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1
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painting (= activity)
painting (= picture)

A

peinture (f)
tableau (m)

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to miss
I miss you
Pierre misses Jeanne
She misses us.
I miss my son since he left to live in France.

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manquer à
Tu me manques
Jeanne manque à Pierre
Nous lui manquons
Mon fils me manque depuis qu’il est parti vivre en France.

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Sharp (music)
F sharp
The violin sounds a bit too sharp.

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dièse (adj., nm.); haut
F dièse
Le violon joue un peu trop haut.

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to buy groceries, to go shopping

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faire les courses

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cutlery

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les couverts

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movie trailer

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une bande-annonce de film

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7
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groceries

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les provisions

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to cross, to clear, to get over

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franchir

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to give a helping hand
I always give a helping hand to a friend in need.

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donner un coup de main
Je donne toujours un coup de main à un ami dans le besoin.

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to deepen
I want to deepen my understanding of French.

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approfondir
Je souhaite approfondir ma compréhension du français.

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11
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to look healthy and happy.

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avoir bonne mine

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range
a time range (from a to b)
price range

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forchette (nf.)
une forchette horaire
une forchette de prix

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13
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approximately

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approximativement, à peu près

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to join a group

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faire partie du groupe

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having trouble

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avoir du mal

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16
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anyway

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de toute façon

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17
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Notably, in part

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notamment

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18
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laundromat

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la laverie (automatique)

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more
He ought to work more. (= longer)
Can’t you stay longer?
There should be more training courses.
more than

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davantage/davantage de/davantage que
Il devrait travailler davantage. (= plus longtemps)
Tu ne peux pas rester davantage ?
Il faudrait davantage de stages de formation.
davantage que

20
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rise
rising prices
The forecast is for a slight rise in temperature.
upwards
rising

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hausse (nf)
la hausse des prix
On annonce une légère hausse de température.
à la hausse
en hausse

21
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an outcry

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un tollé

22
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to seem
to seem complicated
it does not look like much
you will sound like a really good student
he looks like he wants to go outside.
They look like (they are) competent bakers.
You look sad - you OK?
They look like they don’t like your cake.

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avoir l’air de
avoir l’air d’être compliqué
ça n’a l’air de rien
vous aurez l’air d’un très bon élève
Il a l’air de vouloir sortir.
Elles ont l’air de (d’être des) boulangères douées.
Tu as l’air triste, ça va?
Elles ont l’air de ne pas aimer ton gâteau.

23
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practice

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entrainement (m)

24
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to look like
She looks like Julie.

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rassembler à
Elle ressemble à Julie !

25
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phone call
to make a phone call

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un coup de fil
passer un coup de fil

26
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unnecessary, unneeded

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accessoire

27
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pancake, biscuit

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galette (f)

28
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piece, section
section of wall
shirt tail
whole sectors of sth

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pan (m)
pan de mur
pan de chemise
des pans entiers de qch [industrie, économie, santé]

29
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to be at fault
It was my fault because i did not stop at the stop sign and caused an accident

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être en tort
je suis en tort parce que je n’ai pas arrêté au stop et j’ai provoqué un accident.

30
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gifted, talented

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doué

31
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coat
to button my coat

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manteau (m)
buttoner mon manteau

32
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hat

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bonnet (m)

33
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boots
ankle boot
hiking boots

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botte (f)
bottine (f)
chasseur de marche

34
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sneakers

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tennis (m pl); baskets (f pl)

35
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to lace my shoes

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lacer mes chaussures

36
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weather forecast

A

la météo

37
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gas station

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une pompe à l’essence

38
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dressing room (in store)

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la cabine d’essayage

39
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a protest, demonstration

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Une manifestation

40
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cute
what a cute dog

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mignon
quel chien mignon

41
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to be able to afford

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en avoir les moyens

42
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to boast

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se faire mousser

43
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not worth it

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pas la peine

44
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to give it your all

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se donner à fond

45
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thin, skinny

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maigre

46
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quotation marks (inverted commas)

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les guillemets (m)

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Misc French Vocabulary (14 decks)

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