VOCABULARY Flashcards by Lottie S | Brainscape

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Une ethnie

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Ethnic group

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Montrer patte blanche

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To prove your belonging

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Une embarcation de fortune

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A makeshift boat

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Un patelin

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A village

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Paumé

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Lost

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Du tac au tac

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Directly, tit-for-tat

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Un pot-de-vin

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Bribe

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Un boui-boui

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Cheap and cheerful café

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Tchiper

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Disapproval, tut tut sound

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Un toubib

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Doctor

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Rédemarrer

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To restart

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Une bousculade

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Rush

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Une gourde

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Waterbottle

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Tomber dans le panneau

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To fall into the trap

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Les taches de rousseur

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Freckles

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Une friandise

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Candy

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Un préau

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A covered playground at school

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Moudre

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To grind

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Coincé

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Uptight

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Détaler

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To leg it

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Avoir le béguin

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To have a crush

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La baston

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Fighting

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Médusé

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Astounded

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Bredouille

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Empty handed

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Faire le pitre

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To act the fool

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Les pellicules

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Dandruff

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L’hymne nationale

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National anthem

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Un obus

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Bomb

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Faire la razzia

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To carry out a raid

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Étreindre quelqu’un

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To hug someone

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La drache

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Driving rain

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Un gibier

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Prey

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Un charnier

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Mass grave

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Foncer comme une flèche

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To run like the wind

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Le dernier verrou avait sauté

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The floodgates had opened

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Glandouiller

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To hang around

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Un couvre-feu

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A curfew

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À peine

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Hardly

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Perdre pied

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To lose one’s footing

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Tomber comme un couperet

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To hit like a hammer blow

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Se sentir à l’étroit

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To feel stifled

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L’heure de pointe

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Rush hour

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Un raccourci

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Shortcut

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Du chanvre

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Hemp

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Du jour au lendemain

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From one day to the next

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Une embuscade

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An ambush