Customs and Festivals Flashcards

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1
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A procession

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Un défilé

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A public holiday

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Un jour férié

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Mass

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La messe

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Whitsuntide

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La Pentecôte

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A meeting

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Une réunion

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To hang (a picture)

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Accrocher une image

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A joke

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Un blague

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A bauble

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Une boule de Noël

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Pancake day

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La Chandeleur

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To hurry

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Dépêcher

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Turkey

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La dinde

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12
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Celebrations

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Les festives (f)

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13
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An oyster

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Une huître

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The Dough

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La pâte

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15
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To relax

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Reposer

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Christmas Eve

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Réveillon de Noël

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17
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A Christmas tree

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Un sapin

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18
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A birthday

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Un anniversaire

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19
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To consume

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Consomner

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20
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To be a believer

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Être croyant(e)

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21
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The midnight mass

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La messe de minuit

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22
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To offer

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Offrir

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23
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To be eager/anxious (to)

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Avoir hâte (de)

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24
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A present/gift

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Un cadeau

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25
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To keep

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Conserver

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To decorate

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Décorer

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27
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To settle in

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S’installer

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28
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To open

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Ouvrir

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29
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To gather

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Réunir

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30
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A circus act

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Un numéro de cirque

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31
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Easter

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Le Pacques

32
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To succeed

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Reussir

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To disappoint

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Decevoir

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A wink

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Un clin d’œil

35
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Pure

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Pur

36
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Wet/damp

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Mouillé

37
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What luck!

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Quelle chance!

38
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Somewhere

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Quelquepart

39
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Clear

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Clair

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Leave (of work)

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Un congé

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After having [past participle]

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Àpres avoir ….

42
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To have just (done something)

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Venir de (verb)

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I’ve been told that

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On m’a dit que

44
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Almost

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Quansi/presque

45
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To come from

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Provenir

46
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Caution

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La prudence

47
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Information

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Les renseignements

48
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To be passionate

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Se passioner

49
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A (wide) range

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Une gamme (vaste)

50
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Moreover

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D’ailleurs

51
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A level

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Un niveau

52
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A purchase

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Un achat

53
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To get lost

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Égarer

54
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A ship

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Un navire

55
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To win

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Gagner/Remporter

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Diving

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La plongée

57
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A wave

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Une vague

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Glass

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Le verre

59
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To knit

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Tricoter

60
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In the middle of nowhere

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Au milieu de nulle part

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A journey

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Un trajet/un voyage

62
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A purse

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Un porte-marraie

  • this is sus bc apparantly it means godmother
63
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To have played for everything

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Avoir tout payé

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Fancy/stylish

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Chic

65
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To dine

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Dîner

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To give someone a lift

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S’accompagner en voiture

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Sledging

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La louge

68
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Same

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Même/Pareil(le)

69
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Previously

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Auparavant

70
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Besides

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Outre

71
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Except

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Sauf/ Hormis

72
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Clever

A

Malin

73
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To annoy

A

Enerver/Agacer

74
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A funfair/carnival

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Une fête foraine

75
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Same

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Pareil