Volume 2 Flashcards

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un cocarde

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rosette

roundel

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2
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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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5
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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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7
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que de son vivant

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than when alive

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8
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la fente

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crack

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9
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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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11
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un asticot

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maggot

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12
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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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14
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les obsèques (fp)

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funeral/burial ceremony

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15
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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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18
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la tractation

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negotiation

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19
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pactiser

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to form a pact

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20
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un pactole

toucher le pactole

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gold mine

make a fortune (colloquial)

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21
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allier

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to alloy
combine
unite

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22
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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)
tyranny depression oppression
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accabler
overwhelm | oppress
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déplaisant
unpleasant | nasty
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suranné (adj)
outmoded
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surannée (adj)
time-honored
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mépriser
scorn | despise
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la surmultipliée
overdrive
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sybarite (adj)
self indulgent
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rôder
roam about | lurk
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branler
to wobble
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un/une forcené
fanatic
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un évadé
escape
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se branler
masturbate (colloquial?)
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obtus (adj)
obtuse, opaque
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autant dire que
Suffice it to say that
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un cocher
un coachman
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un braillard
a brawler
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braillard (adj)
loudmouthed
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le ressort
spirit resilience spring (mechanics)
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la hantise avoir la hantise de qqc
haunt (haunted palce) dread to have dread of something
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une laisse Je tiens la bête en laisse.
leash I’m keeping the beast on a leash.
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brutalement
brutally violently suddenly
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rageur (adj)
furious
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rageusement
furiously
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turgescent
turgescent | swollen, swelling
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une coudée
cubit
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couder coudé La manche était coudée par la force du coup.
to bend bent The wand was bent by the force of the blow.
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l’échafaudage (m)
scaffolding
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la croupe
rump
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emboîter
to fit together
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emboîté
fitted together in coitus
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l’emboîtement (m)
nesting | cocooning
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tirer un trait sur qqc (idiom)
to put something firmly behind one
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contrôle de soi | maîtrise de soi
self control
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offusquer
to offend
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en avance sur l’epoche
ahead of its time
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à cet égard
in this respect
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un éclaireur
Boy Scout
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démuni
destitute
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corser
liven up aggravate strengthen
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se corser
to get more complicated
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cardinal (adj)
primary
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se révéler
turn out to be
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le désarroi au grand désarroi de
distress confusion much to the distress of
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farcir
to stuff with some kind of stuffing
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le bite (vulgar slang)
penis
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les masséters (m)
jaw muscles
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un tablier il portait un petit tablier autour de la taille.
apron
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besogner
to do tiring uninteresting work to have intercourse (with a woman)
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la tentation la tentation est forte de demander plus
temptation seduction it’s very tempting to ask for more
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flottant (adj)
floating
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indécrottable (adj)
hopeless | forlorn
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un porte-coton
servant who helps the king with “natural functions”
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prélever
sample
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un magot
nest-egg pile of money (colloquial)
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prosaïquement
prosaically | unimaginatively
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un giron
lap | bosom (figurative)
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sis (adj)
located
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à tort et à travers (expression) tirer à tort et à travers
without reflection or caring to pull every which way
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la griserie de
exhilaration of
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grésiller
to sizzle
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découcher
sleep over, not at home
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infiniment
infinitely | boundlessly
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intimider
to intimidate
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l’aloi (m) un succès de bon aloi
quality a well deserved success
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l’orée (f) je me voyais à l’orée d’une carrière comme de gigolo.
edge start (figuratively)
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attacher
tie, fasten
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avoir des attaches fine
to have delicate wrists and ankles
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un portefeuille un jupe/robe portefeuille
wallet portfollio wrap-over skirt/dress
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une truite une truite arc-en-ciel
a trout a rainbow trout
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gigoter
to wriggle
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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.
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
``` to massage to mass (assemble) ```
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désemparer
to throw someone into confusion
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sans désemparer
without let up
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roublard (adj)
cunning, drafty (colloquial)
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un bondissement On a fait un bondisssement entre le bateau et le rivage.
leap We lept between the boat and the shore.