5/11/20 Flashcards

1
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démarrer

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To start

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repérer

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To notice

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facétieux

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mischievous

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féru

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keen on

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5
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inopiné

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unexpected

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6
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Pou

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louse

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s’emparer de

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seize

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8
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La variole

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smallpox

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rougeole

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measles

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Le millénaire

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millennium

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le bétail

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livestock

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12
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Une tige

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Stem

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Un bourgeon

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Bud

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14
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Un mépris

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contempt

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15
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buter

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Trip over

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16
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prêter

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offer

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17
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pariétal

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Painting in a cave

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18
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Un bouquin

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Book. Male hare

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19
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La peste

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Plague

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20
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Un canidé

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Canine

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21
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Un rongeur

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rodent

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22
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une plaie

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a wound

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épargner

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to save also to spare

24
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entailler

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to notch, nick

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tort

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wrong, harm

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aboutir, aboutir à

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to succeed, to end in

27
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embaucher

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take on, appoint, hire

28
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répartition

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distribution

29
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le montant

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total, sum, amount also: frame, support-like door frame

30
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essor (m)

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flight, rise

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un pilier

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pillar

32
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ancrer

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to anchor, fix

33
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le salut

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safety, salvation

34
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la vulgarisation

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popularization

35
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un colis

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a package

36
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néfaste

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harmful

37
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écosser

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to shell (ex remove pod or shell of veggie)

38
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un astuce

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trick, cleverness

39
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un marmotte, marmotter

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woodchuck, to mutter, mumble

40
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déjection (f)

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excretion, defecation

41
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une roussette

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fruit bat also dogfish, catshark

42
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déconner

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to act like an idiot, fool around, joke, kid

43
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virer

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to fire, throw away, turn into, become (ex color change)

44
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pallier

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overcome⇒ vtr
mitigate⇒, alleviate⇒ vtr
get round [sth] vtr phrasal insep

45
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manquer de [qch] vtr

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(ne pas avoir assez de [qch]) lack⇒ vtr

46
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faute de

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for lack of

47
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vilain

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awful, dreadful adj

48
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tant bien que mal

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after a fashion, somehow

49
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sous-jacent

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underlying

50
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déclencher

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trigger, provoke

51
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surcroît nm

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(augmentation) extra, additional adj Il y a souvent un surcroît de travail en fin de mois.
There is often extra work at the end of the month.

52
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confier [qch/qqn] à [qqn]⇒ vtr

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(donner aux bons soins de [qqn]) entrust [sth/sb] to [sb] vtr + prep

53
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estomper

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shade off⇒, tone down⇒ vtr

54
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un seau

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bucket

55
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une bagarre

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a fight

56
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réunir en son sein

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to gather together