Volume 2 Flashcards

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une syncope

A

fainting spell

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2
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trémousser

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to fidget

wiggle around

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3
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une huile

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oil

oil painting

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4
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s’éterniser

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to prolong

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5
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le supplice

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torture

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6
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courroucé (adj)

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wrathful

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étriqué (adj)

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narrow

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8
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clamer que …

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to claim that …

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9
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éreinté (adj)

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exhausted

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10
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une garce

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bitch

cow

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11
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culbuter

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to overcome
knock over
score sexually

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12
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névrosé (adj)

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neurotic

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13
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une ritournelle,

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refrain

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14
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les attentes (f)

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expectations

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15
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la jugeote…

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common sense

gumption

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16
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les prémices

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beginnings

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17
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racoleur (adj)

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eye catching

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18
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la teneur

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content

level

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19
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receler

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to conceal

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20
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un taré (e,es)

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crazy

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21
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une mégère

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shrew

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22
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un, une fourbe

fourbe (adj)

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deceitful

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23
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hâtivement

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hastily

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fuselé

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tapered

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une dévergondée
loose woman
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touiller
``` to stir (sauce) toss (salad) ```
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inlassablement
tirelessly
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la lave
lava
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subrepticement
surreptitiously
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réclamer
to demand beg call for
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une facture
invoice | craftsmanship
32
biseauter
to bevel
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en fonte
in cast iron
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érailler
to scratch | have a croaky voice
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maugréer
to grumble
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de plus belle
even more more than ever unabated
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charrier
to cart | haul
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un renflement
bulge
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empoigner
to seize | grab hold of
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un orgasme
orgasm
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dans la foulé
in stride
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fluet
thin slight frail
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le rebut
rubbish
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un pion
prefect
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un/une géniteur
parent
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les ébats (mp)
frolics (inc sexual)
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enjoué (adj)
cheerful | light-hearted
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maléfique (adj)
evil
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glapir
to screech
50
une nuée
horde | multitude
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amonceler | s’amonceler
to pile up
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vouer un sentiment à qqn
to nurse a feeling for sb
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un autel
alter (for worship)
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sournoisement
slyly | cunningly
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un étau
vice | stranglehold (fig)
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un fendillement
crazing
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suranné (adj)
outdated
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picoter
to sting | tickle
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une orée
edge | start
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rageur (adj)
furious
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une coque
hull | shell
62
un non-dit
what is left unsaid
63
rêche (adj)
rough
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suave (adj)
smooth | sweet
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endiguer
to confine contain curb
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croasser
to caw
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indomptable (adj)
indomitable | uncontrollable
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insoumis (adj)
unsubdued | rebellious
69
craintivement,
timidly
70
encaisser
to cash (eg a cheque) to “take it” withstand
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soi-disant (adj)
self-styled
72
perfid (adj)
treacherous
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revanchard (adj)
vengeful
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pétri (adj)
kneaded
75
remémorer
to recollect
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mener à bien
carry out well | bring to a successful conclusion
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décemment
decently
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Justement
as it happens | precisely
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bafoué (adj)
flouted
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tamiser
to sift | filter
81
un une convive
guest
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de part et d’autre
on either side
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enhardir
to encourage | stimulate
84
poisser
to make sticky
85
une comptine
nursery rhyme
86
claudiquer
to limp
87
n’être plus à faire
second to none
88
rabougri (adj)
stunted
89
un fouillis
mess