Nouveau Vocabulaire Flashcards

1
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Subsidiary, affiliate, branch

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Une filiale, la filiale (nf)

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Passion, enthusiasm
Infatuation, appetite, fondness

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Un engouement, l’engouement (nm)

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Beam, joist (in a roof)
Balance beam

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Une poutre, la poutre (nf)

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Spell, charm, enchantment
Bewitchment

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Un envoûtement, l’envoûtement (nm)

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Landing, corridor, floor

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Un palier, le palier (nm)

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To take the plunge, to go for it

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Franchir le pas (loc v)

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Lair, den

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Un antre, l’antre (nm)

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To wipe out, to annihilate

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Anéantir (vtr)

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9
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Clerk

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Un clerc de notaire, le clerc de notaire (nm)

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Land registry

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Un cadastre, le cadastre (nm)

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Implementation, execution, application

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Une mise en œuvre, la mise en œuvre (nf)

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Organagram

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Un trombinoscope, le trombinoscope

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To train, tame
To master, control, subdue or subjugate

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Dompter (vtr)

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Minion, hireling

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Un larbin, le larbin (nm)

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To beg (for food/money)

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Mendier (vtr)

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To implore, please, beg

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Supplier (vtr)

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Fence, hedge, screen

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Une palissade, la palissade (nf)

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To prune
To cut or edit

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Élaguer (vtr)

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To uncork, unblock or open

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Déboucher (vtr)

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To lead to, to come to, to end up at

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Déboucher sur (vtr ind)

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21
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Perpendicularity, verticality
Confidence, poise
Insolence

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Un aplomb, l’aplomb (nm)

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22
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Swell (sea)

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Une houle, la houle (nf)

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Knack, trick, or tip
Cunning, shrewdness

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Une astuce, l’astuce (nf)

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24
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Ladder
Scale (at a level)

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Une échelle, l’échelle (nf)

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25
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To loiter, dawdle

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Musarder (vtr)

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26
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To trample, to stamp, or
To shuffle along, not make headway

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Piétiner (vtr)

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27
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Octopus (2)

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Une pieuvre, la pieuvre (nf)
Un poulpe, le poulpe (nm)

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28
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To boo

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Huer, pousser des huées (vi)

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29
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Dizzy, high

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Vertigineux.se.s (adj)

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30
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Riot

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Une émeute, l’émeute (nf)

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31
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Token, chip

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Un jeton, le jeton (nm)

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To sulk or pout
To shun or spurn

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Bouder (vtr)

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To hinder, hamper or
To get it / to cotton on

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Entraver

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34
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To reach, attain or get to

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Parvenir (vtr)

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35
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To skin, to strip of, to rob or
To scrutinise

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Dépouiller

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To free, liberate, emancipate or
To stamp (frank), put a stamp on

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Affranchir

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37
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Gossip

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Le ragot, du ragot (nm)

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38
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Crimson, bright red

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Cramoisi.e.s (adj)

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39
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Mane
Mop of hair

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Une crinière, la crinière (nf)

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Nerves, stage fright

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Le trac, du trac (nm)

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41
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Shifty, sleazy, shady

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Louche.s (adj)

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42
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To ram
To spur on

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Éperonner (vtr)

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43
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To coil
To twist, spin

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Vriller (vtr)

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44
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Gums

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Une gencive, la gencive (nf)

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45
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Smooth or
Bland, non-descript

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Lisse.s (adj)

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Doughy, thick, heavy, or heavy-handed

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Pâteux.se.s (adj)

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47
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Book of spells, or
Enigma, riddle, mystery

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Un grimoire, le grimoire (nm)

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48
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To be on the look out

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Être aux aguets (loc v)

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49
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Like a shot
At full pelt, full throttle

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En trombe (loc adv)

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50
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Besotted with, in love with

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Épris (adj)

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51
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To boast, brag

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Se vanter (v pron)

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52
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To lose, misplace

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Égarer (vtr)

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53
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Run-up
Impetus, momentum
Urge, desire or
Elk

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Un élan, l’élan (nm)

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54
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Epic, saga

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Une épopée, l’épopée (nf)

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55
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To burst into tears

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Éclater en sanglots (loc v)

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56
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To lie in wait, to be on the look out for

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Être à l’affût

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57
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Firefly

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Une luciole, la luciole (nf)

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58
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To stupefy

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Hébéter (vtr)

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59
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Base, stand

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Un socle, le socle (nm)

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60
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Flag (standard)

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Un étendard, l’étendard (nm)

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Scapegoat

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Un bouc émissaire, le bouc émissaire (nm)

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Strip, strap

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Une lanière, la lanière (nf)

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63
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Mixed race

