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December 2A Flashcards

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1
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coudre

A

to sew

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2
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une scie

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a saw

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3
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plier

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to fold

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4
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la tête lui tournait (2)

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he felt dizzy / giddy

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5
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mon mal de dent est passé

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my toothache passed off

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6
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le temps passe

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time flies

time passes

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7
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transmettre

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to pass sg on

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8
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autoroute USA / UK

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US : a freeway

UK : a motorway

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9
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phrase

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a lighthouse

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10
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a l’aube

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at dawn = at sunrise

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11
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à la nuit tombante, au crépuscule (3)

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at dusk = at sunset = at twilight

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12
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sentir comme qc

A

to smell like / of sg

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13
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algue

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seaweed

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14
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comment tu as pu en arriver aussi bas ?

A

how could you sink so low ?

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15
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il marqua une pause pour que ses mots fassent leur effet

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he paused to allow this works to sink in

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16
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un lavabo

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a sink

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17
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it’s sink or swim

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ça passe ou ça casse

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18
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s’éloigner, s’estomper (une perspective, des cheveux, de l’eau)

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to recede from sg

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19
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un cimetière

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a graveyard

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20
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de la vie à la mort

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from the cradle to the grave

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21
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un lièvre

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a hare

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22
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enterrement

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burial

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23
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faire des affaires en or

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to do a roaring trade

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24
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avoir un succès fou

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to be a roaring success

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25
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un briquet

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a lighter

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26
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aller une cigarette

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to light (lit - lit) a cigarette

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27
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doré (2)

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golden, gilt

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28
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plaqué or

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gold plated

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29
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le siècle des Lumières

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the Enlightenment

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30
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commerçants

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shopkeepers

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31
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ragots

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gossip (pas de s)

32
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la sale gueule de ses habitants (3)

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the ugly faces of its inhabitants
its ugly-looking inhabitants
ugly mug

33
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cendre

A

ash

34
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un cendrier

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an ashtray

35
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un plateau

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a tray

36
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écraser

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to crush

37
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avoir un accident

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to crash (one’s car into a tree)

38
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le crack boursier de 1929 (2)

A

the 1929 Stock Exchange crash / slump

39
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se gratter

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to scratch

40
Q

tirer sur une clope

A

to draw on a cig

41
Q

une bouffée

A

a puff

42
Q

débarrasser la table

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to clear the table

43
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mettre la table

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to lay the table

44
Q

verser

A

to pour

45
Q

il pleut à verses

A

it’s pouring with rain

46
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verser qc à qn

A

to pour sb sg

47
Q

un scarabée

A

a beetle

48
Q

une rangée de

A

a row of [rauw]

49
Q

5 jours d’affilé

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5 days in a row

50
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la Côte d’Azur

A

the French Riviera

51
Q

remuer

A

to stir [steur]

52
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attiser un débat

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to stir up a debate

53
Q

semer la pagaille

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to stir things up (négatif)

54
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faire bouffé les choses

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to shakes thanks up (positif)

55
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un morceau de sucre

A

a lump of sugar

56
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avoir un chat dans la gorge

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to have a frog in one’s throat

57
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légèrement

A

slightly

58
Q

réfléchir profondément

A

to ponder over sg

59
Q

une allumette

A

a match

60
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vapoter

A

to vape ecigarette

61
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une prairie (2)

A

a pasture / a meadow

62
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assister à (concert, meeting, class)

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to attend sg

63
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une ambassade

A

an embassy

64
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un poste de…

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a position AS…

65
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dans son dernier livre

A

in his latest book

66
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le porte-parole

A

the spokesperson

67
Q

se resigner à qc

A

to resign oneself to sg

68
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etre déterminée (pas positif)

A

to be bent on sg

69
Q

les autorités compétentes

A

the authorities concerned

70
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les dépenses de santé (3)

A

expenditure / spending / costs

71
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démolir (immeuble)

A

to pull down

72
Q

it serait grand temps que… décide

A

It is hight/about time … decided

73
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être voué à

A

to be bound to

74
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amélioration de

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improvement in

75
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l’allongement de la durée de vie

A

higher/rising life expectancy

76
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de nouvelles mesures doivent être annoncée

A

New mesures ARE TO be announced

77
Q

la surpopulation carcérale

A

prison overcrowding

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