6 Flashcards by Louis Chiffoleau

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Crass

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Insensitive

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Waddle

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Duck = walk

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Gait

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Way of walking

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dull

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(pain: not intense) (sound: muffled) (weather, sky: grey) (blade: not sharp)

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Grapevine

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vigne, le téléphone arabe

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pounce

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leap, spring (bondir)

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shrill

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(sound: piercing)

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perchance

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/pəˈtʃɑːns/ peut-être

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wreak

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/ˈriːk/ causer

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scabbard

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sheath for a sword

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babble

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(baby: make sounds) (adult: talk incoherently) bredouiller

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clod

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balourd, lourdaud, bourrin

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bony

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emaciated (made of bone)

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accretion

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/əˈkriːʃən/ build-up, accumulation

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quiver

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/ˈkwɪvər/ shake, trembler, frémir

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quibbling

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/ˈkwɪblɪŋ/chicaner, pinailler

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goad

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/ˈgəʊd/ spur to action, provoke deliberately

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dew

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/ˈdjuː/ rosée

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chasm

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/ˈkæzəm/ (geography: opening in earth)

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quaff

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drink in large gulps

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dreariness

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/ˈdrɪərɪnɪs/ gloominess, grisaille

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wrest

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obtain by force

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sly

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mischievous (espiègle)

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rug

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tapis

jitter

(nervousness), frousse

cork

liège

slew

/ˈsluː/ un tas de, pivoter

burrow

/ˈbʌrəʊ/ terrier, creuser

skewer

/ˈskjuːər/ brochette, embrocher

veneer

vɪˈnɪər Placage, vernis (apparence)

Obtuseness

əbˈtjuːsnɪs bêtise

lest

for fear that

nudge

petit coup de coude (encouragement)

chide

(tell off, reprimand) /ˈtʃaɪd/

sluggish

endormi

gnat

moucheron /ˈnæt/

finite

/ˈfaɪnaɪt/

wicked

evil

berate

rebucke, scold

bygone

passé

untidy /ʌnˈtaɪdi/

(apparence) négligé

cue /ˈkjuː/

réplique

daunt

intimider

lout

rustre

slyly /ˈslaɪli/

malicieusement

gnash

grincer (des dents)

chortle /ˈtʃɔːrtəl/

chuckel

hiccup, hiccought

hoquet

trammel

entrave

Strum

(play: stringed instrument)

Chide ˈtʃaɪd

Reprimand