Volume 11 Flashcards

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avachie (adj)

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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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10
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l’anéantissement

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destruction

annihilation

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un tunnel

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tunnel

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un agissement

les agissements (mp)

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intrigue
plot

activities (perjorative)

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13
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ramper

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to crawl

grovel (fig)

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le méandre

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meander

aimless wandering

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15
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un scrupule

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scruple

compunction

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16
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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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22
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millénaire (adj)

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1000 year period

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23
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un frisson

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shiver
thrill
stirring

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hurluberlu (adj)

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scatterbrained

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un/une hurluberlu
oddball (person)
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un châtiment
punishment retribution chastisement
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l’apesanteur (f)
weightlessness
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le para-prise
windshield
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les essui-glaces
windshield wipers
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subrepticement
surrepticiously | stealthily
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le néant
nothingness | nil
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une hélice
propeller screw (ship) helix blades (of a fan)
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jacasser
to chatter
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le jacassement
chatter | prattle
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rapetisser se rapetisser
to look smaller to shrink
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indicible (adj)
unspeakable | inexpressible
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laquer
to lacquer
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un break
station wagon
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importuner
bother | disturb
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la cotisation
membership fee subscription contribution
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le montage
assembly | set-up
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la délocalisation
relocation
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une affabulation
fabrication | fiction
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avilissant (adj)
humiliating | demeaning
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avilir
to demean
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le pègre
underworld
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le luxe
wealth luxury richness
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vétilleux (adj)
delicate | sensitive
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emmitoufler
wrap up (for warmth)
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menotter
to hogtie
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un gredin | une gredine
rascal | rogue
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un coquin | une coquine
rascal | scoundrel
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s’emballer
``` to bolt (horse) to shoot up (eg. prices) to race (motor) ```
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un/une gaillard
strapping lad/girl
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sauter à la perche
pole vaulter
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relevé (adj)
spicy
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un relevé
summary | statement
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un antre
den | cave
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préoccupant (adj)
worrying
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préoccuper
to worry
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la fraude
fraud
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frauder
to defraud
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un/une perchiste
``` pole vaulter boom operator (tv) ```
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un poncif
cliché | truism
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écrouler s’ecrouler
to collapse to fade
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la décennie
decade
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advenir
to happen
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abscons (adj)
obscure
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solidaire (adj)
united | interdependent
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une cavalcade
stampede
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subit (adj)
sudden
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subvenir subvenirà
to support subsist administer supply to
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solder
to close settle clear
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un passif
debit (debt)
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passif (adj)
passive
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détrousser
to rob
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un filou
rogue | crook
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un gousset
fob | pocket watch
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amollir
soften | enfeeble
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ontologique (adj)
ontological (pretaining to the nature of being)
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être à deux doigts de...
to be really close to...
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passer par la fuite de...
slip through the cracks of...
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débrouiller
clear an area of brushwood
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une débrouilleuse
strimmer
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une tronçonneuse
chain saw
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tailler
``` to cut (stone) carve (wood) sharpen (pencil) prune (tree) clip (hedge) trim (hair, beard) ```
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un taille-haie (m?)
hedge clippers
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un scarificateur
scarifier
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un broyeur un broyeur de branches
crusher grinder branch grinder
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un essor
to take off (business) | soar (undertaking)
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la tonte
mowing of lawn shearing of sheep cutting of hair
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épurer
purify filter refine
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flâner
to stroll dawdle loiter
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un cocon
cocoon
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cisailler
to shear off
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une prise de quart être de quart
turn at watch to be on watch (nautical)
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endolori (adj)
aching sore painful
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endolorir
to make painful
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une fosse
pit
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aux trois quarts
mostly
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dégringoler
plummet
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une chimère
pipedream
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intangible (adj)
inviolable
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subir
suffer | undergo