Vocabulary 9 Flashcards
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la niaiserie
A
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
A
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
duly, rightfully
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prémunir
se prémunir
to provide
to provide oneself
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resserrer
to tighten (retighten)
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insu (prep)
à son insu
unbeknownst
unbeknownst to him
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un seuil
sill, threshold
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basculer
to tip, topple, tumble
| to change radically (figuratively)
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une montée
a rise, a climb, an ascent
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tonitruer
to thunder
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le purin
manure
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le lisier
manure, waste
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miroiter
faire miroiter quelque chose à qelqu'un
to shimmer, sparkle
to hold out the prospect of something to someone
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indûment (adv)
undeservedly
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un courier
| une courière
a broker
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fiable (adj)
trustworthy, reliable
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compenser
to compensate
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précautionneusement
carefully, cautiously
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enfuir
to bury
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le sillage
the wake (of a ship or an event)
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constater
to note, verify, certify
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les guillemets (mp)
quotation marks
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déséquilibré (adj)
unbalanced
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se succéder
to follow one another
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un débile
débile (adj)
a crazy person
feeble-minded
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une couche
a layer
| a nappy
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d'emblée
straightaway, at first sight
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l'ouïe (f)
sense of hearing
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ouïer
to hear
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différencier
to differenciate
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un goban
a board for playing go
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le merisier
cherry tree
| cherry wood
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l'ardoise
slate
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la nacre
nacré
mother of pearl
pearly
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la croissance
growth
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déchirer
to tear, rip apart
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déchirant (adj)
heart-rending
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survenir
to happen (unexpectedly)
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avare (adj)
stingy
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rallier
to rally, unite together
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intervenant (adj)
interfering
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racoleur (adj)
| racoleuse
eye-catching
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racoler
to solicit
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l'assaut (m)
assault, attack
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la nuque
nape of the neck (back of the neck)
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hostie
"mon hostie"
literally refers to unleavened wafer eaten in communion
Québecois swear word roughly equivalent to motherf...er
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crisser
to screech, squeal
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habile (adj)
skilled, clever
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un tabouret
footstool
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un sbire
a henchman
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un différend
disagreement
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un déclic
click
| trigger
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prévoir
to foresee
to anticipate
to envisage
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la myrtille
blueberry
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pas mal de
many
| not a few
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l'inédit (m)
inédit (adj)
de l'inédit
new, unpublished work
novel, unprecedented
completely new
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une quinte de toux
a coughing fit
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en soi
of itself
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pleinement
fully
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seul à seul
one on one
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la poignée de main
handshake
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dû à (adj)
due to (=caused by)
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déteindre
déteindre sur (colloquial)
to fade
to rub off on
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une coulisse
en coulisse
sliding door, backstage
behind the scenes
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coulisser
faire coulisser quelque chose
to slide (vi)
to slide something
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un intrigant
intrigant (adj)
a schemer
scheming, intriguing
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le chantage
blackmail
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soumettre (vt)
se soumettre
soumettre à
to subject, to subjugate
to submit
to subject qqn/qqc to
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la milice
militia
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le gel
frost, freezing
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les frasques (f)
capers, mischief
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l'orgeuil
pride,vanity
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dactylographier
to type (as on a keyboard)
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souder
to weld
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l'anneau (m)
ring
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se débattre
struggle
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décevoir
to deceive
| to disappoint
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baîllonner
to gag
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écarter
to move apart, put aside
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abréger
to cut short, abride
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saisissant (adj)
striking, dazling
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péniblement (adj)
with difficulty
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un survêtement
a track suit
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délirant (adj)
delirious, wild
