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French vocab part 3
misc vocab
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Language - French
Undergraduate 3
04/06/2011

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Term
(adj)hollow (tube, trunk, voix, cheeks)
empty (discours, analyse)
off-season
to ring hollow
Definition
un creux
la saison creuse
sonner creux
Term
(noun) hollow (armpits, small of ones back)
Definition
le creux
Term
a triviality,
trifle,
small matter
Definition
une bagatelle
Term
beat up someone
Definition
rouer qqun de coups
Term
blackjack (weapon)
Definition
un nerf de boeuf
Term
creditor
mortgage holder
Definition
créancier
créancier hypothécaire
Term
to take a back seat, step aside for someone
be erased/fade (ink, letters, people)
Definition
s'effacer
Term
gush out of (liquid, gas, tears, flames)
spring out from (person, car)
burst out (rires, cries)
emerge from (idea, truth)
Definition
jaillir
Term
to condition (exercise)
Definition
mettre en forme
Term
fault (machine)
disturbance (weather, psychological)
disorder
imbalance (socio-economic)
*excesses
Definition
le dereglement
Term
accomplice, mate
Definition
mon compère
Term
to rattle/shake/weaken (window, house, foundation
shake, undermine (person, pays)
(se) to move off (train, convoy)
Definition
(s)ébranler
Term
remission (cancer)
mercilessly, relentlessly
Definition
une rémission
sans rémission
Term
henceforth
Definition
dorénavant
Term
stage fight, nerves
Definition
le trac
Term
undulate
Definition
ondoyer
Term
rough (terrain), lively, eventful,
Definition
mouvementé
Term
busy
Definition
affairé
Term
pretend
Definition
faire semblant
simule
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