Volume 8 Flashcards

1
Q

ne plaisanter qu’à demi…

A

to be only half joking…

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2
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le désherbage

A

weeding

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3
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une porcherie

A

pigsty

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4
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une auge

A

trough (for feeding animals)

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5
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un piquet

A

picket

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6
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sarcler

A

to hoe

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7
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la disette

A

famine

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8
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un licous

A

halter

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9
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un burin

A

chisel

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10
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deux fois la suite

A

twice in succession

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11
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un aitu

A

ghost

spirit (Polynesian)

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12
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une rigole

A

channel for water

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13
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le signe avant-coureur

A

fore-runner

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14
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un arrivage

A

delivery

influx

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15
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bêcher

A

to dig with a spade

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16
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impensable (adj)

A

unthinkable

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17
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policé (adj)

A

civilized

civilisé

note: policer = to civilize

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18
Q

casser la margoulette

A

fall on one’s face

margoulette = mâchoire

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19
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acharner

A

to persevere

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20
Q

un bluff

A

bluff (pretense)

bluffer = to bluff

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21
Q

un rebouteux

A

bone setter

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22
Q

une ouaille

A

flock (congregation)

23
Q

impartir

24
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impart (adj)

A

allotted (time, task…)

assigned

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similitude avec
resemblance to
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la prestance
stature | carriage
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ronfler
to snore
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un cacatoès
cockatoo
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un scolopendre
centipede
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le rayon
radius ray department
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un pagne
loincloth
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échauder
to put sb off scald be disappointed after a misadventure
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la tête en bas
upside down
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encourir
to incur
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l’incurie (f)
negligence négligence
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explicitement
explicitly
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explicite (adj)
explicit
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mettre au ban
exile bannish bannir
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défricher
to clear | open up
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une douairière
dowager
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dru (adj)
thick
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cocufier
to be unfaithful tromper
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être emporté
to be quick tempered
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brasiller
to shimmer ?
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esquiver
toduck | escape
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pâtir de
to suffer as a result of
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dégoupiller
to pull the pin out of a grenade
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fourbus (adj)
exhausted
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un râteau
rake
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brasiller
to glisten
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dru (adj)
thick
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brusque (adj
curt | abrupt
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un pagne
loincloth | grass skirt