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Unit 7, Level 1 Flashcards

1
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regarder

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to look at

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regarder quelque chose de près

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to look at something closely

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regarder quelqu’un du coin des yeux

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to watch someone out of the corner of one’s eye

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parcourir son regard

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to place over, cast one’s eye over

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promoner son regard sur quelque chose

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to cast one’s eye over

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échanger des regards avec quelqu’un

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to exchange glances with someone

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observer

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to watch

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remarquer

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to notice

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se remarquer

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to be noticed

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suivre des yeux

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to follow with one’s eyes

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scruter

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to peer at

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regarder attentivement

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to peer at

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regarder fixement

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to stare at

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dévisager quelqu’un

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to stare at someone

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fixer quelqu’un du regard

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stare at someone

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regarder avec colère

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to glare at

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Jeter/lancer à quelqu’un un regard furieux

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to glare at someone

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regarder avec hostilité

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to glower at

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regarder quelqu’un de travers

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to glower at someone, to scowl at someone

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lancer à quelqu’un des regards noirs

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to glower at someone

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Jeter un coup d’œil à/sur

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to glance at

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détourner le regard

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to glance away

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Jeter un coup d’œil autour de soi

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to glance round

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apercevoir

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to catch a glimpse of

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entrevoir

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to glimpse

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regarder furtivement

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to peep at

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regarder à la dérobée

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to peep at

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regarder en cachette

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to peep at

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regarder dans le vide

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to stare into space

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briller

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to shine, sparkle, glitter, glint, etc…

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brillant

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bright

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éclatant

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bright, dazzling

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l’éclat

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brightness, brilliance, shine, glare; radiance

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une lumière aveuglante

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glare

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étincelant

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sparkling, glittering, gleaming

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clignoter

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to blink, twinkle

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faible

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faint

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s’affaiblir

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to fade (of light)

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baisser

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to fade (of light)

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trembler

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to quiver

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noir

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dark (of light)

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sombre

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dark

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ténébreux

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dark

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l’obscurité (f)

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darkness

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les ténébres (f)

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darkness, gloom

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foncé

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dark (of a colour)

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le crépuscule

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twilight, dusk

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s’assombrir

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to darken (e.g. sky)

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s’obscurir

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to darken

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avoir l’oreille fine

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to have a good sense of hearing

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claquer

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to bang

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52
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faire claquer une porte

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to slam a door

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le claquement

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bang, banging

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détoner

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to bang (e.g. explosion)

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la détonation

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bang

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l’éxplosion

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blast

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marcher à plein volume

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to go at full blast

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le bruit sourd

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thud

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faire un bruit sourd

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to thud

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faire un bruit sourd et lourd

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to thump

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marcher d’un pas lourd

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to clump

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craquer

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to creak, squeak, crunch, crackle, make a crackling sound

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crépiter

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to crackle, sputter (fire), to patter (rain)

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pétiller

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to crackle (fire); to fizz

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le sifflement

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whistle, whiz

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siffler

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to whistle

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sonner

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to ring

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l’odorat

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sense of smell

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avoir l’odorat très développer

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to have a keen sense of smell

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avoir le nez fin

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to have a keen sense of smell

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ne pas avoir l’odorat

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to have no sense of smell

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l’arôme (m)

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aroma

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le parfum

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perfume

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la senteur

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scent

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la puanteur

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stink

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frais/fraîche

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fresh

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délicat

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light, delicate

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pénétrant

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pervasive

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persistant

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lasting (scent)

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tenace

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lingering

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fétide

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fetid, sour

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infecte

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vile

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putride

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putrid

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sentir

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to smell

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respirer

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to breathe in

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puer

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to stink

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sentir de l’oignon/du poisson

