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Volume 1 Flashcards

1
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un mardi de mai

A

one Tuesday in May

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2
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humilier

A

to humiliate

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désemparé (adj)

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disoriented

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boucher un trou

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close a hole

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5
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un toboggan

A

slide (playground)

sled
luge

overpass

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vacataire (adj)

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temporary

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7
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cautériser

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to cauterize

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8
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réagir en adulte

A

react as an adult

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9
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emporter un secret dans la tombe

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to take a secret to one’s grave

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10
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esquisser

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to sketch

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11
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facturer

A

to invoice

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12
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dédommager

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to compensate

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13
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transparaître

A

to show through

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14
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mordant (adj)

A

biting

caustic

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15
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en demande

demandé

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in demand

requested

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16
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écorcher

A

to skin

graze

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17
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aliter

A

to take to one’s bed

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18
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le désarroi

A

distress

trouble

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19
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couver

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to brood

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20
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donner du mal

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to go to a lot of trouble

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21
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être remercié

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to be dismissed

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22
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un mécène

A

patron of the arts

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23
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le chaînon manquant

A

missing link

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24
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s’évertuer

A

to try one’s best

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25
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emménager avec

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to move in with

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26
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un humour à froid

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dry humour

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27
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édenté (adj)

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missing teeth

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28
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un hobbit

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hobbit

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29
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être pour rire

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to be funny

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30
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un rescapé

une rescapée

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survivor

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31
Q

à quel point

A

how much

to what extent

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32
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disparate = hétéroclite (adj)

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disparate

varied in type

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33
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gangrener

se gangrener

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to corrupt

become corrupt

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34
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un tirage

A

draw
lottery

print (photo)

conflict

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35
Q

un fer à cheval

A

horseshoe

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36
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les favoris (mp)

A

sideburns

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37
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pencher pour qc

A

to lean towards st

favour

38
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un minet

une minette

A

kitten

pretty boy (colloq)

39
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frivole (adj)

A

frivolous

40
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saigner à blanc (fig)

A

to bleed dry

41
Q

un point de chute

A

jumping off point

42
Q

l’affolement

A

panic

43
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une malaise cardiaque

A

mild heart attack

44
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les brûlures d’estomac (f)

A

heartburn

45
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le cocooning

A

cocooning

46
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un/une pigiste

A

freelance journalist

typesetter on piece work

47
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un rouquin

une rouquine

A

red head

48
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suranné (adj)

A

outdated

outmoded

49
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être sûr(e) de comprendre

A

to be sure that one understands

50
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fendre

A

to cleave

split

51
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gracile (adj)

A

slender
delicate
fragile

52
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un bonimenteur

une bonimenteuse

A

smooth talker

53
Q

limbes (mp)

A

ill defined place

“depths”

54
Q

un voiturier

A

valet

55
Q

la bedaine

A

large belly

56
Q

las (adj)

lasse

A

weary

57
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dépérisser

A

to waste away

wither

58
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dérouter

A

to change destination

disconcert

59
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le trajet

A

leg of a trip

prognosis of a malady

60
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la motricité

A

motivity

ability to move

61
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la mobilité

A

mobility

62
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le réconfort

A

consolation

63
Q

le soulagement

A

relief

64
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s’obstiner à

A

to persist to

65
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la détestation

A

loathing

66
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une allée dallée

A

paved footpath

67
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un largage aérien

A

air drop

larguer = to drop, launch

68
Q

de fortune (adj)

A

makeshift

69
Q

retrousser

A

to roll up

70
Q

une serpette

A

pruning knife

71
Q

accoster

A

to accost

to come alongside (naut)

72
Q

le surlendemain

A

day after tomorrow

73
Q

faner

A

to fade

wither

74
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l’obséquiosité

A

obsequiousness

75
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frisant qc

frisant l’obséquiosité

A

bordering on qc

bordering on obsequiousness

76
Q

ingérer

s’ingérer dans

A

to ingest

to interfere in
meddle in

77
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une recrue

A

recruit

78
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un coup de boule

A

head-butt

79
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desservir

A 
to service   (eg, with utilities)
to serve to …
80
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un/une standardiste

A

switchboard operator

81
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pourvoir

A

to provide

supply

82
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un baume

mis un baume au coeur

A

balme

gladden the heart
cheer up

83
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exaucer

A

to grant

84
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par contrecoup

A

as a result

consequently

85
Q

un fourmillement de

les fourmillements

A

swarm of (grouillement)

tingling sensation (picotement)

86
Q

égarer

A

to mislead

lose direction

87
Q

une supplique

A

plea

88
Q

un muret

A

low wall

89
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un réverbère

A

street light

90
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un taudis

A

hovel

slum

91
Q

la tôle

A

sheet metal

92
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un parpaing

A

breeze block

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