FREN312 Flashcards

1
Q

il ne faut pas melanger les torchons et les serviettes

A

you souldn’t treat people differntly because of their social standing

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2
Q

monter un bateau a quelqu’un

A

to beat around the bush

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3
Q

gonfler

A

to expand

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4
Q

la regle

A

rule

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5
Q

la competence

A

skill

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6
Q

l’engagement

A

commitment

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7
Q

de raillement

A

rallying

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8
Q

incarner/représenter

A

to embody

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9
Q

une fois pour toutes

A

once and for all

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10
Q

métis

A

mixed-race

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11
Q

l’essor

A

rise

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12
Q

la vague de prospérité

A

boom

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13
Q

une émission

A

broadcast

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14
Q

époque f

A

era

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15
Q

endurer

A

to endure

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16
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un esprit combattant

A

fighting spirit

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17
Q

rigoureux

A

rigorous

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18
Q

trait distinctif

A

distinctive feature

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19
Q

sans fin

A

endless

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20
Q

tombé du ciel

A

heavent sent

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21
Q

pionnier/ pionnière

A

pioneer

22
Q

la méritocratie

A

meritocraty

23
Q

la population immigrante

A

immigrant population

24
Q

le métissage

A

racial mix

25
Q

le quartier/arrondissement

A

district

26
Q

jauger

A

gague

27
Q

mesurer

A

gague

28
Q

a la suite de

A

in the wake of

29
Q

la revendication de propriété

A

to claim ownership

30
Q

la mise

A

stakes

31
Q

la politique étrangère

A

foreign policy

32
Q

le décollage

A

take off

33
Q

s’évader

A

to break out

34
Q

s’chapper

A

to break out

35
Q

la richesse

A

wealth

36
Q

la rancon

A

ransom

37
Q

dès

A

as early as/ from

38
Q

apparaitre

A

to appear (sth. new)

39
Q

le jeu

A

game

40
Q

le ballon rond

A

football

41
Q

ponctuer

A

to accompany/ punctuate

42
Q

multiplier

A

to increase (in number)

43
Q

au/ a tel point que

A

to the extent that

44
Q

la mondialisation

A

globalisation

45
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perdurer

A

to endure

46
Q

les autochtone

A

local/ native

47
Q

se tailler

A

to leg it

48
Q

habituer

A

to be used to

49
Q

la plafond

A

plaform

50
Q

se disputer de

A

to disagree

51
Q

s’enivrer

A

to get drunk