Chapter 10 Flashcards

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à la portée de

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within the reach of

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arriver/terminer premier

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to finish first

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battre

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to beat, break

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le classement

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ranking

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un(e) concurrent(e)

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competitor

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un coureur/une coureuse

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runner/cyclist

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une course

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race

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la défaite

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defeat, loss

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le défi

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challenge

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la douleur

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pain

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s’entrainer

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to train

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l’entraîneur/l’entraîneuse

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coach

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une épreuve (athlétique)

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an (athletic) event

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épuisant(e)

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grueling, exhausting

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faillire (+ inf)

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to almost (do something)

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un(e) fana de sport

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jock, an enthusiastic fan

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un match nul

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tied game

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prendre le dessus

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to get the upper hand

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la pression

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pressure

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se prouver

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to prove oneself

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le record du monde

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world record

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reprendre haleine

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to get one’s breath

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serré(e)

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tight, closely fought

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sportif/sportive

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athletic, fond of sports

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survivre (à) (pp: survécu)

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to survive

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un tournoi

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tournament

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une victoire

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win, victory

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attraper un coup de soleil

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to get sunburned

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avoir un accident de voiture

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to have a car accident

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conduire trop vite/rapidement

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to drive too fast

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échouer à/rater un examen

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to fail/flunk an exam

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être fauché(e)

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to be broke (out of money)

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être sans le sou

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to be without a penny

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ne pas mettre d’huile [f]/de lotion [f] solaire

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to not put on suntan oil/lotion

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oublier d’attacher/de mettre sa ceinture de sécurité

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to forget to fasten/put on one’s seatbelt

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sécher un cours

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to cut a class

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une comédie musicale

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musical

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l’éclairage [m]

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lighting

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l’entracte [m]

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intermission

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frapper les trois coups

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to knock three times (heard just before the curtain goes up in french theaters)

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jouer à guichets fermés

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to play to sold-out performances

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le metteur en scène

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stage director

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la mise en scène

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staging

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l’ouvreuse [f]

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usher

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une représentation

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performance

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(avoir) le trac

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(to have) stage fright

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la troupe

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cast

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un acteur/une actrice

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actor/actress

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un cinéaste

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filmmaker

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un(e) débutant(e)

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beginner

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le dénouement

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ending

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se dérouler/se passer

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to take place

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un film doublé

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dubbed film

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des genres de films

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types of films

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une comédie

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comedy

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un dessin animé

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cartoon

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un documentaire

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documentary

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un film d’amour

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love story

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un film d’animation

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animated film

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un film d’aventures

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adventure film

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un film d’épouvante

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horrow movie

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un film d’espionnage

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spy movie

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un film de guerre

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war movie

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un film policier

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police story, mystery story

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un western

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western

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un(e) interprète

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actor/actress

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les interprètes [m/f pl]

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cast

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l’intrigue [f]

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plot

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le personnage (principal)

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(main) character

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un producteur

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producer (who finances)

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le réalisateur/la réalisatrice

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director

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la réalisation

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production

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un retour en arrière

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flashback

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un(e) scénariste

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scriptwriter

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(avec) sous-titres [m pl]

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(with) subtitles

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le thème

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theme

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tourner un film

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to shoot a film

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la vedette

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star (male or female)

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en version originale (v.o.)

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in the original language

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avoir à voir avec

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to have something to do with

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C’est complet

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its sold out

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un compte rendu

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review (of film, play, book)

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un(e) critique de théâtre/de cinéma

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theater/movie critic

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un four

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flop

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un navet

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third-rate film

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réussi(e)

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succesful

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avouer

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to admit

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grossir/prendre des kilos

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to put on weight

89
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un rendez-vous avec un(e) inconnu(e)

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blind date

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ne pas se réveiller à temps

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to oversleep