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Comme Une Francaise Flashcards

1
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T’inquiéte

A

Don’t worry

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Pas de souci

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No problem

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Aucun problème

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No problem

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Y’a pas de souci

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No problem

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une égratignure

une éraflure

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a scratch

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Comme d’habitude

Comme d’hab

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As usual

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Á la bonne franquette

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With no pretension

Simple, enjoying life

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Quoi de neuf?

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What’s new?

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Un raccourci

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a shortcut

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au fait

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By the way

prounce the t

almost always at begining of sentence, sometimes end

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11
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d’ailleurs

A

By the way

I’m thinking

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en fait

A

Actually

pronounce the t

often singled out by commas

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actuellement

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now

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actuel

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current

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15
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revenons à nos moutons

A

Let’s return to the topic at hand.

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16
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en réalité

effectivement

A

actually

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17
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le fait

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the fact

don’t pronounce the t

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18
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C’est bien fait pour toi.

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You deserve that.

Negative connotation - not for a good occurrence

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la fête

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a party

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s’effacer

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to step, move aside

to fade (photograph, cloth…)

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dès

dès que possible

A

as soon as
when followed by a condition or starting point in the near future

as soon as possible

s is silent

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depuis

A

since, also from

Il nous appelle depuis Paris.

also could be “de Paris”

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Ça fait [duration] que [action]

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[action] has been going on for [duration]

24
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à partir de

A

starting from, since

25
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entre quelle heure et quelle heure?

entre quand et quand?

A

between what times?

26
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une forchette

une forchette horaire
une forchette de prix

A

a range

a time range
a price range

27
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approximativement

à peu près

en gros (familiar)

à la louche (familiar)

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approximately, about

roughly, basically

28
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allô

A

standard introduction for video or phone call

doesn’t mean hello, just makes sure someone is there

29
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les salamalecs

A

excessively long greetings

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euh

A

french for “um”

colloquial for whining

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ouais

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yeah, maybe a little uncertain, no ironically

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les yéyés

A

french baby boomers

33
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nan

A

no counterpqrt of ouais

34
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mouais

A

uncertain response

35
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Hein?

A

surprise, confusing response

close to quoi?

At the end of a statment means “right?” but more definitive.

36
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et puis voilà quoi

A

expresses you have arrived at the end of your thougt, story, point

37
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envoyer du pâté, lourd, gros, steak

Ça envoie du pâté.

A

to be awsome, to kick butt

That’s great.

38
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Tu me manque.

Je te manque.

A

You are missing from me. Instead of “I miss you.”

You miss me.

39
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Il ne fallait pas.

Vous n’auriez pas dû.

A

he shouldn’t have

you don’t have to

40
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petit

A

small but also simple in a good way

may express false modesty

41
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plural rule 1

A

add an s

adjectives also become plural

42
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plural rule 2

A

words ending in s, x or z don’t change

43
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plural rule 3

A
  • eau, -au, -eu all add an x

- al becomes -aux

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plural rule 4

A 
bijou(x)   jewelry
caillou(x). rocks
chou(x)  cabbage
genou(x) knees
hibou(x) owls
joujou(x) toys
pou(x) lice
all male nouns
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plural rule 5

A

un oiel, deux yeux
un porte-monnaie, des porte-monnaie
un arc-en-ciel (rainbow), des arcs-en-ciel
un amour, un orgue, un délice - male singular, feminine plural

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venir

A

to come
i just did this
more general than arriver
3rd group verb

47
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arriver

A 
to arrive
more specific than  venir
close to réussir (to manage)
can mean to happen or occur
1st group verb
48
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le ménage

A

house cleaning

49
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apprivoiser

A

to tame an animal, not by force, to be a friend

similar to dompter

can be used to mean taking time to make a friend

50
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le dépaysement

A

seeing things you are not familar with in a good way

51
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le ras-le-bol

A

the feeling of anger, frustration about to errupt about a situation

feed up

52
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râler

A

complaining

more forceful than se peindre (to complain)

noun form: un râleur

53
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les retrouvailles

A

plural, femine noun

people who reunite

54
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tartiner

A

to spread something (like butter)

une tartine: a piece of something with something else spread on it

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