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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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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

A

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

A

ajar

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15
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entrevoir

A

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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25
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le contre-jour

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backlighting

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26
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la touffeur

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sufffocating heat

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27
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un figurant

A

an extra (actor, player)

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28
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déçu (adj)

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disappointed

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29
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un îlot

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islet

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30
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un képi

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cap

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31
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l’aigreur (f)

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sourness
acerbity
acrimony

note: vinaigre vin + aigrir

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32
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aigrir

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to embitter

sour

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33
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la caserne

caserne de sapeurs-pompiers

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barracks

fire station

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34
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une bombance

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binge

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35
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un prêtre

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priest

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36
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illico (colloquial)

illico presto

A

straightaway
sharpish

pronto

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37
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revêche

A

cantankerous

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38
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atrabilaire (adj)

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atrabilious

splenetic

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39
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égrener

égrener son chapelet

A 
to shell (peas)
to chime out

to tell one’s beads (of a rosary)

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40
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une mantille

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head scarf

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41
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écorcher

A

to skin (an animal)

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42
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païen (adj)

A

pagan

43
Q

la banquise

A

ice floe

44
Q

une transe

A

trance

45
Q

estropier

A

maim

mispronounce (figurative)

46
Q

les foudres (fp)

s’attirer les foudres de qqn

A

wrath

to incur someone’s wrath

47
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un mépris

A

contempt

48
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un surgeon

A

sucker (botany)

49
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un montagnard

A

mountain dweller

50
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montagnard (adj)

A

mountainous

51
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détraquer

A

to wreck

52
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détraqué (aj)

A

broken down

53
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une crête

A

crest

54
Q

une voiture à bras

A

handcart

55
Q

toqué (slang)

A

crazy

56
Q

un rongeur

A

rodent

57
Q

un berger

A

shepherd

58
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le qui-vive

être sur le qui-vive

A

state of being on the alert

to be on the alert

59
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la senteur

A

scent

60
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un versant

A

side (of a hill)

61
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balbutiant (adj)

A

stammering

62
Q

balbutier

A

to stammer

63
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évertuer

s’évertuer

A

to try one’s best

64
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modérément

A

moderately

in moderation

65
Q

une bru

A

daughter-in-law (Archaic)

66
Q

abreuver

abreuver qqn d’injures

A

to water (irrigate)

to heap abuse on someone

67
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un salopard

A

bastard

68
Q

déroger à

Lorsqu’il m’arrivait de déroge à l’une des régles…

A

to infringe/ignore

When it happened that I infringed on one of these rules…

69
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assommer

A

to knock someone senseless

70
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entouré de (adj)

A

surrounded by

71
Q

un contremaître

A

overseer

72
Q

un métayer

A

tenant farmer

73
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un maladrin

A

bandit

74
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un aïeul

A

forebear

75
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hélicoïdal

A

spiral

76
Q

une berline

A

saloon (4 door car)

77
Q

un correcteur

correcteur des épreuves
correcteur éditeur
correcteur orthographique

A

examiner

proofreader
copyreader
spellchecker

78
Q

correcteur (adj)

A

corrective

eg corrective lens

79
Q

une fois pour toute

A

once and for all

80
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anxiogène (adj)

A

anxiety producing

81
Q

le contraire

A

opposite

82
Q

un monceau

A

accumulation

pile

83
Q

la maille

passer à travers les mailles

A

a knitting stitch
mesh (of a net)

to pass through the net
to slip through the net (figurative)

84
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en repos

A

at rest

85
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reserrer

A

to secure

bind

86
Q

l’incorrection (f)

A

impropriety
inaccuracy
incorrectness

87
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résoluement

A

resolutely

firmly

88
Q

un regain

un regain de

connaître un regain de popularité

A

second crop of hay

a rise in

to enjoy a renewed popularity

89
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le buisson ardent

A

burning bush (Exodus)

90
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déborder

A

to overflow

91
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débordé

A

exuberant

boundless

92
Q

la sève

A

sap, juice of a plant

vigour (figurative)

93
Q

vagir

A

to wail

94
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parturient (adj)

ils écoutaient vagir ce nouveau monde parturient.

A

parturient = childbirth

dawning, being born (figurative)

They listened to the wailing of this new world being born.

95
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le marbre

A

marble

96
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scander

A

to scan

to chant (slogan)

97
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un remonte-pente

A

ski lift

98
Q

Pétainiste

A

adherent of Henri Pétain, leader of France during WWII. Nazi collaborator sentenced for treason in 1945.

99
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impie (adj)

A

impious

godless

100
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préfigurer

A

prefigure

imagine in advance

101
Q

l’avènement (m)

l’avènement au trône

A

advent
accession

accession to the throne

102
Q

sabrer

A

to make drastic cuts

103
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un bougnoule

A

disparaging term for a North African immigrant

Une Vie Française (12 decks)

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