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Par Vite Et Revien Tard 2 Flashcards

1
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a helping hand

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un coup de main

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she only needs a bit of support

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elle n’a besoin qu’un peu de soutien

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arrogance

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la morgue

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tools

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l’outillage (m)

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to impress, to amaze

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épater

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stairwell

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une cage d’escalier

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reassured

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rasséréné(e)

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8
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if I’m not mistaken

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si je ne me trompe pas

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a basket eg bin

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une corbeille

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completion, conclusion

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achèvement

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under the counter payment, bribe, backhander

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un dessous-de-table

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to rip one off

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arracher le peaux des fesses

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to play softly

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jouer en sourdine

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14
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a stone’s throw

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un jet de pierre

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to suck, to swallow whole

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gober eg les huîtres

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16
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rough

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rêche

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17
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to go round in circles

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tourner en rond

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18
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blackmail

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le chantage

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19
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to be all set, ready

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être fin prêt

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20
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site

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un emplacement

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21
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to be taken aback

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rester interloquer

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22
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a bit of

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un brin de

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23
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a coaster

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un dessous-de-verre

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24
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continual coming and going

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un chassé-croisé

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25
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to pay tribute to sb/sth

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rendre hommage à qn/qch

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26
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the starving

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les affamés

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27
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to ruin, lay waste, wipe out, crush overwhelm

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anéantir

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28
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to send sb packing

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envoyer paître qn

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29
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to wipe

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torcher

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30
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stubborn, obstinate

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buté(e)

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31
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to moan and groan

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maronner

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32
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sales patter, sales pitch

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le boniment

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33
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that’s that

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c’est marre

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34
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to crumple, crease, also to bother

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chiffonner

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35
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to have a weak chest

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avoir la bronche fragile

une bronche= bronchus

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36
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stagnant

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croupissant(e)

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37
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clear off

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barrez-vous

se barrer - to clear off, leave

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38
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I put them in the rubbish

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je les mets au rebut

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39
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to give vent to, to pour out

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épancher

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40
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to make a blunder

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faire une bourde

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41
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bullying

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la brimade

être victime de brimades / to be bullied

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42
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pigsty

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une bauge

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43
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basket, tray

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une corbeille

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44
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agitation, nervousness

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la fébrilité

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45
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blunder, loss of control, skid

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un dérapage

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46
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without a rational link/tie

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sans attache rationnelle

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47
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to be on the air

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être sur/à l’antenne

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48
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unfitness

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l’inaptitude (f)

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49
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to apply to (also to stretch, expand, grow)

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s’étendre à

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50
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disapproval

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la réprobation

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51
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to criticise, reproach

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reprocher

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52
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to scroll, also to march, to come and go

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défiler

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53
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to burst into, rush into

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faire irruption

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54
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dull, sullen, bleak

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maussade

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55
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a piece of graffiti

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un tag

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56
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crappy, crap

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merdique

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57
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from the corner of his eye

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du coin l’œil

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58
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lout, brute, beast

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une brute

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59
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climb down

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la reculade

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60
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roughly, bluntly, unceremoniously

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sans ménagement

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61
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at the expense of

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aux dépens de

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62
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to botch, ruin, wreck

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bousiller

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63
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roller shutter, security grille, also iron curtain

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un rideau de fer

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64
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to renounce, disown

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renier

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65
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aggressively

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avec hargne

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66
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to flourish, to bear fruit

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fructifier

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67
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it’s poorly balanced

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c’est mal équilibré

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68
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to let someone walk all over over you, or take advantage of you

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laisser manger/tondre la laine sur le dos

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69
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rope

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le filin

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70
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threadbare

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élimé (adj)

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71
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to get round, wind, muddle up

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entortiller

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72
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you can’t make head or tail of this film

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ce film n’a ni queue ni tête

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73
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to brush, scrape, miss narrowly

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frôler

74
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to stick one’s neck out

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se mouiller

75
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to stick one’s neck out

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se mouiller

76
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to go into hiding

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se planquer

77
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to fail, to diminish, to flag, to grow weaker

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mollir

78
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ungrateful person

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un/une ingrat(e)

79
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drunk and uncertain

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ivre et indécis

80
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to disconcert

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décontenancer

81
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a whim

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une lubie

82
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faint light

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une lueur

83
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stencil

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un pochoir

84
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printing, print, circulation, run

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le tirage

85
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to nibble at, chew

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mordiller

86
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nonetheless, the fact remains

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il n’en demeure pas moins que

87
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trunk

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une malle

88
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studded with

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clouté(e) de

89
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to put (sth) together, to build up, to put up scaffolding

