Fred Vargas Flashcards by agneta sherborne

Turn, go off

Tourner

Film, shoot a film, turn pages, run engine

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Mood,spirit

Humeur f

And humour

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File n

Fichier m

Fichier client customer file, fichier informatique comp file, fichier sécurisé secured fil

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Summon, call in v

Convoquer

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Clebs slang

Dog, pooch,mutt

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Drole, slobber

Baver

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Blubber,howl,bawl v

Chialer

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Unpleasant aftertaste

Déboire m

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Killer n

Assassin m

Hit man

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Cruelty n

Cruauté f

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Be mad about, be crazy, wild about

Raffoler

With de

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Creature, bug

Bestiole f

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To become sad

S’attrister

Attrister sadden, bring sorrow, draw tears

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Scene, scandal

Esclandre m

Faire un esclandre make a scene

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Do, play at, fart about at, bugger about at

Foutre

Qu’est-ce que tu fous dehors? What the hell (or: on earth) r u doing outside?

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Ill-will, malice, maliciousness n

Méchanceté nf

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Jumble, clutter, hodgepodge n

Fatras m

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Crease, fold, furrow, groove

Sillon m

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Sample

Échantillon m

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Inheritance

Héritage m

Laisser en héritage leave in yr will

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Haste, hurry

Hâte f

Hâter accelerate, bring forward, hurry

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Grumble n

Grommellement m

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Small van, delivery van

Fourgonnette f

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Unknot, detangle (hair), comb out Fig untangle

Démêler

Démêler le vrai du faux. Seperate fact and fiction . Distingush between the true and the false

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Fanatic, extremist, obsessive n

Forcené m

Clearness, clarity, sharpness , tidiness n

Netteté f

Faint, pass out, vanish, disappear

S'evanouir

Take off, remove

Ôter

Get ahead of, get on front of, beat to it, pre empt

Devancer

Daft, crazy, Flawed, impefect Unscrupolus

Taré adj

Sunflower

Tournesol m

Distort, twist, cripple, maim

Estropier

Tiredness' weariness n

Lassitude f

Bar (chocolate, wood, metal etc)

Barre f

Haughty, arrogant

Hautain

Rain, pour, come down re rain inf and fig. verb

Flotter | And float on water, flutter, flap for wind

Lust after, covet v

Convoiter

Wake, trail as in traces

Sillage m

Bloodhound, sleuth (inf)

Limier m

Endorse

Endosser

Admission, confession, declaration

Aveu m

Try, attempt, give/have a go

Tenter

Give help to, help out, get behind

Prêter main-forte à qqn | Mon collègue me prêta main-forte

Favourable, suitable Opportune Approprite

Propice adj

Rock, cradle, soothe, lull

Bercer

Pettiness, meanness, stinginess n

Mesquinerie f

Powerlessness, helplessness n

Impuissance f

Hopeless, useless, shitty, crappy

Merdique adj

Slope, hill, gradiente

Pente f

Mistreat, abuse, destroy, ruin

Malmener

Pride, pride and joy, apple of sb eye

Orgueil m | M, c'est l'orgueil de sa mère.

Chatter, idle talk, gossip

Bavardage m

Wedge, catch, corner | Be caught

Coincer | Se coincer

Thin, slight adj

Maigrichon -ne

Drink to, toast, celebrate

Arroser S'arroser be a cause for celbration/ a drink, help yr self Arroser water, spray, sprinkle

Dumpling, meatball | Blunder fam

Boulette f

Shake, rattle, weaken

Ébranler | Avoir l'air ébranlé -e

Skilful, capable, able

Habile adj

Bumblebee

Bourdon m

Prevent, avoid, put a stop to

Empêcher

Worry, bother | Crumple up

Chiffoner

Hitch, snag, infringement

Accroc m

Search, rummage through, excavate

Fouiller

Hem n

Ourlet m

Stitch n

Point m | Enfiler du fil noir dans le chas d'une aiguille

Reunion

Retrouvailles nfpl

Rustling, humming, whirring

Bruissement

Dissolve

Disoudre

Mermaid

Sirène f

Crap, nonsense, garbage fam re talk

Foutaise f

Pit, grave, ditch

Fosse f

Path, way, beaten track

Sentrier m

Unhealthy

Malsain

Hair curler m

Bigoudi m

spin' flit around, dart around, run around, scoot around, race around vi + adv

Virevolter

Rush v

Se ruer

Add up | Summon, command, order v

Summer

Hill, rise n

Monticule m

Thin, slight adj

Maigrichon

Trek, journey, long haul

Périple m

Denial

Dénégation f

Grant, scholarship

Bourse f

Boarder , lodger, resident

Pensionnaire f

Fkinch, shy away from, balk, stumble

Broncher | Sans broncher without turning a hair, without batting an eyelid

Mouldy, mould

Moisi adj nm

Be all over the place, go off on a tangent

Sauter (passer) du coq à l'âne

Curfew

Le couvre-feu

Urge, drive

Pulsion f | Pulsion sexuelle sex drive

Little, small boy

Garçonnet m

Glitch, mishap | Pip

Pépin m

Sleep it off

Cuver

Very drunk, sloshed, blind drunk etc n

Cuite f

take a break v expr | close down temporarily, shut down temporarily adv

Vaquer

look up and down n (figurative) weigh up look at weigh up

Toiser

Varnish, enamel, ,laquer

Vernis m

Lock up, lock up garage n

Box m

Slope, hill, gradient

Pente f

Unkempt, dishevelled, tousled, shaggy, unshaven adj

Hirsute

Rake n

Râteau m

Refuse, waste, rubbish

Détritus m

Clod, clump (soil)

Motte f de terre

Bargain n

Aubaine f | À ce prix-là, c'est une aubaine !

Trumpet, bellow v

claironner vtr (annoncer qch avec éclat) (figurative) trumpet vtr (figurative) shout from the rooftops v expr broadcast vtr

Chess board

échiquier nm

(harm) injury, damage

Dégâts mpl

Peak, height fig n

Apogée m

Lucky devil, sod n | Lucky, fortunate adj

Chanceux -euse

Hotchpotch, mish-mash n

Méli-mélo m

Inevitable, unavoidable adj

Inéluctable

Knock out, knock unconscious, to floor (fig)

Assommer | Bore stiff, send to sleep

Detect, locate, discover

Repérer

Gloomy, dreary, bleak | Mournful. Glum

Morne adj

Deadpan adj | Comic With a deadpan sense of humour n

Pince-sans-rire adj nm

Durch

Néerlandais -e

Upgrade v

Surclasser

Dandruff

Pellicule f | Film, reel, dusting, sprinkling

Fred Vargas Flashcards

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