pg 42/43 Flashcards

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adossé(e)

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with one’s back to something

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l’affaire (f) de mœurs

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vice case

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avoir le trac

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to have stage fright

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la baie (vitrée)

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(large) bay window

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le baquet d’aisances

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toilet pot

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le bat flanc

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bench

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la baraque foraine

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fairground stall

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les bas (m)

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stockings

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le bleu de chauffe

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blue overalls

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le cage d’escalier

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stairwell

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Se borner à

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to limit oneself to

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le canotier

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straw hat

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claudiquer

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to limp slightly

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col cassé

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wing collar

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le connaissement

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receipt of a ship’s cargo

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en connaissance de cause

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in full knowledge of

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crier à plein gosier

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to cry out loud

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d’aplomb

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level

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en nage

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dripping with sweat

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être convenu(e) de qqch

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to have arranged something

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craquer

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to creak

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la croûte

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scab

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la culotte

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short trousers

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de justesse

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only just, narrowly

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dépouiller

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to dispossess

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être disposé(e) à faire qqch

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to be in the mood to do something

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dodeliner

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to bob

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des droits (m)

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fees

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écrasé(e)

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run over

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empêtré(e)

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tangled up

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la flanelle

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flannel

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le forfait

A

heinous crime

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engloutir

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to gobble up/wolf down

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fouiller

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to rummage through

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les frais (m)

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costs

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hors de souffle

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breathless

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l’indication (f) du Mont de Piété

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receipt from a pawn shop

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la friture

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dried fish

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l’issue (f)

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escape route

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la jaquette

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morning coat

41
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les lunettes cerclées de noir

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black rimmed glasses

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la manche

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arm (of a garment)

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le maquereau

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pimp

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la mauresque

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moorish woman

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la mèche

A

wick

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le milieu

A

underground world

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les mœurs (f)

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morals, propriety, decency

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murir

A

to make the face look like ripe fruit

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l’ordonnateur (m)

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funeral director

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la passé

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channel (water)

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la persienne

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shutter

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la plaque

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blotch, blemish

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la prise de bec

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row

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la punaise

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stink bug

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raccrocher

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to hang up

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le remue-ménage

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commotion, agitation

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rester interdit

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to stand there speechless

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rire à perdre haleine

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to laugh so much you become breathless

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le sarrau

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smock

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le taquet

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slap

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la toile cirée

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waxed tablecloth

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tire bouchonner

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to twist around

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tire bouchonner

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to twist around

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la trainée

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trail

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la veille

A

the day before

66
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vif (vive)

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vivacious/quick tempered