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To Kill a Mockingbird - Part IV Flashcards

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1
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a splinter

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une écharde, une esquille

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a jetty

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une jetée; un embarcadère/débarcadère

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3
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to yank (sth.)

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tirer d’un coup sec sur qc., arracher

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4
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to cuss

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jurer, dire des gros mots

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5
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guileless

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franc

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6
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an overseer

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un chef d’équipe, un responsable, un superviseur

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7
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a deportment

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un comportement, une tenue, un maintien

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a mishap / without mishap

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un incident, un contretemps, une mésaventure / sans encombres

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9
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to hoot

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huer

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10
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a runt

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un avorton

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11
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to subdue (sth.)

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réprimer, brimer; maîtriser

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12
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to croon

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fredonner, chantonner

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13
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to tarry

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tarder, s’attarder

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obstreperous

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récalcitrant, rebelle

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15
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sass

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culot, toupet

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16
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to romp

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s’ébattre

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to jar sb.

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secouer, ébranler (émotions)

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18
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feeble

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faible, fébrile; affaibli; piètre, peu convaincant

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to arouse sb./sth.

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exciter (sexuellement) / susciter, éveiller (intérêt, soupçons)

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inconspicuous

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qui passe inaperçu, qui ne se fait pas remarquer

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21
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a bluejay

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un geai bleu

22
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tartly

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aigrement

23
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airtight

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hermétique, sous-air; inattaquable, irréfutable (alibi, argument)

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to meddle in sth./ with sth.

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se mêler de qc. / toucher

25
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a hamper

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un panier (linge, pique-nique)

26
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gloomily

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sombrement

27
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a gauze

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une gaze

28
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to gulp sth.

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engloutir, avaler d’un trait; inspirer

29
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to mosey

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faire une balade, un tour (à pied)

30
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a speck

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une petite tache, un grain (poussière)

31
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lopsided

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de travers, de traviole, oblique

32
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dazed

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abasourdi, hébété

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to shiver

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frissonner, trembler

34
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druthers (npl.)

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préférence, goût

35
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the marksmanship

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l’habileté, l’adresse au tir

36
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gingerly

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avec précaution

37
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steep

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raide, escarpé, abrupt

38
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to rake

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ratisser

39
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apoplectic

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apoplectique; furieux, très en colère

40
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sassy

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vif, fougueux; insolent, impertinent

41
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a mutt

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un clébard, un cabot, un roquet; un bâtard

42
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to be bedecked with

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être paré, orné de

43
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a sequin

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une paillette

44
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dim

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faible; vague, lointain; bouché, pas fute-fute

45
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to resent sb.

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en vouloir à qn., éprouver de la rancune contre qn., éprouver du ressentiment contre qn.

46
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grimy

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crasseux

47
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guff (slang)

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des bêtises, des conneries, n’importe quoi

48
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to flail

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se débattre

49
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to skulk

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rôder

50
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the palliation

A

l’atténuation

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