Volume 1 Flashcards

1
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la mise

A

stake (in a game)
attire
dress

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2
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primesautier (adj)

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impulsive

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3
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la pépite

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nugget

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4
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avoir affaire à

A
to involve 
function as
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5
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renvoyer à

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to link to

be associated with

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6
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s’entendre

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to get along

to be heard

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7
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l’inachèvement

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incompleteness

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8
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généralisable à (adj)

A

generalizable to

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9
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sérier (vt)

A

to classify

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10
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à tort et à travers

A

wildly

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11
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miner

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to mine

to attack slowly (fig)

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12
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insaisissable (adj)

A

elusive

imperceptible

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13
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la dot

A

dowry

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14
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un pignon

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gable (house)
gear wheel
pine nut kernel

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15
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un piquet

A

stake

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16
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un tortillard

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small local train

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17
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un armateur

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ship owner

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18
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escamoter

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to retract

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19
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mousseux (adj)

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frothy

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20
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grivois (adj)

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bawdy

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21
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taper le carton

A

play cards

socialize

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22
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l’entrepont (m)

A

‘tween deck

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23
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escarmoucher

A

to skirmish

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24
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un bouge

A

hovel

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un tripot
gambling den | dive
26
un monceau
pile amoncellement
27
le paludisme
malaria
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un vautour
vulture
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dépecer
to tear apart
30
un baquet
tub | bucket seat
31
malaxer
to mix cream together mélanger
32
une capeline
wide-brimmed hat
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l’ouate (f)
cotton wool
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un cacatoès
cockatoo
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désaltérer (vt)
to quench sb’s thirst
36
le tord-boyaux
rot gut | cheap alcohol
37
une mare
small expanse of water
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un aiguilleur un aiguilleur du ciel
switchman (railroad) air traffic controller
39
griser
to intoxicate | exhilarate
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les basques (fp)
tight-fitting garment, shoulder to below the waist
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une diligence
hurry | horse and carriage
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une courroie
belt strap une courroie de transmission = pulley belt
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un essieu
axle
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l’omoplate (f)
shoulder blade
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un taon
horsefly
46
nerveux (adj)
nervous highly strung energetic
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à touche-touche
nose to nose | bumper to bumper
48
rabattre
to close fold up pull in (to traffic)
49
par mégarde
by error | inadvertently
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un attelage
harness | team (of horses, mules)
51
faire fortune
to get rich
52
une fenêtre à guillotine
vertically sliding window
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une buse
buzzard idiot (colloq) buss (conduit)
54
déguenillé (adj)
ragged | in rags
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rapiécér
to patch
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un gueux
beggar | rogue
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un mendiant
beggar
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un forçat
convict
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un faiseur une faiseuse un faiseur de veuves
maker widow maker
60
un quinquet ouvrir tes quinquets
oil lamp eye (dated) open your peepers (informal)
61
un bas
stocking
62
la gaudriole
debauchery la grivoise
63
la disette
famine
64
respectueusement
respectfully
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la poursuite
pursuit
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l’ardeur (f)
great heat ardour enthusiasm
67
à genoux
kneeling
68
l’inventivité (f)
inventiveness
69
un carreau
tile floor diamonds (cards) pithead (mine)
70
un battoir
beater (eg, for carpets)
71
un serpent à sonnettes
rattlesnake
72
âpre (adj)
hard bitter fierce
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usant (adj)
exhausting
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d’antan
of old
75
mine de rien
surreptitiously without being evident on the sly
76
un terrien | une terrienne
earth person | landowner
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la débrouillardise
resourcefulness
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un piédestal
pedestal un socle
79
le rendement
yield | productivity
80
grêle (adj)
skinny note: la grêle = hail
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la velléité
vague desire
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le filon
vein | bonanza
83
pelé (adj)
mangy threadbare note: peler = to peel
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une harde
herd | pack
85
les hardes (fp)
rags
86
bringuebalant (adj)
rickety
87
un damier
checkerboard
88
garance (adj)
bright red
89
un bob
bucket hat
90
se démener
to struggle thrash about try very hard
91
la scarlatine
scarlet fever
92
festoyer
to feast