Volume 8 Flashcards by Ken Wodlinger | Brainscape

Q

ne plaisanter qu’à demi…

A

to be only half joking…

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le désherbage

A

weeding

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une porcherie

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pigsty

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une auge

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trough (for feeding animals)

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un piquet

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picket

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sarcler

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to hoe

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la disette

A

famine

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un licous

A

halter

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un burin

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chisel

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deux fois la suite

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twice in succession

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un aitu

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ghost

spirit (Polynesian)

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une rigole

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channel for water

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le signe avant-coureur

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fore-runner

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un arrivage

A

delivery

influx

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bêcher

A

to dig with a spade

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impensable (adj)

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unthinkable

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policé (adj)

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civilized

civilisé

note: policer = to civilize

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casser la margoulette

A

fall on one’s face

margoulette = mâchoire

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acharner

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to persevere

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un bluff

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bluff (pretense)

bluffer = to bluff

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un rebouteux

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bone setter

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une ouaille

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flock (congregation)

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impartir

A

to allot

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impart (adj)

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allotted (time, task…)

assigned

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similitude avec

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resemblance to

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la prestance

A

stature

carriage

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ronfler

A

to snore

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un cacatoès

A

cockatoo

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un scolopendre

A

centipede

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le rayon

A

radius
ray
department

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un pagne

A

loincloth

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échauder

A

to put sb off
scald
be disappointed after a misadventure

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la tête en bas

A

upside down

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encourir

A

to incur

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l’incurie (f)

A

negligence

négligence

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explicitement

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explicitly

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explicite (adj)

A

explicit

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mettre au ban

A

exile
bannish

bannir

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défricher

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to clear

open up

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une douairière

A

dowager

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dru (adj)

A

thick

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cocufier

A

to be unfaithful

tromper

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être emporté

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to be quick tempered

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brasiller

A

to shimmer ?

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esquiver

A

toduck

escape

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pâtir de

A

to suffer as a result of

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dégoupiller

A

to pull the pin out of a grenade

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fourbus (adj)

A

exhausted

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un râteau

A

rake

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brasiller

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to glisten

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dru (adj)

A

thick

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brusque (adj

A

curt

abrupt

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un pagne

A

loincloth

grass skirt