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Nancy Drew tome 9 Flashcards

1
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crinoline

Robe à crinoline

A

Jupe de dessous, garnie de crins, de baleines et de cercles d’acier flexibles, que les femmes portaient pour faire bouffer les robes. panier

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ribambelle

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flock, swarm, multitude

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les fringues

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Gear, duds

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asticot

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maggot

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un drame

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qqch très grave, est très triste

Syn: catastrophe

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débordé

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trop de qqch

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enclumes

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anvil

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rembrunir

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to cloud over, to become gloomy

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assez costaud

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assez fort

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entortiller

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envelopper dans qqch que l’on tourne plusieurs fois

Les caramels sont entortillés dans du papier transparent

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rogne

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anger, bad temper

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écarter

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to spread, to open, to move away

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une grève

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shore

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rameur

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rower, a person that is rowing

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la capeline

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chapeau à bords larges et souples

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déchaînée (taureau)

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raging; unbridled

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des falbalas

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ce qui orne un vêtement d’une façon exagéré

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escarmouche

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skirmish

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tarauder

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creuser, percer (une matière dure)

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féru

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passionné par qqch

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fossettes

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dimples

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égard

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regard, consideration

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J’avais fait mouche

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hit the target

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balourd

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awkward, clumsy, stupid

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25
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scinder en deux

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séparer

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26
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la bisbille

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squabble, tiff

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inouï

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incroyable, Jamais entendu parler

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dorer

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to guild, to turn golden

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29
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béguin

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crush, infatuation

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30
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une pelleteuse

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Power shovel, excavator

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31
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souk

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marché couvert, bazar

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32
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amertume

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de découragement, de tristesse et de douleur

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33
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scinder

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séparer

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34
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En train de dorer

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to turn golden

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poêle à frire

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frying pan

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Il a le béguin pour moi

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He has a crush on me

37
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un pot-de-vin

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Somme d’argent qui se donne en dehors du prix convenu, dans un marché, ou pour obtenir qqch (d’une façon souvent illégale)

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une affaire de pot-de-vin

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un scandale

39
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pot d’échappement

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muffler (on a car)

40
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larbin

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flunky, toady

41
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sinon gare

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watch out

42
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la piste

la bonne piste

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track, trail

to be on the right trail

43
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le teinturier

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dry cleaners

44
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boîte de friandises

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candy, delicacies

45
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se lécher les babines

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To lick one’s chops

46
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à nuire

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to harm, to injure

47
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en cèdre

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Made of cedar

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Je fis chou blanc

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I came up with nothing

49
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Où se trouve le petit coin?

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Où se trouve les toilettes?

50
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quelques bouchées

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several mouthfuls

51
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Je raffole de

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Je suis fou de
Elle raffole des crêpes à la confiture : Elle les aime beaucoup
syn: adorer

52
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Elle a embouti une rambarde

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emboutir - 1. to stamp, to press
2. To crash into

une rambarde - a guardrail

53
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Donner un coup de main

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to lend a hand

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avait trafiqué

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to doctor, to tamper with

To traffic, to trade on the black market

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une pelle

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a shovel

56
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la pelote

la pelote de neige

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ball of string

snowball

57
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une odeur de soufre

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Sulfur; brimstone

58
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le pare-brise

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windshield

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ronchonner

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to grumble, to grouse

60
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aux myrtilles

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with blueberries

61
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contretemps

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hitch, mishap

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à contretemps

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inopportunity

63
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de mèche

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  1. wick, fuse (of an explosive)
  2. lock of hair
  3. bit (of a drill)
64
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sa dentition

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teeth

65
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éclatante

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bright, brilliant

66
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Avoir une belle dentition

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to have nice teeth

67
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je tressaille

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  1. to start, to flinch, to wince

2. to quiver, to vibrate

68
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la gourde

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  1. canteen, flask
  2. gourd
  3. (fam): dope, blockhead
69
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une cocarde

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rosette

70
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cyanure

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cyanide

71
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des menottes

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handcuffs

72
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cloche

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  1. Bell

2. (fam): dope, idiot

73
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clochard

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tramp, hobo

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c’est du bidon

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that’s baloney

75
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le bidon

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  1. drum (oil)
  2. flask, canteen
  3. belly, gut
  4. nonsense, hot air
76
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les fioles

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flacon;

petites bouteilles de verre

77
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d’emblée

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Syn: aussitôt, immédiatement

du premier coup; tout de suite

78
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repères

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des marques

des signes
references

79
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grabuge

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bagarre

brawl, fighting

80
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une rainette

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une petite grenouille

81
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moraillon

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hasp:

The hardware to lock a lid to a box

82
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éraflé

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scratched, grazed

83
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une arnaque

A

swindle, gyp

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