
A
- grapnel
2. met le grappin sur - to get one’s hooks into
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la courge
A
gourd, squash
12
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un capharnaüm
A
extrême désordre
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il y a anguille sous roche
A
there’s something fishy going on
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une anguille
A
eel
15
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de briguer
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- to buckle, to fasten
2. to complete, to finish off 3. (fam) - to lock up, to imprison
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boucler la boucle
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to come full circle
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côtoyer
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- to skirt, to run alongside
2. to be close to, to mix with
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ombrager
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to darken, to shade
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ça me fiche
A
I could care less
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la frousse
A
fright, scare, jitters
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échauffer
A
to heat up
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le piège
A
- trap, snare
2. snag, pitfall
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la moue
A
pout
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faire la moue
A
to pout
25
une villégiature
vacation spot
26
lieu de villégiature
resort
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à loucher
squinted
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louche (adverb)
suspect, shady, suspicious
29
louche (noun)
ladle
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loucher
to squint, to be cross-eyed
31
chipoter
1. to haggle
| 2. to pick at one’s food
32
virer
1. to transfer funds
| 2. (fam) to fire, to expel, to throw out
33
un baladeur
portable radio, cassette player
34
bosser
to work, to slave away
35
bosseler
1. to emboss
| 2. to dent
36
se ruer
1. ~sur = to fling oneself at
| 2. ~ver = to rush towards
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la moquette
wall to wall carpeting
38
panneau de liège
cork board
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maquette
scale model
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la bouillie
baby cereal, gruel
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la bouilloire
kettle, tea kettle
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un frisson
1. shiver, shudder
| 2. ripple (of water), rustle (of leaves)
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écervelée
étourdi = scatterbrained, empty-headed
44
stagiaire
trainee, intern
45
les tréteaux
trestle
46
accaparer
= monopoliser: 1. to monopolize, 2. to buy up, to hoard
47
cogiter
=réfléchir: to cogitate, to reflect
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la mue
molting, shedding, sloughing
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aplatir
to flatten
50
pagaille
1. mess, chaos
| 2. il y en a pagaille = there are loads of them
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le chantier
1. construction site
| 2. depot, yard
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mettre en chantier
to start work on
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de parpaings
blocks of cement
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me couvre
cover up for me
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j’ai pigé
piger
(fam) to understand, to catch on to
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tu piges
do you get it
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arpenter
to pace, to stride along, to survey
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un arpent
ancienne mesure agraire qui volait de 20 à 50 acres
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se cambrer
to arch one’s back
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estivale
summer:
| (la saison estivale)-summer season
