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Volume 11 Flashcards

1
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avachie (adj)

A

sagging

slumping

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la gangue

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dross

rubbish

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exécrable (adj)

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abysmal

abhorrent

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un marasme

en plein marasme

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slump

to be in the doldrums

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un naturel

d’être d’un naturel gai

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nature

to be naturally cheerful

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patronal (adj)

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employer’s

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annuler

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to cancel

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une nasse

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fish trap

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anéantir

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to annihilate

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l’anéantissement

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destruction

annihilation

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un tunnel

A

tunnel

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un agissement

les agissements (mp)

A

intrigue
plot

activities (perjorative)

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ramper

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to crawl

grovel (fig)

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14
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le méandre

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meander

aimless wandering

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un scrupule

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scruple

compunction

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un moulinet

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a reel

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17
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d’antan

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of yore

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18
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un/une semblable

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fellow being

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l’embrasement (m)

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blaze
dazzling illumination
unrest

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agacé (adj)

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annoyed

frustrated

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21
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par-dessus bord

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over the edge

overboard

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millénaire (adj)

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1000 year period

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un frisson

A

shiver
thrill
stirring

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hurluberlu (adj)

A

scatterbrained

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un/une hurluberlu

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oddball (person)

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26
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un châtiment

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punishment
retribution
chastisement

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27
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l’apesanteur (f)

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weightlessness

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28
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le para-prise

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windshield

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29
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les essui-glaces

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windshield wipers

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30
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subrepticement

A

surrepticiously

stealthily

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31
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le néant

A

nothingness

nil

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32
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une hélice

A

propeller
screw (ship)
helix
blades (of a fan)

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33
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jacasser

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to chatter

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34
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le jacassement

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chatter

prattle

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35
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rapetisser

se rapetisser

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to look smaller

to shrink

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36
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indicible (adj)

A

unspeakable

inexpressible

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37
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laquer

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to lacquer

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38
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un break

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station wagon

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39
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importuner

A

bother

disturb

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40
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la cotisation

A

membership fee
subscription
contribution

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41
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le montage

A

assembly

set-up

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42
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la délocalisation

A

relocation

43
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une affabulation

A

fabrication

fiction

44
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avilissant (adj)

A

humiliating

demeaning

45
Q

avilir

A

to demean

46
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le pègre

A

underworld

47
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le luxe

A

wealth
luxury
richness

48
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vétilleux (adj)

A

delicate

sensitive

49
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emmitoufler

A

wrap up (for warmth)

50
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menotter

A

to hogtie

51
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un gredin

une gredine

A

rascal

rogue

52
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un coquin

une coquine

A

rascal

scoundrel

53
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s’emballer

A 
to bolt   (horse)
to shoot up    (eg. prices)
to race  (motor)
54
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un/une gaillard

A

strapping lad/girl

55
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sauter à la perche

A

pole vaulter

56
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relevé (adj)

A

spicy

57
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un relevé

A

summary

statement

58
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un antre

A

den

cave

59
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préoccupant (adj)

A

worrying

60
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préoccuper

A

to worry

61
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la fraude

A

fraud

62
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frauder

A

to defraud

63
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un/une perchiste

A 
pole vaulter
boom operator    (tv)
64
Q

un poncif

A

cliché

truism

65
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écrouler

s’ecrouler

A

to collapse

to fade

66
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la décennie

A

decade

67
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advenir

A

to happen

68
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abscons (adj)

A

obscure

69
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solidaire (adj)

A

united

interdependent

70
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une cavalcade

A

stampede

71
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subit (adj)

A

sudden

72
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subvenir

subvenirà

A

to support
subsist
administer

supply to

73
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solder

A

to close
settle
clear

74
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un passif

A

debit (debt)

75
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passif (adj)

A

passive

76
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détrousser

A

to rob

77
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un filou

A

rogue

crook

78
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un gousset

A

fob

pocket watch

79
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amollir

A

soften

enfeeble

80
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ontologique (adj)

A

ontological (pretaining to the nature of being)

81
Q

être à deux doigts de…

A

to be really close to…

82
Q

passer par la fuite de…

A

slip through the cracks of…

83
Q

débrouiller

A

clear an area of brushwood

84
Q

une débrouilleuse

A

strimmer

85
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une tronçonneuse

A

chain saw

86
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tailler

A 
to cut  (stone)
carve  (wood)
sharpen  (pencil)
prune (tree)
clip  (hedge)
trim  (hair, beard)
87
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un taille-haie (m?)

A

hedge clippers

88
Q

un scarificateur

A

scarifier

89
Q

un broyeur

un broyeur de branches

A

crusher
grinder

branch grinder

90
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un essor

A

to take off (business)

soar (undertaking)

91
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la tonte

A

mowing of lawn
shearing of sheep
cutting of hair

92
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épurer

A

purify
filter
refine

93
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flâner

A

to stroll
dawdle
loiter

94
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un cocon

A

cocoon

95
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cisailler

A

to shear off

96
Q

une prise de quart

être de quart

A

turn at watch

to be on watch (nautical)

97
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endolori (adj)

A

aching
sore
painful

98
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endolorir

A

to make painful

99
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une fosse

A

pit

100
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aux trois quarts

A

mostly

101
Q

dégringoler

A

plummet

102
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une chimère

A

pipedream

103
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intangible (adj)

A

inviolable

104
Q

subir

A

suffer

undergo

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