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Volume 2 Flashcards

1
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un cocarde

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rosette

roundel

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un youpin

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kike

offensive term for a Jewish person

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agacer

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to annoy

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le maréchalisme

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doctrine of Maréchal Prétain 1940-44. Vichy France leader, Nazi collaborator.

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entailler

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to cut into

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les tentures (f)

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curtains

draperies

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que de son vivant

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than when alive

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la fente

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crack

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cireux (adj)

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waxy

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indigne (adj)

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shameful

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un asticot

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maggot

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une gerbe

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sheaf of grain

spray (of liquid)

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le défunt

la défunte

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deceased person

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les obsèques (fp)

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funeral/burial ceremony

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épier

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to observe attentively and secretly (ie, spy)

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la mesquinerie

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character of a person lacking soul and generosity.

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la bassesse

prêt à toutes les bassess

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baseness
lowness

prepared to stoop to anything

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la tractation

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negotiation

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pactiser

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to form a pact

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un pactole

toucher le pactole

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gold mine

make a fortune (colloquial)

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allier

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to alloy
combine
unite

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s’allier avec

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to form an alliance

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23
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la sournoiserie

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furtiveness

slyness

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sournoisement

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slyly

furtively

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l’accablement (m)

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tyranny
depression
oppression

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accabler

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overwhelm

oppress

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déplaisant

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unpleasant

nasty

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suranné (adj)

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outmoded

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surannée (adj)

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time-honored

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30
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mépriser

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scorn

despise

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31
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la surmultipliée

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overdrive

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32
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sybarite (adj)

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self indulgent

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33
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rôder

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roam about

lurk

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34
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branler

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to wobble

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35
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un/une forcené

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fanatic

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36
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un évadé

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escape

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37
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se branler

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masturbate (colloquial?)

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38
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obtus (adj)

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obtuse, opaque

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39
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autant dire que

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Suffice it to say that

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40
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un cocher

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un coachman

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41
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un braillard

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a brawler

42
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braillard (adj)

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loudmouthed

43
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le ressort

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spirit
resilience
spring (mechanics)

44
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la hantise

avoir la hantise de qqc

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haunt (haunted palce)
dread

to have dread of something

45
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une laisse

Je tiens la bête en laisse.

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leash

I’m keeping the beast on a leash.

46
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brutalement

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brutally
violently
suddenly

47
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rageur (adj)

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furious

48
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rageusement

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furiously

49
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turgescent

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turgescent

swollen, swelling

50
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une coudée

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cubit

51
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couder

coudé

La manche était coudée par la force du coup.

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to bend

bent

The wand was bent by the force of the blow.

52
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l’échafaudage (m)

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scaffolding

53
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la croupe

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rump

54
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emboîter

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to fit together

55
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emboîté

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fitted together

in coitus

56
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l’emboîtement (m)

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nesting

cocooning

57
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tirer un trait sur qqc (idiom)

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to put something firmly behind one

58
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contrôle de soi

maîtrise de soi

A

self control

59
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offusquer

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to offend

60
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en avance sur l’epoche

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ahead of its time

61
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à cet égard

A

in this respect

62
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un éclaireur

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Boy Scout

63
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démuni

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destitute

64
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corser

A

liven up
aggravate
strengthen

65
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se corser

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to get more complicated

66
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cardinal (adj)

A

primary

67
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se révéler

A

turn out to be

68
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le désarroi

au grand désarroi de

A

distress
confusion

much to the distress of

69
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farcir

A

to stuff with some kind of stuffing

70
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le bite (vulgar slang)

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penis

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les masséters (m)

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jaw muscles

72
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un tablier

il portait un petit tablier autour de la taille.

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apron

73
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besogner

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to do tiring uninteresting work

to have intercourse (with a woman)

74
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la tentation

la tentation est forte de demander plus

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temptation
seduction

it’s very tempting to ask for more

75
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flottant (adj)

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floating

76
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indécrottable (adj)

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hopeless

forlorn

77
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un porte-coton

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servant who helps the king with “natural functions”

78
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prélever

A

sample

79
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un magot

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nest-egg

pile of money (colloquial)

80
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prosaïquement

A

prosaically

unimaginatively

81
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un giron

A

lap

bosom (figurative)

82
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sis (adj)

A

located

83
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à tort et à travers (expression)

tirer à tort et à travers

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without reflection or caring

to pull every which way

84
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la griserie de

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exhilaration of

85
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grésiller

A

to sizzle

86
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découcher

A

sleep over, not at home

87
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infiniment

A

infinitely

boundlessly

88
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intimider

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to intimidate

89
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l’aloi (m)

un succès de bon aloi

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quality

a well deserved success

90
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l’orée (f)

je me voyais à l’orée d’une carrière comme de gigolo.

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edge

start (figuratively)

91
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attacher

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tie, fasten

92
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avoir des attaches fine

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to have delicate wrists and ankles

93
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un portefeuille

un jupe/robe portefeuille

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wallet
portfollio

wrap-over skirt/dress

94
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une truite

une truite arc-en-ciel

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a trout

a rainbow trout

95
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gigoter

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to wriggle

96
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piètre

Ça me fut un piètre secours et j’explosai avant que le hèros du film ait eu le temps de détonner le dynamite.

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poor, naught

That was of little help and I exploded before the hero of the film had time to set off the dynamite.

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masser

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to massage
to mass (assemble)
98
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désemparer

A

to throw someone into confusion

99
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sans désemparer

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without let up

100
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roublard (adj)

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cunning, drafty (colloquial)

101
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un bondissement

On a fait un bondisssement entre le bateau et le rivage.

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leap

We lept between the boat and the shore.

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