Nancy Drew tome 6 Flashcards
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effaroucher
A
- to frighten, to scare away
2. to alarm
2
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ôter
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- retirer: to remove, to take away
2. to take off ie: ôte tes bottes
3
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ôte - toi de là
A
get out of the way
4
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une otite
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ear infection
5
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déferler
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to unfurl
to break (of waves)
to flood in (off spectators)
6
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rougeâtre
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reddish
7
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boueuse
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muddy
8
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la houle
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swell, surge
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bétail
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livestock, cattle
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hâlé
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tanned, sunburned
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tanguer
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to pitch, to toss about
12
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une écaille
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- scale (of a fish, reptile)
- shell (oyster, tortoise)
- flake, chip
13
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jodhpurs
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horse riding pants
14
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narguer
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- to mock, to taunt
2. to flout (danger,etc)
15
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de divaguer
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- to ramble (on)
2. to rave
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régenter
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to dictate, to rule over
17
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seriner
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répéter inlassablement
18
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seriner qch à qn
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to drum sth into sb
19
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roupiller
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fam: to snooze, to sleep
20
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une gaufre
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- waffle
2. honeycomb
21
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balnéaire
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seaside
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station balnéaire
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seaside resort
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vue d’époustouflante
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amazing, mind boggling (view)
24
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amorcer
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- to begin
- appâter: to bait, to entice
- to prime 4. to boot (a computer)
25
un orfèvre
goldsmith
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égarer
1. to lead astray
| 2. to lose, to misplace
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s’égarer
1. to lose one’s way
| 2. to be misplaced
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la gageure
1. to challenge
| 2. (Can) bet, wager
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juteux
juicy
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jouir
to have an orgasm
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jouir de
to make good use of
| to benefit from
32
se lever du pied gauch
to get up on the wrong side of the bed
33
cloques
blisters
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cloquer
to blister
35
les broussailles
undergrowth
36
écœurer
1. to nauseate, to sicken
| 2. to disgust, distaste
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avoir une dent contre
to hold a grudge against
38
rompu
1. fourbu= worn out, exhausted
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rompu à
well accustomed to
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un éboulement
1. crumbling, collapse
| 2. heap of fallen rocks or earth
41
éboulement de terre
landslide
42
rejeter
relancer : to throw back
43
rejeter la faute
to shift the blame
44
le pilon
1. pestle
2. wooden leg
3. drumstick (chicken)
45
fouille
1. digging
| 2. search
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3. fouilles
excavation, dig
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embobiner
fam: to bamboozle, to trick
48
un bosquet
grove, copse
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écumante
foaming
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avoir la bouche écumante
to be foaming at the mouth
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être écumante de rage
to be foaming with rage
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se cabra
to rear up ( of a horse)
to climb steeply (of a plane)
to rebel, to protest
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dégager
to clear
54
gîte
1. shelter, lodging
| 2. shank (of beef)
55
le gîte et le couvert
room and board
56
plaquer
1. to veneer, to plate
2. to stick, to plaster, to pin down
3. to tackle (football)
4. fam: to ditch, to get rid of
57
malotru
boor
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rapiécé
to patch up, to mend
59
gravures rupestres
rock, cave art (carvings)
60
épousseter
to dust
61
le tesson
piece, fragment, shard
62
tesson de bouteille
piece of broken glass
63
calé (lée)
1. brainy, cleaver
| 2. tough (of a problem)
64
effleurer
frôler: 1. to touch lightly , to brush against
| 2. to touch on an idea
65
étanche
water tight, waterproof
66
une ocre / ocher
a natural clay earth pigment: yellow to deep orange color
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la déchirure
tear
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boudin
1. blood sausage
| 2. flange (on a wheel)
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écueil
récif= 1. reef 2. pitfall
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affûter
aiguiser= to sharpen, to hone
71
le caoutchouc
rubber
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caoutchoucs
galoshes
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dé
dice (à jouer)
74
un aval
1. endorsement (in law and finance)
| 2. soutien: support, backing
75
en aval
downstream, lower down
76
déchiqueter
to tear into pieces
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un crotale
rattlesnake
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s’échiner
to work oneself to the bone
79
de glaise
clay
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amas
1. pile, heap
| 2. cluster (astronomy)
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un anneau
ring
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sitôt dit, sitôt fait
no sooner said than done
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la châle
shawl
84
la berline
sedan
85
tarabuster
1. to pester
| 2. to worry, to bother
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ça me tarabuste
that’s getting me down
87
souder
1. to weld, to solder
| 2. unir= to join, to bind
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traquenard
trap
89
tomber dans un traquenard
to fall into a trap
90
crever
to puncture, to burst
