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Volume 1 Flashcards

1
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la refection

A

repair

renewal

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jusqu’au cou

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up to my neck

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le culot

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nerve
effrontery

effronterie
toupet

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un romancier

une romancière

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novelist

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une plaque

la plaque dentaire

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plaque (for public memoria)
plate (metal coating)
layer

dental plaque

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indestructible (adj)

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indestructable

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oublieux (adj)

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forgetful

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une prédiction

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prediction

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un échafaudage

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scaffolding

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10
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le pressing

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dry cleaner’s

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une droguerie

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hardware store

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12
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faucher

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to mow down

flatten

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13
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la tubulure

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tubing

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14
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un amoncellement

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pile

entassement

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15
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une voiture en stationnement

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parked car

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16
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un garçonnet

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little boy

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17
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mugir

A

to low

meugler (sound of bovines)

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18
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entrechoquer

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to clatter

clink

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19
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au mieux

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at best

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20
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dans le decor

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run off the road

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21
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déplaire

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to displease

vexer

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22
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lapidaire (adj)

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pithy

concise

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l’encombrement (m)

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traffic congestion

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24
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un/une urgentiste

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trauma physician

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25
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une accalmie

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lull

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26
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la tractation

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negotiation

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27
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papoter

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to chatter

bavarder

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28
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une fourré

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thicket

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29
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une épopée

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saga

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30
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un réduit

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cubbyhole

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31
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le taillis

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undergrowth

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32
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en tailleur

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cross-legged

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33
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mufle (adj)

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boorish

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34
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luxer l’épaule

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to dislocate the shoulder

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35
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rapatrier

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to repatriate

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36
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un gigaoctet

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gigabyte

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37
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une putain

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whore

une prostituée

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38
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empoté (adj)

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clumsy

awkward

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39
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en équilibre

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balanced

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40
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déminer

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to clear mines

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41
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brouter

A

to graze

to judder (vehicle)

42
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appauvrir

A

to impoverish

43
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le warning (anglicism)

A

warning

un clignotant

44
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l’enfouissement (m)

A

burying

45
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un tapissage

A

wallpaper

identification lineup

46
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déliter

A

to flake

fall apart

47
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reboucher

A

to recork

48
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emprunté (adj)

A

borrowed

awkward

49
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résilier

A

to terminate

50
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transiter par

A

to transit by

51
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déblayer

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to sort out initial problems
clear the way for progress

défricher

52
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réduite (adj)

A

reduced

small

53
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être dans de sales draps

A

to be in big trouble

54
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slalomer

A

to slalom

zigzag

55
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moyennement

A

moderately

56
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un plouc

A

redneck

uncouth individual

57
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offert en souscription

A

available by subscription

58
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une descente de lit

A

bedside rug

59
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une benne

A

dumpster

bed of a pickup

60
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tâter

A

to touch

feel

61
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malmener

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to mistreat
manhandle

maltraiter

62
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renfrogné (adj)

A

sullen

maussade

63
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un slogan

A

slogan

catchphrase

64
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resplendissant (adj)

A

brilliant

resplendent

65
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un box (pl: box ou boxes)

A

compartment (particularly in a stable)

66
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sur un coup de tête

A

on a whim

67
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le carnage

A

carnage

68
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à perpétuité

A

perpetual

69
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barder

A

to cause sparks to fly

70
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la donne

A

deal (cards)

the way things are done

71
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cagoulé (adj)

A

hooded

72
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attentionné (adj)

A

attentive

73
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un drapé

A

draped material

74
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un désaveu

A

rejection

denial

75
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être frais comme un gardon

A

to be as fresh as a daisy

76
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limitrophe de (adj)

A

bordering on

77
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la voirie

A

transportation network (road, rail, waterways)

78
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dans la foulée

dans la foulée de

A

immediately afterwards
on the heels of

note: la foulée = stride

79
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un madrier

A

beam (construction)

80
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à l’accoutumée

A

as usual

81
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accoutumer

A

to accustom

habituer

82
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répugner à

A

to be disgusted by

83
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inavouable (adj)

A

shameful

84
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le pourtour

A

perimeter
surrounding area

bord
contour
région avoisinante

85
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en rase compagne

A

in open country

in full view

86
Q

bluffer

A

to bluff

87
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concerner

A

to concern

affect

88
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naguère

A

recently

formerly

89
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crédibiliser

A

to substantiate

make credible

90
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le guet “gé”

A

watch

lookout

91
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inlassablement

A

tirelessly

92
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dédicacer à

A

to dedicate to

sign for

93
Q

un calvaire

A

ordeal

wayside cross

94
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rebelote (exclamation)

A

here we go again

95
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le tain

une glace sans tain

A

mirror coating
silvering

two-way mirror

96
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s’en aller/tourner/finir/partir à l’eau de boudin

A

amount to nothing

le boudin = black pudding or blood sausage

97
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drôlement

A

really (greatly)

oddly

98
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partir en éclaireur

A

to go on ahead
scout out

un éclaireur = scout

99
Q

illico

A

straight away

sur-le-champ

100
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la chape

A 
screed   (concrete)
layer  (of cloud)
burden  (of sadness)
tread   (of a tire)
cape   (religious)

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