Volume 2 Flashcards

1
Q

l’attendrissement

A

tenderness

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2
Q

parier

A

to bet

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3
Q

tout le monde est dans la bain

A

we’re all n the same boat

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4
Q

l’oisiveté

A

idleness

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5
Q

restituer

A

to restore

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6
Q

un histrion

A

bad actor (literally)

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7
Q

désarticuler

A

to dislocate

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8
Q

un éventail

A

fan, range of similar items

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9
Q

une corniche

A

ornamental carving, coast road cut into cliff

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10
Q

la messe

A

mass (religion)

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11
Q

la saignée du coude

A

inside of elbow

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12
Q

sumener

A

to overwork

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13
Q

l’envergure (f)

A

wingspan, extent

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14
Q

rapetisser

A

to make smaller

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15
Q

une taie

A

pillowcase, corneal opacity

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16
Q

le millésime

A

vintage (eg of wine, coins)

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17
Q

une superstition

A

superstitution

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18
Q

se carrer

A

to ensconce oneself in a chair

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19
Q

pers (adj)

A

blue-green

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20
Q

la harde

A

herd

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21
Q

la haardiesse

A

brazenness

22
Q

un flot

A

flood, tide

23
Q

à demi

A

half, halfway

24
Q

de circonstance

A

contingency, ad hoc

25
Q

un lazaret

A

isolation ward

26
Q

une tribune

A

grandstand

27
Q

affalé (adj)

A

slumped (dans), sprawled (sur)

28
Q

une estampe

A

engraving, stamped image

29
Q

à son défaut

A

in its/his absence

30
Q

un/une pestiféré

A

plague-ridden person

31
Q

factice (adj)

A

imitation, artificial

32
Q

se répercuter

A

to have repercussions

33
Q

la sainteté

A

saintliness

34
Q

convalescent (adj, nom m,f)

A

convalescent, convalescing

35
Q

en visière

A

shielding the eyes, like a visor

36
Q

la bonté

A

kindness

37
Q

partant (conj)

A

consequently

38
Q

une tenture

A

wall covering

39
Q

s’assouplir

A

to relax

40
Q

un écrou

A

nut (technology)

41
Q

ensevelir

A

to bury

42
Q

retrancher de

A

to delete, exclude from

43
Q

interpeller

A

to call out to

44
Q

un emportement

A

fit of anger

45
Q

une chronique

A

chronicle, column

46
Q

confusément

A

confusedly

47
Q

se tapir

A

to crouch

48
Q

démantibuler

A

to demolish

49
Q

effeuiller

A

to remove leaves of

50
Q

en liesse

A

cheering, jubilant