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Question 1

éducation

Answer 1

upbringing, manners.

Question 2

instruction, enseignement

Answer 2

education

Question 3

éligible or admissible, avoir droit à, remplir/satisfaire les conditions requises pour.

Answer 3

To be eligible, éligible is only eligigble for political office

Question 4

email

Answer 4

enamel.

Question 5

un email, un courriel

Answer 5

email

Question 6

embarras

Answer 6

trouble or confusion as well as embarrassment.

Question 7

embarrasser, gêner.

Answer 7

to embarrass

Question 8

embrasser

Answer 8

to kiss, or can be used formally to mean to espouse.

Question 9

étreindre or enlacer.

Answer 9

to embrace

Question 10

émergence

Answer 10

emergence or source.

Question 11

un cas urgent or un imprévu.

Answer 11

an emergency

Question 12

employer

Answer 12

to use, employ.

Question 13

un patron, un employeur

Answer 13

an employer

Question 14

enchanté

Answer 14

enchanted or delighted, and is most commonly used upon meeting someone, the way “It’s nice to meet you” is used in English.

Question 15

engagement

Answer 15

commitment, promise, agreement; (finance) investing, liabilities; (negotiations) opening, start; (sports) kick-off; (contest) entry. It never means a marital engagement.

Question 16

one’s engagement to be married.

Answer 16

: les fiançailles

Question 17

engrosser

Answer 17

to knock up, get someone pregnant.

Question 18

absorber, captiver

Answer 18

to engross

Question 19

Enthousiaste

Answer 19

both a noun – enthusiast - and adjective - -enthusiastic.

Question 20

avoir envie de

Answer 20

means to want or to feel like something: Je n’ai pas envie de travailler - I don’t want to work (feel like working). The verb envier, however, does mean to envy

Question 21

• J’envie le courage à Jean.

Answer 21

i envy john’s courage

Question 22

escroc

Answer 22

a crook or swindler.

Question 23

étiquette

Answer 23

etiquette or protocole, it can be a sticker or label.

Question 24

étiquette, convenances, or protocole.

Answer 24

etiquette

Question 25

éventuel

Answer 25

possible: le résultat éventuel - the possible outcome.

Question 26

eventual

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it can be translated by a relative clause like qui s'ensuit or qui a résulté or by an adverb like finalement. - eventual

Question 27

éventuellement

Answer 27

possibly, if need be, or even: Vous pouvez éventuellement prendre ma voiture - You can even take my car / You can take my car if need be.

Question 28

finalement, à la longue, or tôt ou tard : I will eventually do it - Je le ferai finalement / tôt ou tard

Answer 28

eventually

Question 29

évidence

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obviousness, an obvious fact, or prominence.

Question 30

le témoignage or la preuve.

Answer 30

evidence

Question 31

évincer

Answer 31

to oust, supplant, or evict

Question 32

manifester or faire preuve de

Answer 32

to evidence

Question 33

exceptionnel

Answer 33

exceptional or special in the sense of out-of-the-ordinary, unexpected.

Question 34

expérience

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both experience and experiment: J'ai fait une expérience - I did an experiment. J'ai eu une expérience intéressante - I had an interesting experience. --- English: Experience shows that ... - L'expérience démontre que... He experienced some difficulties - Il a rencontré des difficultés.

Question 35

expérimenter

Answer 35

experiment, test, or apparatus

Question 36

fabrique

Answer 36

workmanship

Question 37

tissu or étoffe.

Answer 37

fabric, fabric of society - structure de societé

Question 38

facilité

Answer 38

ease, easiness, ability, or aptitude.

Question 39

façon

Answer 39

way, as in voilà la façon dont il procède - this is the way he does it. It can be translated by fashion when it is synonymous with way or manner, as in à ma façon - in my fashion / my way.

Question 40

fastidieux

Answer 40

tedious, tiresome, or boring

Question 41

minutieux, méticuleux, tatillon.

Answer 41

attentive to detail, exacting, fastidious

Question 42

fendre

Answer 42

to split or to chop.

Question 43

se débrouiller

Answer 43

to fend, to fend off means parer or détourner.

Question 44

filer

Answer 44

to spin (e.g., cotton or thread) or to prolong.

Question 45

la pellicule.

Answer 45

a film (on something)

Question 46

enfin or en dernier lieu.

Answer 46

finally

Question 47

flemme

Answer 47

informal word for laziness. It's commonly used in the expressions "avoir la flemme" (J'ai la flemme d'y aller - I can't be bothered to go) and "tirer sa flemme" - to loaf about.

Question 48

flirter

Answer 48

to flirt or to go out with/date someone. | Flirt (E) is flirter or, informally, draguer

Question 49

fluide

Answer 49

is a noun: fluid, or an adjective: fluid, flowing, flexible. Il a du fluide - He has mysterious powers.

Question 50

fond

Answer 50

bottom or back (n)

Question 51

forcement

Answer 51

inevitably or necessarily.

Question 52

avec force or avec vigueur.

Answer 52

forcefully

Question 53

forfait

Answer 53

fixed, set, or all-inclusive price; a package deal; or, in sports, a withdrawal.

Question 54

formation

Answer 54

to training as well as formation/forming.

Question 55

format

Answer 55

size

Question 56

noun refers to présentation; as a verb it means formater or mettre en forme

Answer 56

format

Question 57

formidable

Answer 57

great or terrific; almost the opposite of the English. Ce film est formidable ! - This is a great movie!

Question 58

L'opposition est redoutable/effrayante.

Answer 58

the opposition is formidable.

Question 59

fort

Answer 59

strong or loud as well as a noun - fort.

Question 60

un fort or fortin.

Answer 60

fort

Question 61

four

Answer 61

oven, kiln, or furnace.

Question 62

fourniture

Answer 62

supplying or provision. It's from the verb fournir: to supply or provide.

Question 63

foyer

Answer 63

home, family, or fireplace as well as a foyer.

Question 64

un foyer, un hall, or un vestibule.

Answer 64

foyer

Question 65

une fronde

Answer 65

a sling, slingshot, or catapult; a revolt; or a frond.

Question 66

front

Answer 66

front, forehead.

Question 67

futile

Answer 67

futile but is more likely to be frivolous or trivial.

Question 68

vain

Answer 68

futile