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Nancy Drew tome 4 Flashcards

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limier

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bloodhound, sleuth

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épatés

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  1. étonner - to amaze

2. impressionner - to impress

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taquiner

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to tease

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l’accaparer

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to monopolize

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marotte

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craze, fad

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une mordue

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fan, buff

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saugrenues

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absurde = preposterous, absurd

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un lambeau

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= guenille = rag, scrap, shred

2. bit, fragment

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la cambrousse

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(fam): campagne= bled=brousse= patelin = trou

small village, boondocks

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vétuste

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dilapidated

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tremper

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  1. to soak
  2. to dip, to dunk
  3. to temper (steel, etc.)
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une chaumière

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cottage

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les démarcheurs

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vendeur (euse) qui solicit la clientèle à domicile

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le voilage

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grand rideau de tissu transparent placé devant une fenêtre

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une tache

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stain, spot

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octroyer

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to grant, to bestow

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brevet

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  1. patent
  2. diploma, certificate
  3. commission (armed forces)
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carambolage

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to collide with, to crash into (an automobile)

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la manette

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lever

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le hublot

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porthole

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gaver

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  1. to force-feed

2. to fill up

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se gaver

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= se bourrer = to stuff oneself

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déchet

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gâcher; gaspiller

  1. scrap
  2. waste, wastage
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faire un créneau

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to back into a parking space

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le créneau

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  1. slot, gap, window (of time)

2. niche, share

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le moisi

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mold

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étayer

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= 1. soutenir; to prop up, to shore up

2. appuyer; to support, to back up

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l’hélice

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  1. helix

2. propeller

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sans l’encombre

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without a hitch/ mishap

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la tôle

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  1. sheet metal

2. tôle ondulée : corrugated iron

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accabler

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  1. écraser: to overwhelm

2. to condemn

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la pancarte

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  1. sign, notice

2, placard

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mégarde

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inadvertently

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grignoter

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  1. to nibble 2. to eat away at 3. to gain, to acquire gradually
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éreinter

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  1. épuiser: to exhaust, to wear out

2. critiquer- to criticize

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anicroche

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snag, small problem

37
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en planque

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  1. (fam): hideout,

2. easy job

38
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planquer

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to hide away, to stash

39
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le plongeon

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  1. to dive

2. loon (bird)

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la cuvette

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  1. bowl, wash basin

2. basin (in geology)

41
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barbouiller

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  1. to smear, to daub

2. to scribble 3. to nauseate, to make sick

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l’hortensia

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petit arbuste dont les fleurs, bleues, roses ou blanches, sont groupées en grosses boules

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l’atterrissage

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landing

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décollage

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takeoff

45
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avoir qqn dans le collimateur

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to have someone in one’s sights

46
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obtempérer à

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to obey, to comply with

47
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jauger

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  1. to gushed, to measure the capacity of

2. to size up

48
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le piqué

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nose-dive

49
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chuta en piqué

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to fall into a nosedive (airplane)

50
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piqué

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  1. quilted
  2. sour, mildewed
  3. staccato (in music
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se cabrer

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  1. to rear up (of a horse), to climb up steeply (of a plane)

2. to rebel, to protest

52
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la trouille

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(fam): fear, fright

avoir la trouille : to be scarred stiff

53
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le goudron

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tar

54
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la bâche

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tarpaulin, or tarp

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goudronner

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to tar (a road)

56
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déchets

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refuse, waste (materials)

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