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French Phrases - January 2024 Flashcards

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1
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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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the bar (place in a pub where you order drinks)

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le comptoir

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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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nightlife

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la vie nocturne

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night owls

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noctambules

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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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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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25
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a break-up

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une rupture

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a windmill

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un moulin à vent

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27
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to appear

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apparaître

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28
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the wings

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les ailes

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29
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unlikely / improbable

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improbable

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30
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the steering wheel

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le volant

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to manage a cafe

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gérer un café

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to steer

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diriger / piloter

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the wake / slipstream

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le sillage

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the relevance

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la pertinence

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narrow

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étroit

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36
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to take up the post

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occuper le poste

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37
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to return to the stage

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revenir sur scène

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38
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high quality training

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une formation de qualité

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39
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a shooting star

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une étoile filante

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40
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to wish

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souhaiter

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41
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to predict

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prédire

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a wish (for someone else)

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un voeux

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best wishes

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meilleurs voeux

44
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the news

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l’actualité

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to get stronger / to intensify

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se renforcer

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The Middle-East

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Le Moyen-Orient

47
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the Russian strikes

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les frappes russes

48
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more military aid

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davantage d’aide militaire

49
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widespread

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répandu(e)

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to do without something

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se passer de quelque chose

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to grasp the meaning

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saisir le sens

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alcohol consumption

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la consommation d’alcool

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to frame

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encadrer

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among the under 35s

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chez les moins de 35 ans

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to have a hangover

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avoir la gueule de bois

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on your own / on your side

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de votre côté

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relevant

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pertinente

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this expression is very appropriate today

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cette expression tombe bien aujourd’hui

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since / because

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puisque

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we thought that today …

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on s’est dit qu’aujourd’hui …

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a drop of

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une goutte de

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an excess

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un excès

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in the background

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de fond

64
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to tend to

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avoir tendance à

65
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we kept the English expression

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on a gardé l’expression anglaise

66
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to keep

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garder

67
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a source of pride

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une source de fierté

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and all the more so because …

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et d’autant plus que …

69
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to boast about

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se vanter de

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through social networks

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à travers les réseaux sociaux

71
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I’m struggling here

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je galère là

72
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it makes me think of …

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ça fait penser à …

73
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permanently

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de manière définitive

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to take stock of ..

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faire un point sur …

75
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to do without coffee

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se passer de café

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during a game

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lors d’un jeu

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when (relative pronoun)

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alors que

78
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disgusting

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dégueu

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to lecture (tell off)

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sermonner

80
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to find a nugget

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trouver une pépite

81
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at last

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enfin

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to have your arse between two chairs

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avoir le cul entre deux chaises

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to tend to do something

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avoir tendance à faire quelque chose

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he boasts about his strength

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il se vante de sa force

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to boast about

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se vanter de

86
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the pride

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la fierté

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to do without something

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se passer de quelque chose

88
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I can do without cake

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Je peux me passer de gâteau

89
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to be sensible

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être sensé

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he’s a sensible boy

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c’est un garçon sensé

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to bring to the fore

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mettre en avant

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I want to bring your work to the fore

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Je veux mettre votre travail en avant

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he is rarely sober

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il est rarement sobre

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she’s always drunk

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elle est toujours ivre

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to get drunk

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s’enivrer

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to frame

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encadrer

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to wean oneself off alcohol

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se sevrer de l’alcool

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to ease off

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lever le pied

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to let off steam / to unwind

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se défouler

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she’s unwinding with a good book

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elle se détend avec un bon livre

101
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self-understanding

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compréhension de soi

Marcus Learns French (18 decks)

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