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to smell of onions/fish

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sentir le brûlé

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to smell of burning

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le goût

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taste

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la saveur

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flavour

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savourer

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to taste

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avoir le goût fin

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to have a refined palate

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doux

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sweet, mild

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sucré

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sweet

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salé

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salty, salted

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épicé

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spicy

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acidulé

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tart

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aigre

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bitter

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savoureux

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tasty

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délicieux

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delicious

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appétissant

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appetising

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insipide

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insipid, lacking flavour

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fade

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insipid, lacking flavour

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sans saveur

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tasteless

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le toucher

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touch

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égal

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even, smooth

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uni

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smooth

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poli

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polished

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verni

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varnished

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doux

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lisse

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soyeux

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inégal

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raide

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glissant

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slippery, slithery

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collant

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sticky, tacky

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visqueux

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viscuous, sticky

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la sensation de laine

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the feel of wool

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la sensation de soie

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the feel of silk

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poudreux

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abrasif

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laiteux

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milky white

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ivoirin

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noir comme du chabron

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black as coal

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noir comme de la poix

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pitch black

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noir comme l’ébène

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noire comme l’encre

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inky black

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gris ardoise

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slate grey

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gris argenté

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silvery gret

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gris d’acier

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steel grey

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gris de perle

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pearl grey

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rouge comme une tomate

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red as a tomato

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bleu d’azur

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bleu ciel

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bleu roi

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royal blue

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bleu d’outremer

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aquamarine

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bleu pastel

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pastel blue

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bleu canard

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bleu ardoise

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slate blue

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citron

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safrané

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vert émeraude

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emerald green

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vert pomme

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apple green

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vert pistache

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pistachio green

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vert bouteille

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bottle green

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vert tilleul

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lime green

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vert d’olive

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olive green

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mauve

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lilas

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violet

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prune

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violâtre

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brun

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chocolat

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chocolate brown

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jaunet

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slightly yellow

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rougir

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rougeoyer

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to take on a red hue

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rosir

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to turn pink

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jaunir

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to turn yellow

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verdir

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to turn green

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blanchir

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to turn white

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une feuille blanche

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a blank piece of paper

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blanc comme neige

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white as the driven snow

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la vente de blanc

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white sale

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blanche-neige

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Snow White

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blanc de colère

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white with rage

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blanc de peur

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white with fear

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être bleu de colère

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to be purple with rage

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bleu de froid

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blue with cold

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devenir rouge comme une cérise

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to turn cherry-red

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rouge de colère

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flushed with anger

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faire rougir quelqu’un

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to make someone blush

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rougir jusqu’aux racines des cheveux

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to blush to the roots of one’s hair

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le numéro vert

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vert de peur

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green with fright

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la fièvre jaune

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yellow fever

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blanchir à la chaux

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to whitewash

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le tissu

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l’étoffe

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le tricot

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knitted fabric

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la laine

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le drap

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woollen cloth

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des lainages (m)

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le coton

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le lin

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la soie

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la dentelle

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le velours

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le velours côtelé

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la flanelle

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le feutre

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le coutil

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drill fabric

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le sergé

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twill fabric

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la toile

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canvas, linen

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le ruban

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l’acrylique

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la maille

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net fabric

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le crêpe

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crepe fabric

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l’ouate

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cotton wool

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la gaze

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le voile

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le tulle

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le bois dur

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le bois de feuillu

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le bois tendre

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le béton

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bétonner

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to concrete

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la bétonneuse

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cement mixer

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le bitume

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bitumé

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asphalted, tarmacked

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bitumer

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to asphalt, to tarmac

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le goudron

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goudronner

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goudronneux

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la poix

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pitch, tar

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poisseux

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sticky, tacky

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le macadam

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macadam (type of road construction)

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le gravier

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le gravillon

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grit, fine gravel, chipping

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gravilloner

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graveleux

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gravely, gritty

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le granit

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le granite

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la brique

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le briquetage

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briqueter

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le briqueteur

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bricklayer

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l’argile (f)

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la glaise

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argileux

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la craie

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le marble

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le plâtre

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plaster, plasterwork

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plâtrer

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to plaster

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le plâtrage

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plastering

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plâtreux

237
Q

le plâtrier

238
Q

le placoplâtre

A

plasterboard

239
Q

le mastic

240
Q

l’acier (m)

241
Q

l’étain (m)

242
Q

le fer-blanc

243
Q

le papier d’étain

244
Q

le papier d’aluminum

245
Q

le fer

246
Q

le fer forgé

A

wrought iron

247
Q

le bronze

248
Q

le cuivre rouge

249
Q

le cuivre jaune

250
Q

le plomb

251
Q

le verre

252
Q

la cire

253
Q

le cuir

254
Q

le similicuir

A

leatherette

255
Q

le daim

256
Q

la suédine

257
Q

le vinyle

258
Q

le plastique

259
Q

la pâte à modeler

A

Plasticine

260
Q

le vernis

A

varnish, glaze

261
Q

le cuir vernis

A

patent leather

262
Q

le papier

263
Q

le carton

264
Q

le parchemin

265
Q

le caoutchouc

266
Q

le caoutchouc mousse

A

foam rubber

267
Q

caoutchouteux, caoutchouteuse

268
Q

la paille

269
Q

la corde

270
Q

la ficelle

271
Q

le ruban adhésive

A

sticky tape

272
Q

la bande adhésive

A

sticky tape

273
Q

le scotch

A

Sellotape, scotch tape

274
Q

le rouleau de scotch

A

roll of Sellotape, roll of scotch tape

French Prelim Vocab (10 decks)

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