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Volume 2 Flashcards

1
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l’écoumème (m)

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habitable part of the Earth

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recuter

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to recruit

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la frime

pour la frime

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pretence

for show

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frimer

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to show off

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le cran

avoir du cran

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notch
wave

to have guts

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un mécène

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sponsor, patron of the arts

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un huissier

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bailiff

usher

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une camisole de force

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a straightjacket

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une paillasse

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straw matress

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un anneau

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ring

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immergé (adj)

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immersed

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immerger

s’immerger dans

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to submerge, immerse

to immerse oneself in

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cadrer

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to frame

correspond (match)

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14
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la pension alimentaire

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alimony

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l’envers (m)

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flipside

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l’emprise (f)

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grip

influence

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une couleuvre

avaler des couleuvres (idiom)

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a grass snake

endure humiliation = to eat crow
to believe anything one is told

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visqueux (adj)

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viscous

slimy

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un nuage noir

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thundercloud

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monnayable (adj)

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marketable

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prendre connaissance

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to know about

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un proxénète

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pimp

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le proxénétisme

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procurement–living off avails of criminal activity/prostitution

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avec un peu de chance

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with a little luck

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À qui que ce soit

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no matter what

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unanime (adj)

unanime à faire

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unanimous

unanimous in doing

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faire dévier

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to deflect

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détendre

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to loosen

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détendu (adj)

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loosened

relaxed

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avoir mal tourné (adj)

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to go badly

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quoi que ce soit

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anything at all

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32
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tomber bien

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to be convenient

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33
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une viennoiserie

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Viennese pastry

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34
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ébouillanter

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to scald

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35
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une fois de plus

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once again

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insouciant (adj)

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carefree

unconcerned

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une fenêtre

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a window (also used for a “window of opportunity”)

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foirer (vulgar)

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to fail miserably

fuck up

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poireauter

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to be made to wait for a long time

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40
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être sur les talons de qqn

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to be on the heels of someone

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rapetisser

se rapetisser

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to shrink, make smaller

to become shrunken

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un remou

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eddy

swirling

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borné (adj)

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narrow minded

thick witted

44
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l’acharnement (m)

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determination

ténacité

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l’avant-midi

A

morning

46
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la commotion

la commotion cérébrale

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concussion
shellshock

concussion

47
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un étourdissement

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dizzy spell

48
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hors d’usage

A

out of service

49
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se représenter

A

to imagine

50
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une cagoule

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hood

cowl

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amocher (colloquial)

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to beat up

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on va s’en occuper

A

We’ll look after it.

53
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à moins que

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unless

54
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Sur le chemin du retour

A

On the way back

55
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entreposer

A

to store

warehouse

56
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de toute façon

A

anyway

57
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avoir droit

A

to be subjected to

58
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un poteau

un poteau de danse

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pole
post

a pole for exotic danse

59
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a priori

A

a priori (on the face of it)

60
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piratable

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piratable (able to be hacked)

61
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scotché (adj)

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scotch taped

62
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boire d’un trait

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drink in one swallow

63
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couver

A

to brood

to hatch

64
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un indicateur

A

an indicator

an informer

65
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arranger un peu la réalité

A

to stretch the truth a bit

66
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à la semaine

A

by the week

67
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une descente

A

descent

raid

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en provenance de

A

coming from

69
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un casier

A

a pot

police record

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la bravoure

A

bravery

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la vaillance militaire

A

military valour

72
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promouvoir

A

to promote

73
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handicaper (v)
un/une handicapé (n)
handicapé (adj)

A

to handicap
a handicaped person
handicapped

74
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à tous les coups

A

every time

75
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en stop

faire le tour du monde en stop

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hitchhike

to hitchhike around the world

76
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la Bermanie

A

Burma

77
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le réchauffement climatique

A

global warming

78
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une boutade

A

witticism

79
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irrecevable (adj)

A

inadmissable (in court)

80
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le plaignant

la plaignante

A

plaintiff

81
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le tiers-monde

A

third world

82
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plus que d’habitude

A

more than usual

83
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une batte de baseball

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baseball bat

84
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une filière (crime)

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crime ring

85
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se relayer pour faire

A

to take turns doing

86
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s’échapper de

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to get out of (doing)

87
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la propension

A

propensity

88
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massacrer entre eux

A

to massacre each other

89
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être aussi loin dans la bêtise

A

to be so stupid

90
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une tuerie

A

killing

massacre

91
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la prière

A

prayer

92
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piétiner (fig) wrt negotiations or enquiry

A

get nowhere

piétiner = to paw the ground, trample

93
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hormi

hormi que

A

except for

apart from

94
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sûr (adj)

Ton ordinateur est probablement moins sûr que le mien.

A

sure
secure

Your computer is probably less secure than mine.

95
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en proie à des sentiments partagés

A

to be of two minds

96
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n’y être pour rien

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to not be involved

97
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culpabiliser

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to make someone feel guilty

feel guilty

98
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dévisager

A

to stare at

99
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un sautoir

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a long necklace

100
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sous réserve que…

A

with the reservation that…

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mieux vaut

mieux vaut continuer à paraître sceptique.

A

best to

best to continue appearing sceptical.

102
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débusquer

A

to flush out

103
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une tête brulée

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desparado

dangerous criminel

104
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en quoi ce genre de

A

what kind of

105
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outre mesure (expression)

A

beyond measure

excessive

106
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indispenable

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essential

107
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le marivaudage

A

sophisticated affectation

Bain de Sang (6 decks)

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