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Volume 5 Flashcards

1
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plancher sur (v)

A

to work on

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épater

épater la galerie

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to amaze
impress

show off

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prendre son pied

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to get one’s kicks

reach orgasm

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se ficher de qn

se ficher de qc

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to make fun of sb

to not give a damn about st

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5
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un boulet

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cannonball

ball and chain
burden

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se débattre

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to struggle

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tourner l’œil

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pass out

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opiner du chef

opiner de la tête

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to nod in agreement

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9
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un pêne

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bolt (door)

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un gâche

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striking plate (door)

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11
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le papier journal

A

newsprint

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12
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paître

A

to graze (animals)

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13
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le porte-gobelet

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cup holder

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14
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être sur sa lancée

continuer sur sa lancée

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to get underway

to keep going

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15
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élancer (vit)

s’élancer

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to have a throbbing pain

to throw os forward

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16
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le lieu-dit…

lieux-dits) (pl

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placed called …

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17
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une fourche

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pitchfork

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18
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scinder

se scinder

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to split

to split up

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19
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l’odorat (m)

sens de l’odorat

A

sense of smell

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20
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ébaucher

à l’état d’ébauche

A

to sketch out

in the state of a sketch (a beginning)
partially discernible

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21
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caler

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to wedge

to stall (un moteur)

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22
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une clôture de barbelés

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barbed wire fence

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23
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s’étirer

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to stretch (oneself)

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24
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malmener

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to mistreat

manhandle

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25
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balloter

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to be tossed back and forth

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26
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la frondaison

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foiliage

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27
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en citadine

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As a city dweller

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28
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une grève

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strike

bank (of lake, water)

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29
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un à-pic

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sheer drop

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30
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refermer

A

to close again

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31
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tabagique (adj)

A

smoking

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32
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morfler

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to get beaten up

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33
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un mal de chien

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a pain in the ass

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34
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un blanc

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blank (firearm)

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35
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je ne pourrais pas t’en vouloir

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I couldn’t blame you

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36
Q

refourguer qc

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palm st off

sell st of dubious value

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37
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la subtilité

A

subtlety

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38
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lexical (adj)

A

lexical

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39
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historique (adj)

un historique

faire l’historique de…

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historical
historic

history

to give the historical background of…

40
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enfouir

s’enfouir dans/sous…

A

to bury
tuck away

to bury os in/under…

41
Q

potasser

A

to study up

bone up

42
Q

amoindrir

A

to weaken

reduce

43
Q

un dénommé

une dénommée

A

one named…

44
Q

une passade

A

fad

brief affair

45
Q

être de taille

A

to be sizable

46
Q

insister pour que

A

to insist that

47
Q

un veinard

une veinarde

A

lucky person

48
Q

un abruti

une abrutie

A

moron

49
Q

une devanture

A

store front

shop window

50
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se demerder (argot)

A

to manage

get by

51
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s’affaisser

A

to collapse

sag

52
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un boîtier

A

case

53
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un bip

A

bip (sound)

54
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un code

A

code

55
Q

un relent

A

lingering odour

whiff

56
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une planque

A

hideout

57
Q

un/une faussaire

A

forger

58
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une confession

A

confession

59
Q

un sac de sport

A

duffle bag

tote bag

60
Q

les lentilles de contact (fp)

A

contact lenses

61
Q

un quadra

A

person in their forties

62
Q

à l’endroit

A

right way up

63
Q

jouir

A

take pleasure in

have an orgasm

64
Q

se ratatiner

A

to shrivel up

65
Q

gronder

A

to scold

66
Q

se tourner et se retourner

A

to toss and turn

67
Q

gober

A

to swallow whole

be gullible

68
Q

faire le tapin

A

to be on the game, doing a con

le racolage

69
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un pèquenaud

A

country bumpkin

70
Q

grassouillet (adj)

A

chubby

71
Q

un terre-plein

A

platform

raised area

72
Q

de sorte que

A

so that

73
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un sigle

A

set of initials

74
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une calandre

A

radiator grill

75
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une kyrielle

A

an endless string of st

76
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seyant (adj)

mal-seyant (adj)

A

becoming

unbecoming

77
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désœuvré (adj)

A

inactive

at a loose end

78
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la procuration

A

power of attorney

79
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valdinguer

A

to send flying

80
Q

se démerder

A

to manage

se débrouiller

81
Q

un micheton

A

john (customer of a prostitute)

sucker

82
Q

tailler une pipe

A

give a blow job

83
Q

une oreillette

A

ear cavity

earbud (écouteur)

84
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amonceler

s’amonceler

A

to pile up

85
Q

engueuler

s’engueuler

A

to abuse
tell off

have a row

86
Q

Je t’emmerde!

A

Fuck you!

87
Q

courir aprés

A

to chase

run after

88
Q

mettre en plein dans la mille

A

hit the nail on the head

89
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cavaler

A

flee

be a womanizer

90
Q

maculer

A

to make dirty

salir
barbouiller (also means to smear, daub)

91
Q

le tournis

A

dizziness
vertigo

le vertige

92
Q

un rabat

A

flap

93
Q

le cahot

A

jolt

shaking from rough road

94
Q

batailler

A

to fight

lutter

95
Q

l’acquiescement

A

acquiescence

reluctant consent

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