Communicating with Voice And Body Flashcards

1
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Speech

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La parole

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2
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To tell

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Raconter

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Come and tell me what happened to you

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Viens me raconter ce qui t’est arrivé

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4
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To state

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Déclarer

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5
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A statement

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Une déclaration

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To make a statement to the press

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Faire des déclarations devant les journalistes

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To convey

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Exprimer

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8
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To express oneself

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S’exprimer

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9
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To convey (literary)

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Traduire

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10
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To mention

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Mentionner

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11
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To mention in passing

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Faire mention de

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12
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A speech

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Un discours

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13
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Commentator

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Un commentateur (trice)

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14
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To speak directly to

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S’adresser à

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15
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To recite

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Réciter

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16
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To quote

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citer

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17
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To dictate

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Dicter

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18
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To speak with an accent

A

Parler avec l’accent

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19
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To be pronounced

A

Se pronouncer

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20
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To stutter (disability)

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Bégayer

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21
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To stutter (nerves)

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Bredouiller

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22
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To read aloud (badly)

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Ânonner

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23
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To pronounce one’s R’s the Parisian way

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Grasseyer

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24
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To role ones R’s

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Rouler les R

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To lisp
Zézayer
26
To whisper (discreet)
Chuchoter
27
To whisper (tenderly)
Susurrer
28
To interrupt
Coupler la parole à quelqu'un
29
To have a lisp
Avoir un cheveu sur la langue
30
Dont waste your breath
Ne perds pas ta salive
31
A sponsor
Un annonceur/ceuse
32
To be a witness
Témoigner
33
A report (journalism)
Un reportage
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To shout at
Apostropher
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To let fly at someone
Assener
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To moan, grumble
Râler
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To talk good sense
Parler d'or
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To give somebody a good telling off
Sonner les cloches à quelqu'un
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According to him
D'après lui or selon lui
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An explanation
Un explication
41
An interpreter
Un interprète
42
Interpreting
Un interprétariat
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It goes without saying that
Il va sans dire que
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Which accounts for the fact that
Ce qui explique que
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To yell
Hurler
46
A scream
Un hurlement
47
To roar
Rugir
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To screech
Glapir
49
To howl (baby)
Brailler
50
To bawl
Beugler
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To shout abuse
Vociférer
52
To complain
Se plaindre
53
A complaint
Une plainte
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I've had enough of his moaning
J'en ai assez d'entendre ses jérémiades
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Alas
Hélas
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To put questions to
Questionner
57
That's not the question
La question n'est pas là
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To ask for
Solliciter
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To make inquiries
Se renseigner
60
To beg
Supplier
61
I beg of you
Je t'en supplie
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To demand
Réclamer
63
A hotline
Une performance téléphonique
64
Answering machine
Un répondeur
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To answer (quickly)
Répliquer
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He's never at a loss for an answer
Il a réponse à tout
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To be argumentative
Discutailler
68
To put emphasis on
Mettre l'accent sur
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To repeat oneself
Radoter
70
To keep harping on
Rabâcher
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To give an encore
Bisser
72
Back to the drawing board
On efface tout et on recommence
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To swear
Jurer
74
A swear word
Un juron
75
Bastard
Un connard, une connasse
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To hear colourful language
En entendre des vertes et des pas mûres
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He used the F word
Les cinq lettres, le mot de Cambronne
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To have a natter
Papoter
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To have a word with sb about st
Toucher un mot à qqn de qqch
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To have a chat with
Tailler une bavette avec qqn
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To talk endlessly to someone
Tenir le crachoir
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On and on
Et patati et patata
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She's a real chatterbox
C'est un vrai moulin à paroles
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Piece of gossip
Un ragot, cancan, potin
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Rumour (politics, management)
Un bruit de couloir
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A slur
Une médisance
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To hear something on the grapevine
Apprendre quelque chose par le téléphone arabe
88
Hungarian
Hongrois
89
Romanian
Roumain
90
Czech
Tchèque
91
Turkish
Turc
92
To spell
Orthographier (formal) or épeler
93
Upper case/lower case
Majuscule/minuscule
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To mean
Vouloir dire
95
Nonsensical
Sans queue ni tête
96
To scrawl
Gribouiller
97
Legible
Lisible
98
Illegible scrawl
Les pattes de mouche
99
In block letters
En script
100
Let me speak!
Laissez-moi parler