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Volume 4 Flashcards

1
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la bretellle

A

shoulder strap
sling
suspenders

slip road
access ramp

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une bite (vulgar slang)

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penis
prick
dick

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le bardeau

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clapboard

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un monospace

A 
space cruiser  (vehicle)
van
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5
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scinder

se scinder

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to divide
splir
sunder

to split up

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un dissimulateur

une dissimulatrice

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dissembler

secretive person

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dissimulateur (adj)

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secretive

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à son intention

à l’intention de qn

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in his honour

for sb

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se représenter

A

imagine

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à leur décharge

A

in their defence

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11
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vins et spiritueux

A

wines and spirits

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12
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voltiger

A

to flutter about

fly about

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13
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un heurtoir

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door knocker

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14
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l’étain (m)

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tin

pewter

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amenuiser

s’amenuiser

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to reduce
whittle

dwindle

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le postillon

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spit

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17
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empester

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to reek

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18
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le bain de bouche

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mouth wash

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19
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arrimer

arrimer à

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stow
lash up

to dock with

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20
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assouvir

A

assuage

satisfy

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21
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un navet

A

turnip

third-rate film (derog)

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dégarni (adj)

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bare

balding

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tramer

se tramer

A

to weave
hatch

to be hatched

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24
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une expertise

A

expertise

appraisal

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25
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de face

de profil

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face on

in profile

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repu (adj)

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sated

full

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écluser

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to operate a lock (waterway)

to knock back (a drink) (slang)

une écluse = a lock (for boats)

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un éclusier

une éclusière

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lock-keeper

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29
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atterrer

A

to floor sb

appal

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30
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la rotule

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kneecap

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31
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méridional (adj)

A

southern

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32
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brinquebaler

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to rattle about

be shaken

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33
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défoncer

A

bash in

batter

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34
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la tôle

A

sheet metal

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35
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radouber

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repair

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36
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le mouillage

A

anchorage
mooring

moistening

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37
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la fibre de verre

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fibreglass

38
Q

la timonerie

A

wheelhouse

39
Q

boitiller

A

to limp slightly

40
Q

un taquet

A

wedge

cleat (nautical)

41
Q

marrer

A

to have a laugh

42
Q

piocher qc

A

to dig st over

to take a card (card game)

43
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blinder

A

to harden

reinforce

44
Q

le bastingage

A

rail
bannister

ship’s railing

45
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darder

A

to shoot (dart, arrow, a look)

46
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malingre (adj)

A

sickly
wasted

chétif

47
Q

flâner

A

to stroll

48
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la bravoure

A

bravery

gallantry

49
Q

en puissance

un assassin en puissance

A

potential

potential killer

50
Q

toiser

A

to eye up and down

51
Q

une trousse

être aux trousses de qn

A

little case
kit

to be hot on sb’s tail

52
Q

la dérobade

A

evasion

avoidance

53
Q

lester

A

to ballast

54
Q

un bouc

A

goat
goatee

un bouc-émissaire = scapegoat

55
Q

impavide

A

intrepid
fearless

intrépide

56
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un coquart/coquard (colloq)

A

shiner

black eye

57
Q

la cantonade

parler à la cantonade

A

crying out from the rooftops

speak to no one in particular
aside (theatre)

58
Q

déconcerter

A

to disconcert

cause concern

59
Q

le rotin

A

rattan

cane

60
Q

le lambris

A

wooden wall paneling

61
Q

le nénuphar

A

waterlily

62
Q

incongru (adj)

A

incongruous

out of place

63
Q

un cocker

A

cocker spaniel

64
Q

une tignasse

A

wig

mop of hair (colloq)

65
Q

un silencieux

A

silencer

66
Q

la mélasse

A

molasses

treacle

67
Q

un trousseau

A

bunch (of keys)

68
Q

une trouvaille

A

find

discovery

69
Q

une patère

A

peg

hook

70
Q

dégriser

A

sober up

71
Q

concevoir

se concevoir

A

to conceive
procreate
design

to be conceivable

72
Q

ça décroche le pompon (idiom)

A

that takes the cake

pompon = woolen bauble

73
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jurer

A 
to swear  (avow)
cuss
74
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indéchiffrable

A

indecipherable

unreadable

75
Q

une palme

les palmes

A

palm leaf

flippers (swimming)

palmé = webbed

76
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palmé (adj)

A

webbed

77
Q

une bouteille

faire de la plongée avec des bouteilles

A

bottle

to dive with breathing equipment

78
Q

palmer

A

to swim with flippers?

not in dictionary

79
Q

un détendeur

A

regulator (diving)

80
Q

un poursuivant

une poursuivante

A

pursuer

plaintif

81
Q

le trépas

passer de vie à trépas

A

demise

to pass away

82
Q

souscrire à

A

to subscribe to

to underwrite

83
Q

un battant

porte à deux battants

A

hinged part of a door or window

double door

84
Q

un œilleton

A

eyepiece

door peep

85
Q

aux aguets

A

on the lookout

to lie in wait

86
Q

une ventouse

faire ventouse

A

suction cup
plunger (to unblock st) (déboucher = unblock)

to stick

87
Q

un bec

se prendre le bec avec qn

A

beak

to pick a fight with sb

88
Q

un carlin

A

pug (dog)

89
Q

maladif (adj)

A

sickly

90
Q

en répétition

A

in rehearsal

91
Q

un pont

pont avant
pont arrière

A

bridge

axle

front axle
back axle

92
Q

carabiné (adj)

A

raging (headache, cold…)

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