VOCABULARY Flashcards

1
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Une ethnie

A

Ethnic group

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2
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Montrer patte blanche

A

To prove your belonging

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3
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Une embarcation de fortune

A

A makeshift boat

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4
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Un patelin

A

A village

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5
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Paumé

A

Lost

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6
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Du tac au tac

A

Directly, tit-for-tat

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7
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Un pot-de-vin

A

Bribe

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8
Q

Un boui-boui

A

Cheap and cheerful café

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9
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Tchiper

A

Disapproval, tut tut sound

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10
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Un toubib

A

Doctor

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11
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Rédemarrer

A

To restart

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12
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Une bousculade

A

Rush

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13
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Une gourde

A

Waterbottle

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14
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Tomber dans le panneau

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To fall into the trap

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15
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Les taches de rousseur

A

Freckles

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16
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Une friandise

A

Candy

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17
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Un préau

A

A covered playground at school

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18
Q

Moudre

A

To grind

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19
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Coincé

20
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Détaler

21
Q

Avoir le béguin

A

To have a crush

22
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La baston

23
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Médusé

24
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Bredouille

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Empty handed

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Faire le pitre
To act the fool
26
Les pellicules
Dandruff
27
L'hymne nationale
National anthem
28
Un obus
Bomb
29
Faire la razzia
To carry out a raid
30
Étreindre quelqu'un
To hug someone
31
La drache
Driving rain
32
Un gibier
Prey
33
Un charnier
Mass grave
34
Foncer comme une flèche
To run like the wind
35
Le dernier verrou avait sauté
The floodgates had opened
36
Glandouiller
To hang around
37
Un couvre-feu
A curfew
38
À peine
Hardly
39
Perdre pied
To lose one's footing
40
Tomber comme un couperet
To hit like a hammer blow
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Se sentir à l'étroit
To feel stifled
42
L'heure de pointe
Rush hour
43
Un raccourci
Shortcut
44
Du chanvre
Hemp
45
Du jour au lendemain
From one day to the next
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Une embuscade
An ambush