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French vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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autremont | otherwise, differently |
sauter le pas | to take the plunge |
briser | to break, smash; ruin, wreck, crush |
réparer | to repair, fix, mend; make up for; restore |
recoudre | to sew back on, stitch back up (surgery) |
ressemeler | to re-sole (shoes) |
la semelle | sole (foot, shoe) |
la semelle à l'intérieur | insole |
battre la semelle | to stamp one's foot |
ne pas quitter qqn d'une semelle | to stick to s.o. like glue |
rebâtir | to rebuild |
déblayer | to clear (away); prepare, sort out |
minutieux, -euse | meticulous, detailed |
minutieusement | meticulously |
calciner | to burn to a crisp |
refaire | to make/do again; redo, redecorate; start all over again |
se refaire | to recoup one's losses; change (oneself) |
se refaire une santé | to regain one's health, recuperate |
la subvention | subsidy |
l'arnaque (f) | scam (slang) |