CLASS VOCAB 1 Flashcards

1
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décortiquer

A

to de-husk

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se recroqueviller

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to snuggle up

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3
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une version

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translation from french to english

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4
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le thème

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translation from english to french (aka prose)

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5
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sigle

A

accronym

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au-delà

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beyond

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tatillon

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pedantic

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8
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un échantillon

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a sample

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9
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le linge

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the washing

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10
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l’étouffement

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padding

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11
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abordable

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affordable, manageable

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croître

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to grow

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13
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soit

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either

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14
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le dépouillement

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the stripping away

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15
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le défi

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the challenge

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16
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à la une

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on the front pages of the newspaper

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17
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la charnière

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the hinge

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18
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des mœurs, du comportement

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behaviour

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fidèle

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faithful

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20
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vouloir dire

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to mean

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21
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dite

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so-called

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22
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dans l’Hexagon

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in france

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23
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beaucoup de
de nombreux(euses) 
maint(e)s
A

lots of

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24
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élargie

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extended

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entraver
to hinder
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pression sociale
social pressure
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reposer
to put back/to repeat/to rest
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souder
to weld
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autour
around
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répandu(e)
widespread, common
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ne____aucun
not any
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consommation
consumption
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constater
to notice
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un schéma
diagram/trend, pattern
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reticent
reluctant
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la gestation pour autrui
surrogacy
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se devoir de
to feel duty bound to
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se rencontrer
to meet (again)
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banalisé
normalised
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dû à
due to, owing to
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l’intimité
privacy
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rompre
to break
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un échec
failure
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il faut que je fasse...
i must do...
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également
equally, also
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effrayant
scary
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le chagrin
grief, sorrow
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une emprise
influence
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une âme
(figurative) heart / soul, spirit
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délaisser
to abandon/neglect
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déraper
to slip, drift, go out of control
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la mise
appearance
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amorcer
to start
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d’abord
first
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le recul
a drop/recoil
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un essor
a rise
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une ouverture
opening
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s’inscrire (dans...)
to enrol in/(to fit in with)
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se dessiner
to appear
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une échelle
scale/level/ladder
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témoigner
to testify, bear witness to
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un sondage
a survey
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rédiger
to write (sophisticated, like an essay or novel)
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être en train de...
to be in the process of
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devoir avouer de...
to have to admit that...
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courir
to run
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aborder
to tackle
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fou (folle)
crazy
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repèrer
to spot
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sous entendue
implied
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il y a belle lurette
ages ago
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vendre la mèche
to let the cat out of the bag
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se mettre à
to begin
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la nourrice
nurse/nanny
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le parole
spoken word
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un câlin
a cuddle
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tousser
to cough
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un piège
a trap/pitfall
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passer une nuit blanche
to have a sleepless night
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le biberon
baby bottle
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revenons à nos moutons
let’s get back on topic
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faire le bilan de la situation
to take stock of the situation
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la serrurerie
locksmith
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une tache
a stain
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une tâche
a task
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s’entremêler
to mix up
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néanmoins
nevertheless
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pourtant
however
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bondir
to bounce,leap,jump
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le niveau de vie
standard of living
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un diplôme
a qualification
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un ménage
a household
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la pauvreté
poverty
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se mettre en couple
to get together
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grandir
to grow (taller)
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un parrain
godfather
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au fil du temps
over time
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à peine OU ne____guère
hardly/barely
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venir à l’esprit
to come to mind
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se considérer
to consider oneself