Nouns Flashcards

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1
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pluie diluvienne (f)

A

cloudburst

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2
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récolte (f)

A

harvest

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3
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pari (m)

A

bet

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4
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effroi (m)

A

terror; fear

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5
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tribut (m)

A

tax

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6
Q

irruption (f)

A

eruption

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7
Q

épithète (f)

A

name, designation

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8
Q

outil tranchant (m)

A

sharp-edged tool

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9
Q

tollé (m)

A

outcry, uproar

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10
Q

mets (m)

A

dish

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11
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dégustation (f)

A

sampling, tasting

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12
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pâte (f)

A

base (pizza), dough, batter, pastry

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13
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saindoux (m)

A

lard

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14
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brebis (f)

A

sheep

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15
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basilic (m)

A

basil

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16
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fougasse (f)

A

fougasse (French bread)

17
Q

péché (m)

A

sin

18
Q

méfiance (f)

A

suspicion, distrust

19
Q

chou (m)

A

cabbage

20
Q

mandragore (f)

A

mandrake (medicinal plant)

21
Q

avènement (m)

A

advent

22
Q

aïeux (m, pl)

A

ancestors

23
Q

canular (m)

A

prank, hoax, practical joke

24
Q

essor (m)

A

rise

25
Q

pamphlétaire (m)

A

pamphleteer

26
Q

fausseté (f)

A

falseness, duplicity

27
Q

ragot (m)

A

gossip

28
Q

invective (f)

A

abuse

29
Q

colporteur/euse (m,f)

A

hawker, door-to-door salesperson

30
Q

hotte (f)

A

sack

31
Q

naufrage (m)

A

sinking, disaster

32
Q

bobard (m)

A

lie, fairy tale, fiction

33
Q

empoisonneur/euse (m/f)

A

poisoner

34
Q

disette (f)

A

scarcity

35
Q

émeute (f)

A

riot

36
Q

paroxysme (m)

A

climax, height

37
Q

pilori (m)

A

pillory (it is a wooden plank where someone is crucified)

38
Q

camelot (m)

A

peddler, hawker

39
Q

carter heuristique (f)

A

Mind map