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Volume 1 Flashcards

1
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une gerbe

A

spray (of flowers, wheat
bouquet (of flowers)
sheaf (eg of wheat)

gerber = faire en gerbe, to vomit (slang)

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ruisseler

A

to stream

drip with sweat

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la tiédeur

A

warmth

half-heartedness

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4
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décréter

A

to decree

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une embardée

faire une embardée

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a swerve

to swerve

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un cran

cran d’arrêt

cran de sûreté

avoir du cran

A

notch

flick knife

safety catch

to have guts

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7
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obsédant (adj)

A

obsessive

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8
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déchiqueter

A

to tear to pieces

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9
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un poteau

A

post

pole

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10
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la nage

en nage (idiom)

A

swimming

dripping with sweat

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11
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un repère

A 
landmark
reference point (inc time)
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12
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un monticule

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mound
hillock
monticle

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13
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bonnement

A

quite simply

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14
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haletant (adj)

A

panting

breathless

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15
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raffoler

raffoler de

A

to be crazy

to be mad about
adore

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16
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les acariens (fp)

A

dust mites

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travaillé (adj)

très travaillé

A

worked

ornate

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18
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rabattre

A

to decrease

pull down

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19
Q

se rabattre sur

A

to fall back on

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20
Q

le fard

A

make up

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21
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un rondouillard

A

tubby man

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22
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en sus
en sus de

sus à

A

in addition
in addition to
over and above

death to…

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longiligne (adj)

A

long-limbed

rangy

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24
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se ficher de

A

make fun of

not care about

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mal barré (adj) (idiom)

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screwed

up the creek without a paddle

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26
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clocher

A

to go wrong

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27
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désemparé (adj)

A

distraught

helpless

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28
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débouler

A

to suddenly appear

burst onto the scene

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29
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stimulant (adj)

A

challenging

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30
Q

le raffut

A

racket

din

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31
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indemne (adj)

A

unscathed

unhurt

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32
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piétiner

A

to trample

to stamp

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33
Q

un mitigeur

A

mixing faucet

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34
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clinquant (adj )

A

flashy

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35
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tape-à-œil (adj inv)

A

gaudy

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36
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la langueur

A

slowness

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37
Q

un possible

faire son possible

A

possible

to do all one can

38
Q

tout de même

A

all the same

39
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soupe au lait (adj inv)

A

quick-tempered

40
Q

une attente

contra toute attente

A

wait
expectation

against all expectation

41
Q

compliquer

se compliquer

A

to complicate

to become complicated

42
Q

faussement

A

falsely

wrongly

43
Q

un bloc

bloc opératoire
bloc-moteur
bloc-notes

A

block

operating theatre
engine block
note pad

44
Q

apitoyer

A

to be moved to pity

45
Q

enticher

A

to infatuate

46
Q

la souffrance

A

suffering

47
Q

immobilière (adj)

A

real estate

48
Q

verre dépoli

A

frosted glass

49
Q

l’amabilité (f)

A

kindness
charm
courtesy

affabilité

50
Q

à l’improviste

A

without warning

on the fly

51
Q

laqué (adj)

A

laquered

52
Q

une assise

assise en tailleur

A

seat

sit cross-legged

53
Q

la contrariété

A

annoyance

54
Q

déboussoler

A

to disorient

confuse

55
Q

le train-train

A

daily routine

rut

56
Q

le séjour

A

stay

living room

57
Q

une cuti

virer sa cuti

A

skin test

have a positive skin test
change radically

58
Q

effleurer

effleurer qn

A

to brush against
to touch upon

to cross sb’s mind

59
Q

immonde (adj)

A

squalid

foul

60
Q

traumatisant (adj)

A

traumatic

traumatizing

61
Q

satané (adj)

ce satané accident

A

damned

this damned accident

62
Q

shooter

se shooter

A

to shoot (in sports)

to shoot up

63
Q

brider

A

to keep in check

64
Q

au-delà

A

beyond

65
Q

troquer

A

to exchange

swap

66
Q

flancher

A

to fail
lose heart
quit

67
Q

un impair

A

blunder

indiscretion

68
Q

au pas

A

at a walking pace

69
Q

guetter

A

to watch out for

lie in wait

70
Q

engouffrer

A

swallow up

71
Q

gémir

A

to moan

72
Q

gémissant (adj)

A

moaning

groaning

73
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un soupirant

A

suitor

wooer

74
Q

soupirant (adj)

A

hoping to be chosen

sighing

75
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agglutiner

s’agglutiner

A

to agglutinate

to gather around

76
Q

informe (adj)

A

shapeless

77
Q

un antre

A

den
lair

un âtre = hearth

78
Q

un internat

un internat médecine

A

boarding school

medical internship

79
Q

inciser

A

make an incision

80
Q

entêtant (adj)

A

heady

81
Q

un entrebâillement

dans l’entrebâillement de la porte

A

chink

in the half open doorway

82
Q

entrebâiller

être entrebâillé

A

to half open

to be ajar

83
Q

attentionné (adj)

A

attentive

considerate

84
Q

l’aurore (f)

aux aurores

A

daybreak
dawn

at the crack of dawn

85
Q

un yorkshire

A

yorkshire terrior

86
Q

une consigne

A

instruction

87
Q

l’échafaudage (m)

A

scaffolding

88
Q

effondré (adj)

A

shattered

distraught

89
Q

s’effondrer

A

to collapse

90
Q

un/une revenant, e

A

ghost

91
Q

une banquette

A

bench seat

92
Q

la moleskine

A

imitation leather

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