French Vocab 11 Flashcards

1
Q

tanker

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un bateau-citerne

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2
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frogman

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un homme-grenouille

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3
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humming bird

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un oiseau-mouche

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4
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a second thought

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une arrière-pensée

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5
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the background

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l’arrière-plan

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6
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rainbow

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un arc-en-ciel

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7
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trip

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un croc-en-jambe

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8
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lampshade

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un abat-jour

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9
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nutcrackers

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des casse-noisettes

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10
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bra

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un soutien-gorge

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11
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skyscraper

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un gratte-ciel

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12
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pencil sharpener

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un taille-crayons

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13
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applause

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les applaudissements

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14
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darkness

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les ténèbres

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15
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knowledge

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les connaissances

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16
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underpants

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un slip

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17
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to sprinkle

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parsemer

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18
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to drain

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égoutter

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19
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to select, sort

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trier

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20
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grease proof paper

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le papier sulfurisé

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21
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soft butter

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le beurre ramolli

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22
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icing sugar

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le sucre glace

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23
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to roll out

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étaler

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24
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frame (of door, window)

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l’embrasure (f)

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25
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realisation

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une prise de conscience

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26
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to take off, to develop

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démarrer

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27
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whingeing

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pleurnichard(e)

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28
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the neck, opening of a garment

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l’échancrure

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29
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over coat

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un pardessus

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30
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on it

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là-dessus

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31
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to adopt, espouse, also to wed, marry

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épouser

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32
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to become aware of/that

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prendre conscience de/que

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33
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we became aware of it this week

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on en a pris de conscience cette semaine

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34
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practically

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quasiment

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35
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everything is played out

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tout est joué

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36
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innuendo

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un sous-entendu

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37
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to close ranks

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serrer les rangs

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38
Q

talks

A

des pourparlers (m)

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39
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make a stand

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tenir tête

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40
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finish, sheen

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un patine

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41
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trick, device, effect

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un artifice

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42
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resilience, impulse, jurisdiction/competence, spring (eg bed)

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un ressort

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43
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setting

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un écrin

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44
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to ban, banish

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proscrire

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45
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backer, silent partner

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un bailleur de fonds

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46
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upstream from

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en amont de

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47
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to pollute, contaminate

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vicier

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48
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benefit, provision, service

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une prestation

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49
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announcement

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un faire-part

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50
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soap dish

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un porte-savon

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51
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dividing wall, partition

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une cloison

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52
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skirting board

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une plinthe

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53
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lining

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le doublage

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54
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coving

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la moulure

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55
Q

potential

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éventuel

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56
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frame

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un bâti

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57
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supporting strut

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un tasseau support

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58
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an upright

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un montant

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59
Q

frame

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un châssis

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60
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to sound proof

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insonoriser

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61
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to pass (sth) on, to send back eg sound, waves

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répercuter

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62
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to line, cover, stuff, fill

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garnir

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63
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live broadcast

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une retransmission en direct

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64
Q

trainee

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un/une stagiaire

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65
Q

spelling

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l’orthographe (f)

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66
Q

attention to detail

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le souci du détail

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67
Q

proofreader

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un correcteur/une correctrice

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68
Q

she is having a lie in today

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elle fait la grasse matinée aujourd’hui

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69
Q

rolling pin

A

un rouleau à pâtisserie

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70
Q

I hurt her pride

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je la heurte dans son orgueil

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71
Q

measles

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la rougeole

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72
Q

the fear of flying keeps him in GB

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la peur de prendre l’avion le retient en GB

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73
Q

he screwed up his eyes

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il a plissé les yeux

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74
Q

she waved

A

elle a agité le bras

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75
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I lowered my head as I went in

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j’ai baissé la tête en y entrant

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76
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I broke my leg

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je me suis fracturé la jambe

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77
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she had her hair cut

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elle s’est fait couper les cheveux

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78
Q

I shook his hand

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je lui ai serré la main

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79
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she wiped his eyes with a handkerchief

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elle lui ai essuie les yeux avec un mouchoir

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80
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I took her hand

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j’ai pris sa main

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81
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she stroked my hair

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elle a caressé mes cheveux

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82
Q

my heart stopped for an instant

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ma cœur s’est arrêté une fraction de seconde

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83
Q

their eyes met

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leurs regards se sont croisés

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84
Q

my head hurts

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ma tête me fait mal

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85
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the man with the turned up nose

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l’homme au nez retroussé

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86
Q

he spoke with a smile

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il parlait le sourire au lèvres

