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150 Cards in this Set
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combler (un déficit) |
to make good (a deficit) |
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combler (un trou) |
fill in |
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combler qn de joie
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to fill sb with joy
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combler qn d'honneurs
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to shower sb with honours
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un exalté |
a fanatic (enrage) |
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repêcher
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to recover the body of, fish out |
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repêcher (un candidat) |
to pass by artificially raising the grades; give a second chance to |
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antipathique |
unpleasant, disagreeable (person) |
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Je le trouve plutôt antipathique |
I find him rather unpleasant.
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un rogomme |
old and fam. eau-de-vie |
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rogomme |
rough, hoarse |
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une voix de rogomme |
a hoarse, raspy voice |
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un beignet |
fritter; doughnut |
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fantomatique |
ghostly |
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condamné (fenêtre, porte etc) |
filled in, blocked up (door, window etc) |
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la gargote |
greasy spoon |
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taraudé par |
eaten away by |
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taraudé par la douleur |
gnawed at by the pain |
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le cantonnement |
billet, stationing |
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un foyer (d'étudiants, femmes etc.) |
a hostel; club |
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un foyer des jeunes |
a youth club |
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un foyer des femmes |
women's refuge |
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l'espionnite |
believing there are spies everywhere (f) |
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une fascicule |
a volume |
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la bombe de peinture |
spray can |
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le sacerdoce |
priesthood; vocation, calling |
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aigre-douce |
bitter-sweet; sweet-and-sour |
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une pasionaria |
an activist (fem.) |
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un râtelier |
a rack; set of false teeth (pej.) |
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un écureuil |
a squirrel |
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une distanciation |
a detachment |
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en conserve |
canned, potted (food) |
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dresser un inventaire |
establish an inventory, a list |
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s'enrayer |
to jam |
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la gaine |
sheath; girdle |
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la conspiration |
conspiracy |
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capitonné |
padded |
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capitonner |
to pad |
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minable |
shabby-looking; also a loser |
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mettre en joue |
to aim at, point a gun at |
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abordable |
affordable; accessible |
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une faune (pej.) |
a crowd, set |
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une faune inquiétante |
a worrying crowd |
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un mendiant |
a beggar |
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un style du palais |
judicial language |
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le palais |
palace; palate |
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flatter ou arracher le palais |
to delight the taste buds |
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une mante religieuse |
a preying mantis |
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estourbir |
to knock out; kill |
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être dupe de
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to be fooled by |
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elle n'avait pas été dupe |
she had not been fooled |
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déchirer |
to tear up, open, apart |
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un foudre de guerre |
an outstanding leader |
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une resserre |
a shed; storeroom |
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un classeur |
file; filing cabinet |
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classeur à feuillets mobiles
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a ring binder |
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badin |
light-hearted, jokey |
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se rabattre (véhicule) |
to cut in |
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postillonnant
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spitting, spitting out |
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postillonner |
to splutter |
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être bien foutu
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to have a great figure; to be well thought out |
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être sous la férule de qn
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to be under sb's iron rule
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doper |
to boost; to drug, dope |
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se solder par |
to end in (aboutir) |
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une autarcie
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autarky |
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raser gratis
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to give a free lunch |
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grever |
to put a strain on |
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grevé d'impôts
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crippled by taxes |
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grevé d'hypothèques
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heavily mortgaged
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étriqué
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skimpy; narrow |
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d'aventure |
by chance (fortune)
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déconsidérer
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to discredit |
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déconsidéré
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discredited |
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se targuer
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to boast |
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attiser |
to poke; to fan the flames of, stir up |
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une imposture |
deception, imposture |
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larguer (bombe) |
to drop eg bomb |
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état-major
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staff (military); top management; top advisers of a party |
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récuser |
to challenge ( a law) |
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s'enorgueillir de
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to pride oneself on, boast |
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dévorant |
voracious |
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un bras d'honneur |
offensive gesture |
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un régisseur |
masculine noun[de domaine] steward(cinema, television) assistant director(theatre) stage manager
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abonder en
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to abound in |
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abonder (dans le sens de qn) |
to concur (not concourir) (with someone) |
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faire la culbute |
to make a good investment |
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faire de culbutes monstrueuses |
to make huge returns |
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écumer
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to plunder; |
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écumer (cuisine)
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to skim |
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traquer |
to hound; track down |
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le butin |
booty, spoils |
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bobo
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bohemian bourgeoisie |
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se repaître de qch |
to enjoy, delight in |
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essaimer |
to swarm; to spread, expand |
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les lentilles |
contact lens |
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faire rechercher qqn |
to search for someone |
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des dents déchaussées |
loose teeth |
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les manchettes |
headlines |
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une manchette |
headline |
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un claquement |
a bang, slam |
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la cognée |
ax (hache) |
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la saignée du bras
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the bend of the arm
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le bagout / bagou |
glibness |
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avoir du bagout
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to have the gift of the gab
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un escogriffe |
(pej.) beanpole |
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recourir à |
to resort to |
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recourir aux grands moyens |
to resort to drastic measures |
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câliner |
to cuddle, make a fuss of |
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se faire câliner |
to be made a fuss of |
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reprendre à zéro |
to start from scratch |
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ponctuel |
one-off |
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un tract |
tract, pamphlet; handout |
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une gentilhommière |
a small manor house, country seat |
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s'étirer (sur)
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to stretch out (over)
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le minois |
little face |
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arrondir |
to round off (supplement income) |
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le maillon faible
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the weak link, the weakest link
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le maillon |
link |
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Du corps du génie |
the Royal Engineers |
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un ronéo |
a type of mimeograph |
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une musette |
a canvas lunch-bag carried over the shoulder |
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métis (a) |
mixed-race; hybrid; cross-bred |
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un métis |
a mixed-race person; hybrid; cross-breed |
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les égards |
respects |
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je m'ennuie tant ici
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I'm so bored here |
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se plier à |
to submit to |
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englober |
to include |
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montrer patte blanche |
to show one's credentials |
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prendre son élan |
to take a run-up |
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repasser |
to iron |
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repassé |
ironed |
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un courtier d'assurance |
an insurance broker |
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une centrale |
a power plant; department, office |
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animer (débat etc.) |
to host (debate etc) |
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le snobisme |
snobbery |
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un révolté, une révoltée |
rebel (frondeur) |
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haut placé |
high ranking |
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mutin |
mischievous, impish |
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de fortune |
by chance; makeshift |
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une voix râpeuse |
a raspy voice (rogomme) |
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une fois guéri |
once cured |
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le lot |
batch; prize; share |
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un spencer |
a short jacket |
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un imper |
mac |
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un ahanement |
(lit.) effort resulting in puffing and panting |
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être au bout du rouleau
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to be at the end of one's tether;
to be at death's door |
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la gêne |
bother, difficulty; embarrassment |
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un / une exalté |
fanatic (pej.) (Enrage) |
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un intervenant |
a speaker (at a conference) |
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un sweat |
a jumper (chandail) |
