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72 Cards in this Set
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cap
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une casquette
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toad
flaw (in a gem) brat (inf) |
un crapaud
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gibberish, gobbledlygook
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le charabia
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a tiny bit, a smidgin
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un chouïa
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the kitty (savings)
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la cagnotte
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idiot, jerk (fam)
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un connard
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tank (milit)
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un char
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to hatch
to be coming down with (med) |
couver
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diamonds (cards)
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le carreau
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shell (eggs, nuts, etc)
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la coquille
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rioter
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un casseur
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fuel
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le carburant
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peanut
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une cacahuète
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to wedge
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caler
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to shut os away
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se calfeutrer
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tracing, carbon copy
spitting image word-for-word translation (wrong) |
un calque
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to quack
to gossip |
cancaner
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scorching heat, heatwave
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la canicule
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to change direction
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changer le cap
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to get past the worst
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passer le cap
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supposedly
virtually |
censément
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to have elbowroom
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avoir du champ
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to take a step back (fig)
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prendre du champ
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building site
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un chantier
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turning point
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un point charnière
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hinge
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une charnière
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to cart, carry
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charrier
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to refine, perfect
to chastise |
châtier
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to speak very proper French
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parler un français châtié
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Spare the rod and spoil the child
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Qui aime bien châtie bien
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chausser
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to put shoes on
to fit well |
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un chausson
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slipper
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bedside
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le chevet
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He's head and shoulders above the rest
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Aucun ne lui arrive à la cheville
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seasoned, experienced
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chevronné
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spineless or weak person
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une chiffe
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puppy
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un chiot
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to be screwed up, all is lost
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être dans les choux (inf.)
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to draw a blank
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faire chou blanc
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at the end of it all
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à la clé
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clocher
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to be defective, to have something wrong
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la colle
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glue
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coller
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to stick, glue
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(le) comble
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height (fig)
the last straw full, packed |
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from top to bottom
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de fond en comble
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in that case, at this rate
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à ce compte-là
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all things considered
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tous comptes faits
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embarrassed, ashamed
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confus
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vaguely
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confusément
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joint, linked, related
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conjoint
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chore
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une corvée
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to rub shoulders with
to be close to, border on (fig) |
côtoyer
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to park badly
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rater son créneau
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to leap to the defence of
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monter au créneau pour défendre
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My mind is blank
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J'ai la tête creuse
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tense, nervous
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crispé
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greed
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la cupidité
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vat, tank
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une cuve
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to sleep it off (alcohol)
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cuver son vin
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cerner
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to determine, gauge
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(waste-paper basket)
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une corbeille (à papier)
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subscription
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une cotisation
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turn
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une courbe
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to bow, bend
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courber
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plastic surgery
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la chirurgie esthétique
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cesspit, pigsty
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un cloaque
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notebook
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un calepin
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crook, criminal
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une canaille
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camel
pig, twat |
un chameau
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horse-drawn cart
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une charrette
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(en)closed
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clos (pp of clore)
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riddled with
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criblé de
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