Version Flashcards by Delphine U | Brainscape

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A trail-blazer / a pioneer

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Le premier à faire qqch / celui qui ouvre la voie

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To and fro / To pace

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Faire les cents pas

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knitting

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tricot

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Tickings

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marque

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slope

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La pente

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brass

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Laiton / cuivre

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Scale

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Une balance -/- une écaille

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Drawing-room

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Un salon

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Chest of drawers

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Une commode à tiroir

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To withdrow

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Se retirer

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Evening suit

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un smoking

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ominous

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De mauvais augure

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It bodes well / ill

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Ça s’annonce bien / mal

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moth

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phalène / papillon de nuit

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To eavesdrop

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Écouter (aux portes)

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To creeps / to crawl

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ramper

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To swoop

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Plonger / piquer / fondre

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to struck

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frapper

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bleak

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morne

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splintered

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brisée

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thickly

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épais / abondant

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sparsely

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peu

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stiff

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raide

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britlle

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Cassant / fragile

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hollows

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cavités

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ashen

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cendres

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hump

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bosse

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Turf

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gazon

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slant

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inclinaison

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steep

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raide

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Staircase

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escalier

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recumbent

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Couché / alité

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Sealed

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scellées

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whiskered

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moustachu

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pebble

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caillou

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Quadrangle

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cours parallélépipédique

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Inkwell

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encrier

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christened

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baptisé

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stupendous

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Prodigieux / extraordinaire / stupéfiant / faramineux / fantastique

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Hill

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colline

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To skid

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Déraper / glisser

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a piece of wasteland

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un terrains vague

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freshman

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underclassmen

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frolic

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gambader / batifoler

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high-spirited

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plein d’entrain

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hyperkinetic

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hyperfactif

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dungarees

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salopette

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cavorting

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s’ébattre

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rambunctious

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Exubérant / turbulent

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outburst

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Éclat / explosion / emportement

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untamed

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indompté

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attendance

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fréquentation

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To tumble

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Tourbillonner / chuter / culbuter /

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recklessly

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Imprudemment / témérairement / sans se soucier des conséquences / dangereusement / avec insouciance

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jolt

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Le coup d’envoi / la secousse / la décharge

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splotched

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éclabousser

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flecks

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taches / éclaboussures / moucheture

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guzzled

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Englouti / avalé

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seditious

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agitateur / frondeur / rebelles / émeutiers

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Whooping

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Cris / poussant des cris