Vocab 17 Flashcards

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to pursue

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pourchasser

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2
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to sense in advance; to contact/approach

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pressentir

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3
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an eyehole

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un judas

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4
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a drawbridge

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un pont-levis

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5
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to be scared stiff; to give someone the heebie-jeebies

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avoir les jetons; ficher les jetons à qqn

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6
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to unearth (fam.)

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dégot(t)er (fam)

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7
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to mope

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se morfondre

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8
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an imp, elf, goblin

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un farfadet

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9
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a weakling, a sissy

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une mauviette

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to hand over (v. fam)

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abouler (t. fam)

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11
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to booze (it up) (fam)

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picoler (fam)

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12
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to slay (archaic)

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occire (archaïque)

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13
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to go to war

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aller au casse-pipe(s)

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14
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a newt

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un triton

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15
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a wedge

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un cale

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16
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a racket, a to-do (fam)

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un raffut (fam)

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17
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it’s a piece of cake (fam)

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c’est de la bobine (fam)

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18
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to sound the alarm bell (formal)

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sonner le tocsin (sou)

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19
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that’s a load of rubbish (v. fam)

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c’est de la foutaise (t. fam)

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20
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mud, muck (fam)

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la gadoue (fam)

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21
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integrity, uprightness

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la probité

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22
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to precede (in rank/importance)

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avoir la préséance sur; primer sur (sou)

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23
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a square/box (in a crossword/graph paper, on a form )

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une case

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24
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a booklet, manual

