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Volume 1 Flashcards

1
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la parure

A

finery

ornamentation

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2
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la pègre

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underworld

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3
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un truand

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gangster

criminal

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4
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une primeur

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early fruit/vegetable (business)

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5
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une planque

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hideout

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6
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une huisserie

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door frame

window frame

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7
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un goujon

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dowel

pin

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8
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tavelé (adj)

A

marked with spots

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9
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oisif (adj)

A

inactive
unproductive
lazy

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10
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à l’arrivée

A

at the end

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11
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tant bien que mal

A

one way or another

somehow

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12
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le revers

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back

reverse

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13
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un bristol

A

visiting card

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14
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sertir

A 
to set   (jewel)
crimp   (metal)
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15
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maint (adj)

A

many

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16
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le marchandage

A

bargaining

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17
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moucharder (slang)

A

fink on sb

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18
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la cuite

A

booze-up

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19
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éméché (adj) (informal)

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tipsy

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20
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émécher

A

to befuddle

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21
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une nouba (slang)

A

party

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22
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une houlette

sous la houlette de…

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crook
trowel

under the leadership of…

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23
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un émérite

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professor

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24
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un pêne

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bolt (of a lock)

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25
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piéger

A

to snare

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26
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un biseau

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bevel

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27
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une paumelle

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hinge

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28
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piégé (adj)

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protected with an alarm

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29
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une tige

A

stem

spindle

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30
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ras (adj)

à poil ras

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short
level

short-haired

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31
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le gondage

A

hinge

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32
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une punaise

A

bug (insect)

drawing pin

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33
Q

se replier

A

withdraw

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34
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émousser

A

to blunt

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35
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un gâche

A

striker plate (of a lock)

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36
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une attelle

A

splint

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37
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un fennec

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small fox

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38
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une perruche

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parakeet

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39
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boitiller

A

to limp

40
Q

accabler

A

to condemn

overwhelm

41
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un brouillon

A

draft (writing)

42
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massacrant (adj)

une humeur massacrante

A

massacring

in a foul mood

43
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anguleux (adj)

A

angular

44
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chevaline (adj)

A

equine

45
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une tapette

A

fly swatter

fag, sissy

46
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le noyautage

A

infiltration

coring

47
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un monte-en-l’air

A

cat burglar

48
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une cohue

A

crowd

49
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vétuste (adj)

A

dilapidated

50
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la tète la première

A

head first

51
Q

un buvard

A

blotter

52
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barboter

A

paddle
splash

filch

53
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fourguer

A

to fence (stolen goods)
flog
peddle

54
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un garnement

A

rascal

55
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chichiteux (adj)

A

fussy

frilly

56
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en espèces

A

in cash

57
Q

châtrer

A

to castrate

58
Q

un receleur

une receleuse

A

receiver of stolen goods

fence

59
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les limailles (fp)

A

filings (metal)

60
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à cheval sur

A

straddling

61
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assommant (adj)

A

boring

tedious

62
Q

En dehors de

A

Outside of

except for

63
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percé à jour

A

to be onto sb

not deceived

64
Q

une circonscription

A

electoral district

65
Q

en porte à faux

A

cantilevered

66
Q

à plate couture

A

once and for all

67
Q

les oripeaux (mp)

A

rags

68
Q

la courtoisie

A

courtesy

69
Q

parer

A

to adorn

70
Q

la mainmise

A

seizure

71
Q

en outre

A

moreover
besides
apart from

72
Q

de notre vivant

A

in our lifetime

73
Q

dépérir

A

to fade away

74
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un noir de poix

A

pitch-black

75
Q

l’aiguillage (m)

A 
points
switch   (railway)
76
Q

la gnôle (slang)

A

booze

hooch

77
Q

la bobonne (perj)

A

the missus

78
Q

peinard (adj)

A

cushy

easy

79
Q

un coup fourré

A

underhanded trick

80
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une tuile

A

tile

bad luck
blow

81
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un joaillier

une joaillière

A

jeweler

82
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tabasser

A

to beat up

83
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un colifichet

A

trinket

84
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une pince-monseigneur

A

crowbar

85
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tripoter

A

to fiddle with

86
Q

une manche de pioche

A

pickaxe handle

87
Q

un planton

faire le planton (fig)

A

sentry

to wait around

88
Q

un vestiaire

A

cloak room
locker room
check room
locker

89
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une serviette

A

towel
serviette

briefcase

90
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polisson (adj)

un polisson
une polissonne

A

naughty

naughty child

91
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restreint (adj)

A

restrained

narrow in scope

92
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un furet

A

ferret

93
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un jalon

poser les jalons de

A

marker
milestone

to prepare the ground for

94
Q

chaparder

A

to pilfer

pinch

95
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un pète-sec (colloq)

A

abrupt person

96
Q

enquiquiner qqn

A

to irritate sb

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