French 7 Flashcards by Imogen Bower | Brainscape

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To look after yourself, to be satisfied

A

Se débrouiller

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A scarecrow

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Un épouvantail

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Horror

E.g. Horror films

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Épouvant (e) (s)

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You’re welcome

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Je vous en pris

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Slang

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L’argot

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To look daggers at someone

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Fusiller quelqu’un du Gard

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To pile up

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S’entasser

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To be obsessive about

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Avoir la manie de

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To track down, to hound

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Traquer

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Embarrassed

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Gêné

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Desk

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Le pupitre

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The funeral

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L’enterrement (masc.)

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The casket

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Le coffret

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Les langues du campagne (dialectes)

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Des patois

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Des spécialistes du grammaire

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Des grammairiens

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Surveiller/protéger

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Veiller

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A pony tail

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Un queue-de-cheval

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To mount something

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Chevaucher

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A stampede

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Une cavalcade

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To run very quickly (like a stampede)

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Cavaler

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Equestrian

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L’équestre

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To limp slightly

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Claudiquer

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To cumulate

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Cumuler

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To moan, wail (baby)

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Gémir

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A ransom

A

Un rançon

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Un rachat

A

A purchase

2. Redemption/reparation

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To chew

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Mâcher (familier)

Mastiquer (mot savant)

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To pretend to have

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Simuler

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Metaphor for the downsides to success

A

La rançon du succès

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To whisper

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Chouchotter

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To be sad and melancholy, have the blues (expression)

A

Avoir le cafard

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A bat

A

Un chauve-souris

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Cute (familiar)

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Chou

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To go outside one’s comfort zone

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Dépayser

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To sound a cat or a motor makes

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Ronronner

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To rip somebody off

A

Se faire arnaquer

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To swindle

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Carrotter

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A kebab (slang)

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Un grec

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Really loud music that comes from people’s earphones

A

Du gros son

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Someone who collects cheese labels

A

Une tyrosémiophile

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Mirrored wardrobe

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L’armoire à glace

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To lean

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Se pencher

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To lean towards

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Pencher pour

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To proclaim/declare

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Proférer

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My stepmother + mother in law (same thing in French)

A

Ma belle-mère

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To scuttle quickly

Rentrer dans un gouffre

A

S’engouffrer

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A fear (e.g. A fear of speaking in public)

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Un trac

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A nightmare

A

Un cauchemar