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Vocab Le coeur a rire et a...
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Language - French
11th Grade
05/25/2008
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Term
Un(e) fonctionnaire
 Definition
Civil Servant
Term
Un paquebot
 Definition
Cruise Ship
Term
Un(e) aliene(e)
 Definition
An alienated person
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De l'orgueil
 Definition
Hubris
Term
Un conge de maternite
 Definition
Maternity leave
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Un nombril
 Definition
Belly button, navel
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Un cageot
 Definition
A case, bushel basket
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Un jardin d'enfants
 Definition
Kindergarten
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Un juge d'instruction
 Definition
District Attorney
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Du goudron
 Definition
Tar
Term
Un debarras
 Definition
Storage room
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Un ricanement
 Definition
Act of snickering
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Un gros mot
 Definition
Curse word
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Des sevices
 Definition
Exactions, demands with the threat of punishment
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Un enfant de choeur
 Definition
Altar boy
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Un corbillard
 Definition
Hearse
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Un taudis
 Definition
Poorly built building
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Un acces de fievre
 Definition
Onset of fever
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Un cornet
 Definition
Cone for ice cream
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Un point de ralliement
 Definition
Meeting place for a group
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Un coup de gueule
 Definition
A fit of yelling
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Un potager
 Definition
Vegetable garden
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De l'ahurissement
 Definition
Stunned shock
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Un crapaud
 Definition
Toad
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Un camee
 Definition
Pin/broach
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Un cantique
 Definition
Religious song or verse
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Un bienfaiteur/trice
 Definition
Benefactor
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Des copeaux
 Definition
Shavings
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Un chantier
 Definition
Construction site
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Le guidon
 Definition
Handle bars of a bike
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Un cure-dent
 Definition
Toothpick
Term
Un depliant
 Definition
Brochure
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Une escale
 Definition
Stopover point on a long journey
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Une grossesse
 Definition
Pregnancy
Term
Une penurie
 Definition
Lack of something essential
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Une porte cochere
 Definition
Huge, wooden door
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Une raillerie
 Definition
Mean-spirited mockery
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Une taloche
 Definition
A slap in the face
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Les persiennes
 Definition
Venetian blinds
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De la compote
 Definition
Sauce
Term
Une table de chevet
 Definition
Nightstand
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Une veilleuse
 Definition
Nightlight
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Des echasses
 Definition
Stilts
Term
De l'eau de Javel
 Definition
Bleach
Term
La lutte des classes
 Definition
Class struggle
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Une maternelle
 Definition
Pre-school
Term
De la felicite
 Definition
Joy, happiness
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Des taches manuelle
 Definition
Physical labor
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Une pension alimentaire
 Definition
Alimony
Term
La darse
 Definition
Deep sea port
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Une fessee
 Definition
A spanking
Term
Une mise en garde
 Definition
Warning
Term
Une charogne
 Definition
Cadaver
Term
Une hantise
 Definition
Overriding fear
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De la desapprobation
 Definition
Disapproval
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Une otite
 Definition
Ear infection
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Des circonstances attenuantes
 Definition
Extenuating circumstances
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Une revanche
 Definition
A triumph, vindication
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Une porcherie
 Definition
Pig sty
Term
Une sage-femme
 Definition
Midwife
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Une vierge
 Definition
Virgin
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De l'arthrose
 Definition
Osteoarthritis
Term
Une sang-sue
 Definition
Leech
Term
Une garde-boue
 Definition
Mudflaps on a bike
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Une garde-robe
 Definition
Wardrobe
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Une nouvelle
 Definition
Short story, piece of news
Term
Prive(e) de qch
 Definition
Deprived of something
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Prive(e)
 Definition
Private
Term
Instruit(e)
 Definition
Educated
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Ingrat(e)
 Definition
Ungrateful
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Desseche(e)
 Definition
Lacking water
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Cote(e)
 Definition
Popular, well-liked
Term
Menace(e)
 Definition
threatened
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Enseveli(e)
 Definition
Buried in earth or sand
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Rapiece(e)
 Definition
Patched
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Detrempe(e)
 Definition
Utterly soaked
