Semester 1 tricky Flashcards

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1
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Electric drill

A

une perceuse

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2
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pliers

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une pince

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3
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spanner

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clef à molette

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4
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pressure cooker

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cocotte-minute

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5
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jug (earthenware)

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une cruche

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6
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cheese grater

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une râpe à fromage

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7
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pepper pot

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un poivrier

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8
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to evade

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éluder

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9
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to be evasive

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se dérober

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10
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to drag

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traîner

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11
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to tow

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remorquer

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12
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to drive a machine/force of nature

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entraîner

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13
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to push into

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enfoncer

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14
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milk the situation

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tirer sur la corde

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15
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suspender belt

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porte-jarretelles

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16
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to saunter

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marcher d’un air dégagé

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17
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to walk with feet turned outwards

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marcher EN canard

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18
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to be pigeon toed

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marcher les pieds en dedans

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19
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to loiter

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traîner

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20
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to linger

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s’attarder

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21
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to sidle up to

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se faufiler jusqu’à

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22
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to strut

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se pavaner

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23
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to stroll

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flâner

24
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to stagger

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tituber

25
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to limp

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boiter

26
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within earshot

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à portée de voix

27
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loud and clear

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à haute et intelligible voix

28
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to knead

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pétrir

29
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high-pitched voice

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voix de crécelle

30
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booming voice

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voix de stentor

31
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to give someone a headache

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casser les oreilles à qqn

32
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to deafen someone

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crever les tympans à qqn

33
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spokesperson

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porte-parole

34
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to cut someone off

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couper la parole à qqn

35
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to shout at someone

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apostropher à qqn

36
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to reveal something

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assener qqch à qqn

37
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to moan/grumble

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râler

38
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use bad language

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en dire des vertes et des pas mûres

39
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tell someone off

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sonner les cloches à qqn

40
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to exclaim

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s’écrier

41
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performer

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interprète

42
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speake for someone

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se faire interprète de qqn

43
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have to remember that

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il faut savoir que

44
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to roar

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rugir

45
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to screech

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glapir

46
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to yell one’s head off

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brailler

47
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to bawl

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beugler

48
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to shout (abuse)

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vociférer

49
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to repeat one’s self

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radoter

50
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to keep harping on

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rabâcher

51
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to trip over

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trébucher

52
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to roll over (car)

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faire un tonneau

53
Q

to topple over x3

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s’effondrer, s’écrouler, basculer

54
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synonym of scruter

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balayer

55
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coarse

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grossier

56
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dented, serrated

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bosselé, cranté