Volume 11 Flashcards by Ken Wodlinger | Brainscape

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être crevé
exténué
claqué

A

to be very tired

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Revenons à nos moutons (idiom)

A

Let’s get back to what we were talking about

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le revers

A

back side
opposite side
backhand (eg tennis)

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une crevaison

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the event of getting a flat tire

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la dépanneuse

A

tow truck

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un dépanneur

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tow truck operator

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dépannage

A

event of having a vehicle towed.

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la vitre

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car window

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C’est chaud (idiom, familiar only)

C’est chaud entre

A

It’s difficult

It’s hot between them (sexual)

They’re at each other. (dispute)

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C’est clair (in common use, all situations)

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I agree

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C’est chiant (idiom, fam only)

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That’s crappy

That’s very annoying

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un neztoile

A

clown (performer)

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alléger

A

alleviate

lighten

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un gutier

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crane operator

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un cobaye

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guinea pig

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un/une complice

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accomplice

accessary

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complice (adj)

être complice de qc

A

helper

to be party to st

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ailleurs =autre part

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elsewhere

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convier à faire

A

to invite to do

politely request

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un chouchou

A

favourite

pet

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le ménagement

A

consideration
respectfulness
compensation

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Au temps pour moi

Autant pour

A

I made a mistake, I’ll start over

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énoncé (adj)

A

stated

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énoncer

A

to state

expound

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un blaireau

A

badger

shaving brush

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puiser

puiser à pleines mains dans qqc

A

to draw (as water from a well)
attract
pull

to draw heavily from st

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être très nombreux à faire qqc

vous êtes très nombreux à me dire que….

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to be many to do st

Many of you are telling me that…

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le témoignage

A

testimony

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recenser

A

to take a census

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une rafle

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raid

roundup

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éberlué

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dumbfounded

stunned

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un exergue

A

inscription

motto

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mettre en exergue

A

to highlight

point out

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indécrottable (adj)

A

hopeless

incorrigible

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la case

cochez la case correspondante

A

hut
compartment
pigeonhole
box (on a form)

check the appropriate box

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casé (adj)

A

pigeonholed

labelled

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la calomnie

A

slander

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un/une écolier, ière

A

pupil

schoolboy, girl

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la main-forte

prêter main-forte à qqn

A

assistance

to come to sb’s aid

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ensevelir

A

to bury

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le déchirement

A

tearing way

wrenching

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improvisé (adj)

A

improvised
unprepared
expediently devised

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un collabos

A

collaborator

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corroborer

A

to corroborate

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tac au tac

A

quick as a flash

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un accroc

faire un accroc à qqc

sans accroc(s)

A

infraction
violation
tear

to tear st

without a hitch

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un ascendant

A

influence

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ascendant (adj)

A

ascendant

ascending

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ménager

A

take care of
arrange
look after

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badigeonner

badigeonner à la chaux

A

to coat with colour

whitewash

Q

barbouiller de

A

to daub with

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un intérimaire

A

deputy
agent
representative

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intérimaire (adj)

A

interim

temporary

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flasher

flasher sur qqn

A

to flash

to fall in love with sb

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gêné (adj)

A

embarrased

constrained

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chausser

A

to put on (shoes…)

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fond

au fond
dans le fond

A

bottom (lit & fig)

basically

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une épopée

A

epic

saga

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Quel pied! (exp)

A

That was great!

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en liesse

A

jubilant

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dans la télé

A

on tv

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nuire

A

to harm

injure

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effréné (adj)

A

wild
unrestrained
unruly
madcap

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une ruche

A

beehive

hive

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spolier de

A

to despoil

to spoil of

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vaseux (adj)

A

muddy

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étanche (adj)

A

waterproof

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la poisse

A

bad luck

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chialer

A

to bubble

blubber

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la déchéance

A

decline

degradation

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une cale

A

wedge

ship’s hold

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la berge

A

bank (of river, canal)

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effiler

A

to make slender, thin

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troquer

A

to barter

exchange

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galbe

A

shapeliness

curve

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un parvis

A

enclosed courtyard in front of a building (esp a cathedral)

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rimer

cela ne rime à rien

A

to rhyme

that makes no sense

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se dépatouiller

A

to solve a problem

to pull oneself out of a situation

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du coup

A

as a result

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un avis tranché

A

clear-cut opinion

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remettre en cause

A

to question

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éclairé (adj)

A

enlightened

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C’est critique d’avoir

A

It’s to be criticized to have…

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ponctuellement

A

punctually

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la diminution

être en diminution

A

decrease
reduction

to be falling

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à savoir

A

namely

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l’impôt foncier (m)

A

land tax

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cotiser

se cotiser

A

to pay contributions

to club together

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performant (adj)

A

successful

powerful

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à la hauteur de ses moyens

A

according to his means

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certes

A

admittedly

certainly