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Volume 1 Flashcards

1
Q

la devise

A

motto

foreign currency

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2
Q

traîner

A

to drag (something)

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3
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se traîner

se traîner les pieds

A

to drag oneself

to drag one’s feet

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4
Q

humble (adj)

A

humble

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5
Q

les paroles

A

spoken words

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6
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les écrits

Les paroles s’envolent, les écrits restent.

A

written word

Spoken words fly away, written words last.

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7
Q

jusqu’à mes neuf ans

A

until I was nine years old

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8
Q

l’étoffe (f)

avoir l’étoffe d’un grand homme

A

stuff
fabric

have the makings of a great man

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9
Q

étoffer

A

to fill out
enrich
beef up

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10
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un héros

A

a hero

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11
Q

un écusson

A

badge

crest

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12
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broder

A

to embroider

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13
Q

répliquer

A

to retort

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14
Q

déguiser

A

to disguise

conceal

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15
Q

une mésaventure

A

misadventure

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16
Q

emmagasiner

A

to store up

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17
Q

un manège

j’ai bien observé ton petit manège.

A

merry-go-round
trick

I know what you’re up to

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18
Q

brave (adj)

A

brave
bold
decent

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19
Q

la lecture

A

reading

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20
Q

croiser

A

to make a cross
traverse
cross paths

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21
Q

remporter

A

to take away

to win

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22
Q

flatter

A 
to flatter
to pet (an animal)
23
Q

un picotement

A

tingling

24
Q

à temps

A

in time

25
Q

hérissé (adj)

A

bristly

spiked

26
Q

pelleter

A

to shovel

27
Q

s’emparer

A

to take hold of (someone, something)

28
Q

s’esclaffer

A

to guffaw

29
Q

une ronde

A

a circle (of people, for example)

30
Q

décerner

Peut-être on va me décerner la médaille du Governeur générale

A

to award

Perhaps they will award me the Governor general’s medal.

31
Q

le rassemblement

A

gathering

32
Q

une limace

A

a slug (of the slimy gastropod type)

33
Q

l’énervement (m)

A

irritation

34
Q

un minois

A

a fresh pretty face

35
Q

un buffle

A

a buffalo

36
Q

un fauve

A

wildcat

tan-coloured animal

37
Q

à défaut d’être…

A

for want of being…

38
Q

le parage

Elle est dans les parages.

A

neighbourhood

She’s around somewhere.

39
Q

un attroupement

A

a gathering of people

40
Q

un barillet

A

barrel

41
Q

la détente

A

trigger

42
Q

inutilement

A

uselessly

43
Q

tramer (fig)
se tramer

Malgré son intelligence limitée, il a compris ce qui se tramait.

A

to hatch
to be hatched (happening)

Despite his limited intelligence, he had understood what was happening.

44
Q

virevolter

A

to twirl

45
Q

magistral (adj)

A

masterful

brilliant

46
Q

foncer

foncer (colloquial)

A

to darken

to speed along

47
Q

la planche du salut

Le ballon était ma planche du salut dans cette guerre à finir avec l’ennemi.

A

last hope

The balloon was my last hope in this war to the end with the enemy.

48
Q

décupler

Le choc a décuplé leur fureur.

A

to multiply tenfold

49
Q

la fureur

A

fury

rage

50
Q

un roupillon (informal)

A

snooze

51
Q

la salle de détente des profs.

A

the teachers’ staff room

52
Q

une rencontre

A

first encounter

chance meeting

53
Q

au dire de…

Au dire de sa mère, Charles ne cesse pas se traîner les pieds.

A

according to…

According to his mother, Charles doesn’t stop dragging his feet.

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