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Delabre(e)
 Definition
In a state of disrepair
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Etincelant(e)
 Definition
Sparkling
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Fragilise(e)
 Definition
Rendered fragile or vulnerable
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Endimanche(e)
 Definition
All dressed up (Sunday Best)
Term
Boursoufle(e)
 Definition
Swollen
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Assiege(e)
 Definition
Besieged, surrounded by hostile forces
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Assis(e) en tailleur
 Definition
Sitting in a cross-legged position
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Surpeuple(e)
 Definition
Overcrowded
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Meprisant(e)
 Definition
Disdainful
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Estomaque(e)
 Definition
Very surprised
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Notable
 Definition
Well-known and respected
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Moite
 Definition
Damp with sweat
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Inlassable
 Definition
Boundless
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Acerbe
 Definition
Acerbic, bitter
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Immuable
 Definition
Immutable, unchanging
Term
Narcissique
 Definition
Narcissistic
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Velleitaire
 Definition
Fickly, indecisive
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Rigolo/ette
 Definition
Funny, amusing
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Poisseux/euse
 Definition
Sticky
Term
Bougon/ne
 Definition
Cranky
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Se degourdir les jambes
 Definition
To stretch your legs
Term
Sans broncher
 Definition
Without giving emotion, stoically
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Prendre qun a temoin
 Definition
To take someone as a witness
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Navrer qun
 Definition
To make someone really sad or full of regret
Term
Eprouver qun
 Definition
To feel smthg
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Etre en nage
 Definition
To sweat a lot
Term
Somnoler
 Definition
To doze
Term
Geindre
 Definition
To whine
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Perdre les eaux
 Definition
To break your water (birth)
Term
Administrer une correction
 Definition
To punish someone (usually spanking a child)
Term
Ronchonner
 Definition
To complain by grumbling
Term
Repasser le linge
 Definition
To iron clothing and linens
Term
Avoir la cinquantaine
 Definition
To be around 50 years old
Term
Marmonner
 Definition
To mutter
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Se mettre en surete
 Definition
To arrive somewhere safe
Term
Detaler
 Definition
To flee
Term
Venger qun
 Definition
To avenge someone
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Etre a l'etroit
 Definition
To be in overcrowded conditions
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Jouer a la marelle
 Definition
To play hopscotch
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Mettre qun en garde contre qun
 Definition
To tell someone to be careful of someone else
Term
Bacler qch
 Definition
To do something poorly in a beliberate fashion
Term
S'offusquer
 Definition
To take offense at a remark
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Tendre la main
 Definition
To hold out a hand
Term
Chahuter
 Definition
To goof around
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Convoiter qch
 Definition
To ardently desire
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Tourner les talons
 Definition
To pivot away from a situation
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Exceder qun
 Definition
To make someone really angry
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Etre sans ressources
 Definition
To be without money
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Faire une rechute
 Definition
To have a relapse
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Croiser qun
 Definition
To cross paths w/someone
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Frequenter qun
 Definition
To hang out with someone
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S'esclaffer
 Definition
To burst out laughing
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Dorloter qun
 Definition
To treat someone with extra care
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S'affaisser
 Definition
To collapse
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Piquer du nez
 Definition
To doze off sitting up
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S'agenouiller
 Definition
To kneel down
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Se signer
 Definition
To make the sign of the cross
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Mettre qch a jour
 Definition
To update something
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Trepigner d'impatience
 Definition
To stomp around impatiently
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Brailler
 Definition
To bray like a donkey, talk loudly
Term
Prendre part a qch
 Definition
To take part in an activity
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Contrarier qun
 Definition
To vex someone
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Etre la risee de qun
 Definition
To be the laughingstock of other people
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Etre mute(e)
 Definition
To be transferred (job-wise)
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Sans crier gare
 Definition
Without giving warning
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Prendre qch ou qun en grippe
 Definition
To hate someone or smthg
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Leguer qch a qun
 Definition
To hand down something to someone
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Narguer qun
 Definition
To mock someone in a mean way
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Revenir a la case depart
 Definition
To go back to square one
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Rester coi
 Definition
To remain silent
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