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ABEL BOOK > spring house > Flashcards

spring house Flashcards

roman

1
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the casket

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le cercueil

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to be frail

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être fragile

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3
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a flicker

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une lueur tremblotante

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4
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het tweaks his lips

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il pince ses lèvres

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5
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hair cropped

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coupé court

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an impish grin

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un sourire malicieux

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a prowess

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un talent, une capacité, habileté

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8
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the latch

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le loquet

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9
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the realm of sport

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le domaine du sport

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10
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ruefully

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avec tristesse, avec regret

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11
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the lid

A

le couvercle

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12
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to haggle (haggling)

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marchander, (disscussions)

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13
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her voice kick up a notch

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sa voix monta d’un cran

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14
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a knot (in stomach)

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une tension

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to get our bearings (a sense of where you are) - to lose your bearings

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pour prendre nos marques, nos repères - être désorienté

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16
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Stark eyes

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des yeux austères, durs

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17
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to tame (animal or madness)

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apprivoisé, dompter (animal ou folie)

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18
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Tried and true (tested and proved)

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qui a fait ses preuves

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19
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the dumpster

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la benne à ordures

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20
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a pristine condition

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un état impeccable

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21
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I feel crabby

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Je me sens d’humeur grincheuse

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22
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the clutter (mess)

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le désordre, le fouillis

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23
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needles and yarn

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les aiguilles et la laine

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diligent (hardworking)

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appliqué, assidu

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25
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we behold the Eiffel Tower

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Nous contemplons la Tour Eiffel

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26
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to adorn sth

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orner, décorer

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27
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druthers ( US preference)

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une préférence

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28
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If I had my druthers

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si cela ne tenait qu’à moi

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29
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to skim

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effleurer, frôler

30
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to chuckle

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glousser

31
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heirloom

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héritage, bijou/ objet de famille,

32
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a tarp

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une bâche

33
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a settee

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un canapé, un sofa

34
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family records

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souvenirs familiaux

35
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to pore over

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examiner, étudier de près, s’absorber dans (un dossier)

36
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straighten

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redresser

37
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to burrow

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creuser

38
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for the record

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pour info

39
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cocky

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sûr de lui, présomptueux, arrogant, suffisant

40
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to piece together

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rassembler (éléments d’un vase)

41
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Sit with your back ERECT

A

assieds-toi avec le dos bien droit

42
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A wreck (the titanic for ex)

A

une épave

43
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Regardless

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de toute façon, quoiqu’il en soit,

44
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to swing by (my house)

A

faire un saut (chez moi)

45
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a cove

A

une crique

46
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the family have scattered

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la famille s’est éparpillée, dispersée

47
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to wince

A

grimacer

48
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the dreariness

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la monotonie, la grisaille (temps)

49
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a broth

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un bouillon

50
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he tripped her

A

il l’a fait trébucher

51
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endearing (a surname mimi)

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affectueux, attachant (un surnom mimi par ex)

52
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an undercurrent (of worry)

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un arrière-goût - un courant (d’inquiétude)

53
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to garner (success)

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recueillir (du succès, )

54
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the gangplank

A

la passerelle

55
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to pledge

A

promettre

56
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sullen (moody)

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boudeur, maussade

57
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to shrink back

A

reculer

58
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to jostle

A

bousculer, se cogner à

59
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a bulb flickered

A

une ampoule CLIGNOTAIT

60
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nestled (a house near the cliffs) or nestled against his mother

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une maison nichées près des falaises ou se blottir contre sa mère.

61
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a thin excuse

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une excuse peu convaincante

62
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a jack of all trades

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un touche à tout

63
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jaded

A

blasé, rassasié de

64
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to pluck out (hairs - guitar-sleeve)

A

épiler - pincer (corde d’une guitare) - arracher (une manche)

65
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the reed (plant)

A

le roseau

66
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math is LIKE PULLING TEETH

A

les math c’est une vraie galère, la croix et la bannière

67
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to thrust her lips OUT

A

POUSSER sa langue VERS L AVANT

68
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A WRANGLING

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une querelle, une dispute

69
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to outspace sb

A

devancer, aller plus vite que

70
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tempting

A

tentant

71
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