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Métis, métisse.s (nm, nf, adj)

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64
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Gaff, slip-up, cock-up

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Une bourde, la bourde (nf)

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65
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Chessboard

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Un échiquier, l’échiquier (nm)

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66
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To be running late

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être à la bourre

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67
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Date (meet-up)

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Un rencard, le rencard (nm)

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To dock
To tie [sth] up, to stow

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Arrimer (vtr)

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69
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Slump, stagnation
The doldrums

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Un marasme, le marasme (nm)

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70
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Tablecloth
Blanket
Field

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Une nappe, la nappe (nf)

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Cradle, crib

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Un berceau, le berceau

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72
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Tarpaulin

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Une bâche, la bâche (nf)

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73
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Blue-green
Murky, seedy, shady

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Glauque.s (adj)

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74
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To swarm, to teem (with)

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Grouiller (de)

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75
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Talkative
Climbing, creeping (plant)

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Volubile.s (adj)

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76
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Binding (book)

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Une reliure, la reliure (nf)

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77
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To list, to go through one by one
To shuck/shell
To pray with beads

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Égrener (vtr)

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78
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Boiling (noun)

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Une ébullition, l’ébullition (nf)

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Baby bird, chick, fledgling

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Un oisillon, l’oisillon (nm)

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80
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Lime (calcium oxide)

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La chaux (nf)

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81
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Hemp/cannabis

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Le chanvre, du chanvre (nm)

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82
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Tightrope walker

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Une funambule, la funambule (nf)

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83
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To interfere in, to meddle in

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S’immiscer dans [qch] (v pron)

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84
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Self-sufficiency

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Une autarcie, l’autarcie (nf)

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85
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Water table

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Une nappe phréatique, la nappe phréatique (nf)

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86
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To range, to stretch

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S’échelonner (v pron)

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87
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To grind, to crush

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Broyer (vtr)

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88
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Grass cuttings
Shearing

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Une tonte, la tonte (nf)

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Hay
Din/racket

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Le foin, du foin (nm)

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90
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To dig
To gather/pick up
To draw (a card)

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Piocher (vtr)

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91
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At the discretion of

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Au gré de (loc prép)

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92
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Partner in crime
Stooge
Mate

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Un compère, le compère (nm)

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To dust, to sprinkle
To spread too thinly

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Saupoudrer [qch] (vtr)

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94
Q

Bad weather

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Les intempéries (nfpl)

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95
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Enormous, gigantic

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Faraminieux.se.s (adj)

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96
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To laze around, to be idle

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Flemmarder (vi)

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97
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To sweeten
To tone down/to sugarcoat

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Édulcorer (vtr)

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98
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Deficiency, lack
Failing, shortcoming (often plural)
Insolvency

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Une carence, la carence (nf)
Les carences

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99
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Chilled-out, laid-back

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Peinard.e.s (adj)

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100
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To swarm, to teem

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Fourmiller (vi)

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101
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To abound, to be rich in
To proliferate, to multiply

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Pulluler (vi)

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102
Q

To water (to give water to)

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Abreuver (vtr)

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103
Q

Livestock, cattle

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Le bétail, du bétail (nm)

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104
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To stop a leak
To make watertight
To empty of water

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Étancher (vtr)

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105
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A stump, stub
Descent, origin, strain

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Une souche, la souche (nf)

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106
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Slope, hill, gradient

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Une pente, la pente (nf)

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107
Q

To make more beautiful

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Embellir (vtr)

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108
Q

Well (for water)

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Un puits, le puits (nm)

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109
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Convoluted, over-complicated

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Tarabiscoté.e.s (adj)

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110
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Flat (musical intonation)

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Bémol.le.s (adj)

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111
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Sharp (musical intonation)

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Dièse.s (adj)

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112
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To change/shed skin
To break (voice)

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Muer (vi)

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113
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To blossom
To open up/come out of one’s shell

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S’épanouir (v pron)

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114
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To stuff yourself
To weight/ballast

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Lester (vtr)

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115
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Whine, groaning

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Un gémissement, le gémissement (nm)

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116
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To graze

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Brouter (vtr)

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117
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A nugget, chip, gem

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Une pépite, la pépite (nf)

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118
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To peel
To strip the bark from

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Écorcer (vtr)

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119
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To unearth
To find

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Dégoter (vtr)

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120
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Ages, eons, yonks

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Des lustres (nmpl)

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121
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Audacious, daring, risk-taking

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Téméraire.s (adj)

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122
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Lent (religious fasting)

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Le carême (nm)

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123
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Wind turbine
Windmill

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Une éolienne, l’éolienne (nf)

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124
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To sell door to door
To spread/circulate

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Colporter (vtr)

