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Volume 3 Flashcards

1
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la méfiance

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distrust

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dans les beaux draps

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in big trouble

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effondré (adj)

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shattered

distraught

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croupir

croupir en prison
moisir en prison

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to rot away

to rot in prison

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pester

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to curse

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tenir le coup

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cope with a difficlt situation

to hold out

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7
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péniblement

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with difficulty

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8
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pâteux (adj)

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pasty

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9
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la leur

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theirs

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10
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chambouler

chambouler qc

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to turn upside down

wreak havoc on st

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une plaque minéralogique

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number plate

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bariolé (adj)

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multicoloured

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marier

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to marry

blend

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14
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flasque (adj)

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flabby

flaccid

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une flasque

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flask

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un embryon

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embryo

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la délation

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

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un apprêt

sans apprêt

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finishing coat

without affectation

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négligé (adj)

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untidy

slovenly

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20
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brailler

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to bawl

yell

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piper

ne pas piper mot

piper les dès

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to deceive

to not understand

to load the dice

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espiègle (adj)

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mischievous

roguish

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23
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la cervelle

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brain(s)

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morfler

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get hit
receive blows
catch it
cop it

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une malle se faire la malle
trunk suitcase to bugger off, leave
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désemparé (adj)
helpless crippled distraught
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l’attente (f)
wait | expectation
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mendier (vi, vt)
to beg | to beg for
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rarissime (adj)
extremely rare
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un trophée
trophy
31
fugace (adj)
fleeting
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tasser se tasser
to pack down to shrink oneself
33
dompter
to tame
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un tignasse
mop of hair
35
s’envoler
to fly away
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s’éteindre
to go out to pass away die out
37
une lamelle
small blade thin slice gill (mushroom)
38
lameller
to laminate
39
trancher avec
to contrast sharply with
40
trancher (vt) trancher (vi)
slice cut with a knife solve settle an argument to be decisive
41
tranché (adj)
clear cut decisive dogmatic
42
se connaître
to know each other
43
le gré à son gré de son plein gré
liking to one’s liking on one’s own
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un angoissé | une angoissée
an anxious person
45
angoissé (adj)
anguished
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l’angoisse (f)
anguish
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assortir
to match | to go well together
48
le fard
make-up
49
une gourde gourde (adj)
gourd derogatory term: clot, thick, stupid
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un auget
bucket | trough
51
aux aguets
on the watch
52
la came un camé
cam drugs junkie
53
le blé
wheat money
54
une année-lumière
light-year
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une entaille
cut | notch
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le revêtement revêtement de sol
surface cover coating flooring
57
débiter
to debit produce cut up sell
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effilocher | s’effilocher
to fray unravel crack
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niaise (adj)
stupid | simpleton
60
une plainte
complaint
61
tortiller
twist
62
un tocard
bum | dead loss
63
rauque (adj)
hoarse | raucus
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le roulis
rolling
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perler
to form droplets | pearl
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un robot une photo-robot un portrait-robot
robot identikit, photo-fit picture
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le contre-courant
countercurrent | against the flow
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les scellés (mp) bris de scellés
seals breaking of seals
69
le voilage
lace curtain
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un tant soit peu ...si j’avais un tant soit peu l’intention de rester en vie.
(even) remotely the slightest ...if I had the slightest intention of staying alive.
71
un escarpin
low-fronted shoe
72
un signalement les signalements
description particulars
73
éplucher
to peel | to comb through
74
débouler
to burst onto the scene to tumble
75
intercaler
to insert
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s’intercaler entre
to come in between
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esquiver
to dodge | evade
78
s’esquiver
to slip away
79
la justesse de justesse
correctness only just
80
picoler
drink heavily
81
refouler
to force back turn away repulse repress
82
paumé (adj)
at a loss | out of one’s depth
83
amocher
to beat up
84
trinquer
to clink glasses drink cop it
85
serres d’aigle
eagle’s talons
86
broyer
to crush
87
une balafre
scar | gash
88
l’adresse (f)
address skill dexterity
89
le manque
lack | withdrawal
90
poisser
to make sticky
91
la sape
clothes, gear

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