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Volume 9 Flashcards

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être en rupture de stock

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to be out of stock

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l’engouement (m)

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infatuation

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opérer

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operate

carry out

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appauvri (adj)

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impoverished

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appauvrir

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to impoverish

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crouler

crouler sous les applaudissements

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to collapse
crumble

to resound with applause

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croulant (adj)

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crumbling

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embrouiller

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to muddle
confuse
tangle

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impitoyable (adj)

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merciless

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touffu (adj)

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thick

bushy

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l’inspiration (f)

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inspiration

intake of breath

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bon sang! (expression)

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good God!

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rasoir (adj invariable)

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boring (colloquial)

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déconner à pleins tubes (colloquial expression)

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do really stupid things

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dressé (adj)

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trained

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érudit (adj)

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learned

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curetonné (adj)

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related to a priest

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la moelle

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marrow

core

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ingurgiter

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to swallow

gulp down

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remuant (adj)

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restless

recall: remuer = to move, wag, shake

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la carrure

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build

stature

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germer

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sprout

germinate

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manier

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handle

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la serpe

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billhook

tool for cutting vegetation

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las (adj)
weary recall: lasser =to bore se lasser = to grow tired (of so/st)
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d’antan
of old
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un boulet
cannonball | ball and chain
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louer
to rent | praise
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sournois (adj)
cunning | shifty
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ourdir
to hatch
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mâchonner
to chew
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rebrousser rebrousser chemin
turn back cut back turn back
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émeutier
rioter
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fantaisiste (adj)
fanciful
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dépareillé (adj)
odd | incomplete
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renifler
to sniff smell snort
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à tout bout de champ (idiom)
in every which way
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un chariot un chariot de supermarché
wagon cart shopping cart
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desœuvré (adj)
idle
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voyant (adj)
gaudy
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une colombe
dove
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assaisonner
to season | flavour
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un faubourg
suburb
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un charnier
mass grave
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retrousser
to roll up
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devancer
outstrip out distance get ahead of
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dégoulinger
trickle | dribble
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le graillon
stale fat
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une palombe
woodpigeon
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un civet
stew
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gainer
to encase | sheathe
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vautrer se vautrer dans un fauteil
to wallow loll to loll in an armchair
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un sniper
sniper
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nourri (adj)
heavy (fire) sustained (applause) lively (conversation) from nourrir = to nourish, feed
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grouiller grouiller de
swarm throng mill about swarm with
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la dramaturgie
dramatic art
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dodécaphonique (adj)
twelve tone
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une mélèze (f?)
larch
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aigu (adj)
high pitched
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râler (informal)
moan growl grunt
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un bide
flop | failure
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un bélier
ram (male sheep)
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rudoyer
to bully
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une remise une remise à outils
discount remission shed a tool shed from remettre = reset, return, remit
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tâtonner
to grope | fumble
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un membrure
frame | timber
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boucher
obstruct | plug
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bonder
to cram (de = with)
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une bonde la bonde d’evacuation
outlet (eg. of basin) drain
70
les sanitaires (mp)
``` bathroom installation toilet block (eg. campground) ```
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sanitaire (adj)
sanitary | clean
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gorger
to stuff (with food)
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délecter
to delight
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un récit
story narrative recital
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réjouir
to delight | rejoice
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détester
to detest | loathe
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une forfaiture (f?)
abuse of authority
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l’entrejambe
crotch
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la coulisse
behind the scenes coulisser = to slide
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méticuleux (adj)
meticulous
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amollir s’amollir
to soften enfeeble spare to grow weak
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teigneux (colloquial)
catankerous
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impair (adj)
irregular | odd (mathematical)
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un impair
faux pas | breach of etiquette
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ventre à terre (idiom)
to go flat out
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un cul (derogatory slang)
ass
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un contrôle fiscale
audit
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le fisc
tax authorities/office
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satané (adj)
cursed
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une sauterelle
grasshopper
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intenter intenter un procès à qn
to take to court to sue sb
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une grossièreté
rudeness
93
endiguer
to hold back curb stem
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une répercussion
repercussion
95
le sens commun
common sense

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