Schrines of Gaiety French -> English Flashcards by Alice Ravache | Brainscape

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Dissuader

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To deter

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Hétéroclite

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Motley

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Foule

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Throng

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Aristo, le gratin

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Toff, the Toffs

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Curieux, badau

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Rubberneck (x2)

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Tirer d’un coup sec sur la manche

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To tug at the sleeve

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Se balancer

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To sway

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Terne

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Drab

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Allonger le cou

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To crane the neck

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Affreux, atroce

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Wicked (x2)

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Faire attention superficiellement à quelque chose

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To pay cursory attention to something

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Parenté

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Kinship

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Groupe

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Bevy

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Feuilleter

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To leaf

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Un petit groupe

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A Huddle

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Terne

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Lacklustre

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Foyer, âtre

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The grate (x2)

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Une blouse

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A smock

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Qui en fait trop (un acteur par exemple)

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Hammy

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Egayer

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To enliven

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Une feuille de chou, un torchon

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A rag (x2)

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Corne d’abondance

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Cornucopia

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Convenir

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To befit

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Rendre hommage à qqun

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To pipe someone back on board

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Une étreinte

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A clutch

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Une danse las

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A weary dance

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Une gueule ouverte

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An open maw

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Relever le postérieur

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To bring up the rear

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Le rejeton de la portée

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The runt of the litter

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Les troupes d’élite

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The crack troops

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Etre assaili par

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To be beset by

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Une tourbière

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A bog

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Vagabondage, errance

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Vagrancy (x2)

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Colporter

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To peddle

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… par-dessus le marché

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… to boot

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Faire éclore un plan

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To hatch a plan

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Moisi

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Mildewed

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Un prêteur sur gage

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A pawnbroker

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Marchander, un marchandeur

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To haggle, a haggler

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Sale, souilé

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Filthy (x2)

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Escroquerie

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Fleecing

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Un homme pimpant, fringuant

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A dapper man

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Inflexible

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Adamantine

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Je ne suis pas encore gâteux

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I’m not in my dotage yet

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Une recrudescence, une avalanche

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A spate (x2)

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Grincer

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To grate

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Rusé

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Sly

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Un élancement dans le dos

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A twinge in the back