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125
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Run-up
Impetus/momentum
Urge/desire

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Un élan, l’élan (nm)

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126
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Abandoned, uncultivated (land)

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En friche (loc adj)

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127
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Cog
Machinery, inner workings

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Un rouage, le rouage (nm)

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128
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Grub, nosh

A

La tambouille (nf)

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129
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Shortage, lack, shortfall

A

Une pénurie, la pénurie (nf)

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130
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Lever

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Un levier, le levier (nm)

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131
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To grind, to mill

A

Moudre (vtr)

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132
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Ton, heap, bunch

A

Une ribambelle, la ribambelle (nf)

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133
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For ages

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Depuis belle lurette (loc adj)

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134
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Swift, like lightning (rapid and sudden)

A

Fulgurant.e.s (adj)

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135
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To sketch, to outline

A

Esquisser (vtr)

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136
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Wobbly, wonky, shaky

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Bancal.e.s (adj)

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137
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Starkness, austerity
Count, counting (of votes)
Analysis

A

Un dépouillement, le dépouillement (nm)

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138
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To elect

A

Élire (vtr)

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139
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Lower chamber (of parliament)
Assembly room
Semi-circle

A

Un hémicycle, l’hémicycle (nm)

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140
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Polling booth, voting booth

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Un isoloir, l’isoloir (nm)

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141
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Five-year term

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Un quinquennat, le quinquennat (nm)

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142
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Election, ballot

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Un scrutin, le scrutin (nm)

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143
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Vote counter

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Un scrutateur, le scrutateur (nm)

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144
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Ballot box
Urn

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Une urne, l’urne (nf)

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145
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To spend time with, to rub shoulders with
To stand alongside

A

Côtoyer (vtr)

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146
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Gang of kids, brood

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Une marmaille, la marmaille (nf)

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147
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To wear out/to tire

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User (vtr)

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148
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To hold forth, to speak passionately about something

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Pérorer (vtr)

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149
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Cotton wall (noun)
Quilted (adjective)

A

Une ouate, l’ouate (nf)
Ouaté.e.s (adj)

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150
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Laziness, idleness

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Une paresse, la paresse (nf)

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151
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Daytime, diurnal (during the day)

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Diurne.s (adj)

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152
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To encroach on

A

Empiéter sur (vtr ind)

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153
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To suffer (slang)

A

Morfler (vi)

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To embitter, to sour
To curdle

A

Aigrir (vtr)

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155
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Like it or not

A

Bon gré mal gré (loc adv)

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156
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Dragonfly

A

Une libellule, la libellule (nf)

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157
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Terror, dread

A

Une hantise, la hantise (nf)

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158
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Uncool, naff, old-fashioned

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Ringard.e.s (adj)

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159
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Doormat

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Un paillasson, le paillasson (nm)

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160
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To kip (to sleep)

A

Roupiller (vi)

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161
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Fear (informal)

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Une trouille, la trouille (nf)

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162
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To grumble, to gripe

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Rouspéter (vi)

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163
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To stall (a car)
To wedge in place
To be full
To give up

A

Caler (vtr/vi)

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164
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A stumble

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Un croche-patte, le croche-patte (nm)

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165
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Wide open, gaping

A

Béant.e.s (adj)

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166
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Funfair

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Une fête foraine, la fête foraine (nf)

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167
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Hood

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Une capuche, la capuche (nf)

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168
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Breach, opening

A

Une brèche, la brèche (nf)

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Vague hope, mere wish

A

Une velléité, la velléité (nf)

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170
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Chickenpox

A

La varicelle (nf)

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171
Q

Booklet, instalment (of a book)

A

Un fascicule, le fascicule (nm)

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172
Q

To pack down, to compress

A

Tasser (vtr)

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173
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To subside, to shrink

A

Se tasser (v pron)

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174
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Staggering

A

Sidérant.e.s (adj)

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175
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To mumble, mutter

A

Bredouiller (vtr)

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176
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Imprudence, arrogance, hubris

A

Une outrecuidance, l’outrecuidance (nf)

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177
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On the sly

A

En loucedé (loc adj)

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178
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To monopolise, to hog

A

Accaparer (vtr)

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179
Q

To corner
To push, to oblige

A

Acculer (vtr)

180
Q

To scam, swindle, con

A

Arnaquer (vtr)

181
Q

To wreck, destroy
To balls up

A

Bousiller (vtr)

182
Q

Time-consuming

A

Chronophage.s (adj)

183
Q

Reshuffle

A

Un remaniement, le remaniement (nm)

184
Q

Shrew (nagging woman)

A

Une mégère, la mégère (nf)

185
Q

To dyke, to dam
To contain, to restrain

A

Endiguer (vtr)

