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Volume 5 Flashcards

1
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bisser

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to repeat

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un cloaque

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cesspool

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acharné (adj)

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fierce

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embobiner

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to hoodwink

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un adultérin

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an illigitimate

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un mercredi sur deux

Le clinique est ouvert un mercredi sur deux.

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every second wednesday

The clinic is open every second wednesday.

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cornaquer

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to show sb around

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attardé (adj)

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retarded (mentally)

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la gêne

Elle énonçait cela sans la moindre gêne.

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discomfort
bother

She said that without the slightest discomfort.

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mesquin (adj)

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miserly
picayune
small minded

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un ormeau

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an elm tree

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un col

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collar
pass (mountain)
neckband

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une fourrure

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fur

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saccager

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to wreck
ransack
pillage

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déaxé (adj)

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off centre

unbalanced

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velu (adj)

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furry

hairy

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soyeux (adj)

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silky

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démanger

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to itch

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la verge

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penis

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le purit

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puritus

itching

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foudroyant (adj)

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terrible
awful
sudden

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foudroyer

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to blast

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un érythème

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erythema

reddening of skin with inflammation

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une cicatrisation

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healing

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saucissonner

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to slice

picnic

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pointiller

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to stipple

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pointillé

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dotted

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esquiver

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dodge

sidestep

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un élancement

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shooting pain

throbbing pain

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bancal (adj)

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rickety

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une anfractuosité

Elle pouvait voir dans ma bouche, en découvrir toutes les imperfections, avoir accès jusqu’aus anfractuosités de mes amygdales.

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crevice

She could see in my mouth, while discovering all its imperfections, having access as far as the crevices of my tonsils.

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une amygdale

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a tonsil

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33
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pépier

A

to chirp

twitter

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34
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déroger

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to depart from

to break from

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une argutie

A

quibble

deception

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36
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un bréviaire

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bible (figurative)

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37
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parachever

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to complete
finalize
perfect

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38
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tripoter

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play about

meddle

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39
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une manette

A

lever
joystick
controls

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une contrepartie

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counterpart

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contrôler

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to control

to check, verify

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42
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par ailleurs

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in addition

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43
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vertement

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sharply

44
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sommer

sommer qqn de faire qqc

A

to order
to sum

to order sb to do st

45
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une luciole

A

firefly

46
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un terrien

propriétaire terrien

A

countryman
earthling

land owner

47
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dû

A

debt

something owed

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une faille

A

a break

related to verb faillir = to fail to keep a promise/cimmitment

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l’égarement

A

distraction

related to verb égarer = to lead astray, mislay

50
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velu (adj)

A

furry, hairy

51
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une haltérophile

A

weghtlifting

52
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bourré

A

drunk

full of

53
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véreux (adj)

A

crooked

54
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louche (adj)

A

shady
disreputable

cmf une lâche = coward

55
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un étrier

boire le coup de l’étrier (idiom)

mettre à qqn le pied à l’étrier (idiom)

A

stirrup

have a drink for the road

to get started

56
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un sas

A

airlock (ship)

blockage due to air bubble

57
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grelottter

on grelotte ici!

A

to shiver

58
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un remous

A

stir

59
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l’affluent (m)

A

tributary

affluer = flow, roll in

60
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bâcher

A

to cover st with tarpaulins

61
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une simagrée

A

play-acting
airs
fuss

62
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un têtard

A

tadpole

63
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fulgurant (adj)

La fulgurante beauté d’Annna Villandreux m’a captivé totalement.

A

dazzling
spectacular
meteoric

Anna Villandreux’s dazzling beauty totally captivated me.

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la veinure

A

veining

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un placage

A

veneer
plating
tackling (sports)

66
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fourvoyer

se fourvoyer

A

go astray

to make a mistake

67
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filandreux (adj)

A

stringy

rambling

68
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emprunté (adj)

A

self-conscious

stilted

69
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une échalas

maigre comme un échalas (idiom)

A

cane

skinny as a rake

70
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braguette

A

fly of pants

zipper

71
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discutable (adj)

A

debatable

arguable

72
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nanti (adj)

A

wealthy

73
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le nanti

A

moneyed class

74
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involuté (adj)

A

involved

complex

75
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désinvolte

A

casual

76
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combler

A

to satisfy

77
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prélever

A

to sample

withdraw

78
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un chaînon

A

link

79
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l’acharnement (m)

A

fierceness

stubbornness

80
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le rabotage

A

planing

smoothing

81
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un raboteur

A

planer

82
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raboteux (adj)

A

rugged

bumpy

83
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une rouerie

A

cunning

84
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un fonceur

A

dynamic (adj)

go-getter (colloquial)

85
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prendre à bras-le-corps

A

take the bull by the horns

86
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apaisant (adj)

A

appeasing

soothing

87
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une toile de fond

A

back drop

88
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la moiteur

A

sweatiness

89
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un étourdissement

A

blackout

90
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l’ouïe (f)

A 
hearing
sound hole (instrument)
91
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une godemiché

A

dildo

92
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un entrave

A

obstactle

recall: entraver = hinder

93
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un méridional (adj & noun)

A

southern, esp southern France

94
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saillant (adj)

A

prominent

recall: saillir = protrude, stand out

95
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une étrave

A

stem

96
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un violier

A

sailing vessel

97
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obnubiler

A

to obsess

worry

98
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une encablure

à quelques encablure de là

A

a cable’s length

a few yards away

99
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un détroit

détroit de Gibralter

A

strait
sound

strait of Gibralter

100
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un plasticage de

A

a bomb attack on

101
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habilement

A

skilfully

102
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un bienfaiture

A

benefactor

103
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rocambolesque (adj)

A

fantastic
strange
incredible

104
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la jérémiade

Cesse tes jérémiades!

A

lamentation

Stop moaning!

105
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une touche-à-tout

A

jack of all trades

106
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malin (adl)

A

astute

crafty

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