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87
Q

he knelt down with his hat in his hands

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il s’est agenouillé, le chapeau à la main

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88
Q

he confessed his crime, looking down

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il a avoué son crime, les yeux abaissés

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89
Q

students are requested to write their surnames in the space provided

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les étudiants sont priés d’inscrire leur nom de famille à l’endroit prévu

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90
Q

they all hung up their coats in the entrance hall

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ils ont tous accroché leur manteau dans l’entrée

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91
Q

I must take home with me the iron, ironing board and waste paper basket

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je dois ramener chez moi le fer à repasser, la planche à repasser et la corbeille à papiers

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92
Q

that’s an example of a typical error made by a first year student

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il s’agit là d’une erreur caractéristique d’un étudiant de première année

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93
Q

he showed extraordinary courage

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il a fait preuve d’un courage peu ordinaire

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94
Q

you aske me impossible questions

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vous me posez des questions impossibles

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95
Q

she spoke of things long since forgotten

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elle parlait de choses oubliées depuis longtemps

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96
Q

I have heard enough excuses from you; I won’t accept any more

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j’ai déjà entendu assez d’excuses de ta part; je n’en accepterai plus

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97
Q

many people find that difficult

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beaucoup de personnes trouvent cela difficile

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98
Q

many of the the people to whom we spoke fund that difficult

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beaucoup des personnes à qui nous avons parlé trouvent cela difficile

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99
Q

hold, influence

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une emprise

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100
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taking into account, considering

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compte tenu

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101
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complexion

102
Q

to emerge from something, to be the upshot of something

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ressortir de quelque chose

103
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to wear one’s hair in a bun

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avoir un chignon

104
Q

to put one’s hair up

A

relever ses cheveux

105
Q

she always wears her hair up

A

elle a toujours les cheveux relevés

106
Q

rebellious, anti authoritarian

A

frondeur/frondeuse

107
Q

she never wears a helmet

A

elle ne porte jamais de casque

108
Q

notice board

A

un tableau d’affichage

109
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a cash flow problem

A

un problème de liquidité

110
Q

filled with rancour

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rempli de rancune

111
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lacking any meaning

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dépourvu de sens

112
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overwhelmed with happiness

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comblé de bonheur

113
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surrounded by idiots

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enterré d’imbéciles

114
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out of pity

A

par pitié

115
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to try and pick a quarrel with

A

chercher noise à

116
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to sack

A

donner congé (à)

117
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to bear a grudge (against)

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garder rancune (à)

118
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to defend

A

prendre fait et cause (pour)

119
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to be fair (to)

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rendre justice (à)

120
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to keep one’s word

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rendre parole

121
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turnip

122
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to be a weakling

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avoir du sang de navet dans les veines

123
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her/his approval

A

son approbation

124
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your audacity

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ta/votre hardiesse

125
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past its best

A

défraîchi

126
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nasturtium

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une capucine

127
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rose bush

128
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greeted by

A

accueilli par

129
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a salad bowl

A

un saladier

130
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belief in conspiracy theories

A

le complotisme

131
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bedbug

A

une punaise des lits

132
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hanger (clothes)

133
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to impress, amaze

134
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to deck oneself out in all one’s finery

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mettre ses plus beaux atours

135
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to divide in 2, separate into strands

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dédoubler

136
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numb, drowsy

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engourdi(e)

137
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finery

A

les atours (m)

138
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basement

A

un sous-sol

139
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wrathful, irate

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courroucé

140
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nothing to report

A

rien à signaler

141
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apnoea

A

une apnée

142
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to hammer, drum

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tambouriner

143
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bitterness

144
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table companion

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le commensal

145
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from now on, henceforth

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dorénavant

146
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binoculars/glasses case

A

un étui à lunettes/jumelles

147
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to nod in agreement

A

opiner de la tête

148
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to make iridescent

149
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reflection, shimmer, sheen

150
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absent-mindedly

A

distraitement

151
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to scale (fish), to open (oysters)

152
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to deafen, muffle

153
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I don’t know what to think

A

je ne sais pas si c’était du lard ou du cochon

154
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to make one’s way across/through a field/room or crowd/forest

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se frayer un chemin dans/à travers un champ/salon or la foule/un forêt

155
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wall seat

A

une banquette

156
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to overhang

A

surplomber

157
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cheeky

A

gouailleur/euse

158
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to store, put into storage

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entreposer

159
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crushed ice

A

la glace concassée

160
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made to measure, custom made

