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Class 3 Flashcards

1
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un paysagiste

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a landscaper

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comblé de cadeaux

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showered with gifts

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une serre

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greenhouse

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une véranda

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a conservatory

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une piqûre

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jab, injection

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ça me fait du bien

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its good for me

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une aiguille

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needle

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La Turquie

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Turkey

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servir de cobaye

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act as a guinea pig

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une omoplate

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shoulder blade

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un sac à bandoulière

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a shoulder bag

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12
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une bandoulière

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strap

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13
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une fête foraine

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a fair

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14
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L’EVG

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bachelor party ( enterrement de vie de garçon)

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15
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se comporter

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to behave

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16
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ringard

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old fashioned

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17
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gâcher

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to spoil, to ruin, to squander

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18
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imbattable

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unbeatable

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19
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jouer aux échecs

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to play chess

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20
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lâche

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cowardly

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21
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tenir les engagements

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honour one’s promises/commitments

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s’engager à

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to take responsibility for, to commit to, to be in charge of

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ranger les affaires

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to tidy things up

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24
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éparpillé

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scattered

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gérant(e)

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manager (bar, restaurant, etc)

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un(e) gestionnaire

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manager (bank)

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un crochet

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a hook

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28
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un clou

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a nail

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29
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fouiner

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poke around, to rummage

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30
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un mannequin

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a model

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31
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engagé

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committed, involved

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32
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l’avortement

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abortion

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33
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les réfugiées

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refugees

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34
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indélébile

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permanent

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35
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une empreinte

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mark, print (footprint, fingerprint)

36
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la tombe

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grave/tomb

37
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attrister

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to make sad

38
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la rouge à lèvres

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lipstick

39
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se raviser

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to change your mind

40
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un hôte/une hôtesse

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a host

41
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en coulisses

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behind the scenes

42
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un sportif/une sportive

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a sportsperson

43
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un(e) athlète

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athlete- plutôt professioniel

44
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un milliard

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a billion

45
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gonfler

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to inflate, to balloon

46
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la volonté

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1) the will, drive, passion 2) the collective decision/desire

47
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sonner le glas

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sound the death knell

48
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ces derniers temps

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recently

49
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ramasser

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to pick up, to gather

50
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coupable

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guilty, responsible

51
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l’approbation

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the approval

52
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approuver

A

to approve

53
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réfléchir à deux fois

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to think twice

54
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l’ADN

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DNA

55
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décourager

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to discourage

56
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entrer dans les mœurs

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to be widely accepted

57
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traquer

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to track

58
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édenté

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without teeth

59
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le dentrifice

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toothpaste

60
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le fil dentaire

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floss

61
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avoir un dent contre qqn

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to have a grudge against someone

62
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pousser

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to grow, to push

63
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un mime

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a meme (instagram)

64
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en même temps

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at the same time

65
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une crotte

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turd, poop

66
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émballé

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thrilled, taken with

67
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déroutant

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1) disconcerting, disturbing 2) puzzling, confusing

68
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un(e) scénariste

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scriptwriter/screenwriter

69
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un cachet

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fee (for an artist)

70
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les honoraires

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fee (for a lawyer, doctor)

71
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les frais

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expenses

72
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les droits d’auteur

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royalties

73
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réaliser des bénéfices

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to make profit

74
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C’est le jour et la nuit.

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It’s day and night

75
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subtil(e)

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subtle

76
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avoir les coudées franches

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to have free reign/to be free to

77
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se casser les dents sur qqch

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to hit a brick wall, to be unable to solve something

78
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le contenu

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the content

79
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Il/Elle fait la pluie et le beau teamps

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he calls all the shots/imposes his power and can change everything

80
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être mauvaise langue

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to be gossipy/kinda bitchy

81
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la fourrure

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Fur

82
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raide

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Tense, stiff, straight (hair)

83
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tandis que

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while

84
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essuyer

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to wipe

85
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une lueur

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A glow

Cactus Upper Intermediate (5 decks)

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