Vocab français Flashcards

1
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des charentaises (f)

A

carpet slippers

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2
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en cavale

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on the run

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3
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une plate-bande

A

a flower bed

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4
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un parangon

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a paragon

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5
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la calvitie

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baldness

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6
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dégingandé

A

gangly

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7
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clairsemé(e)

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sparse/thin (attendance, vegetation, lighting, beard)

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8
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exigu(ë)

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cramped (corridor, room, place)

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9
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(mon/son/leur/etc.) for intérieur

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inner self/conscience (deep within, inwardly, inner voice)

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10
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une débandade

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a fiasco/mess/upheaval/meltdown (unravelling? exodus?)

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11
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le cuir chevelu (gras/sec)

A

(oily/dry) scalp

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12
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insurmontable

A

insurmountable

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13
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agacé

A

annoyed

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14
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pour un oui ou pour un non

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for no (good) reason/for the slightest little thing

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15
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(l’air) hilare

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laughingly, with an amused air

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16
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hissé(e)

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raised/lifted with effort, hoisted

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17
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une gare routière

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bus station

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18
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(arrêter de) faire l’idiot

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(stop) being silly/messing around

19
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se figer (/zh/)

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freeze (in the act of doing something)

20
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crever

A

literally: puncture
figuratively: die

21
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un salopard

A

a bastard

22
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une courbe

A

a bend/curve (in a road)

23
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un bidon

A

a can/flask (for a cyclist)

24
Q

bidon

A

bogus/stupid/phoney

25
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des lacets

A

shoelaces

26
Q

des freins (masc.)

A

brakes

27
Q

venir de nulle part

A

come out of/from nowhere

28
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requinqué

A

revived/refreshed/buoyed up

29
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insouciance

A

recklessness/thoughtlessness/carelessness

30
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un sursaut d’orgueil

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a surge of pride (in oneself)/vanity

31
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couiner

A

squeak, chirp, squeal (e.g. old bike, piglets, etc.)

32
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un guidon

A

handlebar

33
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un bas-côté

A

shoulder (roadside)

34
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un muret

A

a low stone wall

35
Q

couver

A

to hatch (something)

36
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par voie aérienne

A

by air

37
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une dernière pour la route

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one for the road

38
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un virage

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a turn/shift (literal or figurative)

39
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un pélerinage

A

a pilgrimage

40
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une pente

A

a slope

41
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une pente glissante

A

a slippery slope

42
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grandir

A

grow (up)

43
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un escroc

A

a crook/petty thief

44
Q

une draisine

A

a handcar