Autumn 2016 Flashcards

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1
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Either before or after

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Soit avant soit après

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Either one or the other

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Soit l’un soit l’autre

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Word of mouth

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De bouche a l’oreille

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I couldn’t get a word in edgeways

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Je n’ai pas pu en placer une

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Around 3 o’clock

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Environ 3 h, 3 h environ

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Much better

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Beaucoup mieux

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At least, not anymore.

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En tout cas, plus maintenant.

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I miss the class (emotionally)

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La classe me manque

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I missed the class

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J’ai manqué la classe

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Short/shuttle Ferry

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Une navette

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High/low tide

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La marrée haute/basse

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Nearby, close

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Proche

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13
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An auction

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Une vente aux enchères

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In particular

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En particulier

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A survey, opinion poll

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Un sondage

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France

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L’Hexagone

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17
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We are going to eat somewhere

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On va manger quelque part

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18
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She looks well/ill

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Elle a l’air bien/malade

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Exactly, absolutely, completely, entirely

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Tout à fait

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Entirely reasonable

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Tout à fait raisonnable

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A nightmare

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Un cauchemar

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22
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Disturbing

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Perturbant

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23
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A bunch of carrots

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Une botte de carottes

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24
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Ripe

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Mûr

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25
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A tray

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Un plateau

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A thin/thick slice

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Une tranche fine/épaisse

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27
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Anything else?

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Et avec ça, et avec ceci?

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28
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A punnet

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Une barquette de

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29
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A leek

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Un poireau

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30
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A little damaged

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Un peu abîmé

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31
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Exactly 8 euros

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Huit euros tout rond

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32
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To joke, to tease

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Plaisanter

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33
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A joke

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Une plaisanterie

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34
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A phone call

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Un coup de fil

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35
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Lyrics

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Les paroles (f.)

36
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A pie

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Une tourte

37
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To pick

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Cueillir

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To put back

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Remettre

39
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A shrub

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Un arbuste

40
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To reply

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Répondre

41
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It’s better

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Il vaut mieux

42
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How do you say that in French?

A

Comment ça se dit en français?

43
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It’s daylight robbery, it’s a rip-off!

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C’est de l’arnaque!

44
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A scam

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Une arnaque

45
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Village hall

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Une salle des fêtes

46
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Dark

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Foncé, Sombre

Foncé is generally used for colours, whilst sombre is used both generally and figuratively (‘un jour sombre’, a sad/dark day). When talking about a specific colour, foncé must be used - ‘du bleu foncé’.

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A lie, to lie

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Un mensonge, mentir

48
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To trust

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Faire confiance à, avoir confiance en

49
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An official

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Un(e) fonctionnaire

50
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A voucher

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Un bon

51
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A tool

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Un outil

52
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A utensil

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Un ustensile

53
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Vineyard

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Un vignoble

54
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(Air) Fan

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Un ventilateur

55
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A scarf

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Une écharpe

56
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Sellotape

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Le Scotch®, le ruban adhésif

57
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Corridor, aisle, swimming/bus/taxi lane

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Un couloir

58
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A bee

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Une abeille

59
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On the one hand

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D’un côté

60
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On the other hand

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De l’autre côté

61
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A fence

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La clôture

62
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A valley

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Une vallée

63
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Mud

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La boue

64
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Muddy

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Boueux (-se)

65
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Hot water bottle

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Une bouillotte

66
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The same

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Pareil (-eille)

67
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The ins and outs of something

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Les tenants et les aboutissants de quelque chose

68
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To be honest

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À vrai dire

69
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Scary

A

Effrayant

70
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The EU

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L’Union (f.) européenne (l’UE)

71
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To build something

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Bâtir quelque chose

72
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To rest

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Se reposer (avec être)

73
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An exhaust pipe

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Un tuyau d’échappement

74
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To cut, carve, engrave, sharpen, prune.

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Tailler

75
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Thorn

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Une épine

76
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A thumb, an inch

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Un pouce

77
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Obstinate

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Obstiné

78
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To disturb

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Déranger

79
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It seems to me that, I think that

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Il me semble que

80
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At least

A

Au moins

81
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It’ll take at least a week.

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Ça prendra au moins une semaine.

82
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A berry

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Une baie

83
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Besides, by the way, anyway

A

D’ailleurs

84
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To have a bit of a thing for something

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Avoir un faible pour quelque chose

85
Q

The moor

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La lande

86
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Don’t bother the nice man, Nicole.

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Ne dérange pas ce monsieur, Nicole.

87
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In the near future

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Dans un avenir proche