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Volume 3 Flashcards

1
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dériver

A

to divert
deflect
drift off course

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le lest

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ballast

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une soupape

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valve

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une clochette

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small bell
cowbell

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une ribambelle de

A

herd of
flock of
host of
string of…

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brailler

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to bawl
yell

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grincheux (adj)

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grumpy

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8
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un sabotier

A

clog maker

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ébruiter

s’ébruiter

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to divulge

to get out

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10
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le bouleau

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birch

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un noyer

A

walnut
walnut tree

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12
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crédule (adj)

A

gullible

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13
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la crédulité

A

gullibility

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glauque (adj)

A

squalid
grim
murky
glaucous

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parquer

A

to park (a vehicle)
to pen up

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16
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un tripot

A

gambling den
dive

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nauséabond (adj)

A

nauseating
disgusting

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18
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un amoncellement

A

accumulation due to wind or water
piling up

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19
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débusquer

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to break cover

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20
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sévir

A

to be severe

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21
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un gueux
une gueuse

A

beggar

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crotter

bottes crottées

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to muddy

muddy boots

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23
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un mets (m invar)

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dish
delicacy

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24
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vaillant (adj)

A

brave

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25
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tapageur (adj)

A

rowdy
showy

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l’hobereau

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squirearchy

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27
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bâclé (adj)

A

slapdash
carelessly

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28
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un châtiment

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punishment

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29
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le chiffonnier

A

ragman

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30
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borgne (adj)

A

one-eyed

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31
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une capote

A

great coat
hood
condom (informal)

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32
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raidir

A

to stiffen
tense

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33
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un bagnard

A

convict

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34
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pestilentiel (adj)

A

pestilential
foul

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35
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pestilentiellement

A

infectiously
like an epidemic

36
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une cale

A

wedge
chock
hold (ship)

37
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l’accouplement (m)

A

coupling
mating
intercourse

38
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le néant

A

nothingness

39
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farouche (adj)

A

shy
fierce

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l’essor (m)

être en plein essor

A

soaring
developing

to be booming

41
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redevable (adj)

A

beholden
indebted

42
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un treuil

A

winch

43
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une nuée

A

thick cloud

44
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enchevetrer

A

to tangle

45
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une poutrelle

A

girder

46
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un clocheton

A

pinnacle
turret

47
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l’ouï-dire (m)

par ouï-dire

A

hearsay

by hearsay

48
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la roublardise

A

craftiness (derogatory)
cunning

49
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ternir

A

to tarnish
fade

50
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la supercherie

A

trickery
deception

51
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la noyade

A

drowning

52
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un sous-main

A

desk blotter

53
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en sous-main

A

secretly

54
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une hure

A

head (as a trophy)

55
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faire main basse sur

A

to help oneself to

56
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un repreneur

A

repossessor

57
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rançonner

A

to fleece
extort
rob

58
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plafonner

A

to put a ceiling on

59
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nuire

A

to harm

60
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buter

A

to stumble
kill sb (colloq)

61
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un fleuron

A

small ornamental object at the top of a column

jewel (in the crown) (fig)

62
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bouder

A

to sulk
avoid

63
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fébrile (adj)

A

feverish

64
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un bellâtre

A

dandy

65
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militer

A

to campaign
be an activist

66
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un troublion

A

troublemaker

67
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s’étonner

A

to be surprised

68
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attiser

A

to stir up
fuel
give rise to

69
Q

un archet

A

bow

70
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préalable (adj)

au préalable

A

previous

previously

71
Q

survenir

A

to occur
to arrive unexpectedly

72
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la coqueluche

A

whooping cough
pertussis

73
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une dépositaire

A

trustee
possessor

74
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la date limite

A

deadline

75
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une remise

A

remission

76
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bancal (adj)

A

rickety
unsound

77
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l’etabli (m)

A

workbench

78
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une mésentente

A

disagreement

79
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une partition

A

partition (sharing)
score (music)

80
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une fugue

faire une fugue

A

elopement

to run away

81
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une rengaine

c’est toujours la même rengaine

A

old tune

It’s always the same old thing.

82
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le rotin

en rotin

A

cane
rattan

made of rattan

83
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un vivier

A

fishpond

84
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une roulotte

A

caravan (eg gypsy)

85
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pantois (adj)

A

amazed

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