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French Phrases - Feb 2024 Flashcards

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beforehand

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préalablement / au préalable

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to sharpen

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aiguiser

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to sharpen the blade

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aiguiser la lame

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the blade is sharp

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la lame est aiguisée

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as they see fit

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à sa guise

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a benchmark / point of reference

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un repère

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trial and error

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le tâtonnement

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a tipping point

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un point de bascule

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lukewarm

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tiède

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a crane

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une grue

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infamous

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infâme

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to summon

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convoquer

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to store

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emmagisiner

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famous

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célèbre

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a building site

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un chantier

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your room is a building site

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ta chambre est un chantier

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warm

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chaleureux

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the blade

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la lame

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the marble

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le marbre

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the marble is bleeding

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le marbre saigne

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to store (up)

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emmagasiner

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at a given moment

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à un moment donné

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to display

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afficher

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a felt tip pen

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un feutre

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to rejoice

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se réjouir

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not necessarily

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pas forcemment

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to stammer

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bégayer

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costly / expensive

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coûteux(se)

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to take advantage of an opportunity

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tirer parti d’une opportunité

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to be part of something

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faire parti de quelque chose

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experienced/senior

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chevronné

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the prospect of studying in the UK

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la perspective d’étudier au Royaume-Uni

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to pay / spend

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débourser

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to wipe something from the map

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rayer quelque chose de la carte

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hence the decision to …

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d’où la décision to …

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except that ..

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sauf que

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a devastating loss

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une perte dévastatrice

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as part of … / within the framework of …

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dans le cadre de

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the replacement for

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le remplaçant de

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to slam

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claquer

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partly because of

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en partie à cause de

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Note that …

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À noter que

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application process

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processus de candidature

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service providers

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les prestataires

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inadequate

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inadéquat

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the report

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le rapport

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(coming) from

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issus de

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he’s working on it / he’s on the case

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il planche sur le dossier

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inevitable

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inéluctable / inévitable

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to call into question

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remettre en cause

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across the Atlantic

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outre-Atlantique

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to create a smokescreen

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semer un écran de fumée

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to sow confusion

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semer la confusion

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the stakes are high

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les enjeux sont importants

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to bet on

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miser / parier sur

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the bet

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la mise / le pari

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I bet you can finish this essay

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Je parie que vous pouvez terminer cet essai

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to put all your eggs in one basket / to go all in

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Tout miser sur un coup

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to struggle to do something

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peiner a faire quelque chose

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I am struggling to understand you

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je peine a te comprendre / J’ai du mal à te comprendre

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nuts and bolts

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écrous et boulons

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a spanner is used to tighten a nut

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une clé est utilisée pour serrer un écrou

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an adjustable spanner

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une clé à molette

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backwards

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à l’envers

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a countdown timer

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un compte à rebours

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D-Day

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le jour J

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to throw a spanner in the works

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mettre son grain de sel

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to disrupt

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perturber

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worthy of

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digne de

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to raise money

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collecter des fonds

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to collect stamps

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collectionner des timbres

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a stamp collecter

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un collectionneur de timbres

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the building site

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le chantier

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to think about / meditate on

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méditer sur

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to obstruct / hinder

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entraver

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more

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plusssseeee

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to try to do something

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essayer de faire quelque chose

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the hearth

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le foyer

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to forget to do something

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oublier de faire quelque chose

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Parents with more money can give more money to parents who no longer have any

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Les parents qui ont plus d’argent peuvent donner plus d’argent aux parents qui n’ont plus

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to iron clothes

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repasser les vêtements

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a running race

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une course à pied

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to save face

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sauver la face

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to trick someone

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tromper quelqu’un

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warm (weather or person)

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chaleureux

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the fireplace

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le foyer

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socially deprived

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socialement défavorisé

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to try to do something

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essayer de faire quelque chose

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I dream of travelling the world

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Je rêve de voyager dans le monde entier

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to raise funds

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collecter des fonds

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to collect stamps

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collectionner des timbres

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to dare to do something

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oser faire quelque chose

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to create a smoke screen

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semer un écran de fumée

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the loser

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le perdant

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there is friction between the two women

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il y a des frictions entre les deux femmes

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to take hold of

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s’emparer de

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the demonstrators took control of the building

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Les manifestants se sont emparés du bâtiment

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fear took hold of her

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La peur s’est emparée d’elle

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the artist’s touch (style)

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la patte de l’artiste

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the change

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le changement

Marcus Learns French (17 decks)

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