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fait sur mesure

161
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clam

A

une praire

162
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whelk

163
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to predict

164
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blunder

165
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apron

A

un tablier

166
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task

A

une mission

167
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prawn

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un bouquet

168
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crowd, crush, scramble

169
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pout

170
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to nestle

A

se blottir

171
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cotton wool

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l’ouate (f)

172
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degradation, depreciation

A

un avilissement

173
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to delight, to amuse

174
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to bounce, rebound, to start up again, to take a new turn

175
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to pull the pin out of a grenade

A

dégoupiller une grenade

176
Q

film set

A

un plateau de tournage

177
Q

quotation marks

A

les guillemets

178
Q

and on our panel tonight

A

et sur le plateau ici ce soir

179
Q

stage (theatre), set (tv)

A

un plateau

180
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to take it, to take

181
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to become flustered, to come apart

A

de démonter

182
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to lead from start to finish

A

mener de bout en bout

183
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to be incapable of stringing two sentences together

A

être incapable de mettre deux phrases bout à bout

184
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to take it all in one’s stride

A

encaisser le coup

185
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in a mess

A

en pagaille

186
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pincers

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les tenailles (f)

187
Q

ambush, trap

A

un guet-apens

188
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in a way

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en quelque sorte

189
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to be badly dressed

A

être mal fagoté

190
Q

offhand manner

A

la désinvolture

191
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who went on about my accent

A

qui s’en est pris à mon accent

192
Q

that’s no cause for rejoicing

A

il n’y a pas de quoi se réjouir

193
Q

to be caught in ambush, to fall into trap

A

tomber dans un guet-apens

194
Q

to carry on about sth, to lay into sth

A

s’en prendre à quelque chose

195
Q

to take it out on sb, to set about sb

A

s’en prendre à quelqu’un

196
Q

roughly, broadly speaking

A

grosso modo

197
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toady, sycophant

A

un/une flatteur/flatteuse

198
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bond

A

un complicité

199
Q

to soften, deflect

A

infléchir

200
Q

prickly, thorny

A

épineux/epineuse

201
Q

kindness, courtesy

A

l’amabilité

202
Q

to leave, to go

A

s’en aller

203
Q

to adopt, to get across, to push through

A

faire passer

204
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basically

A

sur le fond

205
Q

prickly subject

A

l’épineux sujet

206
Q

I must go or leave

A

il faut que je m’en aille

207
Q

unflattering

A

peu flatteur

209
Q

to hail (a taxis), call

210
Q

headgear, hat

A

le couvre-chef

211
Q

to put on (hat, helmet)

212
Q

illustrious, famous

213
Q

crab

A

un tourteau

214
Q

to gather one’s thoughts, to concentrate

A

se concentrer

215
Q

in the flesh

A

en chair et en os

216
Q

to go on, to put together, to chain up, shackle

A

enchaîner

217
Q

to exploit

218
Q

shoal

A

un brisant

219
Q

cough

220
Q

summary, resumé

A

un résumé

221
Q

to summarise sth

A

faire le résumé de qch

222
Q

clarity

A

la limpidité

223
Q

to split, break down

224
Q

leader, person in charge, manager

A

un/une responsable

225
Q

to flutter one’s eyelashes

A

battre les paupières

226
Q

a leading light of the bar

A

le ténor de barreau

227
Q

meanness, nastiness, bitchy remark, dirty trick

A

une vacherie

228
Q

cross bow

A

une arbalète

229
Q

whiff, puff

A

une bouffée

230
Q

muffled, dull, also deaf

231
Q

to sum up the situation

A

pour faire un résumé de la situation

232
Q

I’d like to talk to the person in charge

A

je voudrais parler au responsable

233
Q

a breath of fresh air

A

une bouffée d’air frais

235
Q

to castigate, lambast

236
Q

bloodless, ashen, drained, lifeless

237
Q

untidy, disorganised, muddled

238
Q

to knock

239
Q

metal/wood blinds, strip blinds

A

le store à lamelles

240
Q

to shrink, shrivel, to narrow down

A

rétrécir

241
Q

overnight case

A

une mallette

242
Q

‘mystical interpretation’

A

cabalistique

243
Q

shell (egg, nut, shellfish), also misprint, typo

A

une coquille

244
Q

to bring most certainly, definitely

A

procurer assurément

245
Q

to not beat about the bush

A

ne pas aller par quatre chemins

246
Q

to approve of, to approve (planning, project)

247
Q

it’s so obvious

A

c’est une évidence

248
Q

grounds, reason, motive (for)

A

un motif (de)