Volume 3 Flashcards

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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
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la pudeur

A

modesty

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4
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l’engouement

A

passion

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5
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le glas

A

toll

knell

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6
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les aïeux

A

ancestors

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7
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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
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la déception

A

disappointment

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17
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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
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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

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to drift away

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chiffonner
to crumple up
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fureter
to snoop
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faucher
to mow | mow down
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un pécule
nest egg
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un jouvenceau | une jouvencelle
youth | maiden
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pervenche
periwinkle blue
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envouter
to bewitch
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pâtir en
to suffer as a result of
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le commérage
gossip
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s’estomper
to shade off | fade away
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avoir le tournis
to be dizzy
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lésiner sur
to skimp on
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subvenir à
to meet (eg. needs)
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endosser
to put on
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calé (adj)
brilliant | knowledgeable
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un linceul
shroud
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désaxer
to unbalance | put out of true
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désaxé (adj)
deranged
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éberlué (adj)
bewildered
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futé (adj)
wily
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faire des siennes
to be up to no good
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épier
to spy on sb
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la supercherie
deception
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maladif (adj)
sickly | unhealthy
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sévir contre sévir
to clamp down on to rage (storm, war...)
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fourvoyer
to mistake | misguide
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acculer
to corner
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un bourreau
executioner
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enfler
to exaggerate
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un râle
groan
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le principal
main thing
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éperdument
frantically | madly
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houleux (adj)
rough | stormy
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par-dessus tout
more than anything
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dans les grandes lignes
in a general way
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sidéré (adj)
stunned
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terre à terre
down to earth
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à travers le judas
through the doorpeep
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s’ecarter
to separate from
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s’éloigner
to move away from
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cintré (adj)
tailored | waisted
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funeste (adj)
fatal mortel fateful
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pérorer
to hold forth
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envoûtant (adj)
spellbinding
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de biais
indirectly | at an angle
70
le recoupement
cross checking