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150 Cards in this Set
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la proviseur |
headmistress |
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proposer un billard |
to suggest a game of pool |
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passer sur le billard |
to go under the knife, have an operation |
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un proviseur |
headteacher |
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s'afficher avec qqn |
to carry on openly with someone |
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bluffant |
impressive, amazing |
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un académisme
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traditional build, design |
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embarqué |
in-car; on-board (plane, boat) |
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ramassé |
squat, stocky |
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faire des ravages |
to wreak havoc; break hearts |
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sans boussole |
directionless |
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pourfendre |
to assail |
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sidéré |
staggered |
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Toyota fait des ravages |
Toyota is wreaking havoc |
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cacher son jeu |
keep one's cards hidden, conceal one's hand |
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le pépère |
grandpa, grandad |
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pépère |
cushy (e.g. job) |
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pépère |
nice and quiet, comfortable (e.g. a car) |
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la finition |
finish, finishing (e.g. of a car) |
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la paillette |
speck, flake |
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la paillette |
sequin |
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les paillettes |
glitter (fpl) |
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broyer |
to crush |
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broyer du noir |
to be down in the dumps |
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un éboueur |
a dustman |
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un gagne-pain |
a job (invariable) |
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géologue |
a geologist |
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un dépotoir |
a dumping ground |
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un trait |
a line, stroke, dash |
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un trait |
witty remark, cutting, sarcastic remark |
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racler |
to scrape |
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tanguer |
to pitch (and toss) e.g. a boat |
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un chalutier |
a trawler; trawlerman |
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un outrage |
an insult, affront |
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outrage aux bonnes mœurs |
affront to public decency |
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outrage à magistrat |
contempt of court |
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outrage à la pudeur |
gross indecency |
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seuls dix pourcent vont servir |
only 10% is going to be used |
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être en pourparlers avec |
to be having talks with (concertation) |
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un métier |
a loom |
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interpeller |
to take in for questioning |
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les préparatifs |
preparations |
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il en faut 80 pour disposer d'une majorité |
you need 80 to have a majority |
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le déchirement |
the split, rift |
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pester (contre) |
to curse, rail against |
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les primeurs |
early fruit and vegetables (f pl.) |
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un étal |
a stall |
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universitaire |
academic |
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reposer sur |
to rest on |
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le brevet |
patent |
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le dépôt |
the deposit, registering (e.g. of patents) |
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se cantonner à qqch |
to be limited to something; to confine oneself to something |
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la génétique |
genetics |
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génétique |
genetic |
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propriétaire |
(property) owner |
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dans le coin, dans les environs, dans les partages |
in the area (*3) |
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un ponte |
a bigwig, bigshot |
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la gouaille |
cheekiness, cockiness |
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rentrer dans le rang |
get back into line, go straight |
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une cacahuète |
a peanut |
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chopez-les-moi |
grab them for me, get them for me |
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choper |
to get (something, someone), catch |
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effarouché |
scared, frightened |
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cailler |
to curdle |
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cailler |
to be freezing |
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un dicton |
saying, proverb |
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se dorer |
to get a tan |
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se dorer la pilule |
to bask in the sun |
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la loge |
lodge |
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une concertation |
a dialogue; a meeting |
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un travail de concertation |
a concerted effort |
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un frondeur |
rebel |
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frondeur |
rebellious |
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un bol d'air |
a breath of fresh air |
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une centrale syndicale |
a group of affiliated trade unions |
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auditionner (vi) |
to be called to give a deposition to parliament |
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auditionner |
to give a deposition |
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appeler de ses voeux (un) |
to wish for (a) |
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le cursus |
degree course |
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un master |
a Master's degree (small m) |
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se préoccuper de |
to concern oneself with |
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agréé |
recognised |
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concessionnaire agréé |
registered dealer, authorised dealer |
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exaucer |
to grant, fulfil |
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exaucer qqn |
to grant somebody's wishes |
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un retour en grâce |
a revival, comeback |
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charcuter |
to butcher, hack |
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convoyer |
to escort |
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Le Maltais qui l'avait convoyé |
The Maltese who had accompanied him |
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mettre hors d'état de nuire |
to lock up to protect the public, remove from society for public safety |
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un couvre-chef |
hat, headgear |
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un couvre-chef en peluche |
a comic hat in fur |
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zébrer, rayer |
to stripe |
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être dans les pattes de qqn |
to be under somebody's feet, be in the way |
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carabinier |
an italian policeman |
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avoir du toupet |
to have a nerve, cheek (culot) |
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le toupet |
tuft (of hair) |
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s'y prendre à l'avance |
to take care of it in advance |
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vous êtes du genre à vous y prendre à la dernière minute |
you're the type of person to take care of it at the last moment. |
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taiseux |
taciturn, surly |
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épater
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to amaze, astound, impress |
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une tarte sablée |
a shortcake |
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porter ou pousser à son paroxysme |
to push to fever pitch |
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à la sauvette
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in a hurry, rush |
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la vente à la sauvette |
unauthorised street selling, unlicensed selling |
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la garnison |
the garrison |
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mettre des bâtons dans les roues (à qqn) |
to put a spoke in the wheels (of someone) |
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un illuminé |
a visionary, enlightened being |
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il se tiendra à carreau |
He will keep in line, learn his lesson |
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dégriser |
to sober up |
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brusquement dégrisé |
suddenly sobered up |
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éculé
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hackneyed, over-used |
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une plaisanterie éculée |
an old saw, hackneyed joke |
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un carreau |
a pane (of a window) |
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cornaquer |
to show around |
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cornaquer |
to serve as a guide |
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cornaqué par son père |
shown the way by his father |
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l'art et essai |
art-house (m) |
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le cinéma d'art et d'essai |
art-house cinema |
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torve |
baleful, menacing |
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faire passer à qn le goût de qch
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to cure sb of his taste for sth
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touche-à-tout |
an all-rounder, multifaceted person |
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asocial |
antisocial |
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à rebours
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backward, the wrong way |
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ne pas y aller par quatre chemins
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not beat about the bush, get straight to the point |
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Je ne vais pas y aller par quatre chemins |
I am not going to beat about the bush |
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le suppléant |
stand-in, deputy |
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le suppléant
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locum (doctor's) |
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le suppléant |
stand-in teacher |
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arc-bouter |
to prop up |
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Il attendit, arc-bouté |
He waited, propped up |
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avoir toute sa place avec |
to be right at home with, suit perfectly |
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Elle aurait eu toute sa place avec lui |
She would be right at home with him |
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le vermicelles |
vermicelli |
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une gouape |
a thug, louse |
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les capitaux |
capital (money) m |
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la nounou |
nanny |
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c'était le cadet se ses soucis |
it was the least of his worries |
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la lande |
moor, heath |
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les vieilleries
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old things, old stuff |
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en Parisien d'adoption |
as an adopted Parisian |
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la gonzesse |
the girl, broad |
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de bric et de broc |
haphazardly, carelessly, randomly |
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une maison faite de bric et de broc |
a house made haphazardly |
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les sentiments ne se monnayaient pas |
feelings didn't make money |
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tabler sur |
count on, reckon on (compter sur) |
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accoler |
to join, to apend (jouxter) |
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Une petite chambrette y était accolée |
A little bedroom was attached to it |
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rupin |
wealthy |
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un rupin |
a rich person |