186
Q

Fan (hand)

A

Un éventail, l’éventail (nm)

187
Q

Handrail

A

Une rampe, la rampe (nf)

188
Q

Backhand

A

Un revers, le revers (nm)
De revers (adj)

189
Q

Forehand

A

Un coup droit, le coup droit (nm)
De/en coup droit (adj)

190
Q

Cheque book

A

Un chéquier, le chéquier (nm)

191
Q

Decking

A

Un revêtement en bois, le revêtement en bois (nm)

192
Q

Trellis

A

Un treillis, le treillis (nm)

193
Q

Clay

A

Une argile, l’argile (nf)

194
Q

Offside

A

Hors jeu (loc adv/adj)

195
Q

Winger (wide midfielder)

A

Un ailier, l’ailier (nm)

196
Q

Striker (football)

A

Un attaquant, l’attaquant (nm)
Une attaquante, l’attaquante (nf)

197
Q

Midfielder

A

Un milieu de terrain, le milieu de terrain (nm)

198
Q

Defensive midfielder

A

Un milieu récupérateur, le milieu récupérateur (nm)

199
Q

Tiles/tiling

A

Un carrelage, le carrelage (nm)

200
Q

Cobbled (made of stones)

A

Pavé.e.s (adj)

201
Q

Gravestone

A

Une pierre tombale, la pierre tombale (nf)

202
Q

Pushchair

A

Une poussette, la poussette (nf)

203
Q

Speaker (music) (3)

A

Un haut-parleur, le haut-parleur (nm)
Une enceinte, l’enceinte (nf)
Un baffle, le baffle (nm)

204
Q

Route, path or course

A

Un parcours, le parcours (nm)

205
Q

Route, path or course

A

Un parcours, le parcours (nm)

206
Q

Cheetah

A

Un guépard, le guépard (nm)

207
Q

To clean up
To clear out
To round up

A

Rafler (vtr)

208
Q

Dummy (shot)

A

Une feinte, la feinte (nf)

209
Q

Net (badminton)

A

Un filet, le filet (nm)

210
Q

Drop shot

A

Un amorti, l’amorti (nm)

211
Q

Shot (badminton)

A

Un coup, le coup (nm)

212
Q

To hit (badminton)

A

Frapper (vtr)

213
Q

Loot (stolen goods)

A

Le butin, du butin (nm)

214
Q

To loot

A

Piller (vtr)

215
Q

Scarecrow

A

Un épouvantail, l’épouvantail (nm)

216
Q

To amaze, to impress

A

Épater (vtr)

217
Q

Whooping cough

A

La coqueluche (nf)

218
Q

Flea market

A

Un marché aux puces, Le marché aux puces (nm)

219
Q

Motto or
Currency

A

Une devise, la devise (nf)

220
Q

Thistle

A

Un chardon, le chardon (nm)

221
Q

To moo, to blare

A

Mugir (vi)

222
Q

To throw stones at

A

Caillasser (vtr)

223
Q

Havoc, bedlam

A

La chienlit (nf)

224
Q

Tank (military)

A

Un char, le char (de combat) (nm)

225
Q

To curse (be angry against)

A

Pester contre (vtr)

226
Q

I’m just saying

A

Je dis ça, je ne dis rien (expr)

227
Q

Waste

A

Une gabegie, la gabegie (nf)

228
Q

To reach, to land on, to come up to
To take on, to start (an activity)

A

Aborder (vtr)

229
Q

Breadth, size, extent, scale

A

Une ampleur, l’ampleur (nf)

230
Q

To disperse, to clear

A

Dissiper (vtr)

231
Q

Unpublished, unseen
Unprecedented, unheard of

A

Inédit.e.s (adj)

232
Q

Executive (level in a job)

A

Un/une cadre, le/la cadre (nmf)

233
Q

To allocate

A

Allouer (vtr)

234
Q

To overwhelm

A

Accabler (vtr)

235
Q

Short-lived, fleeting

A

Éphémère.s (adj)

236
Q

Unheard of, incredible

A

Inouï.e.s (adj)

237
Q

Drill bit
Or wick/fuse
Or strand of hair

A

Une mèche, la mèche (nf)

238
Q

Drill bit
Or wick/fuse
Or strand of hair

A

Une mèche, la mèche (nf)

239
Q

Free kick

A

Un coup franc, le coup franc (nm)

240
Q

Free kick

A

Un coup franc, le coup franc (nm)

241
Q

Throw-in

A

Une touche, la touche (nf)
Une remise en jeu, la remise en jeu (nf)

242
Q

To oust, to depose

A

Évincer (vtr)

243
Q

To transport, to carry, to bring

A

Acheminer (vtr)

