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French Phrases - January 2024 Flashcards

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a vicious circle

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un cercle vicieux

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the weak link

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le maillon faible

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a link in the chain

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un maillon de la chaîne

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to tip / switch / rock

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basculer

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to tip the election

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faire basculer l’élection

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the aid package

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l’ensemble d’aide

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an asset / advantage

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un atout

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based on

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basé sur

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the ability to read

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la capacité à lire

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the attainment

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le niveau atteint

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prior attainment

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le niveau antérieur

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the delivery of aid

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L’acheminement de l’aide

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to deliver humainarian

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acheminer l’aide humanitaire

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14
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the bar (place in a pub where you order drinks)

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le comptoir

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15
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wooden checkerboard

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en damier en bois

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the whole history of misappropriation comes to light

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toute l’histoire du détournement est mise au jour

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unfit for habitation / unsanitary

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insalubre

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ephemeral / temporary

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éphémère

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19
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nightlife

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la vie nocturne

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20
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night owls

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noctambules

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21
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the owl

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le hibou

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for beginners

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pour les débutants

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23
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fool proof

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à l’épreuve des faits

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to bounce

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(re)bondir

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a break-up
une rupture
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a windmill
un moulin à vent
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to appear
apparaître
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the wings
les ailes
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unlikely / improbable
improbable
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the steering wheel
le volant
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to manage a cafe
gérer un café
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to steer
diriger / piloter
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the wake / slipstream
le sillage
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the relevance
la pertinence
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narrow
étroit
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to take up the post
occuper le poste
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to return to the stage
revenir sur scène
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high quality training
une formation de qualité
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a shooting star
une étoile filante
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to wish
souhaiter
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to predict
prédire
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a wish (for someone else)
un voeux
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best wishes
meilleurs voeux
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the news
l'actualité
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to get stronger / to intensify
se renforcer
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The Middle-East
Le Moyen-Orient
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the Russian strikes
les frappes russes
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more military aid
davantage d'aide militaire
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widespread
répandu(e)
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to do without something
se passer de quelque chose
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to grasp the meaning
saisir le sens
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alcohol consumption
la consommation d’alcool
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to frame
encadrer
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among the under 35s
chez les moins de 35 ans
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to have a hangover
avoir la gueule de bois
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on your own / on your side
de votre côté
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relevant
pertinente
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this expression is very appropriate today
cette expression tombe bien aujourd’hui
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since / because
puisque
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we thought that today ...
on s’est dit qu’aujourd’hui ...
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a drop of
une goutte de
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an excess
un excès
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in the background
de fond
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to tend to
avoir tendance à
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we kept the English expression
on a gardé l’expression anglaise
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to keep
garder
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a source of pride
une source de fierté
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and all the more so because ...
et d’autant plus que ...
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to boast about
se vanter de
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through social networks
à travers les réseaux sociaux
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I'm struggling here
je galère là
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it makes me think of ...
ça fait penser à ...
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permanently
de manière définitive
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to take stock of ..
faire un point sur ...
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to do without coffee
se passer de café
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during a game
lors d’un jeu
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when (relative pronoun)
alors que
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disgusting
dégueu
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to lecture (tell off)
sermonner
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to find a nugget
trouver une pépite
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at last
enfin
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to have your arse between two chairs
avoir le cul entre deux chaises
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to tend to do something
avoir tendance à faire quelque chose
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he boasts about his strength
il se vante de sa force
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to boast about
se vanter de
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the pride
la fierté
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to do without something
se passer de quelque chose
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I can do without cake
Je peux me passer de gâteau
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to be sensible
être sensé
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he's a sensible boy
c'est un garçon sensé
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to bring to the fore
mettre en avant
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I want to bring your work to the fore
Je veux mettre votre travail en avant
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he is rarely sober
il est rarement sobre
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she's always drunk
elle est toujours ivre
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to get drunk
s'enivrer
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to frame
encadrer
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to wean oneself off alcohol
se sevrer de l'alcool
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to ease off
lever le pied
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to let off steam / to unwind
se défouler
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she's unwinding with a good book
elle se détend avec un bon livre
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self-understanding
compréhension de soi

Marcus Learns French (18 decks)

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