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99 Cards in this Set
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une tenue |
an outfit |
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salir |
to dirty |
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s'affoler |
to panic |
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sage |
wise; obedient, well-raised |
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soupçonner qcn |
to suspect someone |
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une prière |
a prayer |
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se débarbouiller |
to wash (one's face) quickly |
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les larmes |
tears |
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contrarié |
annoyed, frustrated |
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gaulois |
Gallic |
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la vitre |
car or shop window |
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laid(e) |
ugly |
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les poumons |
lungs |
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se figer |
to freeze up; to congeal |
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épuiser |
to exhaust |
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s'éloigner |
to go away, move away |
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défaire |
to undo; to unpack |
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se mêler de |
to meddle with, interfere with |
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une loupe |
a magnifying glass |
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la toile de Jouy |
(lit. cloth of Jouy) decorative pattern on cloth |
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guetter |
to lie in wait for |
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soudain |
sudden |
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essuyer |
to wipe (spill, tears) |
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se liguer contre |
to conspire against |
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le fauteuil |
armchair |
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allonger |
to stretch |
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cocasse |
comical, funny |
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accueillir |
to welcome |
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hautain(e) |
haughty |
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les péchés |
sins |
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un havre |
a haven |
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un chœur |
a choir |
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de l'argent liquide |
cash |
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chuchoter |
to whisper |
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un foyer |
a home |
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une quête |
a quest; a collection (at church) |
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la cambrouse (derogatory) |
the countryside, backwoods |
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un daguerréotype |
a daguerreotype |
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suranné(e) |
outdated, outmoded |
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immanquablement |
inevitably, certainly |
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les virages |
turns, bends (on a road) |
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se garent |
to park; to pull over |
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un planneau |
a sign, notice |
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une rayure |
a stripe |
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une salopette |
overalls |
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bouleverser |
to overwhelm, shatter, turn upside down |
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ralentir |
to slow down |
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une brebis galeuse |
a social outcast, black sheep (lit. ewe with scabies) |
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mal fagoteé (fam) |
badly dressed |
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une biche |
a deer (affectionate name) |
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déçu(e) |
disappointed |
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ébahi(e) |
dumbfounded |
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légèrement |
lightly; slightly |
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s'évertuer |
to strive, to endeavor, to try very hard |
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éblouissant(e) |
dazzling |
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saoul(e); soûl(e) |
drunk |
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ronger |
to gnaw |
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une coquette |
a flirt (woman) |
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une quinte de toux |
a coughing fit |
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un perron |
steps (in front of a house) |
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un sanglot |
a sob |
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un bercail |
a sheepfold; home |
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rancunier(e) |
vindictive, spiteful |
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s'apprêter |
to get ready |
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bredouiller |
to mumble |
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l'affolement (m) |
panic |
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la sueur |
sweat |
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secouer |
to shake |
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chahuter |
to heckle; to make a racket |
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une étincelle |
a spark; a sparkle |
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méduser |
to dumbfound |
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un flambeau |
a (flaming) torch |
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émouvant(e) |
moving, touching (sad) |
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brûler |
to burn; to scald |
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dédramatiser |
to play down, to take the drama out of |
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écrasser |
to crush; to run over |
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une fesse |
buttock |
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l'orgue (m) |
the organ (instrument) |
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une mocheté (fam) |
an ugly woman |
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louche |
shady, dubious |
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snober (qcn) |
to give (someone) the cold shoulder |
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entamer |
to start, open; to damage |
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une gueule (fam) |
mug, mouth of an animal |
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pomponner |
to dress up |
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le fond |
the bottom; back; background |
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un salaud (fam) |
a bastard (insult not lit.) |
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une poche |
a pocket |
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banal(e) |
banal, trite; commonplace |
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un casse-tête |
a brain teaser; a headache (fam, fig.) |
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aveugle |
blind; a blind person |
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frissonner |
to shiver |
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les talons hauts |
high heels |
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un(e) abruti(e) (fam) |
an idiot, moron |
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un squelettte |
a skeleton |
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un sapin |
a fir tree |
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enceinte |
pregnant |
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s'étourdir |
to make oneself dizzy, lightheaded |
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jurer |
to swear (allegiance, truth) |
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une pension |
a pension; a boarding school |
