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Vocabulary 9 Flashcards

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la niaiserie

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silliness

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une frasque

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a prank

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doser

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to dose, medicate

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un juron

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a curse, profanity

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cassant (adj)

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brittle, harsh

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l’échéancier

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schedule of due dates

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quadriller

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to keep under tight control

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intraitable (adj)

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inflexible, uncompromising, absolute

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farcir

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to stuff full, cram

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se farcir

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to get stuck with

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foisonner

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to abound

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une villégiature

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holiday

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un bélier

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a ram

a battering ram

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blindé (adj)

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armoured, bullet-proof

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une tapette

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a knocker, pansy, poof

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sourciller

sans sourciller

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frown, raise an eyebrow in displeasure

without batting an eyelid

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perquisitionner

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to carry out a search

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les prévenus

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defendants

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prohibé (adj)

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prohibited

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prohiber

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to prohibit

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les jérémiades (f)

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lamentations

moanings

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coutumier (adj)

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customary

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malencontreux (adj)

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unfortunate, luckless

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subodorer (informal)

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to detect

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dûment

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duly, rightfully

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prémunir

se prémunir

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to provide

to provide oneself

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resserrer

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to tighten (retighten)

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insu (prep)

à son insu

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unbeknownst

unbeknownst to him

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un seuil

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sill, threshold

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basculer

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to tip, topple, tumble

to change radically (figuratively)

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une montée

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a rise, a climb, an ascent

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tonitruer

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to thunder

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33
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le purin

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manure

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34
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le lisier

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manure, waste

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miroiter

faire miroiter quelque chose à qelqu’un

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to shimmer, sparkle

to hold out the prospect of something to someone

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indûment (adv)

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undeservedly

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un courier

une courière

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a broker

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fiable (adj)

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trustworthy, reliable

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compenser

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to compensate

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précautionneusement

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carefully, cautiously

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41
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enfuir

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to bury

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42
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le sillage

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the wake (of a ship or an event)

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43
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constater

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to note, verify, certify

44
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les guillemets (mp)

A

quotation marks

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déséquilibré (adj)

A

unbalanced

46
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se succéder

A

to follow one another

47
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un débile

débile (adj)

A

a crazy person

feeble-minded

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une couche

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a layer

a nappy

49
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d’emblée

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straightaway, at first sight

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l’ouïe (f)

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sense of hearing

51
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ouïer

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to hear

52
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différencier

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to differenciate

53
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un goban

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a board for playing go

54
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le merisier

A

cherry tree

cherry wood

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l’ardoise

A

slate

56
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la nacre

nacré

A

mother of pearl

pearly

57
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la croissance

A

growth

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déchirer

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to tear, rip apart

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déchirant (adj)

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heart-rending

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survenir

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to happen (unexpectedly)

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avare (adj)

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stingy

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rallier

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to rally, unite together

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intervenant (adj)

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interfering

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racoleur (adj)

racoleuse

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eye-catching

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racoler

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to solicit

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l’assaut (m)

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assault, attack

67
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la nuque

A

nape of the neck (back of the neck)

68
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hostie

“mon hostie”

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literally refers to unleavened wafer eaten in communion

Québecois swear word roughly equivalent to motherf…er

69
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crisser

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to screech, squeal

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habile (adj)

A

skilled, clever

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un tabouret

A

footstool

72
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un sbire

A

a henchman

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un différend

A

disagreement

74
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un déclic

A

click

trigger

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prévoir

A

to foresee
to anticipate
to envisage

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la myrtille

A

blueberry

77
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pas mal de

A

many

not a few

78
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l’inédit (m)

inédit (adj)

de l’inédit

A

new, unpublished work

novel, unprecedented

completely new

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une quinte de toux

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a coughing fit

80
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en soi

A

of itself

81
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pleinement

A

fully

82
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seul à seul

A

one on one

83
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la poignée de main

A

handshake

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dû à (adj)

A

due to (=caused by)

85
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déteindre

déteindre sur (colloquial)

A

to fade

to rub off on

86
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une coulisse

en coulisse

A

sliding door, backstage

behind the scenes

87
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coulisser

faire coulisser quelque chose

A

to slide (vi)

to slide something

88
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un intrigant

intrigant (adj)

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a schemer

scheming, intriguing

89
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le chantage

A

blackmail

90
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soumettre (vt)
se soumettre

soumettre à

A

to subject, to subjugate
to submit

to subject qqn/qqc to

91
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la milice

A

militia

92
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le gel

A

frost, freezing

93
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les frasques (f)

A

capers, mischief

94
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l’orgeuil

A

pride,vanity

95
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dactylographier

A

to type (as on a keyboard)

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souder

A

to weld

97
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l’anneau (m)

A

ring

98
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se débattre

A

struggle

99
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décevoir

A

to deceive

to disappoint

100
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baîllonner

A

to gag

101
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écarter

A

to move apart, put aside

102
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abréger

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to cut short, abride

103
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saisissant (adj)

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striking, dazling

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péniblement (adj)

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with difficulty

105
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un survêtement

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a track suit

106
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délirant (adj)

A

delirious, wild

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