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La Vérité sur l'Affaire Harry Quebert > Volume 4 > Flashcards

Volume 4 Flashcards

1
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esseulé (adj)

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lonely

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une intervalle

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interval

passage of time

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un cynophile

une cynophile

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dog enthusiast

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un point presse

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press release

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dernièrement

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recently

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au même moment

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at the same time

not: à la même fois

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à chaque fois

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every time

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un couvert

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place setting

cutlery

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sotte (adj)

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silly

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tenir le crachoir

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to talk nonstop

un crachoir = spittoon

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la sorcellerie

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witchcraft

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satané (adj)

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damned

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un jupon

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petticoat

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auprès de

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near
with (chez…)

près de

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couler à pic

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go down

fail

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l’expiation (f)

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atonement

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faire le pied de grue

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to do some snooping

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un taiseux

une taiseuse

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taciturn person

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officieusement (adj)

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unofficially

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une traînée

traînée blanche

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streak
trail

drag (aeronautics)
slut (vulgar slang)

vapour trail

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dévaler qc

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to hurtle down st

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bécoter

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to neck

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un macchabée

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stiff

cadavre

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poussif (adj)

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wheezy

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une mauviette

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wimp

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la bouillie

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gruel

porridge

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27
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des elements à décharge

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exculpatory evidence

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porter (qn) à croire

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to lead (sb) to believe

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meuble (adj)

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loose (soil)

friable

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remblayer

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to fill in (a hole)

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brader

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to sell off (cheaply)

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l’inhumation

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to rebury a corpse

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s’égosiller

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to make oneself hoarse

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34
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un porc

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pig

also derogatory

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35
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une miche

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round loaf of bread

girl’s bum
fesses

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36
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faire la grosse commission

A

do number two

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s’astiquer la manche

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to masturbate

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jacasser

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to chatter

39
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drôle de coucous

A

strange birds

40
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s’étouffer avec

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to choke on

41
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une écrevisse (f)

A

crayfish

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menu (adj)

A

small

43
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en toc

A

imitation

44
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un tourteau

A

crab

45
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une progéniture

A

offspring

46
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concours de corde à sauter

A

game of skipping rope

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une marelle

A

hopscotch grid

48
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discontenu (adj)

A

discontinuous

intermittent

49
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grelotter de

A

to shiver with

to tinkle (sound)

50
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morfonder

A

to mope

brood

51
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rembourrer

A

to stuff

pad

52
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à la mi-novembre

A

mid november

53
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tasser

A

to press down

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encenser

A

to exhalt

praise

55
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cautionner

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to give one’s support to

56
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dénuder

A

to denude

make bare

57
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un pactole

A

gold mine

bonanza

58
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une bécassine

A 
snipe   (water bird)
silly goose   (informal expression)
59
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la steppe

A

steppe

vast plain

60
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se la couler douce

A

be on easy street

enjoy the good life

61
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refourguer

A

to palm off

fence

62
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livre de bord

journal de bord

A

log book

63
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nitouche (adj nom f)

A

goody-goody

“no touching”

64
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chiffoner

A

to crumple

irritate

65
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chiffonné (adj)

A

crumpled

tired looking     (informal)
troubled looking
66
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une espèce de

A

some kind of

67
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avoir la dette envers qn

A

to have a debt tosb

68
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pitié! (exclamation)

A

(have) mercy!

for pity’s sake!

69
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l’engouement

A

passion
infatuation
craze

70
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un rencart

un rancard

A

date (romantic) (informal)

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le surlendemain

A

the day after tomorrow

72
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C’est à ça que servent les amis!

A

That’s what friends are for!

73
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savater

A

to kick

74
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raccrocher le nez de qn

A

to hang up on sb

75
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lyncher

A

to lynch

76
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grossièrement

se tromper grossièrement

A

roughly
crudely
rudely

to be utterly mistaken

77
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in extremis

A

at the last minute

on the deathbed

78
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le foin

faire du foin

A

hay

to cause a scandal
cause a problem

79
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grade

en prendre pour son grade

A

rank
degree

to be reprimanded

80
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dare-dare

A

double quick

81
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faire la peau à qn

A

to harm sb

kill sb

82
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se faire la malle

A

to leave

pack one’s bags

83
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en kraft

A

kraft paper

84
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à cœur joie

s’en donner à cœur joie

A

wholeheartedly
fully

to have a great time

85
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gaver

A

to force-feed

stuff

86
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donner naissance à qn

A

to give birth to sb

87
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poncer

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to sand

pounce

88
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aviser

A

to notify

catch sight of

89
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la bonté

A

kindness

90
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le délire

A

delirium

madness

91
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bénite (adj)

A

blessed

holy

92
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tarabiscoté (adj)

A

convoluted
overly ornate
cumbersome

93
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une solive

A

joist

La Vérité sur l'Affaire Harry Quebert (5 decks)

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