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Volume 3 Flashcards

1
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boitillant (adj)

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hobbling

lame

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pingre (adj)

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stingy

niggardly

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mettre en cloque

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knock up

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chatouiller

se chatouiller le poire

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to tickle

to masterbate

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un référé

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emergency ruling (legal)

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incurver

s’incurver

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to curve

make into a curve

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un treillage

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trellis

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un vestiare

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cloakroom
changing room  (pool)
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le gazouillis (mp)

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chirping

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marquer un temps d’arrêt

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to pause momentarily

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11
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de travers

avaler de travers
regarder de travers

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askew
the wrong way

to choke
to give a funny look

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faire la peau (idiom)

faire peau neuve

A

kill
skin sb alive

get a facelift

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13
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couché à plat ventre

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lying face downwards

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14
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la pilosité faciale

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facial hair

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follette (adj)

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scatterbrained

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un vaurien

une vaurienne

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good-for-nothing

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un sbire

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henchman

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flanquer la pagaille dans (idiom)

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to throw a wrench into (their plans)

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19
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tamiser

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to sift

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un survêt

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tracksuit

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un exécutant

une exécutante

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performer

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il n’empêche que

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all the same
be that as it may
nevertheless

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pelotonner

se pelotonner

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wind into a ball

curl up

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un peloton

peleton de tête

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pack
squad

main platoon

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25
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y laisser sa peau

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kick the bucket

die

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le pistage

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tracking

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cabossé (adj)

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battered

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28
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enfler

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swell up

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29
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étouffer

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suffocate

hush up

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30
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le grésillement

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sizzling

crackling

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entuber

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to be had

taken advantage of

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le pétrin

être dans le pétrin

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kneading machine

to be in a fix

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33
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le mollet

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calf (lower leg)

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34
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un aboiement

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barking

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35
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faxer

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to fax

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36
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à la dérive

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adrift

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37
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le summum

le summum de

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highlight

the height of

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38
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un guet-apens

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ambush

39
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bâcler

A

to botch

40
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fricoter

fricoter avec qn

A

fool around (sexually)

get mixed up with

41
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être dans le coup

A

to be in on it

42
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noueux (adj)

A

gnarled

knotty

43
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une crête

A

crest (hair style)

comb (rooster)

44
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enquiquiner

A

to annoy

45
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l’ourlet

A

hem

46
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plastronner

A

to swagger
show off
boast

47
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un pantin

A

puppet

48
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dans la mesure où

A

inasmuch as
insofar as
as far as

49
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grincer

grincer les dents

A

to creak

to grind one’s teeth

50
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mettre un terme à

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to put an end to

51
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mouillé (adj)

être mouillé dans un scandale
être mouillé dans une affaire

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wet
tearful
mixed up in

to be mixed up in a scandal
to be involved in a case

52
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une fourche

A

fork
pitchfork
cradle (of a telephone)

53
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se terrer

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to be in hiding

54
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la ferraille

A

scrap

scrap iron

55
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une bosse

A

bump

56
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tanguer

A

to pitch and toss

rock

57
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imbiber

imniber qc de

A

soak

to soak st with

58
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entailler

A

to cut

59
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embraser

A

to set ablaze

60
Q

communication en PCV

A

collect call

61
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un bouc emissaire

A

scapegoat

62
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réprimer

A

to repress

63
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enjoindre

A

to direct

compel

64
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geindre

A

to moan
groan
whine

65
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dodu (adj)

A

plump

66
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en cheville avec

A

in collusion with

67
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une bretelle

La bretelle de son soutien-gorge dépasse.

les bretelles

A

strap
access road

Her bra strap is showing.

suspenders

68
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remonter les bretelles de qn

A

to tear a strip off sb

69
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punaiser

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to tack up

to pin up

70
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le sommier

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bed base

71
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moisi (adj)

A

mouldy

72
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déraper

A

slip

skid

73
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cadencé (adj)

A

rhythmic

74
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se tasser

A

to make oneself look smaller

75
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clocher

A

to go wrong

76
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boutbeaux (adj)

A

murky

77
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soupe au lait (adj)

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quick tempered

78
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sauter par dessus

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to jump over

79
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ébahir

A

to stun

astonish

80
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enculer (slang)

A

fuck

81
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un fiston

A

son

82
Q

effrer

A

to alarm

83
Q

plaquer

A

to tackle (sport)
dump (sb)
flatten

many other meanings

84
Q

un canif

A

pocket knife

85
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rassir

A

to go stale

86
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désarçonner

A

to unseat
dismount
throw

87
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fichu (adj)

A

wretched

88
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un nervi

A

man

henchman

89
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aloudir

A

to weigh down

90
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un malfrat

A

crook

gangster

91
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enlacer

A

to intertwine

embrace

92
Q

s’enlacer

A

emrace

hug

93
Q

une œuvre en cours

A

work in progress

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