Volume 5 Flashcards

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un sursis

A

reprieve

suspended sentence

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une haillon

en haillons

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rag

in rags

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enivrant (adj)

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intoxicating

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ceinturer

ceinturer à bras-le-corps

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to surround
encircle

to grasp round the waist

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5
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être en pente

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to be sloped

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à niveau

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level

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redescendre

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to come back down

return downhill

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affaissé (adj)

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sagging

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s’affaisser

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to subside

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affecté (adj)

affecté de

affecté qn à

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affected

affected by

to post sb to

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11
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contrairement

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contrary to

unlike

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débrouiller

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untangle

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estomper

s’estomper

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to shade off (art)
to blur, dim

to soften
become blurred

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foudroyer

foudroyer du regard

foudroyer qn du regard

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to strike

to glare

to look daggers at

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gâté (adj)

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spoiled

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bafouiller

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to stammer

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murer

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to wall up
wall off
wall in

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se murer

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to retreat into silence

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affoler

s’affoler

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to throw into a panic

to panic

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se heurter à

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to come up against

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21
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blêmir

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to go pale

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22
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étrenner

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to use for the first time

to wear for the first time

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rapproché (adj)

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near

close at hand

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le plouc

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slob

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manquer d’un cheveu
miss by a hair
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couper un cheveu en quatre
split hairs
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bifurquer
to turn off | fork
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un citadin | une citadine
city dweller
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citadin (adj) une rue citadine
town city city street
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la primauté
primacy | superiority
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léché (adj) faire de la lèche à qn
licking obsequious suck up to sb
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en mesure de
in a position to
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une bâtisse
building
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la fioriture sans fioritures
embellishment unadorned plain
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un portillon
gate | wicket
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boursoufflé (adj)
swollen
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surchargé (adj)
over-elaborate | overloaded
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un tablier
apron
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une latte
slat
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faucher
to cut mow down bring down
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soudé (adj)
joined together
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inouï (adj)
incredible | unheard of
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la volute
curl twist scroll wisp
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tituber
stagger
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un boîtier
case | housin
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ravaler ravaler ses larmes
lower reconstruct swallow to hold back one’s tears
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pas folichon (adj) (colloq)
far from brilliant
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folichon (adj)
pleasant
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comprendre à demi-mot
take the hint
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tirer les vers du nez
worm information out
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disculper
to exonerate
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piètre (adj)
poor | mediocre
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paumé (adj)
at a loss
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tarir | se tarir
to dry up
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prendre qc à de nombreuses reprises
to do st several times
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esquisser esquisser un sourire s’esquisser
to sketch to give a hint of a smile to begin to be detectable
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vieux de quelques années
to date back a few years
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une ânerie dire des âneries
stupid thing say stupid things
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s'évertuer à...
to make every effort to...
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débouler
to tumble down
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regretter
to regret | to miss qn/qc
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esquiver s’esquiver
to dodge to slip away
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râblé (adj)
stocky
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débouler
to suddenly appear
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fléchir
to bend sway weaken sag
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tenir en joue
to hold at gunpoint
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un pantin
puppet | jumping jack
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éblouissant (adj)
brilliant | dazzling
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rimer
to rhyme | to mean
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fêler une côte
to crack a rib
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une minerve
neck brace
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déglinguer se déglinguer
to destroy bust to fall apart
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déglingué (adj)
broken down | derelict
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se morfondre se morfondre dans l’anonymat
to mope to languish in obscurity
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engluer
to stick
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englué (adj)
sticky
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engueuler
to tell off bawl out abuse (verbally)
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déambuler
to roam | stroll about
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une ecchymose
bruise
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berner
to fool | deceive