Deck 2 Flashcards

1
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that’s what gives stories its spice

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C’est ce qui fait le sel des histoires

/ du récit

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2
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sharp

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(+ barbed, razor-sharp) acéré,e
[ > pointu,e ]
[ > net,te ]
[ > vif,ve ]

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3
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glove compartment

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f. la boîte à gants

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4
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top hat

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m. un haut-de-forme

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5
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ne rien comprendre

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n’y entendre goutte

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6
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to rise to the challenge

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relever le défi

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7
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brakes (de voiture)

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les freins (m.)
[ > un embrayage - clutch ]
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8
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precocious

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(frühreif, verfrüht) [+ early, premature]

précoce

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9
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combler

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to make up for, to satisfy, to fulfil, to break (le silence)
[récupérer, remplir, dédommager ]
[ > c’est un comble - that beats everything ]
[ > être au comble du bonheur - to be perfectly happy]

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10
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to rage

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(+ to unleash) déchaîner

> lâcher

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11
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adversity

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f. adversité

Not, Unglück, Missgeschick

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12
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time to harvest

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le temps des moissons (f. moisson)
[ != une mousson ]
[ > la cueillette, cueillir, une vendange, une récolte ]
[ > ramasser - to pick / dig up, to gather, to collect, to get ]

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13
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leader, manager, director

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m/f

un dirigeant, une dirigeante

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14
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Scotland

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l’Écosse f.

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15
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exhaust pipe

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m. un pot d’échappement
> prendre un pot / un verre
> avoir du pot / de la chance

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16
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to fail

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échouer, flancher, rater, lâcher, vacciller, faillir

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17
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sturdy

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(+strong) costaud,e
[ > trapu (stocky), fort, vif ]
[ != un costard - suit ]

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18
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to go bankrupt

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faire faillite (f.)
[ > la faille ]

> depuis sa faillite c’est devenu une loque

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19
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I will be very grateful

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je vous en serai très reconnaissant

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20
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wink

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m. clin d’œil (en un clin d’œil - in the blick of an eye)

[ > ciller, cligner ]

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21
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rustling

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(+ crumpling, creasing) m. le froissement
[ froisser, friper, plisser, chiffonner ]
[ > défroisser ]
[ > avachir ]

22
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edge, rim

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m. le rebord

23
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to tar

A

goudronner

24
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gap, difference, discrepancy

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( + shift, displacement )
m. décalage,

> >

m. écart,
m. un interstice
f. différence
f. une lacune
m. un trou
f. une disparité

25
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success

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réussite f, succès m

[ > parvenir ]

26
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urban area, town

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f. agglomération

> une ville

27
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flaw (noun)

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(+ fault, default) m. un défaut
[ > bancal,e - le tort ]
[ > foireux - half-baked, flimsy, flawed, fucked-up ]
[ > la faille ]

28
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maple, maple tree

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m. érable

29
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you are well-qualified

A

Tu as les qualités requises

requis,e - required

30
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start (noun)

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(+trigger, beginning)
déclenchement m.
[ > déclencher ]

31
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to capsize

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(+ overturn) chavirer

32
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thread, (piece of) string

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f. ficelle
(apprendre les ficelles - to learn the ropes)
[ > un fil, un filin, une corde ]

33
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change into second gear

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rétrograder en seconde

34
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gas station

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f. une station service

35
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flawed

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(+ wobbly, shaky, rickety) bancal,e
[ > branlant,e ]
[ > foireux,se ]
[ un défaut, le tort, la faille ]

36
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to exhaust

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exténuer, épuiser, écraser, anéantir, lasser, submerger, accabler

37
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dreadful

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(+ disastrous) funeste

38
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deliberately

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(+ knowingly, on purpose)
sciemment [sjamɑ̃]
[ > voulu,e ]

39
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to bury

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enterrer, enfouir, ensevelir

40
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intense

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(+ intimate, inseparable) fusionnel,le
“son amour fusionnel avec”
[ > soutenu,e ]

41
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abriter

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to shelter, to house, to accomodate
[héberger, recevoir, accueillir]
[ > un abri, une retraite ]

42
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sign

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une enseigne, un signe [siɲ],

un panneau, une pancarte

43
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curse

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f. malédiction
( > maudit,e )
[ = un sort, un fléau ]

44
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litter, garbage

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m. pl. les détritus [detrity(s)]
> m.pl. les déchets
> f.pl. des immondices
> une saleté
> ume camelote
> une ordure
45
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hamlet

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(Dörfchen, Weiler) m. un hameau

> des hameaux

46
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abstruse

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(schwer verständlich, verworren)

absconse (adj.)

47
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to start

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entamer, amorcer, s’engager, commencer, se mettre à, enclencher (to set in motion), déclencher, démarrer
[ > un déclanchement ]

48
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to lock (with a padlock)

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cadenasser
> verrouiller, un verrou
> resserrer - to tighten (up), to strenghten, to close
> un cadenas
> une serrure
49
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shift, change, reversal

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m. revirement
Un revirement du destin - A twist of fate
[ > un infléchissement, décaler, un virage, un poste, un changement ]
[ > un décalage, un courant ]

50
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enfreindre

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to infringe, to break ( > une entorse)