Vocabulaire: Moderato Cantabile II Flashcards

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un aveu

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a confession

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Anéantissant

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completely destructive

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s’accouder

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to lean on/prop oneself up on one’s elbows

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baveux/euse

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salia-y/drool-y

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Briser les reins

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(literally to break someone’s kidneys)

to break the back of or destroy

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le cerne

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bruise or dark circles under the eyes

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La clarité

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clarity or bright light

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la crispation

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tic

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éreinté

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completely exhausted

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frôler

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brush/touch lightly

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fugace

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fleeting/brief

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Le guet

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surveillance/look-out

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hébéter

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make stupid/daze

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le linceul

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shroud

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par-dessus le marché

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on top of the bargin

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posé

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poised

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un repere/ un point de repere

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reference point

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rôder

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lurk

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séant

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decent/appropriate

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sournoisement

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sneakily

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le supplice

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torture

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une surenchere

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an outbid or overbid/ a promise to do more

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verser

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to pour

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vrombir

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make the sound a motor makes

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l’allocation (f) famille

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family benefit/tax deduction

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concilier carriere et famille

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reconcile career and family

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les fiançialles (f)

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engagement

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le machisme

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male chauvinism

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les parents proches

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close relatives

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prendre sa retraite

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to retire

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le troisieme âge

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old age

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veuf/veuve

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widower/widow