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Nancy Drew tome 6 Flashcards

1
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effaroucher

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  1. to frighten, to scare away

2. to alarm

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ôter

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  1. retirer: to remove, to take away

2. to take off ie: ôte tes bottes

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ôte - toi de là

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get out of the way

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une otite

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ear infection

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déferler

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to unfurl
to break (of waves)
to flood in (off spectators)

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rougeâtre

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reddish

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boueuse

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muddy

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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

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une écaille

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  1. scale (of a fish, reptile)
  2. shell (oyster, tortoise)
  3. flake, chip
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jodhpurs

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horse riding pants

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narguer

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  1. to mock, to taunt

2. to flout (danger,etc)

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de divaguer

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  1. to ramble (on)

2. to rave

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régenter

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to dictate, to rule over

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seriner

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répéter inlassablement

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seriner qch à qn

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to drum sth into sb

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roupiller

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fam: to snooze, to sleep

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une gaufre

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  1. waffle

2. honeycomb

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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)

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amorcer

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  1. to begin
  2. appâter: to bait, to entice
  3. to prime 4. to boot (a computer)
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un orfèvre

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goldsmith

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égarer

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  1. to lead astray

2. to lose, to misplace

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s’égarer

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  1. to lose one’s way

2. to be misplaced

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la gageure

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  1. to challenge

2. (Can) bet, wager

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juteux

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juicy

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30
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jouir

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to have an orgasm

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jouir de

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to make good use of

to benefit from

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se lever du pied gauch

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to get up on the wrong side of the bed

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33
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cloques

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blisters

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cloquer

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to blister

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les broussailles

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undergrowth

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écœurer

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  1. to nauseate, to sicken

2. to disgust, distaste

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avoir une dent contre

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to hold a grudge against

38
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rompu

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  1. fourbu= worn out, exhausted
39
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rompu à

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well accustomed to

40
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un éboulement

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  1. crumbling, collapse

2. heap of fallen rocks or earth

41
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éboulement de terre

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landslide

42
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rejeter

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relancer : to throw back

43
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rejeter la faute

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to shift the blame

44
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le pilon

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  1. pestle
  2. wooden leg
  3. drumstick (chicken)
45
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fouille

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  1. digging

2. search

46
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  1. fouilles
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excavation, dig

47
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embobiner

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fam: to bamboozle, to trick

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un bosquet

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grove, copse

49
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écumante

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foaming

50
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avoir la bouche écumante

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to be foaming at the mouth

51
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être écumante de rage

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to be foaming with rage

52
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se cabra

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to rear up ( of a horse)
to climb steeply (of a plane)
to rebel, to protest

53
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dégager

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to clear

54
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gîte

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  1. shelter, lodging

2. shank (of beef)

55
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le gîte et le couvert

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room and board

56
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plaquer

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  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
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malotru

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boor

58
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rapiécé

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to patch up, to mend

59
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gravures rupestres

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rock, cave art (carvings)

60
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épousseter

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to dust

61
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le tesson

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piece, fragment, shard

62
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tesson de bouteille

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piece of broken glass

63
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calé (lée)

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  1. brainy, cleaver

2. tough (of a problem)

64
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effleurer

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frôler: 1. to touch lightly , to brush against

2. to touch on an idea

65
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étanche

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water tight, waterproof

66
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une ocre / ocher

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a natural clay earth pigment: yellow to deep orange color

67
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la déchirure

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tear

68
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boudin

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  1. blood sausage

2. flange (on a wheel)

69
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écueil

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récif= 1. reef 2. pitfall

70
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affûter

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aiguiser= to sharpen, to hone

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le caoutchouc

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rubber

72
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caoutchoucs

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galoshes

73
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dé

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dice (à jouer)

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un aval

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  1. endorsement (in law and finance)

2. soutien: support, backing

75
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en aval

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downstream, lower down

76
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déchiqueter

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to tear into pieces

77
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un crotale

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rattlesnake

78
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s’échiner

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to work oneself to the bone

79
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de glaise

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clay

80
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amas

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  1. pile, heap

2. cluster (astronomy)

81
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un anneau

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ring

82
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sitôt dit, sitôt fait

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no sooner said than done

83
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la châle

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shawl

84
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la berline

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sedan

85
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tarabuster

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  1. to pester

2. to worry, to bother

86
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ça me tarabuste

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that’s getting me down

87
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souder

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  1. to weld, to solder

2. unir= to join, to bind

88
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traquenard

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trap

89
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tomber dans un traquenard

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to fall into a trap

90
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crever

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to puncture, to burst

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