À Moi Paris Level 4 - ch 11 Flashcards

1
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Un portable

A

a laptop; Also used for a cell phone

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2
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Mon ordi

A

my computer; Short for mon ordinateur

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3
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Il bug

A

it’s bugging out, it crashes, it’s failing; Anglicism

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4
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Redémarrer

A

to reboot

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5
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Mon écran

A

my screen

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6
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Flasher

A

to flash; Anglicism

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7
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Des points

A

dots; Masculine

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8
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Embêtant

A

here: serious; Usually, boring

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9
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Foutu

A

done, finished, dead; Slang. Proper French would be “cassé”.

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10
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Un backup

A

backup; Anglicism

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11
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Sauvegarder

A

to save (data), to backup

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12
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Le disque dur externe

A

external hard drive

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13
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Débrancher

A

to unplug; ≠ Brancher - to plug-in

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14
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Un micro

A

a microphone; Short for microphone

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15
Q

J’avais bien avancé

A

I had made lots of progress

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16
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Une étude de cas

A

a case study

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17
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Les données

A

the data

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18
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Bosser

A

to work, to study; Slang. Formal French would be “travailler” or “étudier”.

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19
Q

Grillé

A

toasted – here dead; Slang. Formal French would be “cassé”.

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20
Q

Une pile

A

a battery

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21
Q

Recharger

A

to recharge

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22
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Il s’est pris les pieds dans

A

he tripped over

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23
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Le câble

A

the wire

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24
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Valser

A

to waltz (dance); Here it’s slang : to fly, to move fast across space

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25
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Aïe

A

ouch

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26
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Abîmer

A

to damage

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27
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Déranger

A

to bother

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28
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Faire réparer

A

to have something repaired/ fixed

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29
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Un PC

A

any computer; Not necessarily a windows based computer

30
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Il est sous garantie

A

it’s under warranty

31
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La mémoire vive

A

RAM; Vs: rom: la mémoire morte

32
Q

Ramer

A

to row a boat; Here it’s slang : to go painfully slow

33
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Un clavier

A

a keyboard

34
Q

Taper

A

to type

35
Q

Sans fil

A

wireless

36
Q

J’aime pas

A

I don’t like it; Slang : the ne and the ça are missing

37
Q

Une souris

A

a mouse

38
Q

C’est insupportable

A

it’s unbearable

39
Q

La prise

A

the plug

40
Q

Trimbaler

A

to haul/carry around; Slang. Formal French would be “emporter partout”.

41
Q

Un adaptateur

A

an adaptor; To convert between one plug and another

42
Q

Ça craint

A

it’s a pain; Slang. Formal French would be “c’est dom­mage”.

43
Q

Une webcam

A

a webcam

44
Q

Skyper

A

to call/video on Skype; Anglicism

45
Q

Se débrouiller

A

to find a way

46
Q

Se moquer

A

to make fun of, to mock

47
Q

Un fixe

A

desktop computer; Also used for “land line” when talking about phones

48
Q

Le look

A

the look; Anglicism

49
Q

The top

A

the best; Anglicism

50
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Un logiciel

A

a computer program, software

51
Q

Un tableur

A

spreadsheet

52
Q

Un traitement de texte

A

a word processor

53
Q

Un courriel

A

an email; Official French term but not used much - col­loquial : un mail

54
Q

Un navigateur

A

a web browser

55
Q

Baver

A

to drool; Here it’s slang : to drool over something / real­ly want something

56
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Trop cool

A

great, amazing; Anglicism slang

57
Q

La taille

A

the size

58
Q

Un pouce

A

an inch; Also a thumb

59
Q

Performant

A

powerful

60
Q

Un autre plus

A

another advantage

61
Q

Un téléchargement

A

a download

62
Q

Une imprimante

A

a printer

63
Q

Toute neuve

A

brand new

64
Q

Ça m’aurait fait mal de

A

lit: it would have hurt me to; Here, it’s slang : i would have hated to

65
Q

Aimanté

A

magnetized; Be careful : un aimant = a magnet / un amant = a lover

66
Q

Bêtement

A

stupidly

67
Q

En rajouter

A

to pile on, to add more

68
Q

Internet

A

The internet; Also l’Internet.

69
Q

Faire d’une pierre deux coups

A

to kill 2 birds with one stone; Idiom. Lit. to make with one stone 2 hits

70
Q

Prendre en main to take in one’s hand, to hold Note: can also mean ‘to take charge of’

A

to take in one’s hand, to hold Note: can also mean ‘to take charge of’