6/11/23 Flashcards

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éprouver

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= ressentir
to feel

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une embarcation

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a boat / craft

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bondée

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overcrowded

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une vague

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a wave

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rempli d’espoir

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filled with hope

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triste de quitter

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sad to leave

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pays natal

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motherland / homeland

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un gilet de sauvetage

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life jacket

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on ne peut pas s’abriter / il n’y a nulle part où s’abriter

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they cannot find shelter / aren’t sheltered / no shelter

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l’immensité de la mer

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the vastness of the sea

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un passager / une passagère

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passenger

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12
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se sentir perdu / regret

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to feel lost / regret

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13
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prendre la bonne décision

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to make the right decision

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être assailli par le doute

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to be assaulted by doubt

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défrayer la chronique

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to hit the headlines

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joindre les deux bouts

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to make ends meet

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17
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la traversée

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le passage

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18
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cauchemardesque

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nightmarish

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19
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du bétail

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like cattle

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entassé

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piled up

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21
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ne plus fermer l’œil

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to not be able to sleep

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assaillir

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to assail / to attack

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23
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l’arrondissement

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a district in Paris, Lyon or Marseille

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la plupart

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the majority

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le carton

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cardboard box

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les traits fins

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fine features

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la joue (creuse)

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(hollow) cheek

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creuser

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to dig

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un exode

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an exodus / migration

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ceux

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the ones

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ceux qui leur ont promis

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the ones who promised them

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emmener

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to take

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un hangar

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shed

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verser

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to pour / pay

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le témoignage

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testimony / personal story

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le passeur

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smuggler

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un chalutier

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trawler

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un pêcheur

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trawlerman

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pneumatique

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inflatable

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la serre

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greenhouse

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serré

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tight / tightly packed / dense

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être à l’aise

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to be at ease

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l’enfer

A

hell

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épuisé

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exhausted

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évanoui

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unconscious

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s’évanouir

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to faint

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chavirer

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to capsize / overturn

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pire

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worse

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faire demi-tour

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to turn around

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carburant

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fuel

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une latte

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board

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se briser

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to break

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noyés

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drowned

54
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en larmes

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in tears

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couler

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to sink

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secourir

A

to rescue

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le guetteur

A

look-out

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guetter

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to look out for