Voc 1 (doc 1) Flashcards

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hovercraft

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aéroglisseur

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mankind

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l’humanité

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spawn

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Pondre/engendrer (fig)

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scorch

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brûler (légèrement) pour des vêtements, de l’herbe

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hail

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la grêle

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sightseer

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touriste

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bliss

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béattitude

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oblivious

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inconscient

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dodge

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boxe, foot : esquive

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swearword

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gros mot

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plague

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peste (maladie)/épidémie

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stake

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piquet, bûcher (en histoire) // enjeu

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faire monter les enchères

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to raise the stakes

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whack

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grand coup, claquement

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fuss

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tapage, agitation

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to lurch

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vaciller, tituber

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to shore up

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consolider

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shore

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rivage, côte

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rough

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rêche

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smooth

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lisse

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to moan

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gémir, geindre

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carve

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sculpter

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carve out

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découper, moceler

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fourchette

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fork

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antler

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bois de cerf

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cerf

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stag

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prong

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dent (d’une fourchette)

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chew out

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engueuler

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chew on

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tourner et retourner (un problème)

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dough

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pâte (bread dough = pâte à pain)

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to grab/to snatch

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s’emparer brusquement de

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wipe down

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essuyer

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to gore

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encorner

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gore

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sang

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to heal

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cicatriser

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saddle

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selle/col (montagne)

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shallow

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peu profond/superficiel

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mercy

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pitié

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to broach

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entamer (provision), aborder (un sujet)

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layman

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laïc

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impale on

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empaler sur

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petulant

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irritable (faux amis)

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lung

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poumon

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knack

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tour de main

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peculiar

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bizarre

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court hearing (law)

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l’audience

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to simmer

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frémir, mijoter

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odd

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bizarre, étrange =peculiar

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dreadful

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affreux, atroce

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to subvert

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boulverser, renverser (la loi, la tradition) // corrompre (une personne)

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to undermine

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saper

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to topple

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basculer, perdre l’équilibre

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secular

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laïque

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a rib

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une côte

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cage thoracique

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rib cage

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to jack up

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soulever avec un cric/faire grimper (prix)

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a veil

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un voile

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to pour

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verser (liquide)

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oak

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chêne

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grooming products

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produits de toilette

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spleen (anatomie)

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rate

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dairy

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laiterie

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avec un bruit sourd

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with a dull thud/thump

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wisely

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judicieusement

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un moustique

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a mosquito

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to swat

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écraser (un insecte)

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fly swat

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tapette

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undignified

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qui manque de dignité

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footage

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séquences (film)

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to bow (music)

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manier l’archet

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gut

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boyau, intestin

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the Coyote State

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Le Dakota du Sud

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the paw

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la patte (d’un animal)

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wrangle

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querelle

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flaw

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défaut, imperfection

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brass

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cuivre jaune

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tuba (sport)

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snorkel

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put on a show

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organiser un show

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forensic(s)

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médico-légal

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shake off

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se débarrasser de (= to get rid of)

81
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rosin

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colophane (violon)

82
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fiddle

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violon (familier par rapport à violin)

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hardening

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durcissement

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to whiten

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blanchir

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craftsman

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artisan

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raccoon

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raton laveur

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shoo away/off

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chasser

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blunt

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peu tranchant (objet)/brusque (personne)