Français-10 Flashcards
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largage
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cast off (ie, bombs)
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coléoptère
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beetle
3
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temporiser
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play for time, hem and haw, stall
4
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insensée
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senseless, foolish, ridiculous, insane
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inébranlable
ébranler
s’ébranler
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unshakeable, unmovable, resolute
shake, rattle, weaken
get going, set off
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règlement
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regulation, rule, settlement, payment
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semonce
coup de semonce
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reprimand
warning shot
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désaccord
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disagreement, discord, dispute, clash
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répliquer
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reply, respond, answer
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perron
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front steps, door step, outside steps
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apprentisage
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apprenticeship, learning process
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redoublement
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redoubling, sharp increase
repeat a year (school)
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rhythme scolaire
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school routine
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redonner
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give again, give back
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refonte
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reworking, recasting
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aéré
aérer
s’aérer
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well-ventilated, airy, vented
ventilate, aerate,
clear one’s mind, get some fresh air
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stigmates
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marks, scars, stigma
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empirer
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get worse, exacerbate
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sévir
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crack down, hit, strike
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soupirer
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breath heavily, sigh, yearn for, aspire to
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néfaste
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harmful
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lotissement
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sub division, lot (real estate), housing project
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repartir
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set off again, leave again, answer again
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accalmie
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lull, respite
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propagation
spreading
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dès que possible
as soon as possible
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coup de coeur
heart stopper, love at first sight
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arpenter
survey, stride along
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braderie
clearance sale, garage sale, discount store
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exposant
exhibitor,
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brocanteur
second-hand goods dealer, bric-a-bac trader
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étal
stand, stall
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randonnée
hike, ramble, walk, trek
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cantonade
box-seats
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vêtement de marque
deaigner clothing
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sacoche
bag, hand bag, purse
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emplacement
place, space, location
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pendule
clock
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invendus
| invendu
remainder
| unsold
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désabusé
| désabuser
disappointed, disillussioned
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convenir, convenir à
be suitable, be right, be appropriate
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bien-fondé
legitamacy, validity, soundness, merits
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ravi
delighted, over the moon, everjoyed
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dépiter
pique, vex
| disappointed, let down
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renouer
renew, tie up, revive, re-establish
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abonder
abonder dans le sens de qqn
abondante
abound, be full of
agree with completely
agree wholeheartedly with someone
plentiful, abundant, wealth, copious
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alléger
lighten, relieve, releave, skim
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pester
| peste
curse, fulminate against
| plague; pest, nuisance, pain in the neck
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périscolaire
extracurricular
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maternelle
kindergarten, nursery school, playground
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épouvantable
horrendous, dreadful, appalling,
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entassé
entasser
tas
stacked up, piled up, crammed
pile up, accumulate, stockpile
pile, heap
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rebondissement
| rebondir
bounce, sudden development
| bounce, bounce back, pick yourself up, start over
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sèvices
mistreatment, abuse
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assorti
| assortir
well-matched, stocked
| to match
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sinistré
| sinistre
disaster victim, casualty, injured party
| disaster, damage, accident
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méduser
astound, stun, stupify
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supplice
ordeal, misery, agony, torment, anguish, torture
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bourreau
~ de travail
~ des curs (say ooh airs)
torturer, executioner
workaholic
lady killer
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être en cause
mettre en cause
mettre qqn hors de cause
cause
be involved in, be party to a suit
accuse, blame, implicate, suspect
exonerate
cause, reason, grounds
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supprimer
se supprimer
supprimer progressivement
delete, take out, remove, eliminate
kill yourself, commit suicide
phase out
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recrudescense
increase, fresh outbreak, resurgence
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se méfier
be suspicious of, mistrust, beware, be cautious
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déceler
detect, discover, reveal
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devanture
front window, physical appearance
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inflechir
s'inflechir<>
fléchir
bend, curve
soften, change direction<>
bend; drop, fall, diminish
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INSEE
institut national de la statistique et des études economiques
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bondir
leap, jump, spring
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inscrit
registered person, member, party member
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sous-effectif
under manned, under staffing
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toilettage
grooming, tidying up, touching up
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jauger
gauge, measure
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friser
curl, graze, skim
| come close, approach
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embillie
bright spell, lull
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subventionné
subsidized, assisted
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refaire
redo, remake
| make good your losses
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anodin
harmless, benign, insignificant
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avérer
| avére
to prove to be, show yourself to be
| recognized, known, proven
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fermeté
firmness, confidence, resolution
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cours
course, flow, path, avenue
| exchange rate
81
fébrile
feverish, restless
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débloquer
clear, unblock, release, loosen, free
| off your head, mad, talk nonsense
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accrochage
hanging up, clash, dispute
84
supplétif
auxiliary
85
environnante
neighboring, surrounding, nearby
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retranché<>
retrancher<>
se retrancher
entrenched, embanked<>
cut away, cut off (ie butcher), subtract<>
hide away, take refuge
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eolienne
wind mill, wind pump, wind turbine
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surenchérir
| surenchère
outbid, out do, make things worse
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épatant
| épater
marvelous, generous
| to amaze, confound, impress
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UMP
Union pour un Mouvement Populaire
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parvenir
reach something, get to
| manage to do something
92
rècolter des fonds
| rècolter les fruits de
raise funds
| reap the rewards of
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s'attendre
expect
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devin
augur, soothsayer, seer
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faubourg
neighborhood, suburb
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laïcité
secularism
97
percer
| percée
break through, drill, pierce
| opening, break, breakthrough
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rétif
restive, edgy, recaltritant
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bruit des bottes
noise of war (onset of war)
