Volume 12 Flashcards

1
Q

caricatural (adj)

A

caricatured

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2
Q

d’autant plus

A

all the more

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3
Q

la pulsion

une pulsion de mort

A

drive
urge

death wish

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4
Q

truquer

A

to rig
fake
set up

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5
Q

motus! (interjection)

Motus et bouche cousue

A

silence!

Silence, mouth shut! Keep it secret.

Note cousue is from coudre, to sew

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6
Q

un dindon

A

turkey

dope (colloq)

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7
Q

toujours est-il que…

A

nevertheless

same as:

en tous cas
quoi que ce soit
n’importe 
quoi qu’il arrive
il n’empêche que
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8
Q

toujours est-il que

A

in any case

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9
Q

un truc
un machin
un bidule (familiar only)

le machin (for a person)

A

thingamajig
thingy

what’s-his-name (perj)
whoever

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10
Q

de l’ordre de

A

about

approximately

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11
Q

sous forme digitale

A

in digital form

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12
Q

n’importe où

A

anywhere

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13
Q

aux alentours du mois de mai

A

around the month of May

note: works with time as well as place

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14
Q

à mon sens

A

in my opinion

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15
Q

Ça m’a fait très plaisir

A

I liked that

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16
Q

accuser le coup (idiom)

A

to feel a blow
to suffer a blow

(a blow of any kind, physical, mental, economic…)

17
Q

par le passé

A

previously

18
Q

être passionné par

A

to be interested in

19
Q

en tant que tel

en tant que telle

A

as such

20
Q

caser

A

to put

21
Q

être en mesure

A

to be able

22
Q

du fait que

A

because

23
Q

sur-le-champs

A

immédiatement

24
Q

un truc
un machin
un bidule

A

thingy

25
Q

en terms de

A

in terms of

26
Q

un girouette

A

weather vane

27
Q

une hirondelle

A

swallow

28
Q

un nénuphar

A

waterlily

29
Q

une punaise

A

bug

tack (pin)

30
Q

punaiser

A

to pin down

31
Q

un ragondin

A

nutria (aquatic rodent like a beaver)