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Volume 6 Flashcards

1
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broncher

Le journal semblait capable d’absorber sans broncher toutes les secousses, toute les agressions du monde extérieur.

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to stumble, hiccup

The paper seemed able to absorb without hiccup all the shocks, all the assaults of the outside world.

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une bisbille

être en bisbille avec qn

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falling out

to b at loggerheads with sb

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un patachon

mener une vie de patachon

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mover & shaker (colloquial)

to live in the fast lane

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le déchiffrage

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deciphering

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de beaucoup

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by far

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le naturel

être d’un naturel gai
il manque de naturel
faire avec beaucoup de naturel
faire avec le plus grand naturel

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naturalness
ease

to be naturally cheerful
he’s not very natural
to do very naturally
to do in the most natural way

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l’apange (m)

étre l’apanage de qc/qn

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to be the perogative of st/sb

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le misoneism

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hatred of anything new

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invraisemblable (adj)

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improbable

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une tribune

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stand (of stadium)

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déprimant (adj)

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depressing

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dommageable (adj)

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fragile

harmul

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hâtivement

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hastily

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l’ébèbe (f)

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ebony

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un vestiare

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dressing room

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sournois (adj)

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cunning

under-handed

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un entrefilet

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paragraph

brief article

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malveillant (adj)

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malicious

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batailler

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to battle

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le prud’homme

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labour court

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21
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le bien-fondé

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validity

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22
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la malversation

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malpractice

embezzlement

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révolu (adj)

ce temps est revolu
avoir 12 ans révolus
après une année révolue

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past

those days are over
to be over 12 years old
after a year has gone by

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la tournure d’esprit

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frame of mind

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une tournure

prendre bonne tournure

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turning

to take a turn for the better

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un caparaçon

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decorative covering for a horse

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27
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la pesanteur

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weight

gravity

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rustre (adj)

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boorish

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muffle (adj)

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loutish

oafish

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30
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un maçon

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mason

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31
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emmancher

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to fit a handle to

recall: manche = sleeve, wand, handle

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pétre de (adj)

pétri d’amour propre

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full of

full of conceit

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33
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truqué (adj)

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fake

rigged up

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34
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une comparution

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appearance

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35
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l’immodestie (f?)

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indecency

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36
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engrener

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to mesh (as in gears)

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37
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godiller

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skull

row (a boat)

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tapageur (adj)

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rowdy
showy
garish

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39
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la liesse

en liesse

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jubilation

jubilant

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écrouler

s’écrouler

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to fade

crumble

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une mésalliance

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mismatch

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42
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sans vergogne

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shamelessly

without scruples

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43
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un socle

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base

basis

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44
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un fardeau

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load

burden

45
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il avait suffi de deux mots pour…

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It only needed two words to…

46
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dégringoler

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to tumble down

to fall off sharply

47
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entêtant

A

heady

48
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les vis platinées

A

breaker points (car)

49
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une verrue

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wart

50
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la disparition

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disappearance

death

51
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la rognure

A

clipping

52
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un butor

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boor

lout

53
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supputer

supputer ses chances de réussite

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to calculate

to weigh up one’s chances of success.

54
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la bretelle

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shoulder strap

55
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affaisser

s’affaisser

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subside
decline
sag

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érafler

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to scratch
scrape
abrade
graze

57
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un pèlerin

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pilgrim

58
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suinter

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to ooze away
seep
trickle

59
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un gouffre

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chasm

60
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basculer

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topple
overbalance
tumble

61
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patent (adj)

A

obvious

62
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contreficher

contreficher de
contreficher que

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to not give a damn

to not care about
to not care if

63
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le clapot

Regarde la mer, Il ya beaucoup de clapot aujord’hui.

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chop

Look at the sea, it’s very choppy today.

64
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un stylographe

A

pen

65
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vagir

A

to wail

cry

66
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un vagissement

A

wail

67
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le désarroi

A

disarray

distress

68
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en vrac

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higgledy piggledy

69
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épanoui (adj)

A

in full bloom

well-adjusted

70
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antinomique (adj)

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paradoxical

71
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une soutane

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garb worn by a catholic priest

72
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la prévention

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prevention

avoidance

73
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une anicroche

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hitch

wrinkle

74
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épater

A

to impress

75
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vermeil (adj and noun (m))

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ruby red

76
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iriser

A

make irridescent

77
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fédérateur (adj)

A

unifying

78
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dépeigner qn

A

to make sb hair untidy

79
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un faussaire

A

forger

countereiter

80
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un meneur

une meneuse

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leader
agitator
ringleader

81
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bienveillant (adj)

A

benevolent

82
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griser

se griser de

A

to intoxicate
inebriate

to get drunk on

83
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trier

trier sur le volet (idiom)

A

to sort
select

to handpick

84
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un secondaire

A

feeder

cog

85
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la lune de miel

A

honeymoon

86
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incoercible (adj)

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uncontrolable

87
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une alvéole

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cavity

socket

88
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alvéolé (adj)

A

honeycombed

89
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un trou à soi

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niche

lit: a hole for oneself
also: faire son trou = make a niche for oneself

90
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les PME (fp)

A

small and medium enterprises

91
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l’émolument (m)

A

profit

92
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adonner

A

to addict, cause to become dependent

93
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s’adonner

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to give oneself to

to devote oneself to

94
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prévenant (adj)

A

considerate

respectful

95
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l’heur (m)

A

happiness

96
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dévaliser

A

to rob

to clean out (eg. an appt) (colloquial)

97
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abattre

A

to slaughter

destroy

98
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à bout portant (idiom)

A

at point blank range

99
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URSSAF

A

Union pour le recouvrement de la sécurité sociale et des allocations familiale

in France, body that administers social security programs and payment.

100
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regorger de

A

to be packed with

101
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une lumière inactiniique

A

a safe light (for photography)

102
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un faux jour

figurative: présenter qc dans un faux jour ou sous un faux jour

A

time of day when things don’t appear as they are due to failing light

to be deceptive, attempt to hide the trye nature of st

103
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le prestidigitation

A

sleight of hand

magic

104
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la voilure

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sails
wing surface (airplane)
105
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fagoté (adj)

A

dressed

oddly dressed

106
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hétéroclite (adj)

A

heterogeneous
miscellaneous
motley

107
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éructer

A

to spit out

108
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la laque

A

hair spray

lacquer

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