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Volume 1 Flashcards

1
Q

la mise

A

stake (in a game)
attire
dress

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primesautier (adj)

A

impulsive

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3
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la pépite

A

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

A

to link to

be associated with

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s’entendre

A

to get along

to be heard

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7
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l’inachèvement

A

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
Q

miner

A

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

A

gable (house)
gear wheel
pine nut kernel

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15
Q

un piquet

A

stake

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16
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un tortillard

A

small local train

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17
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un armateur

A

ship owner

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18
Q

escamoter

A

to retract

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19
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mousseux (adj)

A

frothy

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20
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grivois (adj)

A

bawdy

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21
Q

taper le carton

A

play cards

socialize

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22
Q

l’entrepont (m)

A

‘tween deck

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23
Q

escarmoucher

A

to skirmish

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24
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un bouge

A

hovel

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25
Q

un tripot

A

gambling den

dive

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26
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un monceau

A

pile

amoncellement

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27
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le paludisme

A

malaria

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28
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un vautour

A

vulture

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29
Q

dépecer

A

to tear apart

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30
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un baquet

A

tub

bucket seat

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31
Q

malaxer

A

to mix
cream together

mélanger

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32
Q

une capeline

A

wide-brimmed hat

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33
Q

l’ouate (f)

A

cotton wool

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34
Q

un cacatoès

A

cockatoo

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35
Q

désaltérer (vt)

A

to quench sb’s thirst

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36
Q

le tord-boyaux

A

rot gut

cheap alcohol

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37
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une mare

A

small expanse of water

38
Q

un aiguilleur

un aiguilleur du ciel

A

switchman (railroad)

air traffic controller

39
Q

griser

A

to intoxicate

exhilarate

40
Q

les basques (fp)

A

tight-fitting garment, shoulder to below the waist

41
Q

une diligence

A

hurry

horse and carriage

42
Q

une courroie

A

belt
strap

une courroie de transmission = pulley belt

43
Q

un essieu

A

axle

44
Q

l’omoplate (f)

A

shoulder blade

45
Q

un taon

A

horsefly

46
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nerveux (adj)

A

nervous
highly strung
energetic

47
Q

à touche-touche

A

nose to nose

bumper to bumper

48
Q

rabattre

A

to close
fold up
pull in (to traffic)

49
Q

par mégarde

A

by error

inadvertently

50
Q

un attelage

A

harness

team (of horses, mules)

51
Q

faire fortune

A

to get rich

52
Q

une fenêtre à guillotine

A

vertically sliding window

53
Q

une buse

A

buzzard

idiot (colloq)

buss (conduit)

54
Q

déguenillé (adj)

A

ragged

in rags

55
Q

rapiécér

A

to patch

56
Q

un gueux

A

beggar

rogue

57
Q

un mendiant

A

beggar

58
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un forçat

A

convict

59
Q

un faiseur
une faiseuse

un faiseur de veuves

A

maker

widow maker

60
Q

un quinquet

ouvrir tes quinquets

A

oil lamp

eye (dated)

open your peepers (informal)

61
Q

un bas

A

stocking

62
Q

la gaudriole

A

debauchery

la grivoise

63
Q

la disette

A

famine

64
Q

respectueusement

A

respectfully

65
Q

la poursuite

A

pursuit

66
Q

l’ardeur (f)

A

great heat
ardour
enthusiasm

67
Q

à genoux

A

kneeling

68
Q

l’inventivité (f)

A

inventiveness

69
Q

un carreau

A

tile
floor
diamonds (cards)
pithead (mine)

70
Q

un battoir

A

beater (eg, for carpets)

71
Q

un serpent à sonnettes

A

rattlesnake

72
Q

âpre (adj)

A

hard
bitter
fierce

73
Q

usant (adj)

A

exhausting

74
Q

d’antan

A

of old

75
Q

mine de rien

A

surreptitiously
without being evident
on the sly

76
Q

un terrien

une terrienne

A

earth person

landowner

77
Q

la débrouillardise

A

resourcefulness

78
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un piédestal

A

pedestal

un socle

79
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le rendement

A

yield

productivity

80
Q

grêle (adj)

A

skinny

note: la grêle = hail

81
Q

la velléité

A

vague desire

82
Q

le filon

A

vein

bonanza

83
Q

pelé (adj)

A

mangy
threadbare

note: peler = to peel

84
Q

une harde

A

herd

pack

85
Q

les hardes (fp)

A

rags

86
Q

bringuebalant (adj)

A

rickety

87
Q

un damier

A

checkerboard

88
Q

garance (adj)

A

bright red

89
Q

un bob

A

bucket hat

90
Q

se démener

A

to struggle
thrash about
try very hard

91
Q

la scarlatine

A

scarlet fever

92
Q

festoyer

A

to feast

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