French Flashcards

1
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slaughter

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tuerie

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2
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to boast

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se vanter

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3
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as the whole

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dans son ensemble

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4
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According to the Second Amendment, any american citizen has the right to keep and bear arms.

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Selon le 2e Amendement, tous les citoyens américains ont le droit de porter et de soutenir les armes

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5
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thorough

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minutieux

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mandatory

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obligatoire

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Par l’entrebâillement des portes

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And through the doors left ajar

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Grand vestibule

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Large hall (hôtel, theater) / large entrance (building)

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Apercevoir, entrevoir

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Catch a glance of

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Fixer

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Stare at

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Organiser

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Arrange

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12
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Air dépassée

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In the stale air

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13
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Suspendre

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Hang

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14
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Indiquer

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Show

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15
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Acier

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Steel

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16
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Vapeur

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Steam

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17
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8h10

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Ten past eight

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18
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Empester / puer

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Reek (reek of sth)

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19
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Doubles vitres

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Double-glazed Windows

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20
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Le silence était si profond dans cette pièce qu’elle entendait le léger grésillement du néon

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There was such a deep silence in the room that she could hear the gentle crackling sound of the neon

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21
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Bourdonnement

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Hamming / buzzing

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22
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Leger

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Gentle / slightly / faintly / gently

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En face

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Opposite

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24
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Moteur

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Engine

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Faire un arc de cercle
Semi-circle
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Detourner
Avert
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Une poignee de
Smattering
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Sourd
Muffled
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Ruisseau
Stream
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Se promener
Walk about along around
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Aller vers qq qqch
Walk up
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Se promener aux côtés de
Walk by
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S'approcher de / traverser
Walk over
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Assister qq dans qq ch
Walk through
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Dépasser
Hang out
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Tenir bon
Hang in
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Figurant
Walk-on actor
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Marcher la tête haute
Walk tall
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Descendre
Walk down
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Disparaître
To go for a walk / TO FADE AWAY
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Plaquer, rompre
Walk out on
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Faire ce que l'on dit
Walk to walk
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Faire une escale pour la nuit
To stop over
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Overhaul
Réparer une voiture
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Le samedi
On saturday
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Flamme
Wildfire
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Ils avaient joué de malheur
They had Been ill-fated
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Even so/ despite
Malgré
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With hindsight
Avec le recul
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Se suicider
To commit a suicide / to kill yourself
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Se désister
To step down
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Worrying
Toss and turn all night
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Etre touche par une balle
To mow down from a bullet
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Serrer très fort
Hold tight
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Cuisses
Thighs
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Éclat d'obus
Shrapnel
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Morceau
Fragment
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Lécher
Lap at
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Avoir un tour d'avance sur
To lap
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Grimacer
Wince
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Faire tout son possible / lutter
To shrive
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Crampe
Pang
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Soulever / se soulever
Raise / rise
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Penser en so-même
To think to yourself
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Sifflement
Hissing
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Avec un taux d'immigration aussi élevé, L'intégration ne serait pas possible
Contended that with such high immigration rates, Integration was nowhere near possible
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Encourager la croissance économique
To foster economic growth
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Élargir
Widen
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Contenir l'immigration
To stem to contain to curb the immigration
70
global bone of contention
sujet de discorde international
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sluggish economic activity
activité économique endormi
72
workforce
main d'oeuvre
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frown / frown upon
froncer les sourcils / désapprouver
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graduate in medicine and in engineering
être diplômé de
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to entail a myriad of issues
impliquer d'innombrables pb
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debt-ridden
criblé de dettes
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pull factor
facteur incitatif
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to squirm
se tortiller
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hurler de douleur
to hawl in pain
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stem / contain / curb immigration
limiter l'immigration
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J'ai envie de
I fell like + verbe en ing
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Mettre quelqu'un dans une grande douleur
Wrench at
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J'ai failli pleurer
I was on the verge of tears
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Pas le moindre
Whatsover
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Tout de même
Even so
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Paraît-il
Apparently
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Cercueil
Coffin
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J'avoue
I must confess
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Tranquillement / de façon décontractée
Casually
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Plein de
By the bushel = in spades = load of
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Sursaut
Joilt
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Déchirant
Heart-wrenching
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Disparaitre
Fade away
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Quelques grains de beauté
Smattering of freckles
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à en croire certains
if I am to give some credit to certain
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m'incommode
bother me
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une haleine
the breath
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je vis seule
i live by myself
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matou
tom
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qui n’a pour particularité notable que de sentir mauvais des pattes
who has no other specificc trait than to have stinting paws
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lui comme moi
neither he nor I make much effort/strive/endeavour
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comme je suis rarement aimable
As I am rarely kind to people
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on me tolère tout de même
they bear with me nevertheless
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il est dit que
it is said that
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doze
sommeiller
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pauper
very poor people
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être un gros pépère
to be a fatso
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être en surpoids
to be overweight
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être potelé
to be chubby
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la deveine me poursuit / j'ai été sous l'emprise de la mauvaise chance
I've been in bad luck's grip
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économies
savings
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awning
store
113
la moitié et le reste
the half and the other half
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traverser
to go through
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on sent que
it is obvious
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caisse
till
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il est tourmenté par le remords
he is feeling awfully guilty
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to wonder at
s'émerveiller
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on dirait
it sounds or it looks like
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bel hotel particulier avec cour et jardins intérieur
fine-looking mansion with interior courtyard gardens
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veuve
widow
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compris?
understand ?
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fierté
pride
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to have breakfast
prendre le petit déj
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robe de chambre
dressing-gown
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feuilleter
turn over the pages
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fievreusement
feverishly
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tic/ avoir un mouvement convulsif
twitch
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je vous le passe
i'll connect you to
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J'étais à moins de vingt mètres derrière lui...
I was a few feet away from him
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ne pas être conscient de
unaware
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se promener
to go for a walk
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banlieue / de banlieue
suburb / suburban
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se rapprocher de
to get closer to sbdy
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par crainte de le perdre dans la foule...
I feared I might lose him in the crowd
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avec férocité
fiercely
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juge d'instruction
examining magistrate
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tribunal correctionel
magistrate's court
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court d'assise
assize court
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procureur
prosecutor
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commencer
start
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contempler
gaze at
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crépuscule / nuit tombante
at dusk
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assombrissement
darkening
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marée / la vague de qqch
tide / the tide of
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en attendant
in the meantime
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devait
were to
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traître
treacherous
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des principe
a creed
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de manière avisée, intelligemment
wisely
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qui se fait des idées
deluded
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pouvoir destructeur, force fatale
juggernaut
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corrompu
crooked
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viande froide
cooked meat
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opprimé / piétiné
downtrodden
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munition/ armes
ammunition