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Chapter 1, Vocabulary Flashcards

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1
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Tout d’abord

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First off

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A vrai dire, en réalité

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As a matter of fact

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En fait

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In fact

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En outre/de plus

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Moreover

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En ce qui concerne…

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As far as … is concerned

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Cependant

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However

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Est tiré de

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Is taken from

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Dans la mesure où

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Insofar as

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Est un extrait de

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Is an extract from

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En effet

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Indeed

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L’anglais est une nécessité/un atout

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English is a must/asset

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Voyager dans le monde entier

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Travel around/all over the world

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Engager la conversation avec des étrangers

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Strike up a conversation with foreigners

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Devenir ami avec eux

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Befriend/make friend with them

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Se perdre/perdre ses repères

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get lost/lose your bearings

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Un emploi dans le monde entier

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A job worldwide

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L’anglais facilite ainsi

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English thus makes it easier

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Entretien d’embauche

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Job interview/when they apply for a job

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Imaginaire/fictifs

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Imaginary/fictitious/fictional

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Films d’horreur

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Scary/spooky movies

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Chacun d’entre nous

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Each and every one of us

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Démons intérieurs

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Inner demons

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Dissimuler

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Conceal

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Conscient de

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Aware of

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Se battre contre|avec… eux

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Battle with/fight against/struggle with/cope with them

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Le reflet de l’humanité

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The reflection of humanity/mankind

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Incarner/représenter

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Embody/stand for

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Défauts

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Flaws/defects

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Sortir

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Pop out/come out

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Être confronté a des difficultés

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be faced with difficulties/hardships

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Une souffrance profonde

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Deep suffering pain

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Évènements traumatisants

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Traumatic/traumatising events

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Prendre le dessus/l’emporter

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Take the upper hand/prevail

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La scène se déroule

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The scene takes place/is set at

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Un chateau en ruine

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ruined/dilapidated/crumbling castle

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Maudit

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Cursed

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Transformé en

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Turned into

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Pour vaincre

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To defeat/win out over

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Massacrant sa bien aimée

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Slaughtering his beloved

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Temps orageux

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Stormy weather

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Éprouvant pour les nerfs

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Nerve-racking

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Atmosphère tendue

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Tense atmosphere

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Qui réside dans l’extrait

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that lies/prevails in the extract

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Il pleut à verse (pluie) / il pleut beaucoup

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It is pouring (rain) / raining heavily

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Entouré d’éclairs

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Surrounded by lightnings

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Brume/brouillard

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Mist/fog

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Le tonnerre gronde

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The thunder is rumbling

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Coups de tonnerre

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Thunderclaps

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Aspect sombre

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Gloomy aspect

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Faible luminosité

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Dim light/half-extinguished light

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Les bougies et les flammes

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The candles and the blazes

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Évoque

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Reminiscent/evocative of (reminds us of)

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Moine

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Monk/clergyman

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Une jeune femme vulnérable/en détresse

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A vulnerable young maid/ a damsel in distress

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Au nom de…

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In the name of…

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Laissez vos démons intérieurs s’exprimer librement pour surmonter les obstacles.

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Let your inner demons run loose/free to overcome the obstacles

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Faire face/se débrouiller avec

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To face/deal with/cope with

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Donner les moyens d’agir

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Empower

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Dépasser ses peurs

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Get over/overcome your fears

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Doté

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Endowed

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A cause de/en raison de

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Due to/because

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Aspect monstrueux

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Monstrous aspect

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Réprimer leurs sentiments

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Repress their feelings

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Prévenir leurs démons intérieurs

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Prevent their inner demons

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A prévalu sur/ pris le dessus sur

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Prevailed over

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Réalisation d’une expérience scientifique

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Carried out a scientific experiment

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Assemblé diverses parties du corps

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Assembled various body parts

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Sinistre

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Grim

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Atmosphère désagréable

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Unpleasant atmosphere

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l’ambiance du passage

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The mood of the passage

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L’entre-deux

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Inbetweenness

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Ni considéré comme mort, ni comme vivant

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Neither considered dead nor alive

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Être pris au piège dans un monde entre la vie et la mort

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To be trapped in a world between life and death

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Cette idée est soulignée par

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This idea is highlighted / emphasized by

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Sentiments mitigés

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Mixed feelings

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Il est tiraillé/déchiré entre

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He is torn between

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Fierté

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Pride

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Engagé/dévoué

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Commited/devoted

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Fini

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Ended up

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Un échec

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A failure

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Antithèses/idées contradictoires

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Antithesis/contradictory ideas

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attrayant/appréciable

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attractive/appealing

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Entrer en contact avec/prendre contact avec

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To get in touch with/reach out to

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Par peur et par dégoût

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Out of fear and disgust

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Déni de paternité

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Denial of paternity

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