French 8 Flashcards

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1
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Helpless

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Impuissant

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A poodle

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Un caniche

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3
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Let me know

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Faites moi savoir

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To keep in touch with

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Rester en contact avec

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A misunderstanding

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Un malentendu

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A shelter

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Un abri

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To snorkel

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Faire de la plonger avec masque et tuba

A snorkel- un tuba

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A subscription

To subscribe

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Un abonnement

S’abonner

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9
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To haggle

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Marchander

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10
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To stay

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Rester

Séjourner

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To infiltrate

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S’infiltrer dans

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A sailor (ship’s crew)

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Un marin

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To weed

A weed

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Désherber

Une mauvaise herbe

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A tag/label

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Une étiquette

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To sue

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Lancer une poursuite or poursuivre

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To plot/scheme/conspire

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Comploter

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17
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Blackmail
To blackmail
Blackmailed

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Le chantage
Faire chanter
Un victime de chantage

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18
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To dirty

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Salir

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19
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Unusual

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Inhabituel

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20
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Armour (body)

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L’armure (f)

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To reign

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Régner (sur)

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Clay

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L’argile (f)

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Seaside - noun and adjective

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Le bord de la mer

Balnéaire

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24
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A plank

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Une planche

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25
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Felt

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Le feutre

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26
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A grave

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Une tombe

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27
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Including

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Y compris

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28
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Health
Healthy
Healthily

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Santé sain sainement

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29
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Spicy

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Épicé piquant

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30
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A ring (shape or ring)

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Un anneau

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31
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Unlikely

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Peu probable

Improbable

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32
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A swear word

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Un gros mot

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33
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To damage something

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Endommager (quelque chose)

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34
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À strap

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Une sangle

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35
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Considering (that)

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Étant donné (que)

Vu (que)

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36
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To chop

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Émincer (really means to mince/chop finely) ou couper

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37
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A hint

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Une indication

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38
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To peek /peer

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Jeter un coup d’œil

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39
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To reveal

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Dévoiler

40
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À bonus

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Un bonus ou une prime

41
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To shuffle

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Mélanger

42
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To sigh

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Soupirer

43
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To sob

A

Sangloter

44
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Claim - assertion then demand (for money) then demand

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Affirmation
Déclaration
Revendication

45
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To suspect

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Soupçonner

46
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Reward

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Récompense(r)

47
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Virgin

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Un vierge

48
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To unscrew
To screw
The screw

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Dévisser
Visser
Le vis

49
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Cutlery

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Les couverts (m)

50
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To con/trick

A

Troubler
Escroquer
Duper
Arnaquer
A scam - une escroquerie or une arnaque

51
Q

To limp

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Boiter

52
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To Involve

To get involved

A

Impliquer

S’impliquer

53
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Charger

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1) To load
2) To charge (eg battery)
3) To charge (eg cavalry)
4) Charger de - to make responsible for
5) Se charger (s’occuper de) to take care of/ to deal with

54
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To help each other

A

S’entraider

55
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To resent

To be aggrieved at

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En vouloir à

Être irrité à

56
Q

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A cupboard
A closet (large cupboard)
A wardrobe
A pantry
A chest
A chest of drawers

A
Un placard 
Une penderie
Une armoire un garde-robe
Un garde-manger
Un coffre
Une commode
57
Q

Necessarily

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Nécessairement

Forcément

58
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Nonsense

A

N’importe quoi

59
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A dove

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Une colombe

60
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Privacy

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L’intimité (f)

La vie privée

61
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Steady 1) Eg steady progress

2) eg chair was steady
3) eg Prices are steady

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1) constant régulier
2) Stable/solide/ferme
3) stable

62
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(Light) switch

A

Un interrupteur

63
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A crack

A

Une fente une fissure

64
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To gasp

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Haleter

65
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To enquire

A

Demander

S’enquérir

66
Q

À barn

A

Une grange

67
Q

A bow

A

1) On a ribbon - un noeud
2) with a violin - un archet
3) and arrow - un arc
4) curve - un arc, une courbe un coude
5) to curtsy - faire une référence à ou s’incliner devant

68
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To break in

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Pénètrer

69
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To poison

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Empoissonner

70
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Disbelief

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L’incrédulité (f)

71
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First aid kit

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Une trousse de premiers secours

72
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Mercy

A

La miséricorde

73
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A riot

To riot

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Une émeute

Manifester violemment

74
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A layer

A

Une couche

75
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À taste bud

A

Un papille

76
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Tonsil

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Une amygdale - from Greek almond - though almond in French is une amande

77
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À housing development / estates

A

Un lotissement

78
Q

An egg yolk

An egg white

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Un jaune d’œuf

Un blanc d’œuf

79
Q

Parsley

A

Le persil

80
Q

From September

A

Dés septembre

81
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A queue

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Une file d’attente

Une queue

82
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Separate (adjective)

A

Séparé
À part
Indépendant

83
Q

Épouvantable

A

Dreadful /awful

84
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A coward

Cowardly

A

Un(e) lache

Lache

85
Q

(Road)works

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Les travaux(routiers)

86
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To pay hommage

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Rendre hommage

87
Q

A spare tyre

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Un roue de secours

88
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A soap opera

A

Un feuilleton

89
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A summary

A

Un résumé ou un sommaire

90
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A drought

A

Une sécheresse

91
Q

Coal

A

Le charbon

92
Q

Workers

A

Ouvriers (factory workers)

Le salarié (all paid workers - hence used more commonly)

93
Q

To windsurf

Windsurfing board

A

Faire de la planche à voile

La planche à voile

94
Q

A lawnmower

A

Une tondeuse

95
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Up to date/aware

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Au courant / informé