Vocabulary 3 Flashcards

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la scéne du crime

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the crime scene

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une empreinte digitale

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a finger print

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prémédité

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premeditated

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une piste

Il ne sait pas trop quelle piste suivre.

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lead (among other meanings)

He doesn’t know which lead to follow.

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être mal à l’aise

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to be ill at ease

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le passé

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the past

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un mobile

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a motive

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mobile (adj)

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mobile

moveable

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une bagarre

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fight, brawl

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10
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interrompre

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to interupt

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abréger

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to abridge

to shorten

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le meurtrier

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murderer

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une infraction

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a break-in

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un agresseur

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an aggressor, attacker

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fouiller

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to search

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un indice

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a clue

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17
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trucider

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to kill with a blade

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18
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un casier judiciaire

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a criminal record

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lors de l’interrogatoire…

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during the investigation…

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interroger

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to interrogate

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21
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un interrogatoire

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an interrogation

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22
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la justesse

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accuracy

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23
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de justesse

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barely

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sordide (adj)

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sordid

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un détournement une affaire sordide de détournement de fonds
misappropriation a sordid affair involving mishandling of funds
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incarcérer
to encarcerate
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une amende une forte amende
a fine a heavy fine
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l'innocence (f)
innocence
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un instinct
an instinct
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faillible (adj)
fallible
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faillir elle a failli mourir
to fail to honor a commitment to just fail to she just about died
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infaillible
infallible
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une liason extra-conjugale
an affair
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élucider
to solve | to elucidate
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un crime non élucidé
unsolved crime
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rouvrir
to reopen
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le dossier
file, case
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un bout de pizza
a piece of pizza
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une théorie
a theory
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resoudre
to resolve
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une intrigue policière
a detective mystery
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le cuistot (colloquial)
the chef
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Ensuite, elle l'a fait chanter, et il l'a abattue.
Later, she blackmailed him and he killed her. Lit: made him sing
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un témoin un témoin gênant
a witness a toublesome witness
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faire accuser
to incriminate
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soit.....soit....
either....or....
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le pot-aux-roses (idiomatic)
the scam
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pendant que Ils sont entrés pendant que nous dormions.
as, while They came in while we were sleeping.
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une panne de courant
a blackout
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la cour de récréation
recess courtyard
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en profiter
to make the most of it
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un bonhomme de neige
a snowman
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haut comme trois pommes (idiom)
very small
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le mollet
the calf (of a person's leg)
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tant et si bien
so much so
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un pan
a panel, section
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éclater d'un fou-rire
to burst into mad laughter
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mou, molle
soft, jelly-like
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un piéton
a pedestrian
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Une discussion sur les temps
A discussion on the tenses
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une collègue
a colleague
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dans mes pattes
underfoot Lit: in my paws
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embêter
to bother | to bore
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embêtant
boring
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le manque de...
the lack of...
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un narrateur
a narrator
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à la limite de C'était à la limite du ridicule pour moi.
borderline It was borderline ridiculous as far as I'm concerned.
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le ridicule
the ridiculous
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la classe sociale
social class
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les classes sociales élevées
the upper social classes
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un maître chanteur
a blackmailer
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maîtriser
to know, master (not as strong a meaning as in English)
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les ouvrages classiques (m)
classic works
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la littérature
literature
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issus de
coming from
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le milieu social
social environment
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le marché
the process
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l'apprentissage (m)
learning
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lucratif (adj)
lucrative
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délaisser
to neglect
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formel (adj) le language formel
formal the formal language
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ramener
to bring back
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vénéneux (adj) | vénéneuse
poisonous
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paître envoyer paître (idiomatic)
to graze (as cattle graze) to send someone packing
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un cholchique
a crocus
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un cerne violâtres comme leur cerner
a ring | violet like their ring referring to the crocus flower that has a purple ring
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un fracas
a crash, din, roar
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hoqueter
to hiccup
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une paupière
an eyelid
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dément (adj)
demented, crazy
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meugler
to moo (like a cow)
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l'actrice (f)
actress
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supposer
to suppose, assume
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ce coup-ci
this time
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le ragot (slang)
gossip, scandal
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par conséquent
therefore
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discret (adj) | discrète
discrete
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une gaffe
a blunder
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sûrement
surely
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on s'y attendait tous
we were all expecting it.
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sinon
if not | otherwise...
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à bout de souffle
out of breath
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à tel point que
so much so