French Vocabulary and Idiomatic Expressions

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A vocabulary review deck containing French words, idioms, and phrases from pages 1 through 3 alongside their English meanings.

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pendant ses permissions

while he was on shore leave

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une histoire à dormir debout

a crazy, made-up story

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des roulottes

circus caravans

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mendié

begged

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des cauchemars

nightmares

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rugissait

roared

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tu rôdais dans les coulisses

you prowled backstage

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les écuyères

the female riders/equestrians

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mâche

chews

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le passé historique

also called passé simple, passé défini, passé littéraire

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un peu raide

a bit stiff

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guindées

stiff and formal

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en voyage de noces

on a honeymoon trip

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c'est pas terrible (slang)

it's not that great

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son conjoint

her spouse

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la burette de la machine à coudre

the sewing machine oilcan

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articulations coxofémorales

hip bone articulations

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un réveil-matin

an alarm clock

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des clignotements

blinking

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les comptes du ménage

the household accounts

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Marie fait la moue

Marie pouts

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ils fleuretèrent

they flirted

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en pleine mue

in the middle of changing

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à l'improviste

unexpectedly

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devoirs

homework

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je feins

I pretend, I feign

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ces allées et venues

these comings and goings

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ils ont prétendu

they claimed

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régler l'addition

to pay the bill

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à mon insu

without my knowledge

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les choses s'éclaircissent

things become clearer

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de forme engainante

of a tight-fitting shape

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à mon front, à mes tempes, à mes pommettes

to my forehead, my temples, and my cheekbones

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gisait à terre sans connaissance

was lying unconscious on the ground

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de surcroît

moreover

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mon libre arbitre

my free will

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enfreindre la consigne en trichant

to break the rules by cheating

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un interstice

a crack

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l'arête de pierre

the stone edge

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à tâtons

gropingly

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des déchirures

breaks, tears

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tout en m'y complaisant

while enjoying it

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un enchaînement

a linking, a succession

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le hasard

chance

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une course au trésor

a treasure hunt

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une besogne si peu avouable

such a suspicious kind of work

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provisoire

temporary

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mettre à l'épreuve

to put to the test

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inaperçu

unnoticed

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me tracassait

preoccupied me

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ne vous en faites pas (idiomatic)

don't worry

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une pastille à moitié fondue, un peu collante

a half-melted, sticky piece of candy

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fade et amer

both tasteless and bitter

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la recracher

to spit it out

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la cécité

blindness

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en cachette

in hiding, unseen

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étourdi

dazed

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nous franchissons un seuil

we cross a threshold

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tant bien que mal

the best I can

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je m'en rends compte

I realize it

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des froissements d'étoffe

rubbing of fabric

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râclant

scraping

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une estrade

a podium

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s'est tue

has stopped speaking

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des picotements

itching, tingling

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l'arcade sourcilière

the brow ridge, the curve of the eyebrow

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somme toute

after all

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son ton … pas eu

her tone of voice is exactly the same as if there had not been any (interruption)

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ni nulle part ailleurs

nor anywhere else

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qu'il doit venir de rebrancher

that he must have just plugged back in

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une supercherie

a trick

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je n'ai plus aucun mal

I no longer have any trouble

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la conférencière

the (female) lecturer

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aucune responsabilité ne lui en incombe

no responsibility falls upon him

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il n'est qu'un infime maillon

he is nothing but a tiny link

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nous ne sommes plus que des esclaves

we are nothing more than slaves

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un rictus

a grimace

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notre manège

our carryings-on