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Volume 1 Flashcards

1
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creux (adj)

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hollow

slack

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une pioche

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pickaxe

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piocher

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to dig st over
to study   (colloq)
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comme larrons en foire

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thick as thieves

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un marteau piqueur

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hammer drill

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un agacement

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irritation

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un lumignon

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dim lamp

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de soi

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obvious

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un boulon

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bolt

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boulonner

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to bolt

bolt on

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une cueillette

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picking

crop

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12
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un forfait

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crime
contract
package deal

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un aieul

une aieule

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forebearer

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éhonté (adj)

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shameless

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potiner

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to gossip

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entrelarder

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to interlard  (culinarily)
intersperse
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un plaisantin

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joker

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un drôle d’oiseau

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odd type

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frôler

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to brush against

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génial (adj)

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brilliant

great

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un édile

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city father

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roussir

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to scorch

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ça sent le roussi (idiom)

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there’s trouble brewing

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vieillot (adj)

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antiquated

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intempestif

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untimely

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un vallon

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small valley

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un marécage

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marsh

quagmire (fig)

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avoir de la peine à faire

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to be barely able to

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29
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un clapier

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rabbit hutch

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30
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tenir la caisse

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be the cashier

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31
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l’aplomb (m)

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balance

assurance

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32
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une roulotte

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caravan

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33
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un limier

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bloodhound

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tapante (adj)

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on the dot

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35
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une baraque

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shed

shelter

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36
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du jour au lendemain

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from one day to the next

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éploré (adj)

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tearful

38
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grimper en flèche

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climbs like an arrow

39
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un/une ignare

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ignoramus

40
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ignare (adj)

A

ignorant

uneducated

41
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accidenté (adj)

A

rugged
rough
hilly

42
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gamberger (colloq)

A

to think hard

43
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s’en laisser conter (idiom)

A

to be taken in

hoodwinked

44
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baragouiner

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gibber

speak badly

45
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un bled

A

small village

46
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de son vivant

A

when he was alive

47
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fais-moi plaisir

A

humour me

indulge me

48
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un haltérophile

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weight lifter

49
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une hecatombe

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masacre

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épater

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to impress

amaze

51
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régir

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to administer

govern

52
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bourrer

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to stuff full

pack

53
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facturer

A

to invoice

put on the bill

54
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de visu

A

on display

55
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absoudre

A

to absolve
acquit
pardon

56
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une recherche

A

pager

57
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feu (adj)

A

deceased

58
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goguenard (adj)

A

mocking

quietly ironic

59
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élégamment

A

elegantly

60
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breveter

A

to patent

61
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breveté (adj)

A

patented

62
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un amoureux transi

A

bashful lover

63
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expédier

A

dispatch

send

64
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un saut

A

jump

leap

65
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et ainsi de suite

A

and so on

66
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un palot

A

shovel

67
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pâlot (adj) (colloq)

A

rather pale

68
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la glycine

A

wisteria

69
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un tantinet (colloq)

A

a mite
a tiny bit
a trifle

70
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se gourer

A

to be mistaken

71
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une fioriture

A

embellishment

72
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le faux-fuyant

A

subterfuge

73
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le baratin

A

flannel
sweet-talk
sales pitch

74
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une photocopieuse

A

photocopier

75
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à deux semaines d’intervalle

A

at a two week interval

76
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le haut

A

top

summit

77
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statuer

A

to give a ruling on

78
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inopiné (adj)

A

unexpected

79
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de la poêle dans la braise

A

out of the pan, into the fire

80
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un tortillard

A

local train

81
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convier à faire

A

request to do

politely invite to do

82
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glousser

A

to chuckle

83
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surexploiter

A

overexploit

84
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retors (adj)

A

crafty
tricky
clever

85
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adonner

A

to addict

86
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s’adonner à

A

to devote oneself to

87
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bidon (adj)

A

fake

88
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lambrisser

A

to panel (with wood)

89
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bosser (slang)

A

to work

90
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un forçat

A

convict

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