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Volume 3 Flashcards

1
Q

la méfiance

A

distrust

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2
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dans les beaux draps

A

in big trouble

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3
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effondré (adj)

A

shattered

distraught

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croupir

croupir en prison
moisir en prison

A

to rot away

to rot in prison

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5
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pester

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to curse

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tenir le coup

A

cope with a difficlt situation

to hold out

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7
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péniblement

A

with difficulty

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8
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pâteux (adj)

A

pasty

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9
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la leur

A

theirs

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10
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chambouler

chambouler qc

A

to turn upside down

wreak havoc on st

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11
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une plaque minéralogique

A

number plate

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12
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bariolé (adj)

A

multicoloured

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13
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marier

A

to marry

blend

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14
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flasque (adj)

A

flabby

flaccid

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15
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une flasque

A

flask

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16
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un embryon

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embryo

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17
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la délation

A

denunciation at the hands of someone in a position of advantage.

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un apprêt

sans apprêt

A

finishing coat

without affectation

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19
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négligé (adj)

A

untidy

slovenly

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20
Q

brailler

A

to bawl

yell

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21
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piper

ne pas piper mot

piper les dès

A

to deceive

to not understand

to load the dice

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22
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espiègle (adj)

A

mischievous

roguish

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23
Q

la cervelle

A

brain(s)

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24
Q

morfler

A

get hit
receive blows
catch it
cop it

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25
Q

une malle

se faire la malle

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trunk
suitcase

to bugger off, leave

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désemparé (adj)

A

helpless
crippled
distraught

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27
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l’attente (f)

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wait

expectation

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28
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mendier (vi, vt)

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to beg

to beg for

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29
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rarissime (adj)

A

extremely rare

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30
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un trophée

A

trophy

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31
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fugace (adj)

A

fleeting

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32
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tasser

se tasser

A

to pack down

to shrink oneself

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33
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dompter

A

to tame

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34
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un tignasse

A

mop of hair

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35
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s’envoler

A

to fly away

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36
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s’éteindre

A

to go out
to pass away
die out

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37
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une lamelle

A

small blade
thin slice
gill (mushroom)

38
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lameller

A

to laminate

39
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trancher avec

A

to contrast sharply with

40
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trancher (vt)

trancher (vi)

A

slice
cut with a knife

solve
settle an argument
to be decisive

41
Q

tranché (adj)

A

clear cut
decisive
dogmatic

42
Q

se connaître

A

to know each other

43
Q

le gré

à son gré

de son plein gré

A

liking

to one’s liking

on one’s own

44
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un angoissé

une angoissée

A

an anxious person

45
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angoissé (adj)

A

anguished

46
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l’angoisse (f)

A

anguish

47
Q

assortir

A

to match

to go well together

48
Q

le fard

A

make-up

49
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une gourde

gourde (adj)

A

gourd

derogatory term: clot, thick, stupid

50
Q

un auget

A

bucket

trough

51
Q

aux aguets

A

on the watch

52
Q

la came

un camé

A

cam
drugs

junkie

53
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le blé

A

wheat

money

54
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une année-lumière

A

light-year

55
Q

une entaille

A

cut

notch

56
Q

le revêtement

revêtement de sol

A

surface
cover
coating

flooring

57
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débiter

A

to debit
produce
cut up
sell

58
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effilocher

s’effilocher

A

to fray
unravel
crack

59
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niaise (adj)

A

stupid

simpleton

60
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une plainte

A

complaint

61
Q

tortiller

A

twist

62
Q

un tocard

A

bum

dead loss

63
Q

rauque (adj)

A

hoarse

raucus

64
Q

le roulis

A

rolling

65
Q

perler

A

to form droplets

pearl

66
Q

un robot

une photo-robot
un portrait-robot

A

robot

identikit, photo-fit picture

67
Q

le contre-courant

A

countercurrent

against the flow

68
Q

les scellés (mp)

bris de scellés

A

seals

breaking of seals

69
Q

le voilage

A

lace curtain

70
Q

un tant soit peu

…si j’avais un tant soit peu l’intention de rester en vie.

A

(even) remotely
the slightest

…if I had the slightest intention of staying alive.

71
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un escarpin

A

low-fronted shoe

72
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un signalement

les signalements

A

description

particulars

73
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éplucher

A

to peel

to comb through

74
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débouler

A

to burst onto the scene

to tumble

75
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intercaler

A

to insert

76
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s’intercaler entre

A

to come in between

77
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esquiver

A

to dodge

evade

78
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s’esquiver

A

to slip away

79
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la justesse

de justesse

A

correctness

only just

80
Q

picoler

A

drink heavily

81
Q

refouler

A

to force back
turn away
repulse
repress

82
Q

paumé (adj)

A

at a loss

out of one’s depth

83
Q

amocher

A

to beat up

84
Q

trinquer

A

to clink glasses
drink
cop it

85
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serres d’aigle

A

eagle’s talons

86
Q

broyer

A

to crush

87
Q

une balafre

A

scar

gash

88
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l’adresse (f)

A

address
skill
dexterity

89
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le manque

A

lack

withdrawal

90
Q

poisser

A

to make sticky

91
Q

la sape

A

clothes, gear

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