Petit Nicolas vocab 9-12 Flashcards

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1
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les carnets

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report cards

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les cartables

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book bags

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une claque

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a slap, slam

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le déménagement

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move, change of residence

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les factures

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bills

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le gigot

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leg of lamb

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un ingrat

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an ingrate

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la foi

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faith

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un soupir

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a sigh

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un vaurien

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a scamp

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une fessée

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a spanking

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dissipé

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inattentive

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turbulent

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noisy, wild

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distrait

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absent minded

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entrouvert

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ajar

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arriver

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to succeed

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bousculer

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to jostle

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en vouloir à

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to have a grudge against

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priver

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to deprive

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finir au bagne

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to end up in jail

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21
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so saigner aux quatre veines

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to work one’s finger to the bones

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mâcher

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to chew

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traîner

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to drag

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maintes fois

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many times

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la cheville

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ankle

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un élastique

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a rubber band

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un guignol

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a fool

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l’invité

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the guest

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les jouets

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toys

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la marchande

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saleswoman

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les nattes

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braids

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les paupières

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eyelids

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le placard

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cupboard

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la poupée

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doll

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un poussin

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a chick

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un singe

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a monkey

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un truc

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a think, trick

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la vitre

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glass pane

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bêta, bêtasse

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dumb

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bien élevé

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well brought up

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brutal

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brutal

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embêté

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bored, annoyed

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grave

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serious

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laid

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ugly

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minable

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shabby

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à moitié

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half

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au lieu de

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instead of

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des tas de

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lots of

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ne…que

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only

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pendant que

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while

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quand même

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anyway, anyhow

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sauf

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except

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sinon

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if not

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surtout

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especially

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avoir affaire à

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to have business with

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avoir envie de + V

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to feel like + V-ing

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avoir l’air de + V

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to look like…

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avoir le droit de + V

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to have the right to V

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avoir raison

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to be right

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emmener

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to take (person)

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être en train de + V

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to be in the middle of + V-ing

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faire bouger

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to make move

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faire exprès

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to do on purpose

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faire le coup des paupières

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to bat one’s eyelids

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faire mal

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to hurt

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faire mieux de + V

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to be better off + V-ing

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gronder

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to scold

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habiller

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to dress

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lâcher

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to let go of

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oser

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to dare

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plaire

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to please

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pleurer

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to cry

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prendre de l’élan

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to leap

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prier de + V

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to beg to… (strong request), pray

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ramasser

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to pick up, collect

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raser

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to shave

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reprendre

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to take back

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s’écarter

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to make way, swerve

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se mettre à + V

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to start

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se moquer de

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to make fun of

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sentir

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to smell

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se sentir

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to feel

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tenir le coup

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to remain sharp

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tirer

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to pull

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la baignoire

A

bathtub

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la palissade

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fence

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le briquet

A

lighter

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des sous

A

pennies, coins

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les garnements

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scamps

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le baba (au rhum)

A

type of cake

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une planche

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a plank

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des pavés

A

pavement

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les roues

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wheels

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les ressorts

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springs, coils

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Pépé

A

Grandpa

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Mémé

A

Grandma

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claquer les portes

A

slam doors

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se frapper le front

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to hit one’s forehead

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se cotiser

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to pull together

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priver

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to deprive

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se méfier de

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to be suspicious of

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cracher

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to spit

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gâcher

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to ruins

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piquer les yeux

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to sting one’s eyes

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se tenir le ventre

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hold one’s stomach

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tricoter

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to knit

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empester

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to stink(out)