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81 Cards in this Set
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parer
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(v) =orner (adorn)
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le premier plan
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(n) foreground
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le second plan
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(n) background (of a tableau)
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convenable
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(adj) suitable, proper, convenient, seemly
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tergiverser
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(v) "beat about the bush," practice evasion in rhetoric
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l'hypothèque
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(nf) mortgage
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la carrière
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(n) stone-quarry
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le carrier
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(n) quarryman, laborer in a stone quarry
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la boîte noire
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(n) "black box" of an airplane
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éprouver
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(v) experience
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dégager (4 sens)
(comme "manger") |
(v) free (something or someone), redeem a pledge;
clear a passage (eg, by removing debris); emit (an aroma) |
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Dégage!
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Scram! Piss off!
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le tollé
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(n) outcry (of indignation)
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maltraiter
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(v) mistreat
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le meurtre
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(n) murder
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contester
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(v) contest, debate
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se rendre à
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(v phrase) =aller à (go to)
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s'éprendre de
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(v) to fall in love with
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digérer
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(v) to digest
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le gypse
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(n) gypsum
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pourvu que
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=ojalá que (Sp)
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rude
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(adj) rough (wood or demeanor), coarse (cloth)
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pâtir
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(V) = souffrir
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l'apaisement
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(n) appeasement, abating (of a storm)
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soumis(e)
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(adj) submissive
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déçu(e)
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(adj) disappointed
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prêté(e)
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(adj) lent, loaned
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obtempérer
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=obéir
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se développer
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=desarrollarse (Sp)
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la présence
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(n) presence
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la proie
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(n) prey
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s'evanouir (2 sens)
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(v) faint;
(fig) vanish, fade away |
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endessous de 5 ans
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(phrase) under 5 years old
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L'arbre ne doit pas cacher la forêt!
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"Don't miss the forest for the trees!"
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les scrutins
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(n pl) the polls
=les urnes |
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le scrutin de liste
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(n phrase) a ballot where the electors are chosen at large for a state or department
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le taudis
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(n) slum
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le civil
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(n) civilian
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abaisser
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(v) pull or push down (eg, a lever); to humiliate
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s'alourdir
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(v) become heavy
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alourdir
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(v) weigh down
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charger (mil.)
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(v) charge, attack
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bafouer
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(v) =railler (scoff at)
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le bourreau
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(n) executioner, torturer
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le bourreau de travail
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(n phrase) workaholic
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le remous
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(n) stirring of passion in response to an event;
the eddy or backwash from a passing ship |
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le regain (de)
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(n) renewal, revival (of)
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les délires
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(n) delirium
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le cupidon
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(n) cupid; an archer
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acharné(e)
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(adj) relentless
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le foire
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(n) fair
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garni(e)
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(adj) well-stocked
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l'aveu(x)
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(n) avowal, confession
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le vœu(x)
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(n) vow;
wish (made by someone without the power to satisfy it) |
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se réconcilier avec
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(v phrase) reconcile with
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spirituel(le)
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(adj) witty
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se représenter comme _____
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(v phrase) make oneself out to be _______
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fâcher
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(v) make (someone else) angry
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contraint(e)
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(adj) compelled
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le gouvernement fantoche
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(n phrase) puppet government
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le chanvre
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(n) hemp
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rénover
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(v) remodel
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le fournisseur
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(n) supplier
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recueillir
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(v) collect, take in
(eg, water from drainpipers, objets d'art) |
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la bande
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(n) tape recording
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le carême
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(n) lent, the 30 days before Easter
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entouré(e)
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(adj) surrounded
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l'instruction
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(n) examination in law;
instruction in general |
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le Québec |
(n, place name) Quebec |
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couler (entreprise) |
(v) sink, fail ("Coronavirus en France : Le fromage _____-t-il ?") |
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se pelotonner |
(vr) curl up (on a couch) |
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pelotonné(e) |
(adj) curled up |
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Dis donc ! |
By the way... Hey, now! Goodness me! |
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trancher la question |
(v phrase) settle a question |
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émonder
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(v) trim, prune (a tree or bush) |
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scindé(e) |
(adj) split (into pieces) |
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les menottes |
(n pl) handcuffs |
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le sifflet |
(n) whistle |
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être habillé en cowboy
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(v phrase) be dressed as a cowboy |
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être habillé en indien
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(v phrase) be dressed as an Indian |
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embêtant(e)
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(adj) annoying |