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une fascicule

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a commodity
une denrée
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a disclaimer
un démenti, un désaveu
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understanding (adj)
compréhensif, bienveillant
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moving (adj), touching (adj)
attendrissant
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to unscrew, to loosen
dévisser
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a bird, a feathered creature
un volatile
31
to machine-gun; to snap at someone (fam)
mitrailler
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to skimp on
lésiner sur
33
an oar, a ream (of paper)
une rame
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catnip
l'herbe-aux-chats
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to catnap
sommeiller, faire un petit somme
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warped
déformé, dénaturé
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to hop, to skip
sautiller
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a satellite dish
une parabole
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to short-circuit
disjoncter
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tonsils
les amygdales (f)
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to skim
écumer
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to have a low opinion of, to underestimate
mésestimer
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to bray; to yell/bellow (fam)
braire
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a bypass
une rocade
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a range (kitchen)
un fourneau
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upholstery
le tissu d'ameublement
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mention; distinction
la mention
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to whom it may concern
à qui de droit
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to grumble, to mumble, to mutter
grommeler
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crazy, screwy, nuts (fam)
cinglé (fam)
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a bunch of keys
un trousseau (de clés)
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stillborn (adj)
mort-né, mort-née
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typing, typewriting
la dactylographie
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shabby, tacky, dingy, crummy (fam)
miteux (fam)
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a squeaking, a squealing
un couinement
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to recollect, to remember (formal)
se remémorer (sou)
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to show/filter through
transparaître
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to furrow
raviner
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lower down, below
en contrebas
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madly, passionately
éperdument
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a recess/hollow; an indentation
un renfoncement
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a lapping
un clapotement
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to whip
cingler
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to whirl, swirl, twirl
tournoyer
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a shack, a hut
une cahute
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to ripple, to undulate
ondoyer
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to soak through
détremper
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ineptitude, stupidity
une ineptie
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sap
la sève
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rewarding
gratifiant
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a freight elevator
un monte-charge
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an area
une aire
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redoing, redecorating
une réfection
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a shaft (of a mine)
un puits
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``` to stand out, to be silhouetted (normal); to emerge (formal) ```
se profiler (reg, sou)
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a housewife
une ménagère
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a cook/chef (fam)
un cuistot (fam)
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a fork (of a road, on a bike, in a tree)
une fourche
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a sprout
un germe
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rawhide
le cuir brut/vert
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a bird of prey
un rapace
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to follow, to draw (circles)
décrire
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more than ever
de plus belle
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to fill in, to plug, to repair
colmater
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to underlie
sous-tendre
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a brainwashing
un lavage de cerveau
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an anvil
une enclume
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to surround, to block off (police/army)
investir
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an improvised weapon
une arme par destination
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sober
n’avoir pas bu; dessoûlé
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goosebumps
la chair de poule
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to itemize
détailler
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a dial tone
la tonalité
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to step over, to stride across
enjamber
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a shoulder (road)
un accotement
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a sign, a notice
un écriteau
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a thicket, a copse
un taillis
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rocky (terrain), gravely (voice)
rocailleux
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a corner (of a mouth)
une commissure
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to be a drag/pain (fam)
étre un raseur/une raseuse
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unshakable, staunch
indéfectible
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a reject (defective product), trash
un rebut
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chubby (face)
poupin
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a big nose (v fam)
un nase/naze (t fam)
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a swindler
un aigrefin
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crooked, villainous
crapuleux
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the side of a road
le bas-côté
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a tangle, a maze
un écheveau
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a beanpole (pej)
une bringue (pej)
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a live it up, to party (fam)
faire la bringue (fam)
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to show off, to display, to present (documents)
exhiber
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a lobby, a foyer
un hall (h aspiré)
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alpaca
un alpaga
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a mane
une crinière
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lionlike (litt)
léonin
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furrowed
buriné
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give someone a helping hand
prêter main-forte à qqn
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inexhaustible, unlimited
intarissable
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to tear limb from limb
dépecer
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to be unable to get over something
ne s’en remettre pas
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a horse, a nag (pej)
un canasson (pej)
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to be handpicked
être trié sur le volet
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a career-minded person
un/une carriériste
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to lug around (fam)
trimballer
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an orderly
un planton
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a commotion
un remue-ménage
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an undershirt
une brassière
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a jack
un vérin
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pale, pallid
livide
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a slide (presentation)
une diapositive
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a stallion, a srud
un étalon
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on both sides
recto verso
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a speedboat
un hors-bord
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passing, transient
passager
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feverish, restless
fébrile
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open (wound)
à vif
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a scene, a picture
un tableau
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a crew cut
des cheveux coupés en brosse
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rolled up (sleeves€, bunched up
retroussé
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a steward
un régisseur
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uncultured, philistine
béotien
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to filter through
transparaître
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laughable, inadequate, pathetic
dérisoire
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a loophole, a way out
échappatoire
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(Denver) boot
un Sabot de Denver
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carhartic
cathartique
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an agenda
un ordre du jour, un programme
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the peanut gallery
le poulailler
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to offset
contrebalancer, compenser
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a puma/mountain lion
un puma, un cougouar
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playfully
avec espièglerie, d’un ton taquin
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a goody-good
une âme charitable, un modèle de vertu
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misleading
trompeur, fallacieux
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a spring (device, coul)
un ressort
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chapped, cracked
gercé
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standing (committee$
(un comité) permanent
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postage
les frais d’expédition/d’envoi/de port
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a conference
une conférence, un colloque
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measurements
les mensurations (f)
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to curse, to insult
invectiver
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nutmeg
la muscade
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dill
l’aneth (m)
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juniper
le genévrier
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a slaughter, a massacre
une hécatombe
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pre-emptive
préventif
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a flashback
un flash-back, un retour en arrière
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gamey
faisandé
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to be unfaithful to (fam)
cocufier (fam)
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affubler qqn de (pej)
to deck out in (clothes), to attach to someone (nickname) (pej)
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affublement
attire
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a buzzard
une buse
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healing (adj)
curatif
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a bundle, a package
un ballot
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a shopping bag
un cabas
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a miscasting
un contre-emploi
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to worship, to venerate
vénérer
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fly (on pants)
une braguette
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a bomb disposal expert
un démineur
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decorum, propriety
la bienséance
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holly
le houx
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a flaw, a mistake, a smudge
une bavure
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an estate
une succession
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liquid manure
le purin
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grub (food) (v fam)
la tambouille (t fam)
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to fill in, plug, repair
colmater
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bed, sack (fam)
le plumard (fam)
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to want, to intend, to mean
entendre
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compound (adj)
composé
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a recess; a cubbyhold (pej)
un réduit
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an offshoot, a shoot; a kid (pej)
un rejeton
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to emboss, to crimp
gaufrer
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to scoff at; to scorn/deride (formal)
narguer
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prerogative, privilio
l’apanage (m)
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stoning
la lapidation
195
punishable by
passible de
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to perch
jucher
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put-putting (adj, fam)
pétaradant (fam)
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a shoulder strap (sack, weapon)
une bandoulière
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a company car
une voiture de fortune
200
a field trip
une sortie d’études