first 100 words Flashcards by Roj'eddy Ranelitsiatosika | Brainscape

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loucher

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to be cross-eyed

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loucher ou sans vision à long terme

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short-sighted

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trait d’union

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hyphen

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cagneux=avoir les genoux en dedans

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knock-kneed

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avoir les jambes arquées

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bow-legged

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dans ses commentaire sur

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in commenting on

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entraver, gêner

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hinder

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se passe bien, sans problème

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smoothly

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un légume

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a vegetable

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intérêt, enjeux

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the stakes

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se porte bien

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in fine fettle

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sécheresse (2)

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drought, dryness

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mettre en péril (2)

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jeopardize, endanger

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tomber sur (2)

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to come accross, to bump into

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rendre visite à quelqu’un (4)

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call on sb, drop by, come by, pay sb a visit

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annuler (2)

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to call off, to cancel

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musique classique

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classical music

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éxcédé (2)

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souding exasperated, exasperatedly

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jusqu’à présent

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up until now

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causer des dégâts

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to wreak havoc

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captivant, exitant (3)

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thrilling, fascinating, captivating

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se quereller (4)

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to quarrel, to argue, to row, to squabble

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faire entrer (2)

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to show in, to bring in

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décoller/atterrir

décollage/atterrissage

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to take-off/to land

take-off/landing

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avoir des ennuis

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to be in trouble

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effacer la dette

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to write off the debts

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se mêller

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to meddle

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qui ne les regardent pas (2)

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that are none of their business

that has nothing to do with them

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beaucoup trop (2)

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far too many (dénombrable)

far too much(indénombrable)

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mourir de faim (2)

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to strave to death

to die of starvation/hunger/famine

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sans danger pour l’environnement (écologique)

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environmentally friendly

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en tout cas (2)

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in any case, anyway

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un imperméable

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a raincoat

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un volant

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a wheel

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sinon (2)

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otherwise, or else

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une lueur d’espoir

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a glimmer of hope

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un jeu de mots

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a pun

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un cesser le feu

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a cease-fire

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contrairement à (2)

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unlike, contrary to

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coupable (2)

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culprit, guilty

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la situation s’empire ?

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things starded to go downhill

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saper, ébranler

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to undermine

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bizarre (5)

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strange, peculiar, odd, weird, bizzare

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incarner, une incarnation (2)

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to embody, an embodiment

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du jour au lendemain (2)

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from one day to the next, overnight

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les années 20 (2)

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the Jazz Age, the Roaring Twenties

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un fort contraste (2)

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a sharp/stark contrast

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hautain, condescendant (4)

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condescending,supercilious,contemptuous,disdainful,scornful

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extravageant

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lavish

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briller/ scintiller

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to glitter

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périphéries

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outskirts

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cendre

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ashes

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poussière

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dust

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miettes

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crumbs

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être frappé par

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to be struck by

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morne (2)

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bleak, bleakness

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stérile (3)

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sterile, barren, infertile

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surligner (3)

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underline, emphasized, stresses

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comme si (2)

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as if, as though

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par hasard

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by chance

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RDV (4)

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professional : appointment, meeting

social : date, rendezvous

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probablement (2)

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probably, in all likelihood

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divergent (2)

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divergent, differing

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les nantis(riches) et les démunis

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the haves and the haves not

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le pour et le contre

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the pros and the cons

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un mal de gorge

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a sore throat

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faire un discours (2)

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to make / to deliver a speech

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se moquer de quelqu’un (4)

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to poke fun at S.O
to make fun of S.O
to make fool of S.O
to ridicule S.O

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une perte de temps

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a waste of time

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perdre, une perte (2)

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to loose, a loss

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poignarder

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to stab

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une critique virulente

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a fierce criticism

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cependant (3)

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however, nonetheless, nevertheless,

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avoir beau

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try as one might/may

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malgré (2)

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inspite of, despite

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fils barbelés

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barbed wire

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passer la douane

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to go through customs

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taxes douanières (2)

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customs fees, tariffs

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à condition (2)

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on condition that

provinding that

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inévitable

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unavoidable

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provoquer

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taunt

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to mutter

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marmoner

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réfectoire, cantine

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canteen