Nancy Drew tome 9 Flashcards

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crinoline

Robe à crinoline

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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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3
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les fringues

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Gear, duds

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4
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asticot

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maggot

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5
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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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7
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enclumes

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anvil

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8
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rembrunir

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to cloud over, to become gloomy

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9
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assez costaud

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assez fort

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10
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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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11
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rogne

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anger, bad temper

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12
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écarter

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to spread, to open, to move away

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13
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une grève

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shore

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14
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rameur

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rower, a person that is rowing

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15
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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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17
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des falbalas

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ce qui orne un vêtement d’une façon exagéré

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18
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escarmouche

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skirmish

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19
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tarauder

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creuser, percer (une matière dure)

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20
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féru

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passionné par qqch

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21
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fossettes

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dimples

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22
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égard

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regard, consideration

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23
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J’avais fait mouche

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hit the target

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24
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balourd

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awkward, clumsy, stupid

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scinder en deux
séparer
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la bisbille
squabble, tiff
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inouï
incroyable, Jamais entendu parler
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dorer
to guild, to turn golden
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béguin
crush, infatuation
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une pelleteuse
Power shovel, excavator
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souk
marché couvert, bazar
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amertume
de découragement, de tristesse et de douleur
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scinder
séparer
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En train de dorer
to turn golden
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poêle à frire
frying pan
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Il a le béguin pour moi
He has a crush on me
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un pot-de-vin
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
un scandale
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pot d’échappement
muffler (on a car)
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larbin
flunky, toady
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sinon gare
watch out
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la piste | la bonne piste
track, trail | to be on the right trail
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le teinturier
dry cleaners
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boîte de friandises
candy, delicacies
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se lécher les babines
To lick one’s chops
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à nuire
to harm, to injure
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en cèdre
Made of cedar
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Je fis chou blanc
I came up with nothing
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Où se trouve le petit coin?
Où se trouve les toilettes?
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quelques bouchées
several mouthfuls
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Je raffole de
Je suis fou de Elle raffole des crêpes à la confiture : Elle les aime beaucoup syn: adorer
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Elle a embouti une rambarde
emboutir - 1. to stamp, to press 2. To crash into une rambarde - a guardrail
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Donner un coup de main
to lend a hand
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avait trafiqué
to doctor, to tamper with To traffic, to trade on the black market
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une pelle
a shovel
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la pelote la pelote de neige
ball of string snowball
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une odeur de soufre
Sulfur; brimstone
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le pare-brise
windshield
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ronchonner
to grumble, to grouse
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aux myrtilles
with blueberries
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contretemps
hitch, mishap
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à contretemps
inopportunity
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de mèche
1. wick, fuse (of an explosive) 2. lock of hair 3. bit (of a drill)
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sa dentition
teeth
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éclatante
bright, brilliant
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Avoir une belle dentition
to have nice teeth
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je tressaille
1. to start, to flinch, to wince | 2. to quiver, to vibrate
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la gourde
1. canteen, flask 2. gourd 3. (fam): dope, blockhead
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une cocarde
rosette
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cyanure
cyanide
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des menottes
handcuffs
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cloche
1. Bell | 2. (fam): dope, idiot
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clochard
tramp, hobo
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c’est du bidon
that’s baloney
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le bidon
1. drum (oil) 2. flask, canteen 3. belly, gut 4. nonsense, hot air
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les fioles
flacon; | petites bouteilles de verre
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d’emblée
Syn: aussitôt, immédiatement du premier coup; tout de suite
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repères
des marques des signes references
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grabuge
bagarre brawl, fighting
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une rainette
une petite grenouille
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moraillon
hasp: The hardware to lock a lid to a box
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éraflé
scratched, grazed
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une arnaque
swindle, gyp