244
Q

Moat (2)

A

Les douves (nfpl)
Les fossés (nmpl)

245
Q

To faint (2)

A

S’évanouir (v pron)
Tomber dans les pommes (loc v)

246
Q

Surfboard

A

Une planche de surf, la planche de surf (nf)

247
Q

Extinguisher

A

Un extincteur, l’extincteur (nm)

248
Q

Trusted (2)

A

Fiable.s (adj)
Fidèle.s (adj)

249
Q

Apron

A

Un tablier, le tablier (nm)

250
Q

Tray (for food)

A

Un plateau, le plateau (nm)

251
Q

Tray (for documents)

A

Une corbeille, la corbeille (nf)

252
Q

Down’s syndrome

A

Le trisomie 21 (vingt-et-un) (nm)

253
Q

Throat (2)

A

Une gorge, la gorge (nf)
Le gosier, un gosier (nm)

254
Q

Bollard (2)

A

Une borne, la borne (nf)
Une bitte, la bitte (nf)

255
Q

Pimp

A

Un maquereau, le maquereau (nm)

256
Q

To lock, to bolt

A

Verrouiller (vtr)

257
Q

Bolt (lock)

A

Un verrou, le verrou (nm)

258
Q

Chatterbox

A

Une pipelette, la pipelette (nf)

259
Q

Signature (for school presence)

A

Un émargement, l’émargement (nm)

260
Q

Clod/clump of earth or
Rootball

A

Une motte, la motte (nf)

261
Q

Pruning

A

Un élagage, l’élagage (nm)

262
Q

To take a cutting

A

Bouturer (vtr)

263
Q

Crop rotation

A

Un assolement, l’assolement (nm)

264
Q

Chainsaw

A

Une tronçonneuse, la tronçonneuse (nf)

265
Q

Procedure or
Pathway, channel

A

Une filière, la filière (nf)

266
Q

Fertiliser

A

Un engrais, l’engrais (nm)

267
Q

Hopper (container/dispenser for grain)

A

Une trémie, la trémie (nf)

268
Q

Output/throughput (quantity of something per second) or
Flow (of water)

A

Un débit, le débit (nm)

269
Q

Self-propagating plant / weed

A

Une adventice, l’adventice (nf)

270
Q

To spread out, to stagger

A

Étaler (vtr)

271
Q

Pest

A

Un nuisible, le nuisible (nm)

272
Q

Staple (metal fastener)

A

Une agrafe, l’agrafe (nf)

273
Q

Asbestos

A

L’amiante (nm)

274
Q

Branch

A

Le rameau, un rameau (nm)

275
Q

Shovel

A

Une pelle, la pelle (nf)

276
Q

Panneau mobile contrôlant un flux

A

Une vanne, la vanne (nf)

277
Q

Screw

A

Une vis, la vis (nf)

278
Q

Probe (measurement instrument)

A

Une sonde, la sonde (nf)

279
Q

Willow

A

Un saule, le saule (nm)

280
Q

To macerate (soften in liquid)

A

Macérer (vtr)

281
Q

Lawn/turf

A

Un gazon, le gazon (nm)

282
Q

Mixture or
Supplies

A

Une fourniture, la fourniture (nf)

283
Q

Spade

A

Une bêche, la bêche (nf)

284
Q

To suffocate or
To cover up

A

Étouffer (vtr)

285
Q

Boundary marking

A

Un bornage, le bornage (nm)

286
Q

To abridge/shorten

A

Abréger (vtr)

287
Q

Sap (plant fluid)

A

Une sève, la sève (nf)

288
Q

Content (proportions)

A

Une teneur, la teneur (nf)

289
Q

Bud

A

Un bourgeon, le bourgeon (nm)

290
Q

Mackerel sky (partly cloudy)

A

Un ciel de traîne, le ciel de traîne (nm)

291
Q

Hail (weather)

A

La grêle (nf)

292
Q

Humidity

A

L’hygrométrie (nf)

293
Q

Markup

A

Un taux de marge, le taux de marge (nm)

294
Q

Unknown

A

Insu (adj)

295
Q

Raccoon

A

Un raton laveur, le raton laveur (nm)

296
Q

Cleaning product

A

Un produit d’entretien, le produit d’entretien (nm)

297
Q

To maintain

A

Entretenir (vtr)

298
Q

To scythe

A

Faucher (vtr)

299
Q

Repercussion

A

Une incidence, l’incidence (nf)

300
Q

Gutter

A

Une gouttière, la gouttière (nf)

301
Q

To turn up

A

Se pointer (v pron)

302
Q

To notice, to identify

A

Repérer (vtr)

303
Q

Instructions

A

Une consigne, la consigne (nf)

