Ch. 1 Flashcards

1
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Une fac

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College, university

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La remise des diplômes

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Graduation

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La licence

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Bachelor’s Degree

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Le master, la maîtrise

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master’s degree

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le doctorat

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PhD

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l’enseignement supérieur

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higher education

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la fac de droit

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law school

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un cours magistral

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lecture class

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un cours en amphi(théâtre)

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lecture class

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la fac de médecine

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medical school

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l’inscription

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registration

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12
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une matière

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subject

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13
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les frais universitaires

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tuition & fees

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assister à / suivre un cours de

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to attend (a class)

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aller à / être étudiant à / étudier à / faire des études à

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to attend (an institution)

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être en première, deuxième, troisème, quatrième année

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to be a freshman, sophomore, junior, senior

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obtenir un diplôme

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to graduate

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se spécialiser en / être étudiante en / faire des études de

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to major in something

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faire des études d’ingénieur

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to major in engineering / to get a engineering degree

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faire des études d’infirmier

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to major in nursing / to get a nursing degree

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avoir/préparer/faire une sous-spécialisation en

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to minor in something

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22
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réussir un examen

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to pass an exam

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s’inscrire (à la fac, à un cours)

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to register (at an university, for a class)

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suivre un cours

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to take a class

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25
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passer un examen

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to take an exam

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26
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agaçant(e)

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irritating, annoying

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à l’aise/mal à l’aise

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at ease / ill at ease

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amoureux (-euse) (de)

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in love (with)

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amusant(e)

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amusing

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angoissé(e)

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anxious

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asocial(e)

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antisocial

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calme

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calm

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coléreux (-euse)

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prone to anger

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confus(e)

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confused

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désordonné(e)

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messy (for a person or a place)

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discipliné(e)

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disciplined

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émotif(-ive)

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emotional (for a person)

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enrichissant(e)

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rewarding, fulfilling

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39
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étranger (-ère)

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foreign

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40
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gentil(le)

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kind

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immature

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immature

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42
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inconnu(e)

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unknown

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43
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insupportable

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unbearable

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44
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lesbienne

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lesbian

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45
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maniaque

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particular, fussy

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mûr(e)

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mature

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47
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naïf (-ive)

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naive

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ordonné(e)

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clean, orderly (for a person or a place)

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ouvert(e) (à)

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open (to)

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50
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perdu(e)

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lost

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51
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propre

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clean

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réservé(e)

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reserved

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53
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sale

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dirty

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54
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sérieux(-euse)

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serious

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sociable

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sociable

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stéréotypé(e)

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stereotypical

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travailleur (-euse)

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hardworking

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58
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vieux jeu (invariable)

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old fashioned

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59
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une auberge

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inn

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60
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une baignoire

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bathtub

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61
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une bourse

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scholarship

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62
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la bureaucratie

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bureaucracy

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63
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une caricature

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caricature

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64
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un cliché

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cliché

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65
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la cohabitation

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living together

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66
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un(e) colocataire

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housemate/roommate

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67
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la colocation

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sharing the rent, shared rental

68
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un CV (curriculum vitae)

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résumé

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le désorde

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mess

70
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un dossier

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file, dossier

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un écrivain

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writer

72
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les effets spéciaux

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special effects

73
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un entretien d’embauche

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job interview

74
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un formulaire

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form

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une image numérique

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digital image

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un(e) inconnu(e)

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stranger

77
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la langue maternelle

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native language

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une lettre de motivation

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statement of purpose

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un logement

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place to live, housing

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le loyer

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rent

81
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la maturité

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maturity

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l’ordre

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tidiness, order

83
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l’ouverture d’esprit

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open-mindedness

84
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un poste

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position, job

85
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un prêt

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loan

86
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un programme d’échange

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exchange program

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un(e) propriétaire

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owner, landlord

88
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un récit d’éducation/d’apprentissage/de formation

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a coming of age story

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un réfrigérateur (frigo)

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refrigerator

90
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un règle

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ruler, rule, regulation

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un rendez-vous

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appointment, date

92
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un séjour

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stay

93
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un stéréotype

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stereotype

94
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les tâches ménagères

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household tasks

95
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un tournant

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turning point

96
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la voix off

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voice over

97
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avoir du mal à faire quelque chose

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to have difficulties doing something

98
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avoir le coup de foudre

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to fall in love at first sight

99
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blesser

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to hurt; to hurt someone’s feelings

100
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cohabiter

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to live together

101
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emménager

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to move in

102
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faire la connaissance de qqn

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to meet someone

103
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faire une demande de

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to apply for

104
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faire le ménage

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to do housework

105
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héberger

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to put (someone) up

106
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louer

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to rent; to lease

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manque à qqn

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to be missed by someone

108
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nettoyer

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to clean

109
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parler couramment

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to speak fluently

110
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partager

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to share

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participer (à)

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to take part (in)

112
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permettre à qqn de faire quelque chose

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to allow someone to do something

113
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plaire à qqn

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to be liked by someone

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quitter (une personne, un endroit)

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to leave (a person, a place)

115
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recevoir

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to receive, to get

116
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remplir

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to fill, to fill out

117
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rompre (avec)

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to break up (with)

118
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s’adapter (à)

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to adapt (to)

119
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s’entendre (bien)

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to get along (well)

120
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se fâcher (contre qqn)

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to get angry (at someone)

121
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se familiariser avec

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to familiarize oneself with

122
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se quitter

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to say good-bye; to separate

123
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se retrouver

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to meet again; to see one another again

124
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se sentir + adjectif

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to feel + adjective

125
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s’habituer à

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to get used to

126
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s’identifier à

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to identify with

127
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supporter

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to stand; to bear

128
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ailleurs

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elsewhere

129
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à l’étranger

A

abroad

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en désordre

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messy (for a place)

131
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en ordre

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clean, orderly (for a place)

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le bordel

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chaos, mess

133
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la galère

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hell

134
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une meuf

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une femme

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un toubib

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un médecin

136
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baragouiner

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mal parler une langue

137
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bouffer

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manger

138
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débarquer

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arriver

139
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embêter

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ennuyer (to bother, to annoy)

140
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galérer

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passer des moments difficiles

141
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paumer

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perdre

142
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plaquer qqn

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rompre avec qqn

143
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s’éclater

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s’amuser beaucoup

144
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s’engueler

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se disputer

145
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se tirer

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s’en aller, partir

146
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coincé(e)

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très mal à l’aise (inhibited)

147
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cool

A

bien

148
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dégueulasse

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très sale, dégoûtant(e)

149
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gaulois(e)

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français(e)

150
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mortel(le)

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très ennuyeux (-euse)

151
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sympa

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sympathique

152
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vachement

A

très

153
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un accéléré

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fast action

154
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la Bourse

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stock exchange

155
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le cerveau

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brain

156
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un examen par IRM (imagerie par résonance magnétique)

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MRI

157
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une mouche

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fly

158
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un neurologue

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neurologist

159
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une panne d’électricité

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power failure

160
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un split screen

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split screen

161
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un téléphérique

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cable car

162
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le tiers-monde

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third world

163
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le vertige (avoir le vertige)

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vertigo; dizziness (to be dizzy)

164
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avoir le mal du pays

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to be homesick

165
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faire des analyses

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to undergo medical tests

166
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s’évanouir

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to faint