Vocabulary 2015 Flashcards

1
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sur le ton dont on donne un ordre

A

as if she were giving an order

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2
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craindre qq chose

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to be scared OF

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3
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laisser tranquille

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let in peace

to bother

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4
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gorge

A

throat

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5
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voler

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steal

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6
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porte-monnaie

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a purse

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7
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se faire des idées

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to get ideas into one’s head

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8
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malheureux

A

unfortunate

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9
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coin

A

a corner

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10
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en émoi

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on turmoil

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11
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huitième étage

A

ninth floor

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12
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se terrer

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to hole up

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13
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être figé

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to stay ON

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14
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le sommet

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the tip

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15
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paralysie

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paralysis

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16
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le silence

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the hush

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17
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au petit matin

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in the small hours

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18
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un camion

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a goods truck

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19
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écraser

A

to smash

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20
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un nid-de-poule

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a pothole

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21
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le vacarme

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the howl

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22
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à toute heure de la journée et de la nuit

A

around the clock

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23
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un sanglot

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a sob

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24
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foncer

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to speed/sped/sped

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sauter (faire un bond)
to leap
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désespérement
hopelessly
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rugueux
rough
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se glisser
to slip
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un balcon
a balcony
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une sentinelle
a sentry
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paleur
pallor
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remarquable
remarkable
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l'aube
the dawn
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rougeoyer
to glow
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mille questions
a hundred and one questions
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pratique
handy,practical
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couloir
corridor
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deux ou trois
a couple of
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atteindre
get to
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mitraillette
a machine-gun
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faire mal
to sore
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accomplir
to fulfil
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réquisitionner
to requisition
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proche de
close TO
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plonger
to plunge
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faire peur
to give a fright
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aimer beaucoup
to be fond of
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écureuil
a squirrel
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malgré moi
in spite of myself
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une promenade
a walk
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apercevoir
to catch a glimpse
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un jour lointain
a distant day
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avoir le regard qui s'éclaire
to have a glint/ to sparkel in one's eye
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tenebreux
saturnine
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gravier
gravel
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glisser sur
to glide over
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au ralenti
in slow motion
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un manque à gagner
a shortfall
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fatalement
inevitably
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mortellement
fatally
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auberge
a inn
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jeter un sort
to cast a spell
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jeter
to cast
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un sortilège
a spell
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se tortiller
to wriggle
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se lancer dans
to launch in
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frénétiquement
wildly
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sortir en courant
to dort out
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au point que
so much so that | to the point that
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comptoir
the counter
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aller chercher
to fetch, to go to get
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cave
the cellar
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scierie
sawmill
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à mi-voix
in a low voice
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un délai
a deadline/extension
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digne
dignified