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Nancy Drew tome 8 Flashcards

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jaser

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  1. bavarder: to chatter

2. médire: to gossip

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vautrer

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  1. to sprawl 2. to wallow
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pinceau

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paint brush

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le flacon

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small bottle

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émanations

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  1. fumes

2. expression, manifestation

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s’extasier

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to be in ecstasy

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ruineux

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extravagantly expensive, exorbitant

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m’adosser

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  1. to place back to back

2. ~à or ~contre = to lean against

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marotte

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craze, fad

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penaude

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sheepish

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la binette

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hoe

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chichi

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  1. affection, airs

2. faire des chichis = to make a fuss

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éblouir

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  1. to dazzle

2. to stun, to amaze

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houspilla

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= réprimander: to scold

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dorloter

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to pamper, to baby

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tous azimuts

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all out, total

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dans tous les azimuts

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all over the place

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à pétrir

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to knead

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en sourdine

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muted, quietly

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mettre une sourdine à

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to tone down

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la panse

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(fam): paunch, belly

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en faire un réveillon

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  1. Christmas Eve supper or party 2. New Year’s Eve party
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calé

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  1. (fam): brainy, clever 2. tough ( of a problem, etc)
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une aisselle

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armpit

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déguerpir

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  1. to clear out 2. faire déguerpir =to drive away
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saule

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willow tree

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je m’empourprai

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to turn crimson

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zouaves

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  1. soldat qui combattait autrefois dans l’armée français en Algérie 2. (fam) faire le zouave =faire l’idiot, le guignol
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un engrenage

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  1. gears 2. être pris dans l’engrenage = to be caught up in the system
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faire le pied de grue

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to wait around, to cool ones heels

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foudroyer

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to strike down

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aubaine

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  1. godsend, windfall 2. good deal, bargain
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bougonner

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to grumble, to complain

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le peignoir

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bathrobe, dressing gown

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duveteux

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downy, fluffy, fuzzy

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feutrée

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  1. felt, felt like 2. muffled
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épiler

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to remove hair from, to pluck

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corser

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  1. to add spice to2. to aggravate 3. to liven up 4. to spike(a drink)
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l’affaire se corse

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the plot thickens

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chignon

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(hair) bun

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la cacahuète

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peanut

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le goût effréné

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  1. déchaîné: unbridled, unrestrained 2. frantic
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la fanfreluche

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petit ornement superflu, tel que ruban, pompon, etc.

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en inox

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rust proof, stainless steel

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marmite

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cooking pot

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écharper

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syn: lyncher, massacrer

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une grenade dégoupillée

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a live grenade (without the pin)

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la goupille

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pin

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débouler

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  1. to tumble down 2. to bolt, to shoot out, to charge down (a stairway etc)
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remous

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  1. eddy

2. backwash

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fléau

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calamity, scourge

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atteler

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to harness, to yoke, atteler à = to apply oneself to

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essouffler

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to make breathless, to wind

54
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marre

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(fam) enough

55
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j’en ai marre

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I’m fed up!

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tamiser

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  1. to sift 2. to filter
57
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lumière tamisée

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subdued lighting

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éclaircir

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  1. to lighten 2. to clarify
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le fourgon

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  1. van 2. freight car, baggage car 3. poker (fireplace)
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fourgon de queue

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caboose

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le rongeur

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rodent

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ronger

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  1. to gnaw, to nibble
  2. to corrode
  3. to eat away at, to wear down
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la blatte

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cockroach

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sa gamine

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  1. espiègle : mischievous, playful
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une essaim

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swarm

66
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les commérages

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(fam): gossip

67
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croustillant

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  1. crisp, crunchy

2. spicy, bawdy

68
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un charognard

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scavenger (animal)

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un litige

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  1. dispute

2. litigation

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agenouillé

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to kneel

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désamorcer

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to defuse

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une clairière

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clearing, glade

73
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une écuelle

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  1. bowl 2. bowlful
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s’ébruiter

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to become known

75
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ébruiter

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to spread, to divulge

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hérisser

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  1. to ruffle up (fur, feathers etc)
77
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hérisser de

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to spike with, to stud with

78
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se hérisser

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fam: to stand on end

2. to bristle ( with annoyance)

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pourpres

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crimson, reddish purple

80
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malaxer

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to blend, to mix

81
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le mollet

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calf (of the leg)

82
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belliqueuse

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guerrier: war like

83
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un atout

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trump (card), 2. advantage, asset

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