Robert Sabatier Flashcards

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Leg of lamb

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Gigot m

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Turnip

A dud, rubbish, turkey fig

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Navet m

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What a treat!

Joy, feast, delight!

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Quel régal!

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Steam boat

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Bateau à vapeur m

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Handle ( on bucket fx)

Cove, bay

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Anse f

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Quench sbs thirst, be thirst-quenching

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Désaltérer

Quench yr thirst se ….

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Silver ware , silver

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Argenterie f

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Rabbit stew

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Gibelotte f

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Hound’s tooth cloth

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Pied-de-poule adj

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Make-up n

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Fard m

And embellishment

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Dress v (pop)

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Se saper

And sap, undermine v

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Broom cupboard

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Placard à balais m

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Stitch (wound) v

Resew, sew back on

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Recoudre

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Rest n

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Relâche f

Le lundi est le jour de relâche des théâtres

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Swig, gulp gulp down knock back

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Lamper qch

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Gift of the gab inf

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Faconde f

Sa faconde a séduit maintes jolies filles

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The back of the hand

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Un revers de main

S’essuyer la bouche d’un revers de main

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Trumpet n

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Trompette f
Clarinette f
Piano m

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19
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Unpack

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A Defaire ses valises

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Shoe fm

Container

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Grolle f

Godasse

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Swan

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Cygne m

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Have a snooze, catnap fam

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Pioncer

Se puoncer inf hit the sack

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Type v

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Taper

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Snag, hitch

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Anicroche f

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Prance about, hop up and down
Se dandiner | Dandiner sway
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Box hedge
Buis m
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Lock (canal)
Écluse f
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Stunt, harden
Racornir Les pluies racornissent les plants. Racorni shrivelled up
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Never ending, endless, long winded
Interminable adj
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Outdated old fashioned
Vieillot -te adj
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Sign, board, panel
Panneau m
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Hard work, trudgery, labour, slog n
Besogne f | Besogner v
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Charcoal
Fusain m
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Weathervane
Girouette f
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Sparrow
Piaf m
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Dough, bread
Pèze m
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Crappy, lousy, crammy
Á la gomme
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Manager
Gérant
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Calm down v
Décolérer
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Short sharp terse
Lapidaire adj
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Domestic violence
Violence conjugal
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Contain, restrain, check
Endiguer | And dyke up, stem the tide, dam up
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Scale
Bascule f
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Night owl fig
Noctambule
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Ice floe pack ice
Banquise f Les ours blancs se promènent sur la banquise. Polar bears walk across the ice f
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Profession job
Function f And function En function in office
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Be up in arms about
Crier haro sur | : Le h est aspiré
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Tarmac
Macadam m
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Urchin (child)
Poulbot m
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Smile | Say smile!
Faire risette Fais risette! (Photo) Les parents de bébés aiment bien lorsque ces derniers leur font risette.
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Big lipped thick-lipped adj
Lippu
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basis, thread, basic outline, framework n
Trame f | La trame du livre
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Unfold
Déferler
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Strenuous gruelling hard
Ardu
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Give birth
Donner naissance à
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Sparse, thin scattered, dispersed n few and far between expr
Clairsemé adj
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Troublemaker rebel
Rebelle m
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in no way, by no means, not at all adv
Nullement
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Naughty mischievous | Dirty sl
Polisson adj
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Started begun under way
Entamé | Presse-toi, la réunion est déjà entamée.
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Devote dedicate v
Dédier | C'est un livre dédié à sa grand-mère. Adj
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Asbestos
Amiante m
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Demonstration, march demo
Manif f fam
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Stake bet n
Enjeu m
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Pre-dinner drink
Apéro m fam | prendre l'apéro loc v abr, familier (boire un verre avant de manger) have an aperitif v expr
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Rag, cloth
Loque f | And wreck, couch potatoe
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Swig gulp inf
Lampée f (de cognac)
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hideous, foul, awful, ghastly, unbearable adj
odieux adj
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Hold your course
Garder le cap
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Crazy absurd
Saugrenu adj
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Wedge prop stall (car) v
Caler
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Lifeless motionless adj
Gisant | Le corps de la victime gisant sur le sol est à la vue de tous.
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Drip(hospital)
Perfusion f Le malade est actuellement sous perfusion Etre sous perfusion be on a drip
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Door snake | Slang fat lump
Boudin m
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Headrest
Appuie-tête m
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Malign harmful adj
Pernicieux adj -euse
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To feel bush sooner or later
Finir tot ou tard
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Novice (beg)
Blanc-bec m
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Eagle
Aigle m
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Landscape gardener
Paysagiste nmf
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Cook up knock together throw together inf
Fricoter
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Narrow minded reactionary ( derogatory)
Bien-pensant And right thinking person person who can think for himself, person who can think for herself n
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Derogatory
Péjoratif
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Enormous gigantic staggering
Faramineux adj -ruse
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Relentlessly
D'arrache pied
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Demand v
Exiger
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NATO
OTAN
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End in
Se solder par Solder settle, clear Ce chèque soldera nos dettes. This cheque will clear our debt
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``` Unruly lock (hair) Persistant (cough) ```
Mèche rebelle | And rebellious rebelle adj and n as a rebel
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Status, rank, position
Grade m And grade (job etc) Grader get a promotion
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Convertible open top
Décapotable f and adj
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Tough ( meat, person)
Coriace adj
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Grill, pump, question someone fam
Cuisiner
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Beany, woollen hat
Bonnet m
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Rush, hurry, push around
Brusquer
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To strike
Faire grève
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Laugh in sb's face expr
Rire au nez de qqn
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Hard of hearing
Être dur d'oreille
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Have an aperitif
Prendre l'apéro
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In turn
Chacun à son tour
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Spy, secret agent, spook
Barbouze nmf
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Bug, hassle, tease
Asticoter Antoine asticote tout le temps sa petite sœur. Antony keeps bugging his little sister.
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Restore, rebuild, rehabilitate
Redorer redorer son blason restore one's image v regain prestige
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Hoard, booty
Magot m | Personne n'a encore trouvé le magot de ce pirate.
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Solemn, grandiose, pompous
Solennel -le
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Hesitation wavering adv
Flottement | moment de flottement nm (moment d'incertitude) moment of hesitation n