304
Q

To unplug

A

Débrancher (vtr)

305
Q

Plant nursery

A

Une pépinière, la pépinière (nf)

306
Q

To shoot or
To ruin/wreck

A

Flingeur (vtr)

307
Q

Crane (bird and machine)

A

Une grue, la grue (nf)

308
Q

To gather, to glean

A

Glaner (vtr)

309
Q

Manure

A

Le fumier, du fumier (nm)

310
Q

To defecate

A

Fienter (vtr)

311
Q

To stuff, to fill

A

Bourrer (vtr)

312
Q

Whirl, swirl
Whirlwind

A

Un tourbillon, le tourbillon (nm)

313
Q

Pale, pallid
Drab, dull

A

Blême.s (adj)

314
Q

To store, to stock

A

Entreposer (vtr)

315
Q

Wheelbarrow

A

Une brouette, la brouette (nf)

316
Q

Mechanical digger

A

Une pelleteuse, la pelleteuse (nf)

317
Q

Plantes à graines nues portées par des cônes (“graine nue”)

A

Gymnosperme.s

318
Q

Plantes qui portent des fruits (graines à vessaux)

A

Angiosperme.s

319
Q

Scale, leaf base

A

Une écaille, l’écaille (nf)

320
Q

Vine shoot

A

Un sarment de vigne, le sarment de vigne (nm)

321
Q

South-facing

A

Plein.e.s sud (loc adj)

322
Q

Fern

A

Une fougère, la fougère (nf)

323
Q

Moss or
Foam

A

Une mousse, la mousse (nf)

324
Q

Chestnut tree

A

Un châtaignier, le châtaignier (nm)

325
Q

La première feuille produite par les plantes, qui nourrit l’embryon en accedant aux nutriments stockés dans la graine, jusqu’à ce que les vraies feuilles se développent et commencent la photosynthèse.

A

Un cotylédon, le cotylédon (nm)

326
Q

Peat

A

La tourbe (nf)

327
Q

Hoe

A

Une binette, la binette (nf)

328
Q

Upstream or
In advance

A

En amont (loc adv)

329
Q

Mould or
Baking tin

A

Un moule, le moule (nm)

330
Q

Rake

A

Un râteau, le râteau (nm)

331
Q

To rake

A

Ratisser (vtr)

332
Q

Stem/stalk

A

Une tige, la tige (nf)

333
Q

La pièce florale en forme de tige, qui porte les fleurs, puis, après la fécondation, les fruits. Anatomiquement, elle a la structure d’une tige.

A

Un pédoncule, le pédoncule (nm)

334
Q

Aphid

A

Un puceron, le puceron (nm)

335
Q

Bug

A

Une punaise, la punaise (nf)

336
Q

Harvest

A

Une moisson, la moisson (nf)

337
Q

Deciduous - trees that are broad-leafed and lose all their leaves for part of the year (usually winter) in a process called abscission

A

à feuilles caduques, à feuillage caduc (loc. adj)

338
Q

Coniferous - trees that have leaves in all seasons but gradually lose and replace them throughout the year. Their leaves are compact and pointed, needle-like or scale-like with a waxy coating and a cuticle, and they produce cones for reproduction (gymnospermes).

A

Conifère.s (loc. adj)

339
Q

Bindweed

A

Un liseron, le liseron (nm)

340
Q

Les végétaux qui ne perdent pas leurs feuilles en hiver (Evergreen)

A

Persistant.e.s (adj)

341
Q

Withering

A

Marcescent.e.s (adj)

342
Q

Cork

A

Un liège, le liège (nm)

343
Q

Le tissu conducteur qui transporte l’eau et des minéraux (de la sève brute) depuis les racines vers les parties aériennes d’une plante chez les plantes vasculaires

A

Un xylème, le xylème (nm)

344
Q

Le tissu conducteur qui transporte de la sève élaborée, une solution riche en glucides tels que le saccharose, le sorbitol et le mannitol chez les plantes vasculaires

A

Un phloème, le phloème (nm)

345
Q

Tendril (organe de plantes grimpantes)

A

Une vrille, la vrille (nf)

346
Q

Crease, fold or groove

A

Un sillon, le sillon (nm)

347
Q

Blade

A

Une lame, la lame (nf)

348
Q

Une graine, ou par extension d’autres organes de reproduction, sélectionnées pour être semées

A

Une semence, la semence (nf)

349
Q

Seedling

A

Un semis, le semis (nm)

350
Q

Raised bed

A

Un potager surélevé, le potager surélevé (nm)

351
Q

L’organe reproducteur mâle chez les plantes à fleurs (les angiospermes)

A

Une étamine, l’étamine (nf)

352
Q

L’organe reproducteur femelle chez les plantes à fleurs (les angiospermes)

A

Un pistil, le pistil (nm)

353
Q

Un type d’inflorescence mimant ou ressemblant à une fleur unique, composée de fleurons sessiles (des fleurs sans pédoncules) sur un réceptacle.

