Vocabulary 10 Flashcards

1
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aigre (agj)

A

sharp, acrimonious, sour

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2
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aigrir (vt)

A

to sour, embitter

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3
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croitre (vi)

A

to grow

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4
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ruser (vi)

A

to use cunning

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5
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roder

A

to break in (as a new engine)

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6
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un débouché

A

an opening, a market

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7
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gourmand (adj)

A

greedy

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8
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débarquer

A

to unload, land, disembark

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9
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décréter

A

to decree

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10
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heurter à

A

to collide with, offend

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11
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l’acharnement (m)

A

fierceness, ruthlessness, stubborness

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borner

se borner à faire

A

to restrict, mark off

to limit oneself to

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13
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un détenteur
une détentrice

un détenteur d’un passeport allemand

A

holder

a holder of a German passport

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14
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une dague

une dague de poing

A

a dagger

a fist dagger

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15
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dérobé (adj)

A

hidden, secret

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16
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dérober

A

to steal, purloin, snatch

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17
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soustraire

A

to subtract, remove

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18
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l’appui (m)

A

support, encouragement

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19
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le tapage

A

uproar, ruckless

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20
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médiatique (adj)

A

to do with the media

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21
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un atout

A

an asset

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22
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officiellement

officieusement

A

officially

unofficially

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23
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railleur (adj)

A

mocking

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24
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railleusement

A

mockingly

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25
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la saisie

A

siezure, capture

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26
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l’écart (m)

à l’écart

Ils se promenent dans le jardin à l’écart.

A

a gap, distance

isolated

The are walking in the garden off by themselves.

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27
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un virement

A

a transfer, exchange (of goods, funds)

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28
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un bordereau

A

a docket, a contract, a form, a list

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29
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prélever

A

to withdraw

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30
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déduire

A

to deduct

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31
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héler

A

to hail, to call out

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32
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un rentier

une rentière

A

person of independant means

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33
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s’avérer

Le téléphone s’etait avéré un outil indispensable.

A

to prove to be

The telephone has proved to be an indispensible tool.

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34
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provisoire (adj)

A

interim, provisional

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35
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attardé (adj)

A

retarded

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36
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prêcher

A

to preach

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37
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se servir

A

to help oneself

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38
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débusquer (vt)

A

to flush out (cause to break cover)

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39
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dépayser

A

to disorient, confuse

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40
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l’imprévu (m)

A

the unexpected

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41
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inopiné (adj)

A

unexpected

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42
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supprimer

A

to eliminate, abolish, suppress

43
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biaiser

A

to distort, avoid, hedge against something

44
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dérangeant (adj)

A

unpalatable, disturbing

45
Q

recoupement

A

cross-check

46
Q

dorloter (vt)

A

to pamper

47
Q

un perroquet

A

parrot

48
Q

en provenance de

A

coming from

49
Q

À défaut de…

A

Failing to…

50
Q

le saignement

A

bleeding

51
Q

l’immatriculation (f)

A

registration

52
Q

un répit

A

a respite

53
Q

entrebâiller

A

to half open

54
Q

un entrebâillement de…

A

a gap in…

55
Q

gifler (vt)

A

to slap, humiliate

56
Q

décaler (vt)

A

to shift

57
Q

décommander

A

to call off, cancel

58
Q

rattraper

A

to recapture

to make up (for something)

59
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largement (adv)

A

widely, amply

60
Q

douter

se douter

A

to doubt, question

to suspect

61
Q

consciemment

A

consiously, knowingly

62
Q

l’avènement (m)

A

accession (to the throne, to an afterlife)

63
Q

lointain

A

remote, faraway

64
Q

une retrouvaille

A

a reunion

65
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bredouiller

A

to mumble, stutter

66
Q

un rôdeur

A

prowler

67
Q

la crispation

A

tension, contortion, wince

68
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aiguiser

A

to sharpen, grind, hone

69
Q

la fonte

à la fonte des neiges

A

melting, smelting, casting

when the snow melts

70
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assecher

s’assecher

A

to drain, dry

to dry out

71
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prémunir

se prémunir

A

to provide, to protect

to protect oneself

72
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l’aube (f)

à l’aube des années 2000.

A

dawn, daybreak

in the early 2000’s

73
Q

atterrir

A

to land (an airplane)

74
Q

accidenté

A

bumpy (pertaining to a road surface)

75
Q

une planche à laver

A

a washboard

76
Q

escarpé

A

steep (road)

77
Q

rocailleux (adj)

A

rocky (road)

78
Q

rapeux

A

rough

79
Q

rugueux

A

rough

80
Q

compliqué

un tâche compliquée

A

complicated, difficult

a complicated task

81
Q

composé

A

complicated

82
Q

complexité (?)

A

complexity

83
Q

une pente

être sur la mauvaise pente
être sur une pente savonneuse

A

slope

to be on a slippery slope

84
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savonneux (adj)

A

soapy

85
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marré (adj)

J’étais bien marré.

A

funny

It was funny to me.

86
Q

à la place de

Je pourrais parler à la place des personnages.

A

in place of

I could speak in place of the actors.

87
Q

en parallèle

A

at the same time

in parallel

88
Q

le procès

Il était en procès contra l’organization quand il a été tuer.

A

lawsuit

He was suing the organization when he was killed.

89
Q

créant une dépendance (adj phrase)

être comme une drogue (fig)

A

addictive

90
Q

la fumée

A

smoke

91
Q

booster

A

to boost

92
Q

résultat

Résultat j’ai plus de temps pour travailler.
beau résultat!
avoir pour résultat de faire

A

result
resulting in the fact that

Resulting in the fact that I have more time to work
great work!
to have the effect of doing

93
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la cuvette

la cuvette océanique

A

bowl, basin, valley

deep ocean floor

94
Q

ravaler

A

lower
restore
swallow

95
Q

enduire de

A

to coat with

96
Q

le cyanure

A

cyanide

97
Q

susceptible de

A

likely to

98
Q

placé (adj)

A

placed

99
Q

qui que ce soit

A

anyone

100
Q

un sous-fifre

A
an underling   (colloquial)
a side-kick
101
Q

à jour

A

up to date

102
Q

peut-être que

A

perhaps

103
Q

sidérer (colloquial)

A

to stagger, astonish

104
Q

de surcroît

A

moreover