Volume 1 Flashcards

1
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affaisser
s’affaisser

un vieillard qui s’affaisse avec l’âge

A

to subside, sag
to collapse

an old man who is shrinking with age

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l’échéance (f)

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payment date

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3
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un aléa

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vagary

hazard

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4
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entraver

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to hinder

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5
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un attelage

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coupling (trailer)

harness (horses)

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un sabot

les sabots des cheveau

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clog, hoof

the hooves of the horses

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7
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insuffler

insuffler à

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to inspire with

to instil with

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8
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détrousser

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to rob

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9
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trotter

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to trot

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10
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embarrassant (adj)

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embarrassing, awkward

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11
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nullement

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not at all

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12
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subjuguer

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to subjugate
conquer, overpower
have reign over

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13
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entrebâiller

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to half open

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14
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entrebâillé

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ajar

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15
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entrevoir

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glimpse

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16
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décharner

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to emaciate

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17
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une marâtre

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cruel mother

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18
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disert (adj)

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talkative

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19
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enjoué (adj)

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cheerful

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20
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murer

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to brick up

build a wall

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21
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se murer

se murer dans la solitude

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to shut oneself off

to retreat into isolation

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22
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un gisant

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a recumbent effigy =

a sculpture of the dead in recumbent position applied as ornamentation on tombs.

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23
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parcimonieusement

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stingily, frugally

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24
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une persienne

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louver, shutter

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le contre-jour
backlighting
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la touffeur
sufffocating heat
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un figurant
an extra (actor, player)
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déçu (adj)
disappointed
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un îlot
islet
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un képi
cap
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l’aigreur (f)
sourness acerbity acrimony note: vinaigre vin + aigrir
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aigrir
to embitter | sour
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la caserne caserne de sapeurs-pompiers
barracks fire station
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une bombance
binge
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un prêtre
priest
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illico (colloquial) illico presto
straightaway sharpish pronto
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revêche
cantankerous
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atrabilaire (adj)
atrabilious | splenetic
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égrener égrener son chapelet
``` to shell (peas) to chime out ``` to tell one’s beads (of a rosary)
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une mantille
head scarf
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écorcher
to skin (an animal)
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païen (adj)
pagan
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la banquise
ice floe
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une transe
trance
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estropier
maim mispronounce (figurative)
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les foudres (fp) s’attirer les foudres de qqn
wrath to incur someone’s wrath
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un mépris
contempt
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un surgeon
sucker (botany)
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un montagnard
mountain dweller
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montagnard (adj)
mountainous
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détraquer
to wreck
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détraqué (aj)
broken down
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une crête
crest
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une voiture à bras
handcart
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toqué (slang)
crazy
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un rongeur
rodent
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un berger
shepherd
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le qui-vive être sur le qui-vive
state of being on the alert to be on the alert
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la senteur
scent
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un versant
side (of a hill)
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balbutiant (adj)
stammering
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balbutier
to stammer
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évertuer | s’évertuer
to try one’s best
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modérément
moderately | in moderation
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une bru
daughter-in-law (Archaic)
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abreuver abreuver qqn d’injures
to water (irrigate) to heap abuse on someone
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un salopard
bastard
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déroger à Lorsqu’il m’arrivait de déroge à l’une des régles...
to infringe/ignore When it happened that I infringed on one of these rules...
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assommer
to knock someone senseless
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entouré de (adj)
surrounded by
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un contremaître
overseer
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un métayer
tenant farmer
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un maladrin
bandit
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un aïeul
forebear
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hélicoïdal
spiral
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une berline
saloon (4 door car)
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un correcteur correcteur des épreuves correcteur éditeur correcteur orthographique
examiner proofreader copyreader spellchecker
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correcteur (adj)
corrective eg corrective lens
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une fois pour toute
once and for all
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anxiogène (adj)
anxiety producing
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le contraire
opposite
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un monceau
accumulation | pile
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la maille passer à travers les mailles
a knitting stitch mesh (of a net) to pass through the net to slip through the net (figurative)
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en repos
at rest
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reserrer
to secure | bind
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l’incorrection (f)
impropriety inaccuracy incorrectness
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résoluement
resolutely | firmly
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un regain un regain de connaître un regain de popularité
second crop of hay a rise in to enjoy a renewed popularity
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le buisson ardent
burning bush (Exodus)
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déborder
to overflow
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débordé
exuberant | boundless
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la sève
sap, juice of a plant vigour (figurative)
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vagir
to wail
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parturient (adj) ils écoutaient vagir ce nouveau monde parturient.
parturient = childbirth dawning, being born (figurative) They listened to the wailing of this new world being born.
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le marbre
marble
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scander
to scan to chant (slogan)
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un remonte-pente
ski lift
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Pétainiste
adherent of Henri Pétain, leader of France during WWII. Nazi collaborator sentenced for treason in 1945.
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impie (adj)
impious | godless
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préfigurer
prefigure | imagine in advance
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l’avènement (m) l’avènement au trône
advent accession accession to the throne
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sabrer
to make drastic cuts
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un bougnoule
disparaging term for a North African immigrant