Vocab 24 Flashcards

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1
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Montre à gousset

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Pocket watch

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Manège

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Manigances

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Avarier

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Immangeable

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De notre vivant

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In our lifetime

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En pointillé

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Fragmented

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Prendre en grippe

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Avoir une aversion contre

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Acrimonieux

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Au vitriol

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Prophétie autoréalisateir

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Self fulfilling

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Clinquant

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Tape-à-l’œil (paillettes)

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10
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Sentir le renfermé

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Musty

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Peu ragoûtant

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Unsavory

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Tomber dans un guet-apens

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Être pris dans une embuscade

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Se tasser

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Se calmer

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14
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Cossu

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Riche

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15
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En désuétude

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Obsolète

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Avoir le verbe haut

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Loud-mouthed

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À ses débuts

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À ses balbutiements

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18
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Les finesses

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Finer points

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19
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Rogner sur les coûts

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Compter au plus juste

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20
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Tourner en surrégime

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Overdrive

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21
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Des yeux torves

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D’une manière menaçante

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Surmené

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Débordé de travail

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23
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Prendre son parti de

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Se faire une raison de

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24
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Tiraillement

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Prick (indécision aiguisée)

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25
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conciliabules

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mutterings

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26
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ourdir

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mijoter

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27
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en ballottage

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sans majorité

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28
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Écrouer

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Incarcérer

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29
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Entre-deux

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Gap

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30
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Piailler

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Pleurnicher

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31
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Décousu

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Unhinged

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32
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La tenaille

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Pincers

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33
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Clinquant

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Flashy(ness)

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34
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Émail

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Enamel

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35
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Bruyère

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Heather

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Anse

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Handle

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37
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À toutes jambes

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À toute vitesse

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38
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Dépister

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Throw off

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39
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Rebutant

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Repoussant (dissuasif)

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40
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Sans accroc

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Sans problème

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41
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Sans à coups

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En douceur

42
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S’enferrer dans des mensonges

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Emmêlé dans des mensonges

43
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Se rembarquer dans

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Caught up in

44
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Débroussailler une affaire

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Aller au but

45
Q

Lanière

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Bretelle

46
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Faire la lumière sur

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Mettre au clair

47
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Coercitif

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Coercive

48
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Dépoussiérer

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Épousseter

49
Q

Resquiller

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Cut

50
Q

Se trémousser

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Gigoter (faire des déhanchements)

51
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Frétiller de la queue

A

Wag

52
Q

Nouer la conversation

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Faire une conversation

53
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Bourru

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Bougon (ronchon)

54
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Débiner

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Parler mal (se sauver)

55
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Expédient

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Solution palliative

56
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Châtain

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Chestnut

57
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Craintif

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Peureux

58
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Emmailloter

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Emmitoufler

59
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Miaulement

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Meow

60
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Dorloter

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Mignoter (cajoler, choyer)

61
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Douceâtre

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Tired

62
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Acariâtre

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Grincheux

63
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Lampion

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Lanterne

64
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Souillon

A

Qui est couvert des souillures

65
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Brocanter

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Go antique shopping

66
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Tesson de bouteille

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Shard

67
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Avancer à pas de loup

A

Silencieusement

68
Q

Filer doux

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Obéir

69
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Rature

A

Crossing outs

70
Q

Calculé au centime près

A

Aux petits détails

71
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Babiller

A

Babble

72
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Se démasquer

A

Se dévoiler

73
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Brûler en effigie

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Burnin efigy

74
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Claquer

A

Flap

75
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Frissonner

A

Grelotter

76
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Alléguer

A

Prétendre

77
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Ajouré

A

Qui laisse entrer la lumière

78
Q

(Myope comme une) taupe

A

Mole

79
Q

À la nuit tombante

A

Au coucher de soleil

80
Q

Caduc

A

Désuet

81
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Copeau

A

Shavings

82
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Exiguïté

A

Étroitesse

83
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Poudreux

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Powdery

84
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Barbouiller

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Gribouiller

85
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Desceller

A

Work free

86
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Dépareillé

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Désassorti (dissemblable)

87
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À la rigueur

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In a pinch

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Émoustillé

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Libidineux (lubrique)

89
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Étêter

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Décapiter

90
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Suaire

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Linceul

91
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Réverbère

A

Lampadaire

92
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Sangle

A

Strap

93
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Filandreux

A

Décousu

94
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Taudis

A

Slum

95
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Remise

A

She’s

96
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Mettre le pied au plancher

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Pedal to the metal

97
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Rechigner à

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Faire de mauvais gré

98
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Margelle

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Rebord

99
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Meute

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Essaim

100
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Tapir

A

Crouch