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échafauder

90
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he had not let it show

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il n’en avait rien laisser paraître

91
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to stand squarely, to stand firm

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se camper

92
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eiderdown

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un édredon

93
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to give sb/let sb have a bit of leeway

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donner/laisser du mou à qn

94
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trigger, turning point

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un déclic

95
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elusive, imperceptible

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insaisissable

96
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questioning

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l’interrogation

97
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order, decree

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le décret

98
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monk, puffin

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un moine

99
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copy out, write up

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copier

100
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monk, also puffin

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un moine

101
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unusual

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inaccoutumé

102
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dilapidated, crumbling

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délabré(e)

103
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blunder, gaffe, faux pas

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une balourdise

104
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awkward

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emprunté(e)

105
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he felt the need to

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il ressentait l’envie de

106
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momentum, enthusiasm, impetus, run up

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un élan

107
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blacksmith

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un forgeron

108
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magician

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un/une prestidigitateur (trice)

109
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to give the low down, also to stamp

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affranchir

110
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joke

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une rigolade

111
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to get beaten up

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se faire cogner

112
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to bring back to the fold

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ramener au bercail

113
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to bump off, kill

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buter

114
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to occur, happen

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se produire

115
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to rush, to dive (in)

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s’engouffrer (dans)

116
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ugly, awful, dreadful

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moche

117
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slide show

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un diaporama

118
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thoughtfully, carefully

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posément

119
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to hold on tightly

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se cramponner

120
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to clean out

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curer

121
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unusual

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insolite

122
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relaxing

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délassant

123
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backwards

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à rebours

124
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it’s double or quits

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quitte ou double

125
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tour, round eg postman

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une tournée

126
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to disclose (sth) little by little

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distiller

127
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accurately

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avec exactitude

128
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to satisfy, assuage

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assouvir

129
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group of huts, army camp

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un baraquement

130
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warning, herald

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annonciateur (trice)

131
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to harden, toughen

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aguerrir

132
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to detect, reveal, indicate

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déceler

133
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bitterness, fierceness

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l’âpreté (f)

134
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out of kindness

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par bienveillance

135
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at a loose end. Also person at a loose end

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désœuvré(e). Also un/une désœuvré(e)

136
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a figure hugging dress

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une robe qui épouse les formes

137
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music theory

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le solfège

138
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to take (sbs) breath away

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couper le souffle (à qn)

139
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vulture

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un vautour

140
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rotting carcass

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une charogne

141
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pull a fast one on sb

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rouler qn dans la farine

142
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uncultivated

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inculte

143
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life jacket

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un gilet de sauvetage

144
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violent person

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un violent

145
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as far as I know

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pour autant que je sache

146
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to imagine

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se figurer

147
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he’s a pain in the neck with his stories

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il nous bassine avec ses histoires

148
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to have a good laugh, have a great time

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se marrer

149
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wipe the slate clean

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régler une ardoise

150
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rack, pigeon hole

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un casier

151
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we’d know it

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ça se saurait

152
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fear

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une trouille

153
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slate, debt

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une ardoise

154
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I’m not really with it

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je me sens plutôt vaseuse

155
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ludicrous, unutterable

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ineffable

156
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to quibble, haggle

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chipoter

157
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carriage entrance

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une porte cochère

158
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dry dock

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un bassin de radoub

159
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to look pensive

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avoir l’air songeur/ songeuse

160
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to make a mistake, be mistaken

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se gourer

161
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scattered

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éparpillé (e)

162
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shelter

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un abri

163
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to dash (sth) off, to rush through

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bâcler

164
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to dash off an essay in 20 minutes

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bâcler une redaction en vingt minutes

165
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well manicured, immaculate

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soigné(e)

166
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litany

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la litanie

167
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hé moved on to , went on to

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il a enchaîné

168
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steamship

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une vapeur

169
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to disconcert

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décontenancer

170
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neighbourhood

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les parages (m)

171
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to put something back in one’s pocket

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rempocher

172
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the maze of officialdom

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les méandres de l’administration

173
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rejuvenating experience

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un bain/cure de jouvence (f)

174
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ineffective

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inopérant(e)

175
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painful, distressing, aching

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douloureux (euse)

176
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to demote, relegate

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rétrograder

177
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to be diluted, attenuate

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se diluer

178
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rag, strip, ribbon also snatches, scraps

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un lambeau

179
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serial

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un feuilleton

180
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well off, well healed

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les nantis (m)

181
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watch out!

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gare (à toi)!

French Vocab 1 (13 decks)

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