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Volume 4 Flashcards

1
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queue leu leu

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single file

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envoûter

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to bewitch

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un échiquier

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chessboard

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queue leu leu

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single file

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envoûter

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to bewitch

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un échiquier

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chessboard

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veiller

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to watch over

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la droiture

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honesty

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déjouer

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evade
frustrate

faire échouer

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un cuistre

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oaf

prig

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repu (adj)

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replete

full

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une brocanteur

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trader in bric-a-bracs

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l’huis (m)

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door

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allouer

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to allocate

grant

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15
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une somme rondelette

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a tidy sum

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rechanger

se rechanger

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to change again

to change again one’s clothing

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mâtiner

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to cross

interbreed

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convoler

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to marry

se marier

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dévaler

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to hurtle down

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20
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la yole

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skiff

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21
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le cénacle

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inner circle

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22
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une libellule

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dragonfly

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foutre la paix à qn

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to get out of sb’s way

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24
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grisonner

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to turn grey

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édenté (adj)

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toothless

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26
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un esquif

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skiff (boat)

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27
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une litote

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understatement

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monter en chaire

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to go to the pulpit

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cinglé (adj)

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crazy

fou

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le panégyrique

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praise
eulogy
accolade

éloge

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aller bon train

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to make good progress

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32
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un contrecoup

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concussion

effect (of an earlier event)

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33
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hors service

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out of service

unusable

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34
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un fourreau

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scabbard
sheath dress

une robe très ajustée

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mité (adj)

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moth-eaten

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le giron

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lap

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s’accroupir

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to crouch down

38
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l’âpreté (f)

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bitterness

fierceness

39
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les bésicles (fp)

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spectacles
glasses

lunettes

40
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les godillots (mp)

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combat boots

41
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la papillote

A

curling paper

42
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un écorché

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drawing with skin removed

écorcher = to skin (dépouiller la peau)

43
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éprendre de

A

to become enamoured of

44
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respectivement

A

respectively

45
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nantis (adj)

A

rich

riche

46
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la dégaine

A

odd appearance

tournure

47
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bourbeux (adj)

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muddy

48
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une causeuse

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loveseat

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un causeur

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conversationalist

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la louange

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praise

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les menottes

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tiny hands (infant)

handcuffs

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dodu (adj)

A

plump

53
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un leurre

A

lure (eg fishing)

illusion

54
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la ladrerie

A

miserliness

avarice

55
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susurrer

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to whisper

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ignare (adj)

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ignorant

uncultured

57
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câlin (adj)

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affectionate

58
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d’instinct

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instinctively

instinctivement

59
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une lampée

A

gulp

gorgée

60
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couiner

A

to squeak

61
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le coutil

A

cotton twill

62
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une rombière

A

old bag (informal)

63
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un chemin de halage

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tow path

haler = to tow a boat with a rope from the shore

64
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la phtisie

A

consumption (dated)

65
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une ornière

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rut (both lit and fig)

66
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un boqueteau

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copse (trees)

67
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une glèbe

A

cultivated field

68
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un tertre

A

hillock

69
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déporter

se déporter sur la droite/gauche

A

to deport

to swerve

70
Q

en éclaireur

A

scouting mission

71
Q

à la dive bouteille

A

by the bottle

72
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faire jaser dans les chaumières

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to cause tongues to wag

chaumière = humble cottage

73
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une anse

A

handle (loop, curved)

74
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un fichu

A

small triangular scarf

75
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le chèvrefeuille

A

honeysuckle

76
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taveler

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spotted (marked)

77
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cabrioler

A

to caper about

78
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l’apanage (m)

A

prerogative

79
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cancaner

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to gossip

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le potin

A

gossip

commérage

81
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un étourneau

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starling

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propager

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to spread
propagate

répandre

83
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une treille

A

climbing vine

un treillage = trellis

84
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une tonnelle

A

arbor

85
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la vigne vierge

A

virginia creeper

86
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se tapir

A

to hide
curl up

se cacher
se blottir

87
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chalouper

A

to sway

88
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en villégiature

A

on holiday

en vacances

89
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une péniche

A

barge

canal boat

90
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un moissonneur

A

harvester

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