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JFA vocab-juillet
French V AP-Siff
80
Language - French
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09/08/2005
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Term
un atelier*
 Definition
workshop
Term
la sciure*
 Definition
sawdust
Term
une scie*
 Definition
saw
Term
le bouledogue
 Definition
bulldog
Term
commander
 Definition
to order
Term
surplomber*
 Definition
to overhang
Term
un creve-coeur*
 Definition
a heartbreaker
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sombrer dans le desespoir*
 Definition
to sink ino despair
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sombrer*
 Definition
to sink (a boat)
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amer*
 Definition
bitter
Term
le bouc emissaire*
 Definition
the scapegoat
Term
arranger*
 Definition
to be convenient
Term
ca m'arrange*
 Definition
that's convenient for me
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tous s'arrangera*
 Definition
everthing will work out
Term
le confreres
 Definition
colleague
Term
les cephiles
 Definition
movie fanatics
Term
se dementir
 Definition
to contradict oneself
Term
le siege
 Definition
seat
Term
frapper les espirits
 Definition
to make an impression
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la prouesse
 Definition
feat
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l'acier
 Definition
steel
Term
un regard d'acier
 Definition
a steely look
Term
soumis
 Definition
subjected to (PP of soumettre)
Term
soumettre
 Definition
to submit
Term
d'autant plus
 Definition
especially
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maitriser
 Definition
to master
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maitriser les nerfs
 Definition
to control ones nerves
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il ne sait pas se maitriser
 Definition
he has no self control
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un engrin spatial
 Definition
spaceship
Term
en beton
 Definition
made of concrete
Term
s'epanouir (different)
 Definition
to curve outward
Term
une poutre
 Definition
a beam
Term
tourne
 Definition
fait (un film)
Term
des frissons
 Definition
shudders, thrills)
Term
s'emerveiller
 Definition
to marvel
Term
etre blanchi pas la justice*
 Definition
to be found innocent
Term
aux racines paysannes*
 Definition
with peasant roots
Term
influent*
 Definition
influential
Term
evoluer*
 Definition
to grow up/mature
Term
suscite*
 Definition
to give rise to
Term
les railleries
 Definition
joking, mocking
Term
les PME*
 Definition
small businesses
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se muer (en)*
 Definition
to change oneself into
Term
la mue
 Definition
breaing of voice a puberty
Term
croiser sur son chemin
 Definition
to come across, meet a person along the way
Term
jeter son devolue sur*
 Definition
to go all out for
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sourciller*
 Definition
to raise an eyebrow
Term
sans sourciller*
 Definition
without hesitation
Term
pourri*
 Definition
rotten
Term
un enfant gate-pourri
 Definition
a spoiled rotten kid
Term
dissimuler*
 Definition
to conceal
Term
faire un deplacement*
 Definition
to travel, go out of town
Term
je suis en deplacement*
 Definition
im out of town, on a trip
Term
je suis en deplacement*
 Definition
im out of town, on a trip
Term
s'emparer de*
 Definition
to seize, get ahold of
Term
un virage*
 Definition
a curve
Term
retentissante*
 Definition
resounding
Term
un vignoble*
 Definition
a vineyard
Term
les ventes aux encheres*
 Definition
auction
Term
voire
 Definition
even, indeed
Term
quasiment*
 Definition
practically, almost
Term
un(e) mecene*
 Definition
an art patron
Term
pester*
 Definition
to rant and rave
Term
depit*
 Definition
scorn, pite resentment
Term
en depit de (du bon sens)*
 Definition
in spite of (common sense)
Term
par depit*
 Definition
out of spite
Term
empile
 Definition
piled up
Term
la forte concurrence
 Definition
steep competition
Term
cibler (la cible)
 Definition
to target (a target)
Term
temoin
 Definition
witness, evidence of
Term
temoigner que
 Definition
show that, give evidence of
Term
conservateur
 Definition
curator
Term
effectivement
 Definition
indeed
Term
la periode faste
 Definition
splendorous
Term
rayonner sur
 Definition
to radiate influence
Term
supprimer
 Definition
to eliminate
Term
ce qui me frappe
 Definition
what impresses me
Term
mondain
 Definition
worldly, high society
Term
a la fois
 Definition
at the same time
Term
fournisseur
 Definition
provider, supplier
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