Il caractérise la famille des Asteraceae, mais aussi d’autres familles comme les Dipsacacées, les Campanulacées ou les Apiacées.

A

Un capitule, le capitule (nm)

354
Q

Big cat

A

Un fauve, le fauve (nm)

355
Q

Blue-ish

A

Bleuté.e.s (adj)

356
Q

Ear or cob (of a cereal)

A

Un épi, l’épi (nm)

357
Q

To wither, to wilt

A

Flétrir (vtr)

358
Q

To sharpen, to whet

A

Acérer (vtr)

359
Q

Die
Cube

A

Un dé, le dé (nm)

360
Q

Sucker (plant) or
Clamp

A

Un crampon, le crampon (nm)

361
Q

Vole

A

Un campagnol, le campagnol (nm)

362
Q

Renowned

A

Renommé.e.s (adj)

363
Q

La pièce foliaire, reliant le limbe à la tige.

A

Un pétiole, le pétiole (nm)

364
Q

Tab (PC)

A

Un onglet, l’onglet (nm)

365
Q

Weeding tool

A

Une sarcleuse, la sarcleuse (nf)

366
Q

To prick out, to transplant

A

Repiquer (vtr)

367
Q

To become woody, to lignify

A

Se lignifier (v pron)

368
Q

To be in two minds (to hesitate) or
To touch yourself

A

Se tâter (v pron)

369
Q

To feel, to palpate

A

Tâter (vtr)

370
Q

To sieve, to sift

A

Tamiser (vtr)

371
Q

Trowel

A

Une taloche, la taloche (nf)

372
Q

Terrine, basin

A

Une terrine, la terrine (nf)

373
Q

Oak

A

Un chêne, le chêne (nm)

374
Q

Sheath or
Girdle/corset

A

Une gaine, la gaine (nf)

375
Q

Un adjectif qui qualifie organe végétal directement attaché à son support sans intermédiaire tel qu’un pétiole ou un pédoncule

A

Sessile.s (adj)

376
Q

Un orifice de petite taille présent dans l’épiderme des organes aériens des Embryophytes (sur la face inférieure des feuilles le plus souvent), qui permet les échanges gazeux ainsi que la régulation de l’évapotranspiration et de la pression osmotique.

A

Un stomate, le stomate (nm)

377
Q

Une pièce foliaire qui fait partie d’une feuille composée

A

Une foliole, la foliole (nf)

378
Q

Relating to the south pole (southern)

A

Austral.e.s (adj)

379
Q

Relating to the north pole (northern)

A

Boréal.e.s (adj)

380
Q

L’ensemble d’êtres vivants (biotiques) dans un espace écologique, e.g. flore, faune, et fonge

A

Une biocénose, la biocénose (nf)

381
Q

L’ensemble de facteurs non-vivants (abiotiques) dans un espace écologique, e.g. le climat, les conditions du sol, l’eau

A

Un biotope, le biotope (nm)

382
Q

Roaster, coffee roaster

A

Un torréfacteur, le torréfacteur (nm)

383
Q

La partie inférieure du carpelle, et l’enveloppe protectrice qui contient un ou plusieurs ovules

A

Un ovaire, l’ovaire (nm)

384
Q

Une structure de forme ovale d’une fleur, et l’organe qui contient le gamète femelle

A

Un ovule, l’ovule (nm)

385
Q

Tin

A

L’étain (nm)

386
Q

To play dead, or
To lie low

A

Faire le mort (loc v)

387
Q

Material, stuff

A

Le matos, du matos (nm)

388
Q

La tendance d’un corps à conserver sa vitesse

A

Une inertie, l’inertie (nf)

389
Q

String, piece of string

A

Une ficelle, la ficelle (nf)

390
Q

To scratch, to scrape

A

Rayer (vtr)

391
Q

Les 5 facteurs climatiques qu’on regle dans une serre

A
  1. La temperature
  2. L’hygrometrie/l’humidite
  3. Le taux de CO2
  4. La lumiere
  5. L’eau du sol (l’arrosage + le drainage)
392
Q

To travel around

A

Bourlinguer (vi)

393
Q

To take precedence

A

Primer sur (vtr ind)

394
Q

Gauge, template

A

Un gabarit, le gabarit (nm)

395
Q

Strenuousness, difficulty

A

Une pénibilité, la pénibilité (nf)

396
Q

To await, or
To be in store for

A

Guetter (vtr)

