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Volume 1 Flashcards

1
Q

démanger

A

to itch

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un binôme

travailler en binôme

A

binomial
pair

to work in pairs

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3
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la nervosité

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nervousness

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4
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le luage

A

act of renting

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5
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pimpant (adj)

A

dashing

dapper

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tirer sa révérence

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to take one’s leave

pass on

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7
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érafler

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to scratch

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éraflé (adj)

A

scratched

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9
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se tasser

A

to settle
sort out
shrink

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10
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laïque (adj)

A

secular

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11
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rembourré (adj)

A

padded

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12
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tenir le coup

A

to cope (with a difficult situation)

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13
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râblé (adj)

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stocky

broad-backed

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gominé (adj)

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slicked down (eg. hair)

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se gominer

A

to apply hair cream

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16
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la visée

A

aim

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17
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la poisse

A

bad luck

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18
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éberluer

A

to astound

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19
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éberlué (adj)

A

flabbergasted

astounded

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20
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froufrouter

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to swish

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21
Q

Bigre!

A

Blimey!

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22
Q

l’omoplate (f)

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shoulder blade

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23
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un béguin

A

bonnet

crush ( pour qn)

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24
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une égratignure

A

scratch

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25
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un tonneau

A

barrel

roll-over (in a crash)

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une herboristerie

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herbalist’s shop

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27
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charbonneux (adj)

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sooty

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28
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un cadre dirigeant

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executive

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29
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intenter

intenter un procès

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institute

initiate a lawsuit

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30
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le rien du tout

A

nothing at all

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31
Q

certains

A

some

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32
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un sweat

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sweatshirt

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33
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soulever de la fonte

A

pump iron

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34
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un licencié

une licenciée

A

graduate

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35
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dégingandé (adj)

A

lanky

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36
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une matraque

A

truncheon

cosh

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37
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caler

A

to prop up

stall

38
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gober

A

to believe (a ploy)
take the bait
fall for

39
Q

louper

A 
to miss  (sb/st)
screw up
40
Q

se vautre

se vautre sur
se vautre dans

A

wallow

sprawl on
wallow in

41
Q

un caddie

A

shopping cart

42
Q

un malaise

A

faintness

discomfort

43
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malaisé (adj)

A

difficult

44
Q

un réverbère

A

street lamp

45
Q

le mal-être

A

ill-being

46
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voûter

A

to bend

arch

47
Q

se voûter

A

to become stooped

48
Q

la saloperie

saloperie de télévision
saloperie de boulot

A

filth
rubbish
muck

fucking tv
fucking job

49
Q

une pagaille

Quelle pagaille!

A

mess

What a mess!

50
Q

la manie

A

mania

obsession

51
Q

cafter

A

to snitch

52
Q

sécher

A

to dry st

skip class

53
Q

un brouillon

cahier de bouillon
papier brouillon
papier de brouillon

A

first draft

notebook
rough paper
scrap paper

54
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chatouilleux (adj)

A

touchy
ticklish
over-sensitive

55
Q

une ornière

sortir de l’ornière

A

rut

to get out of a rut

56
Q

exécuter

A

execute

perform

57
Q

s’exécuter

A

to comply

58
Q

la sciure

A

sawdust

59
Q

un dédale

A

maze

60
Q

sonné (adj)

A

groggy

61
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bien sonner

il a quarante ans bien sonnés

A

to have a ring to it
to ring true

He’s well into his forties.

62
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un teinturier

une teinturière

A

dry cleaner

63
Q

poignet

veuve poignet

A

wrist

masturbation

64
Q

dévaliser

A

to rob
burgle
ransack
rip off

65
Q

ramollir

se ramollir

A

to soften

to go soft

66
Q

un glaçon

servir avec des glaçons

A

ice
ice cube
icicle

serve with ice

67
Q

retenue (adj)

à la retenue

A

reserved
held back

restrained
reserved

68
Q

la guigne

avoir la guigne

A

bad luck

to be jinxed

69
Q

une main courante

A

daybook

handrail

70
Q

éclabousser

A

to splash

71
Q

gâteux (adj)

A

senile

72
Q

flâner

A

to stroll

73
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éberluer

A

to astound

74
Q

déguerpir

A

to clear off

skedaddle

75
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ourler

A

to hem

76
Q

une aspérité

A

bump
harshness
unevenness

77
Q

une bâtisse

A

building

78
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énormément

énormément de

A

enormously

a great deal of

79
Q

un bardeau

A

shingle

clapboard

80
Q

pétiller

A

fizz (drink)
sparkle (eyes)
glisten (stone, metal)
crackle (die)

81
Q

fendiller

se fendiller

A

to crack
craze

to become: cracked
crazed
chapped

82
Q

rosser

A

to thrash

beat up

83
Q

ramollir

A

to soften
weaken
slow down

84
Q

un office

office du tourisme

A

office
service (church)

tourist office

85
Q

contempler

A

to contemplate

86
Q

la varicelle

A

chickenpox

87
Q

renifler

A

to sniff

88
Q

un grondement

A

rumble (thunder, canon, motor)

growl (animal)

89
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en personne

A

in person

90
Q

briefer

A

to brief

91
Q

le greffier

A

clerk of the court

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