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La Vérité sur l'Affaire Harry Quebert > Volume 2 > Flashcards

Volume 2 Flashcards

1
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s’enticher de

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to become infatuated with

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détenir

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to keep

detain

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par-devers

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in possession of

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innocenter

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to prove innocent

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dépiter qn

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to upset sb

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6
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un snack

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snack

snack-bar

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un patchwork

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patchwork (couture) (lit and fig)

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à la rescousse de

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to come to the rescue of

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faire du gringue à qn

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to chat sb up

come on to sb

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10
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se prélasser

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to lounge

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11
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un table d’appoint

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occasional table

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12
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bougonner

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to grumble

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13
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bougon (adj)

A

grumpy

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14
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supporter

A

to support (same variations as in English)

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15
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un support

le support

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stand

support (as in English)

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16
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un tableau blanc

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whiteboard

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17
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les sornettes (always fp)

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hollow ideas

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18
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un brouillon

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draft (of a work)

une ébauche

brouillon (adj) = untidy, done with little care

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mal-né (adj)

A

low born

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20
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ternir

A

to tarnish

dull

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21
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une berge

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bank (of waterway)

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22
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avachir

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to wear out

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23
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ébouer

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to remove mud

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24
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à tour de bras

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relentlessly

with all one’s might

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25
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très en vu (adj exp)

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prominent

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26
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en osier

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wicker

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27
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le chichi

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fuss

pretentiousness

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28
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un coït

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coïtus

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29
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tripoter

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to grope

fiddle with

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30
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peinturlurer

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to daub

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31
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exaucer

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to grant

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32
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familièrement

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informally

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33
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la cochonnaille

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cold cuts

charcuterie

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34
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se débrailler

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to be untidy

be slovenly

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35
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vouer

voué à l’échec

A

to nurse a feeling for sb
to doom

doomed to failure

36
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tendre une main secourable à qn

A

to give sb a helping hand

37
Q

un récit

A

story

38
Q

houspiller

A

to scold

gronder

39
Q

renâcler à

A

to complain about

se plaindre

to be reluctant

40
Q

un toast

A

piece of toast

pain grillé

41
Q

fieffé

un fieffé menteur

A

blessed (neg invective)
incorrigible

sacré
consommé

a bloody lier

42
Q

une crevure

A

riffraff

43
Q

le courroux

A

wrath

colère

44
Q

russe (adj)

A

Russian

45
Q

se délecter qc

se délecter à faire

A

to delight in st

to delight in doing

46
Q

une palourde

A

clam

47
Q

une atmosphère kermesse

A

a jolly atmosphere

48
Q

par deux fois

A

twice

49
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avec instance

A

insistently

50
Q

enlacer

A

to embrace

étreindre

51
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effarer

A

to alarm

52
Q

une crevaison

A

puncture

flat tire

53
Q

sauf votre respect

A

with all due respect

54
Q

de vous a moi

A

between us

55
Q

pardi!

A

of course!

56
Q

plein d’allant

A

full of energy

57
Q

la boiserie

A

wood paneling

58
Q

la tenture

A

fabric wall covering

59
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intenable (adj)

A 
unbearable   odour         (insupportable)
difficult           person       (indiscipliné)
untenable       theory       (indéfendable)
60
Q

un esclandre

A

scandal

scene

61
Q

les œillères (f)

une œillère

A

blinkers

eye bath

62
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impardonnable (adj)

A

unpardonable

63
Q

indéfectible (adj)

A

unfailing (friendship, love, hate…)

enduring

64
Q

s’en prendre à

A

to attack

65
Q

une drôle d’histoire

A

strange story

66
Q

un lien avec…

A

st to do with…

a link to…

67
Q

une lavette

A

wimp

68
Q

immanquablement

A

inevitably

69
Q

sur le devant de la scène

A

on the forefront

70
Q

à flot et à bien

A

afloat and well

71
Q

les rênes (fp)

prendre les rênes

A

reins

take the reins

72
Q

le gratin

A

grated cheese or topping

elite

73
Q

refourguer

A 
to unload  (illicit cargo)
pass on stolen goods
74
Q

un quiproquo

A

mistaken identity

misunderstanding

75
Q

égrainer = égrener

A

to strip (eg peas from a pod)

to count out
read off   (eg rosarie)
76
Q

Ça a l’air…

A

That seems…

77
Q

un cartable

A

school bag

briefcase

78
Q

d’une traite

A

directly

without stops

79
Q

un brigandage

A

armed robbery

80
Q

dithyrambique (adj)

A

ecstatic

81
Q

éperdument

A

frantically

madly

82
Q

tramer

A

to weave

hatch

83
Q

l’avocat du diable

A

devil’s advocate

84
Q

une traînée

A

streak, trace

slut

85
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un moteur pétardant (adj)

A

spluttering

86
Q

rosser qn

A

to beat sb up

thrash sb

87
Q

tanner qn

A

annoy sb

agacer

La Vérité sur l'Affaire Harry Quebert (5 decks)

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