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Georges Faydeau Vocab
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91
Language - French
Undergraduate 2
11/14/2010

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Term
vanter
Definition
to praise
Term
noiceur
Definition
blackness
Term
cruauté (f)
Definition
creulty
Term
divertissement (M)
Definition
entertainment
Term
engouement (m) (pour)
Definition
passion (for), infatuation (for)
Term
émauer
Definition
to emanate from
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dérisoire
Definition
pathetique, trivial, derisory
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désormais
Definition
from now on, from then on, henceforth
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foire (f)
Definition
a fair
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antipode (m)
Definition
a direct or exact opposite
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épargne (f)
Definition
savings
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recevoir
Definition
to receive
Term
soutiens (m)
Definition
support
Term
efficace
Definition
effective
Term
entourer
Definition
to surround
Term
être entouré (de)
Definition
to be surrounded by
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dès que
Definition
as soon as
Term
décourager
Definition
to discourage
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morgue (f)
Definition
arrogance
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à l'occasion
Definition
occasionally
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boursicoter
Definition
disasterous
Term
aisé
Definition
pleased
Term
raffiner
Definition
to refine
Term
pimenter
Definition
to spice
Term
réseau (m)
Definition
a network
Term
echotier (m)
Definition
gossip columnist
Term
innombrable
Definition
countless
Term
de déclencher
Definition
to begin, to go off
Term
se frotter
Definition
to tangle with, to rub against
Term
une cocotte (f)
Definition
a loose woman
Term
délurée (f)
Definition
flapper
Term
se ménager
Definition
to handle something carfully
Term
dérobade (f)
Definition
evasion
Term
se mouvoir
Definition
to move
Term
se réclamer
Definition
to be an expression of
Term
afficher
Definition
to show
Term
appartenance (f)
Definition
affiliation, adherence
Term
accointance (f)
Definition
contact
Term
s'accommoder
Definition
to adapt to
Term
étroitement
Definition
closely, strictly
Term
tributaire
Definition
dependent
Term
s'incrire
Definition
enroll
Term
revendiquer
Definition
to demand; to claim
Term
filer
Definition
to spin
Term
quiproquo (m)
Definition
misunderstanding
Term
rebondissement (m)
Definition
sudden revival
Term
récuser
Definition
to challenge, to object to
Term
estampille (f)
Definition
trademark, mark
Term
s'emparer
Definition
to take up
Term
berceau (m)
Definition
cradle
Term
monnayer
Definition
to capitalize on
Term
détraqué
Definition
broken down, on the brink
Term
embringuer
Definition
to rope into a situation
Term
notaire (f)
Definition
notary public
Term
apparemment
Definition
seemingly
Term
dénouer
Definition
unravel
Term
enjeu (m)
Definition
stake
Term
valoir
Definition
to earn
Term
suciter
Definition
to arouse
Term
prendre en compte
Definition
to consider
Term
convoiter
Definition
to covet
Term
collet (m)
Definition
to snare
Term
ad libitum
Definition
à volonté
Term
fleuret (m)
Definition
foil
Term
moucheté
Definition
flecked
Term
mettre en cause
Definition
accuse, suspect, blame
Term
refermer
Definition
to close again
Term
s'emparer
Definition
to take away
Term
berguiguer
Definition
hésiter, to balk at
Term
raneunir
Definition
to make somebody or something look younger
Term
enricher
Definition
to enrich
Term
calfeutrer
Definition
to seal, to stop up
Term
s'étirer
Definition
to stretch out
Term
dérapage (m)
Definition
skid, blunder, slip
Term
bégaiement (m)
Definition
stutter, stammer
Term
effleurer
Definition
to touch lightly, to brush against
Term
maçon (m)
Definition
brick layer, builder, mason
Term
sucer
Definition
to suck
Term
piqûre (f)
Definition
a prick
Term
fesse (f)
Definition
buttocks
Term
se derègler
Definition
to uspet oneself
Term
tantôt
Definition
now, sometimes
Term
se désintégrer
Definition
to disintegrate
Term
écorner
Definition
to chip, to dent
Term
maintes
Definition
constantly, many a time
Term
baîller
Definition
to yawn
Term
siffler
Definition
to hiss, to boo
Term
étourderie (f)
Definition
absentmindedness
Term
simagrée (f)
Definition
play acting
Term
pataquè (f)
Definition
ancienne monnaie d"Italie, du Brésil et de divers autre pays
Term
drôleries langagières (fpl)
Definition
linguistic jokes
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