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Volume 1 Flashcards

1
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la gent

A

mankind (inc women)

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à court de

à court d’essence

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short on
short of

running low on gas

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un fétiche

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fetish
mascot
idol

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le chansonnier

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singer

songbook

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le plus clair de

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the greater part of

most of

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un luron

une luronne

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lad

lass

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à cœur joie

s’en donner à cœur joie

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fully
wholeheartedly

to have the time of one’s life

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tant bien que mal

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somehow or other
with great difficulty
as best as one can

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du tac au tac

repondre du tac au tac

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quick as a flash
without missing a beat

to reply tit for tat

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10
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à l’instar de

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like

following the example of

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poindre

l’aube poindre

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to break
dawn
peep through

the dawn is breaking

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12
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coup de tête

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impulse

whim

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le dessein

à dessein

à dessein de

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intention
purpose

on purpose
deliberately

with the intention of

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une fourre-tout

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holdall

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la barbe à papa

A

cotton candy

candy-floss

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foraine (adj)

une fête foraine

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fairground

carnival

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un paon

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peacock

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éperdument

éperdument amoureux

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madly
desperately
wildly

madly in love

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gambader

A

to frolic
skip
leap
scamper

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trimer

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to slave away (informal)

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21
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une embûche

A

pitfall
trap
hazard

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imbu (adj)

imbu de sa personne

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full of
filled with
imbued

full of oneself

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débordé (adj)

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full
overflowing
pressed
pushed for time

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ensevelir

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to enshroud

bury

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25
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un croquis

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sketch

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une bulle

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bubble

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27
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un citadin

une citadine

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city dweller

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28
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pile-poil

A

exactly

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29
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encaisser

A

collect
tolerate
put up with

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30
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l’agrume (m)

A

citrus fruit

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31
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esclaffer

A

to guffaw

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32
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ahurir

A

to astound

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33
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enfarger
s’enfarger

s’enfarger dans quelque chose

s’enfarger dans sa phrase

A

to catch one’s foot in something

to get one’s words mixed up

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illustre (adj)

un illustre inconnu

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illustrious

a perfect nobody

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35
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un périple

A

journey

voyage

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36
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dégoter

A

to find
whistle
hit

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37
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huppé (adj)

A

upper-crust (colloq)

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38
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renfrogner

se renfrogner

A

scowl
frown

become sullen

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39
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bordélique (adj)

A

messy

untidy

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40
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en tout temps

A

any time

always

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41
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un rebondissement

A

new development
change in direction
bounce
rebound

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enfourcher

enfourcher un vélo
enfourcher son dada

A

to mount

to get on a bicycle
to get on one’s hobby-horse

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43
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un coup de circuit

A

home run

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44
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une trompe

A

trunk (elephant)
tube (eg trompe de Fallope)
pump

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une trempe

A

calibre

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46
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rêvasser

A

to daydream

muse

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47
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s’époumoner (colloq)

A

to shout/sing oneself hoarse

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un gaffeur    (colloq)
une gaffeuse
A

blunderer

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49
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horripiler

A

to exasperate

50
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à domicile

A

at home (eg a home game)

51
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délier

A

untie

loosen

52
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l’engouement pour

A

infatuation for

passion for

53
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faire faux bond

A

to stand (sb) up

54
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corail (adj)

le corail
une barrière de corail

A

coral (colourj

coral
coral reef

55
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tenter le coup

A

to give it a go

give it a try

56
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en mesure

mettre en mesure

être en mesure de le faire

A

in time

enable

to be up to the job

57
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arrimer à

A

to dock with

58
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à un cheveu de

A

within a hair’s breadth of

59
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fougueusement

A

enthusiastically

60
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un tourtereau

A

turtle dove

lovebird

61
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un restant

A

leftover

remainder

62
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un débardeur

A

stevedore

tank top

63
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les dessous affriolants

A

sexy underwear

64
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palpitant (adj)

A

exciting

thrilling

65
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voulu (adj)

A

wanted
required
requisite
intended

66
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une encolure

A

neckline

67
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à titre de

A

as

by way of

68
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cartonner

A

be a hit

69
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cuver

A

to sleep off

to ferment

70
Q

faire la morale sur

A

moralize about

71
Q

dérider

se dérider

A

to cheer up

72
Q

dépassé (adj)

A

outdated

73
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dépayser

A

to disorient

74
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hébéter

A

to daze
confuse
stun

75
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endiablé (adj)

A

lively
wild
swinging

76
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dévaliser

A

to strip
rob
raid

77
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à tout jamais

A

for ever and ever

78
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poireauter

A

to hang about

79
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la luxure

A

lechery

lust

80
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la guenille

A

rag
old cloth
tattered clothing

81
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faire preuve

A

demonstrate

exhibit

82
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déhancher

A

to sway one’s hips

83
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cocasse (adj)

A

comical

funny

84
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dînatoire (adj)

A

lunch

85
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vous voyez le genre

A

you get the idea.

86
Q

la tonte

A

shearing

87
Q

à la blague

A

joking

88
Q

le tracas

A

trouble

89
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entremettre

A

to intervene
interpose
interfere

90
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foirer (vulgar)

A

fuck up

91
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à la vitesse de l’éclair

A

at the speed of light

92
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la rampe

A

ramp
hand-rail
footlights

93
Q

mettre une sourdine à

en sourdine

A

to tone down

quieten down

94
Q

largué (adj) (colloq)

A

lost

out of touch

95
Q

un lot

le gos lot

A

prize

jackpot

96
Q

éperdument amoureux de qqn

A

madly in love with sb

97
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tout au plus

A

at the most

98
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bissextile (adj)

unevannée bissextile

A

to do with a leap year

leap year

99
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éblouir

A

to dazzle

100
Q

éclabousser

A

to splash

bespatter

101
Q

frencher

A

to french kiss

102
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être de mise

A

to be appropriate

be the current trend

103
Q

piètrement

A

poorly

horribly

104
Q

mine de rien

A

although it may not seem so

105
Q

les vergetures (fp)

A

stretch marks

106
Q

se pavaner

A

to strut about

107
Q

les balivernes (fp)

A

nonsense

twaddle

108
Q

un mets (invar)

A

dish

delicacy

109
Q

un accro (colloq)

A

addict

110
Q

les intemperies (fpj

A

bad weather

111
Q

empoigner

A

grab
grasp
take hold of

112
Q

jaser

A

to gossip

chatter

113
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un suppôt

un suppôt de Satan

A

henchman
attendant
follower

limb of the devil

114
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une longueur d’avance

A

to be ahead

to have a head start

115
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un nid douillet

A

cosy nest

happy home

116
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le grand chelem

A

grand slam

117
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ahurissant (adj)

A

mind-boggling

118
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faire un poisson

A

to string along

to carry out a practical joke

119
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une trêve

A

truce
respite
intermission
cessation

120
Q

sauter au cou de qn

A

to fly into the arms of sb

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