397
Q

Spoonerism

A

Une contrepèterie, la contrepèterie (nf)

398
Q

Water, rain or
Fleet

A

Une flotte, la flotte (nf)

399
Q

Puddle

A

Une flaque, la flaque (nf)

400
Q

Gable (mur supportant un toit)

A

Un pignon, le pignon (nm)

401
Q

Precocious (advanced for age)

A

Précoce.s (adj)

402
Q

Un mode de reproduction sexuée chez les végétaux où les gamètes mâle et femelle proviennent d’individus différents

A

L’allogamie, la fertilisation croisée

403
Q

Un mode de reproduction sexuée chez les végétaux où les gamètes mâle et femelle proviennent d’un même individu

A

L’autogamie, l’autofécondation

404
Q

Flesh

A

Une chair, la chair (nf)

405
Q

Poaching

A

Le braconnage, du braconnage (nm)

406
Q

Une période de froid subie par une plante nécessaire pour la faire passer du stade végétatif au stade reproductif, c’est-à-dire pour enclencher la floraison

A

Une vernalisation, la vernalisation (nf)

407
Q

L’ensemble de techniques permettant la levée de dormance et donc la germination d’une graine. Le processus (chaud ou froid) varie en fonction du type de graines

A

Une stratification, la stratification (nf)

408
Q

Tuft, clump
Pubes

A

Une touffe, la touffe (nf)

409
Q

Section or
Stretch (portion of a route)

A

Un tronçon, le tronçon (nm)

410
Q

Log (2)

A

Un rondin, le rondin (nm)
Une bûche, la bûche (nf)

411
Q

Des végétaux et micro-organismes qui se nourrissent de matière organique en décomposition

A

Saprophytique.s (adj)
Un saprophyte, le saprophyte (nm)

412
Q

Coating

A

Un enrobage, l’enrobage (nm)

413
Q

Extractor (2)

A

Un extracteur, l’extracteur (nm)
Une hotte, la hotte (nf)

414
Q

Le processus ayant pour but de prévenir l’apparition, la propagation ou l’aggravation d’une maladie, par opposition à la thérapie curative, qui vise à la guérir.

A

La prophylaxie (nf)

415
Q

Hazel tree

A

Un noisetier, le noisetier (nm)

416
Q

Thaw, melt

A

Une fonte, la fonte (nf)

417
Q

To splash, to splatter
To tarnish, to sully

A

Éclabousser (vtr)

418
Q

Pod or
Clove (of garlic)

A

Une gousse, la gousse (nf)

419
Q

Whitefly
Spiralling whitefly

A

L’aleurode (nf)
(Aleurodicus dispersus)

420
Q

Petty

A

Mesquin.e.s (adj)

421
Q

Busted, falling to pieces

A

Déglingué.e.s (adj)

422
Q

Lime tree

A

Un tilleul, le tilleul (nm)

423
Q

To go down, to sink, to decline

A

Sombrer (vtr)

424
Q

Partition

A

Une paroi, la paroi (nf)

425
Q

Side effect

A

Un effet secondaire, l’effet secondaire (nm)

426
Q

To wean

A

Sevrer (vtr)

427
Q

Hornbeam

A

Un charme, le charme (nm)

428
Q

Turning/tilling or
Refining (sugar) or
Maturing/aging (cheese/meat)

A

Un affinage, l’affinage (nm)

429
Q

To gauge

A

Jauger (vtr)

430
Q

Grass/snitch

A

Une balance, la balance (nf)

431
Q

Border/edge (of a forest)

A

Une lisière, la lisière (nf)

432
Q

Maggot or
Leg-puller/tease

A

Un asticot, l’asticot (nm)

433
Q

PPE

A

EPI (équipement de protection individuelle) (nm)

434
Q

Zilch, nothing at all

A

Que dalle (expr)

435
Q

Newt

A

Un triton, le triton (nm)

436
Q

Deer

A

Un cerf, le cerf (nm)

437
Q

Hummingbird

A

Un colibri, le colibri (nm)

438
Q

Handle/shaft (axe) or
Stem/stalk

A

Une hampe, la hampe (nf)

439
Q

Hefty, huge or
Hard, tough (intellectually)

A

Balèze.s (adj)

440
Q

To be in the shit

A

être dans la mouise (loc v)

441
Q

Sparrowhawk

A

Un épervier, l’épervier (nm)

442
Q

To row or
To stake (climbing plants)

A

Ramer (vi/vtr)

443
Q

Whip or
Whisk

A

Un fouet, le fouet (nm)

444
Q

To be precise / that is to say

A

En l’occurence (loc adv)

445
Q

It’s not over yet

A

C’est pas gagné (expr)