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17 - Colours, Lights and Shapes Flashcards

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blanc cassé

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off-white

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bleu marine (2)

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ultramarine
navy blue

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ocre

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ochre

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fauve

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tawny

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kaki

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khaki

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cramoisi

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crimson

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nacré, irisé

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pearly

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bordeaux

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burgundy

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grenat

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maroon

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doré

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golden

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argenté

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silver, silvery

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primaire

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primary

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secondaire

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secondary

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pale, clair

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light

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foncé

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dark

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vif (2)

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vivide, bright

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intense, soutenu

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deep

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chaud

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warm

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froid (2)

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cold, cool

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terne, fade (2)

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drab, dull

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criard

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gaudy

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tape-à-l’oeil

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garish

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coloré (2)

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colored/ colorful

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incolore

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colourless

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colorer

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to color

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teinter légèrement

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to tinge

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teinter, teindre

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to dye

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décolorer

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to bleach

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entre chien et loup

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at dusk

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brillant, lumineux

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bright

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sans eclar

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dull

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terne

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lacklustre

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sombre (lieu)
faible (lumière)

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dim

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lumineux

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luminous

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éclatant

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dazzling

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éblouissant

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glaring

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aveuglant

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blinding

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cru (lumière)

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garish

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translucide

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translucent

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éclairer

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to light

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briller

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to shine

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flamboyer

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to blaze

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s’allumer, s’enflammer

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to flare up

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rougeoyer, flamboyer, rutiler

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to glow

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luire faiblement

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to glimmer

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chatoyer, scintiller, miroiter

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to shimmer

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scintillier, clignoter

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to twinkle

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clignoter

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to blink

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luire

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to glisten

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miroiter

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to gleam

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scintiller, étinceler (2)

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to glitter, to sparkle

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faire clignoter, lancer des éclats

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to flash

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rayonner

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to beam

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une lumière

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a light

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une lumière intermittente

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a flicker

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une lueur soudaine

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a flash

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un rayon, faisceau

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a beam

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une étincelle

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a spark

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l’obscurité

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darkness = gloom

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une ombre

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a shadow

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le demi-jour

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twilight

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le crépuscule

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dusk

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vert pomme

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pea green

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gris acier

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steel grey

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gris anthracite

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charcoal grey

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rougir

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to redden

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un plan

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a plane

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un angle

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an angle

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un losange

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a lozenge

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une sphère

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a sphere

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un cylindre

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a cylinder

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un cube

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a cube

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un cône

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a cone

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une pyramide

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a pyramid

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une (ligne) droite

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a line

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une courbe

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a curve

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aigu (angle)

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acute

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obtus (angle)

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obtuse

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droit (angle)

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right

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rectangulaire (2)

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rectangular, oblong

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cubique

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cubic

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en 2 dimensions

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two-dimensional

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en 3 dimensions

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three-dimensional

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conique

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conical

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cylindrique

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cylindrical

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un oeil au beurre noir

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a black eye

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être vert de jalousie

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to be green with envy

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être vert de peur

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to be white with fear

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c’est écrit là, noir sur blanc!

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it’s there, in black and white

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elle est devenue verte

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she turned green

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elle a changé de couleur

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to change colour

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voir un probleme sous un autre jour/ sous un jour favorable/défavorable

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to see the issue in a new/good/bad light

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retourner sa veste

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to change one’s colours

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un pieux mensonge

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a white lie

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être pale comme la mort, être blanc comme un linge, 2

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to be as white as a sheet/ghost

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être noir comme du charbon

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to be as black as coal/soot

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être couverts de bleu

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to be black and blue

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être rouge comme une tomate

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to be as red as a beetroot

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être à découvert (banque)

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to be in the red

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être pris la main dans le sac

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to be caught red-handed

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la paperasse, la bureaucratie

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red tape

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un jour à marquer d’une pierre blanche

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a red-letter day

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c’est une poule mouillée

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he has a yellow streak

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bonne étoile

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a lucky star

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Se faire des cheveux blancs

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to get gray hair

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la remarque était inattendue

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the remark came/fell out of the blue

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Tout ce qui brille n’est pas d’or

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All that glitter is not gold

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