Volume 3 Flashcards

1
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avenant (adj)

A

pleasant

attractive

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2
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un fusain

A

charcoal (for drawing)

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3
Q

la pudeur

A

modesty

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4
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l’engouement

A

passion

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5
Q

le glas

A

toll

knell

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6
Q

les aïeux

A

ancestors

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7
Q

les ragots

A

malicious gossip

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8
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défendant

A

against one’s will

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9
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vicié (adj)

A

stale

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10
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maculer

A

to spatter

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11
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tarir

A

to dry up

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12
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un une supplicié

supplicié (adj)

A

torture victim

tortured

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13
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un casier

A

rack (eg, for bottles)

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14
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chevillé à (adj)

A

pegged to

rooted in

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15
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refouler

A

to suppress

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16
Q

la déception

A

disappointment

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17
Q

en lambeaux

A

in rags

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18
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sourdre de

sourdre dans

A

to seep out from
well up from

to well up in (eg. emotion)

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19
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choir

A

to fall

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20
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cachottier (adj)

A

secretive

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21
Q

en berne

A

at half-mast

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22
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une hébétude

A

stupor

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23
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une lisière

A

edge

border

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24
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partir à la dérive

A

to drift away

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25
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chiffonner

A

to crumple up

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26
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fureter

A

to snoop

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27
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faucher

A

to mow

mow down

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28
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un pécule

A

nest egg

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29
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un jouvenceau

une jouvencelle

A

youth

maiden

30
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pervenche

A

periwinkle blue

31
Q

envouter

A

to bewitch

32
Q

pâtir en

A

to suffer as a result of

33
Q

le commérage

A

gossip

34
Q

s’estomper

A

to shade off

fade away

35
Q

avoir le tournis

A

to be dizzy

36
Q

lésiner sur

A

to skimp on

37
Q

subvenir à

A

to meet (eg. needs)

38
Q

endosser

A

to put on

39
Q

calé (adj)

A

brilliant

knowledgeable

40
Q

un linceul

A

shroud

41
Q

désaxer

A

to unbalance

put out of true

42
Q

désaxé (adj)

A

deranged

43
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éberlué (adj)

A

bewildered

44
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futé (adj)

A

wily

45
Q

faire des siennes

A

to be up to no good

46
Q

épier

A

to spy on sb

47
Q

la supercherie

A

deception

48
Q

maladif (adj)

A

sickly

unhealthy

49
Q

sévir contre

sévir

A

to clamp down on

to rage (storm, war…)

50
Q

fourvoyer

A

to mistake

misguide

51
Q

acculer

A

to corner

52
Q

un bourreau

A

executioner

53
Q

enfler

A

to exaggerate

54
Q

un râle

A

groan

55
Q

le principal

A

main thing

56
Q

éperdument

A

frantically

madly

57
Q

houleux (adj)

A

rough

stormy

58
Q

par-dessus tout

A

more than anything

59
Q

dans les grandes lignes

A

in a general way

60
Q

sidéré (adj)

A

stunned

61
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terre à terre

A

down to earth

62
Q

à travers le judas

A

through the doorpeep

63
Q

s’ecarter

A

to separate from

64
Q

s’éloigner

A

to move away from

65
Q

cintré (adj)

A

tailored

waisted

66
Q

funeste (adj)

A

fatal
mortel
fateful

67
Q

pérorer

A

to hold forth

68
Q

envoûtant (adj)

A

spellbinding

69
Q

de biais

A

indirectly

at an angle

70
Q

le recoupement

A

cross checking