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Chapter 2.2 Flashcards

1
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calamité [kalamite]

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f. calamity (Unglück), catastrophe, disaster

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broadband

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m. le haut débit

[ le débit = flow ]

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déglutir [deglytir]

[ > 3 ]

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to swallow, to gulp
[ > avaler ]
[ > ravaler - to clean, to swallow, to stifle, to lower ]
[ > engloutir - to swallow up, to engulf, to devour, to gobble up, to wolf dowb, to go down, to sink down ]

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4
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spare time

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(+ leisure)
m. le loisir
(le passe-temps)

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merveilleux (f merveilleuse) [mɛrvɛjø, øz]

[ > 2 ]

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marvellous, wonderful (fantastique, formidable)

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to drink without letting one’s lips touch the bottle

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boire à la régalade

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to make cutting remarks at sb

[ > 1 ]

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lancer des piques à quelqu’un

[ des réflexions acerbes ]

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8
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website

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le site Web

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trip

[ > 4 ]

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(+ tour, jaunt [Ausflug, Spritztour], go for a ride / drive)
f. une virée [vire]
(une promenade, une balade, une excursion, un voyage)

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10
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to end in

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(+ to result in, to lead to)

aboutir à

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11
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link

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m. un lien

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to delay

[ > 2 ]

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(+ to take a long time to)
tarder
> le retard
> s’attarder - to linger, to stay late, to dawdle
> s’attarder sur - to linger over, to dwell on ]

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13
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melting

> 2

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[+ thawing (Auftauen) (la glace) ]
f. la fonte

[ > fondre - to melt, to dissolve, to blend, to merge ]
[ > fuser - to gush/spurt/stream/burst out, to melt, to burn slowly ]

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14
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crown

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(+ circle, ring)

f. une couronne [kurɔn]

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15
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oak

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m. le chêne [ʃɛn]

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to haunt

[ > 1 ]

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(+ to obsess, importune (belästigen, bedrängen, zur Last fallen)
obséder

[ tourmenter - to torment, to harass, to ill-treat, to haunt, to plague (la jalousie)]

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17
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loudly

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(+ noisily)

bruyamment [brɥijamɑ̃]

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18
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cask

[ > 1 ]

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m. le fût [fy]

( = Fass, Tonne), barrel [ un tonneau ]

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19
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obviously

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(+ of course, needless to say)

évidemment [evidamɑ̃]

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20
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future

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m. l’avenir

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to swallow

[ > 3 ]

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(+ to devour, to drink, to inhale)
avaler
( > déglutir, engloutir, ravaler )

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22
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password

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m. un mot de passe

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23
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feather

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f. une plume

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24
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fossé

[ > 4 ]

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m. ditch (une tranchée - trench), gap, gulf, trough (la géographie)
[ un écart, une lacune ]
[ > un trou - hole, gap, tear, rip, little place, deficit, grave ]

25
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tune

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m. un air

26
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uprising

[ > 1 ]

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(= Aufstand, Erhebung, Ansteigen)
m. le soulèvement [sulɛvmɑ̃]

[ != le prélèvement - sample, swab, deduction, levy (Abgaben, Steuer, Eintreibung, Beschlagnahme) ]

27
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to be a thing of the past

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(+ it’s all in the past / behind us now)

c’est du passé

28
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ship >3

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(+ vessel)

m. un navire, un vaisseau, un bateau

29
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mouse

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f. une souris

30
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this ladder made of metal is the heaviest one

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cette échelle en métal est la plus lourde

31
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education

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m. un enseignement

32
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pièce

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f. piece, bit, part, patch, item, room, coin (l’argent. m.)

33
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to buy

[ > 1 ]

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(+ to purchase, to acquire, to obtain, to develop [une habitude] )
acquérir [akerir]
> acheter

34
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since it is necessary to

[ > 1 ]

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[+ even if it means that (au risque de) ]

quitte à

35
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contemptuous

[ > 5 ]

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[+ scornful (verächtlich, höhnisch, spöttisch), disdainful ]
dédaigneux (f dédaigneuse) [dedɛɲø, øz]

[le mépris - contempt, disdain, scorn ]
[ > mépriser - narquois,e]
[ > une raillerie / un persiflage - mocking, scoffing ]

36
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to write

> 2

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(+ to draw up, to compose)
rédiger [rediʒe]
> écrire
> concevoir - to conceive, to see, to understand, to design, to develop, to compose

37
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crew
[ > 2 ]
[ > une phrase ]

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(+ retinue [un cortège, la suite], equipment)
m. l’équipage [ekipaʒ]

[ > la suite - continuation, follow up, sequel, rest, next, series, succession, retinue, coherence, consequence ]
> je n’ai pas pu entendre la suite - I couldn’t hear the rest

38
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crétin, crétine [kretɛ̃, in]
> une phrase
> un synonyme

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m./f. imbécile [ɛ̃besil]

> il est un crétin hors concours

39
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gas tanker

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m. le méthanier

40
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to take place in / at

[ > 1 ]

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avoir lieu à

[ > se dérouler - to unroll, to unwind, to take place, to be going on, to develop, to progress ]

41
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inheritance

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(+ heritage)

m. le patrimoine [patrimwan]

42
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decree

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(= Urteil, Entscheid, Erlass, Verfügung)

m. un décret

43
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partisan (f partisane) [partizɑ̃, an]

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m. supporter, partisan (Anhänger, Parteigänger)

44
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cheap

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bon marché

45
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this computer is the lightest one

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cet ordinateur est le plus léger

46
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to act

[ > 1 ]

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(+ to behave)
se comporter
[ > agir ]

47
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@ sign

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m. un arobase

48
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exciting

[ > 3 ]

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(+ elating [elation = Begeisterung, Erregung] )
exaltant,e
[ > palpitant - thrilling, exciting, quivering, trembling ]
[ > excité, agité ]

49
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handshake

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f. une poignée de main

50
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bouseux, bouseuse
[ > 1 ]
[ != 1 ]

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m./f. hick, bumpkin (Bauer, Landei)
[ != boueux,se - muddy, smudged ]
[ > un malotru - scoundrel, oaf, bumpkin ]

51
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shooting
[ avec une caméra ]
[ != 1 ]

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(+ filming)
m. le tournage
[ != la fusillade ]

52
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to pay cash

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payer en espèces

53
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unthinkable

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impensable

54
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amazement

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(+ astonishment)

f. la stupeur [stypɶr]

55
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anything

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(+ nonsense, whatever)

n’importe quoi

56
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printer

[ > 3 ]

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f. une imprimante [ɛ̃primɑ̃t]
[ > imprimer ]
[ != un sceau, une empreinte ]

57
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traffic

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f. la circulation

+ circulation, spread, movement

58
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to miss

> 3

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[+ to flunk (un examen) (durchfallen, durchfliegen) ]
louper
> rater, échouer
> flancher - to fail, to waver, to quit

59
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to fight

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(+ to fight, to struggle, to wrestle)
(contre / pour) lutter
[ > se débattre ]

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