Day 1 woRDOS Flashcards

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1
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machine gun

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mitrailler

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machinery

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la machinerie

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to magnify

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grossir/ amplifier

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mainstream

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dominant/ principal/ traditionel

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you can’t make me

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tu ne peux pas m’y forcer

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it makes it

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il doit beaucoup à

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to make up

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mettre fin à

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to make up the difference

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compenser/ combler

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9
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malicious gossip

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les médisances

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10
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manageable

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raisonnable/ soluble

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mango

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la mangue

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man kind

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le genre humain

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dirty

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cradingue

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mannerism

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trait particulier

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however many

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quel que soit le nombre

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16
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marketable

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commercialisable

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on your mark, get set, go

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à vos marques, prêts, partez

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18
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marshall

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maréchal

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19
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to mash

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broyer

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20
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match box

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un boîte d’allumettes

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21
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to bring to

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amener

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22
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to take

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emmener

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23
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to declare that one understands a book

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déclarer comprendre

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24
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to deny

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nier avoir faire quelque chose

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25
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to admit one was wrong

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reconnaître s’être trompé

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26
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to count on

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compter faire

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27
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désirer dormoir un peu

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to want to sleep a bit

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28
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to tell the truth

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dire la vérité

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29
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to get ready to

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s’apprêter à

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30
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to commit onself to

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se borner à

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31
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to conspire to

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conspirer à

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32
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to limit oneself to

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se limiter à

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33
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to stick to doing something

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s’en tenir à

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34
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to prefer

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aimer mieux

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35
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to count on starting

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compter commencer

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36
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to turn out to be

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s’avérer

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to persist

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persister à

38
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to panic

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s’affoler à

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to risk loosing everything

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risquer de tout perdre

40
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to manage to get

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arriver à obtenir

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to be inclined to

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être disposé à

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to hesitate to

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hésiter à

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to give up on the idea of

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renoncer à

44
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verbs expressing dedication of time/ money to doing something take

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à

eg consacrer ses loisirs à faire des croquis

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to allude to

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faire allusion à

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persistent

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persévérant

47
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phase

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une phase/ staffe

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find or unearth

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dénicher

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pick apart or peel

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décortriquer

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to sort

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trier

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piece toegther

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rassembler

52
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picture library

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photothèque

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to pile on

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rajouter

54
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to pinch

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pincer qn

55
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pipe

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tuyau

56
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to piss off

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foutre le camp!

57
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piss about

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glandouiller

58
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plump

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replète

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misleading

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trompeux

60
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in love

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amoureux

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playful

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joueur

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observant

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observateur

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in comparison with

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en comparison avec

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it all depends on

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tout dépende de

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J’estime que

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I think that

66
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at least that is my opinion

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c’est du moins mon opinion

67
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what I like most

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ce que j’aime par-dessus tout

68
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i find it hard to

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Il m’est pénible

69
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He doesn’t mind

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il s’en fout/ fiche

70
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in such a way that

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de façon que + subj

71
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supposing that

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à supposer que + subj

72
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a house for sale

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une maison à vendre

73
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frying pan

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une poêle à frire

74
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a dining room

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une salle à manger

75
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to be in the mood

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être d’humeur à faire

76
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blood pressure

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pression/ tension artérielle

77
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blood group

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groupe sanguin

78
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blissful

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bienherueux

79
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block out

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empêcher de passer/ boucher

80
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to brag

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se vanter

81
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to brighten

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égayer

82
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bring it on

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on fonce

83
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bring together

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mettre en contact

84
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brisk

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vif/ rapide

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bristly

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hiruste

86
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bulky

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volumineux

87
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buy into

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investir dans

88
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but into

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intervenir

89
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by the way

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au fiat

90
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buzzer

A

sonnerie/ interphone