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Volume 2 Flashcards

1
Q

dégoupiller une grenade

A

pull the pin out of a grenade

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2
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inculper

inculper pour meurtre

A

to charge (with a crime)

to charge with murder

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3
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un fauteur

fauteur de troubles

A

maker

troublemaker

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4
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l’assoupissement

A

drowsiness

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5
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raviser

se raviser

A

to change one’s mind

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6
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moulant (adj)

A

skinny

thin

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7
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démener

A

to struggle

exert effort

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8
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darder

A

dart

shoot

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9
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boîteux

A

crippled

lame

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10
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tarabuster

A

to badger

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11
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brailler

A

bawl (colloq)

yell

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12
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une gamelle

prendre or ramasser une gamelle

A 
mess kit  (military)
lunch box (worker)
dish (animal)

do a face plant (idiom)

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13
Q

éclabousser

A

splash

splatter

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14
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flouté (adj)

A

blurred

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15
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une ponte

un ponte

A

clutch (of eggs)

big shot

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16
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de plain-pied (adj)

A

one storey
street level
on the same level

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17
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un lotissement

A

subdivision

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18
Q

non loin de

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not far from

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19
Q

rameuter

A

to round up

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20
Q

saper

se saper

A

undermine
sap

to dress

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21
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une pizza

A

pizza

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22
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un huit

A

figure of eight

roller coaster

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23
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funeste (adj)

funeste destin

A

terrible
fateful
fatal

terrible destiny

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24
Q

le crépi

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roughcast

pebble & mortar finish

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25
Q

des volutes de fumée

A

curls of smoke

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26
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vieillot (adj)

A

antiquated

out of date

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27
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un fait divers

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news item

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28
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une ordalie

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ordeal

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29
Q

une tanière

A

den
lair
hovel

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30
Q

targuer de faire

se targuer

A

to claim to do

boast

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31
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trimballer

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to lug

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32
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délaver

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to wash with abrasive

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33
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étayer

A

to prop up

underpin

34
Q

souder

A

to weld

solder

35
Q

déchanter

A

to disenchant

36
Q

se dérober

A

to hide

shirk responsibility

37
Q

éteint (adj)

A

dull
dead
extinct

38
Q

l’opiniâtreté

A

stubbornness

obstinacy

39
Q

bâcler

A

do carelessly

40
Q

une socquette

A

ankle sock

41
Q

duveteux (adj)

A

downy

fluffy

42
Q

nimber

A

to halo

swathe

43
Q

une humeur de dogue

A

rotten mood

un dogue is a mastiff (dog)

44
Q

en perspective

A

in perspective

ahead

45
Q

J’ai la berlue (exp)

A

I must be seeing things.

46
Q

ragoutant (ad)

A

unappetizing

unsavoury

47
Q

turlupiner

A

to bother

48
Q

larguer

A

to get rid of
release
cast off
abandon

49
Q

avoir une case en moins

A

to be loony

50
Q

buté (adj)

A

stubborn

51
Q

naguère

A

not long ago

formerly

52
Q

frigorifier

être frigorifié

A

to refrigerate

to be freezing

53
Q

un élancement

A

shooting pain

54
Q

le papier de verre

A

sand paper

55
Q

une entorse

A

sprain

56
Q

une frimousse

A

sweet little face

57
Q

une tignasse

A

mop of hair

58
Q

âpre (adj)

A

bitter
rough
coarse
harsh

59
Q

ronchonner

ronchonner après

A

to grumble
snort

to grumble about

60
Q

chancelant (adj)

A

unsteady
faltering
tottering

61
Q

manigancer

A

to scheme

62
Q

plaindre

se plaindre

A

to pity

to complain

63
Q

un calvaire

A

ordeal

suffering

64
Q

une plainte

A

complaint

accusation

65
Q

maussade (adj)

A

sullen

66
Q

dans son genre

A

of his kind

67
Q

de fortune

A

makeshift

68
Q

couchette

A

bunk

69
Q

un polar

A

detective novel
crime thriller

nerd

70
Q

furax (adj) (invar)

A

livid

71
Q

un rustre

A

boor

72
Q

une tanière

A

den

lair

73
Q

glousser

A

to chuckle

74
Q

geindre

A

to moan

groan

75
Q

geôlier

A

jailer

76
Q

saugrenu (adj)

A

preposterous

ludicrous

77
Q

le fatras (invar)

A

clutter

jumble

78
Q

une loque

A

rag

tatter

79
Q

gênant (adj)

A

uncomfortable
troublesome
inconvenient

80
Q

une braderie

A

clearance sale

discount store

81
Q

un pilon

A

pestle
wooden leg
drumstick (of poultry)

82
Q

affûter

A

to sharpen

La Fille Dans Les Bois (2 decks)

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