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Volume 1 Flashcards

1
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foisonnant de (adj)

A

teeming with
abundant with

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une culasse

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cylinder head

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un chasepot

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gun of 1870 vintage

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détaler

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to scamper off

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le délabrement

A

decay
dilapidation

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une fosse

une fossé

A

pit
ditch
grave

moat
trough
gulf

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7
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refouler

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to force back
repulse
turn away

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8
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une meulière

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millstone

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9
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palabrer

A

to palaver
argue endlessly

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bossu (adj)

A

hunchback

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11
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puiser

A

draw
attract
pull

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12
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renier

A

to renounce
deny

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13
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renié (adj)

A

renounced
disowned

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14
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tenir tête à

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to outface

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15
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renfermer

A

to contain

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16
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une broutille

A

trifle

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17
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esquisser

A

to sketch
give a hint

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18
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engoncé (adj)

il était engoncé dans une veste trop étroite

A

to be squeezed into

he was squeezed into a tight jacket

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19
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une loutre

A

otter

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20
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un bougre

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bugger
fellow

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21
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contrefaire

A

to counterfeit
imitate
disguise

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22
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la vendicte

A

condamnation

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23
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un différend

A

quarrel
difference of opinion

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24
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alité (adj)

A

bedridden

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25
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hargneux (adj)

A

aggressive
ferocious
belligerent

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26
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museler

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to gag
muzzle

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27
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l’obstination (f)

A

stubbornness
persistence

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28
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semer

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to sow
scatter
lose
shake off (a pursuer)

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29
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un débarras

A

junk room

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30
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une garenne

A

warren

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31
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écorcher

A

to skin
graze
fleece (colloq)

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32
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moucher

se moucher

moucher qn

A

to snuff
trim (a candle)

to blow one’s nose

to blow sb’s nose (fig) =
to put sb in their place

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33
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un gredin

A

rogue
scoundrel

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34
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l’entendement

Cela dépasse l’entendement!

A

understanding

It’s beyond belief!

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35
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dépité de (adj)

A

piqued at

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36
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dépiter

A

to pique
upset
disappoint

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37
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égorger

A

to slit sb’s throat

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38
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déchaîner

A

unchain

39
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démuni (adj)

A

destitute

40
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démunir

A

to part with
relinquish

41
Q

au lever

à son lever

A

upon rising

when he rises

42
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apeuré (adj)

A

frightened

43
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apeurer

A

frighten away

44
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un buis (s muet)

A

boxwood tree

box

45
Q

jusque-là

A

up to that point
so far

46
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louvoyer

A

to evade
avoid

47
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entraver

A

to hinder
impede

48
Q

assouvir

A

assuage
quench

49
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une amazone

A

large tall aggressive woman

50
Q

une collecte

faire une collecte pour

A

collection

to raise funds for

51
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un pommeau

A

knob

52
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convoiter

A

to covet
lust for

53
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détrousser

A

rob

54
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nonchalant (adj)

c’est un nonchalant

A

indolent

he shows no enthusiasm for anything

55
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le froment

A

wheat

56
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une tourte

A

pie

57
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un faucon

A

falcon

58
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une fente

A

crack

59
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altier (adj)

A

haughty

60
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insalubre (adjj

A

unsanitary
unclean
unhealthy

61
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la rapin

A

robbery

62
Q

une estafilade

A

gash

63
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taillé (adj)

A

carved

64
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le tuf

A

tufa
porous limestone

65
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montant (adj)

A

rising
ascending

66
Q

un montant

A

upright

67
Q

une vieille rombière

A

old bag

68
Q

rabaisser

A

abase
belittle

69
Q

un ronce

A

briar
thorny bush

70
Q

un tilleul

A

lime tree

71
Q

désemparé (adj)

A

bewildered
distraught

72
Q

désemparer

A

to throw sb into confusion

73
Q

en marge de

A

on the fringes of

74
Q

désarçonner

A

to throw (as from a horse)
unseat

75
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le crachin

A

drizzle

76
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se dérober

A

to evade

77
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une anguille

A

eel

78
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menu (adj)

A

slender
small

79
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aviné (adjj

A

drunk

80
Q

le lierre

A

ivy

81
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un nain
une naine

A

dwarf

82
Q

cul-de-jatte

A

person with both legs amputated

83
Q

avoir horreur de

A

to loathe

84
Q

boudiné (adj)

A

podgy

85
Q

boudiner

sa robe la boudine

être boudiné dans qc

A

to roam

her dress shows every
bulge

to be squeezed into st

86
Q

une tenture

A

curtain
drapery

87
Q

extasier

s’extasier sur/devant

A

to get excited

to go into ecstasy over

88
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dévêtir

A

to undress

89
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l’inefficacité (f)

A

ineffectiveness
inefficiency

90
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un récipient

A

container

91
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tirailler

être tiraillé entre

A

to tug
pull

to be torn between

92
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être sur le qui-vive

A

on the alert

93
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survolter

A

to boost
work up

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