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Volume 7 Flashcards

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l’unicité (f)

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uniqueness

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un notaire

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notary public

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le retentissement

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repercussion

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retentissant (adj)

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sensational

resounding

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le cachot

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prison cell

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leste (adj)

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agile

swift

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capricieux (adj)

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whimsical

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ichthyoïde (adj)

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resembling a fish

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une calandre

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radiator grill

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froncer

froncer les sourcils

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to wrinkle

to frown

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l’enivrant (m?)

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intoxicant

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enivrant (adj)

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intoxicating

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l’ère (f)

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era

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scrofuleux (adj)

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(fig)
morally contaminated
and corrupt

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l’enceinte acoustique (f)

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speaker cabinets

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flambant neuf (exp)

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brand new

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gauchir

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to warp

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un porte-fort

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guarantor for a contract

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torve (adj)

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menacing

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emprunter

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to borrow
loan

imitate

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obséquieusement

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obsequiously

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entasser

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to pile up

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fourrer

fourrer son nez dans les affaires des autres

se fourrer

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to stick

to stick one’s nose into others’ business

to get oneself stuck (in a situation)

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une doublure

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lining (of a garment)

understudy (theatre)

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béat (adj)
blissful
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un vilebrequin
brace and bit | crankshaft
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une soupape
valve (both biological and automotive)
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ruer
to kick
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se ruer se ruer sur
to rush to pounce on
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un pélicule
nest-egg
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l’aval (m)
backing
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barboter
to splash about to nick, filch (colloquial)
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dévoyer
mislead
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renvoyer
dismiss | expel
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l’encontre (f) aller à l’encontre de la politique gouvernementale
contrary to to go against governement policy
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sceller
to seal
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un sceau
seal (document)
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suppléer
to fill in | compensate
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intrigué (adj)
intrigued | puzzled
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l’irisation (f)
iridescence
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pourvoir
to provide
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hardiment
boldly
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bel et bien
well and truly
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un jarret
hollow behind the knee | knuckle
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insensibilement
imperceptibly
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se vendre comme des petits pains (exp)
to sell like hotcakes
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la marmite
earthenwares
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marmiter
to strafe
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un bulle
bubble
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la déliquescence être en pleine déliquesence
in decline to be degenerating
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étioler | s’étioler
to wilt
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fessier
of buttocks
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l’agrément (m)
approval
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une pieuvre
octopus
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superfétatoire (adj)
superfluous
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un moine l’habit ne fait pas le moine (idiom)
monk You can’t judge a book by its cover.
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le stupre
debauchery
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la débauche
debauchery
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un clapet
valve mouth (colloquial)
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hérisser
to ruffle | make one’s hair stand up
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un agrandisseur
enlarger (photography)
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un réduit
cubbyhole
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accoupler | s’accoupler
to couple | to have intercourse
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vivifiant (adj)
invigorating | stimulating
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vivifier
to invigorate
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un enclos
enclosure
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enclore
to fence in
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douillet (adj)
soft | cosy
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un bouleversement
upheaval
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emmerder
to annoy
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s’emmerder
to be bored stiff
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le ragot (slang)
malicious gossip
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une maquette
model sketch mock up
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trier le bon grain de l’ivraie (idiom)
to sort the wheat from the chaffe
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la police police de caractères
police policy (insurance) font
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le sacrement
sacrement (religion)
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sacrément (colloquial)
incredibly | mighty
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l’essence (f)
petrol essence (oil) tree species
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luxueux (adj)
luxurious
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luxueusement
luxuriously
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luxer se luxer l’épaule
to dislocate to dislocate one’s shoulder
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délaissé (adj)
deserted | forsaken
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délaisser
to desert forsake abandon
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tortueux
tortuous winding devious
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une crise une crise de fou rire
crisis fit (coughing) to get the giggles
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un camaïeu
cameo | monochrome motif
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le loisir
liesure | spare time
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un flegm
indifference | stolidity
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l’insensibilité (f)
insensitivity
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entre quatre yeux
face to face
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insolent (adj)
insolent | arrogant
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un fumet
smell | scent
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incommoder
to bother | inconvenience
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un prestataire
recipient
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dévorant (adj)
ravenous
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dévorer
to devour

Une Vie Française (12 decks)

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