Vocab Flashcards by Anon ymous | Brainscape

Q

an abortion

A

un avortement (m)

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thin

A

maigre

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call/give (smth) a name

A

affubler (qqn) d’un nom

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buffer zone

A

le glacis (m)

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coastline

A

le littoral (m)

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ladder

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une échelle (f)

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a spanking

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une grande fessée (f)

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cardinal sins

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péché capital (m)

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provided that

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pourvu que

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a prophecy

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une prophétie (f)

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to chant (repeat over and over)

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psalmodier

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is chanted at length

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se psalmodie à longueur

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fights of fancy / hair-brained ideas

A

élucabrations (f)

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upmarket / swanky

A

huppé

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to shake / rattle / unnerve

A

ébranler

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to shake

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secouer

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to erect

A

ériger

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to purchase / buy

A

acquérir

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to knock over

A

culbuter

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a shortage / lack

A

pénurie (f)

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to be amused / entertained by

A

ébaudir de

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to amuse / entertain

A

ébaudir

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to peck

A

picorer

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a nugget

A

pépite de (f)

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to crumble

A

s’effriter

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to clothe / dress yourself

A

se vêtir

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to heal

A

cicatriser

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affluent

A

aisé

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stuck

A

coincé

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cock-a-doodle-doo

A

Cocorico

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taker

A

preneur

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to take / be glad to have

A

être preneur

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object to doing something / doing something begrudgingly

A

rechigner à faire [qqch]

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physical / bodily

A

somatique

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smart

A

calé

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to procrastinate

A

tergiverser

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to give oneself a paintjob

A

se donner un coup de peinture

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to rub shoulders with

A

côtoyer