Volume 3 Flashcards by Ken Wodlinger | Brainscape

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une tare

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defect (eg. hereditary)

pre-weighing of container

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maussade (adj)

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sullen

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de toute évidence

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obviously

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valoir pour

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to apply to

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frileux

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cautious

sensitive to the cold

timoré

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hérisser

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to anger sb

mettre en colère
irriter

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déguerpir

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to clear off

s’enfuir

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effroyable

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dreadful

effrayant

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guinder

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to make sb feel awkward

to raise, hoist up (nautical)

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résonner en

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to resonate with

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passer un bon moment

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to have a good time

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tomber dans le panneau

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get tricked

fall into a trap

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par ce temps

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in such a weather

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il se vérifier

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lt stands up to reason

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mettre dans tous les états

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to panic

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aux alentours de midi

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around noon

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la chambre d’amis

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guest bedroom

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déraper

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to slip

skid

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à son sujet

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about it

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épier

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to spy on

espionner

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traverser

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to cross

to go through
experience

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tenir bon

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to stay strong

keep focussed

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une comédie

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comedy

play acting

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un comédien (n, adj)

une comédienne

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actor
actress

feigned (as adj)

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sournois

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sly

hypocrite
qui ne montre pas ses sentiments

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un timbré (n, adj)

une timbrée

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loony

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un écheveau

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hank (eg. of yarn)

tangle

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désemparer qn

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to bewilder sb

disconcert

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officieux (adj)

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unofficial

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insinuer

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to insinuate

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faire du foin (idiom)

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cause a scandal

kick up a ruckus

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une garce

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bitch

femme désagréable et vulgaire

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de part et d’autre

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on either side

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escompter

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to count on

to discount (commerce)

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pour le moins

c’était pour le moins étrange

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to say the least

it was strange to say the least

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un bourbier

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quagmire

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(se) voler dans les plumes

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to attack each other

fly off the handle

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à ce qu’on dit

A

so they say

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le lierre

A

ivy

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enthusiasmé (adj)

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enthusiastic

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tirer des plans sur la comète

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build castles in the air

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filer la comète

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spend the night outdoors

be homeless

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l’avancée

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advancement

progress

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la conduite

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behaviour

action of driving,leading…

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avoir le dessus sur sb

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have the upper hand

to be superior

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un traître mot

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a single word

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une affabulation

A

fabulation

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affabuler

A

spin a tale

fabuler

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une pelote

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ball (eg. ball of yarn)

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À tout le moins…

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To say the least…

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cautionner

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to accept

support sb
stand as guarantor for sb

note: false cognate

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peloter

A

to grope

caresser
lutiner

wind into a ball (ie, une pelote)

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tripoter

A

to grope
fiddle with

tâter sans précautions, nerveusement

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la divagation

A

ravings
rambling thoughts

propos incohérents

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une consœur

A

female colleague

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dealer

A

to deal drugs

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à la légère

A

lightly

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manigancer

A

to scheme

comploter
préparer secrètement

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apostropher

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heckle

address sb unpleasantly

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narguer

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taunt

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jubiler

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to be jubilant

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s’etioler

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to blanch
become sickly

devenir chétif

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désoler

A

to upset
depress

peiner

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un simulacre

A

pretence
sham

une représentation factice

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factice

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false

faux
imité

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une cagoule

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balaclava

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fébrile

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feverish

fiévreux
excité

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l’usufruit (m)

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usufruct

use of property owned by sb else

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maison de repos

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rest home

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échafauder

A

to fast track

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exorciser

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to exorcise

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la bande-son

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soundtrack

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esquiver

esquiver à

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to duck

escape to

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une rasade

A

glassful

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délaisser

A

abandon sb or an animal

neglect