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French Vocab Flashcards

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Nuclear waste

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Les déchets nucléaires

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Deforestation

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La déforestation

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Endangered species

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Les espèces en voie de disparition

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The destruction of the ozone layer

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La destruction de la couche d’ozone

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Soil erosion

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L’érosion des sols

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Pollution

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La pollution

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Acid rain

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Les pluies acides

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Overfishing

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La surpêche

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Desertification

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La sécheresse

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Intensive agriculture

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L’agriculture intensive

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Melting ice caps

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La fonte des glaciers

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Overpopulation

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La surpopulation

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Irregular climates

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Les dérèglements climatiques

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Sustainable

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Durable

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Dam

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Un barrage

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To flood

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Inonder

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Fossile fuel

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Des carburants fossiles

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To use the heat from the ground

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utiliser la chaleur du sol

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Spoil the landscape

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Gâcher le paysage

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To invest

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Investir

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Inexhaustible

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Inépuisable

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Short-term

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À courte term

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Long-term

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À long terme

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To resort to

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Avoir recours à

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To generate

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Engendre

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Growth / increase

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L’accroissement

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To call on / use

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Faire appel à

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To give off/emit

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Dégager

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To destroy ecosystems

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Détruire les écosystèmes

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Nuclear reactor

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Le réacteur nucléaire

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Radioactivity

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La radioactivité

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Storage of waste

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Le stockage des déchets

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To get rid off

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Se débarrasser

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Reprocessing of waste

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Le retraitement des déchets

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It is possible that there is not an available autolib/vélib when you have a need for it

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Il est possible qu’il n’y a pas un autolib/vélib disponible vous en avez besoin

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Rental station

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Une borne de location

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Technical problems

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Les incidents techniques

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37
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To breakdown

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Tomber en panne

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38
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Traffic jams

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les embouteillages

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Congested

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Encombré

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40
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Cycle paths

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Des pistes cyclables

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Rush hour

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Les heures de pointe

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il se pourrait bien que + [subjonctif]

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it may well be that

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43
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2 way a saying according to me

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Selon moi
D’après moi
Quant à moi

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I an convinced that

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Je suis convaincu que

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Thorough

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Minutieux

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Committed

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Engagé

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Significant

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Significatif

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48
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What’s more

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Ce qui plus

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49
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What strikes me the most is that…

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Ce qui me frappe le plus c’est

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It goes without saying that

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Il va de soi que

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51
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It remains true that

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Toujours est-il que

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52
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Whether you like it or not

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Qu’on le veuille ou non

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53
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One on hand… On the other hand

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D’une part…. D’autre part

D’un côté… De l’autre coté

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We must recognise that

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Il faut reconnaître que

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55
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To enhance/outline the problem

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Mettre en évidence le problème de

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In the news/topical

Be up to date

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Un sujet d’actualité

Être au courant de

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57
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…what the advantages and disadvantages are

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… Quels sont les avantages et les inconvénients

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Having analysed all the facts.. Etc

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Ayant analysé tous les faits/conséquences/aspects de question etcétéra

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I can therefore say that (position of donc)

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Je peux donc dire que..

Donc in between conjugated verb and infinitive verb

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I don’t know anyone

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Je ne connais personne

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Thanks to

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Grâce à

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Plural of
Journal
Local

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Journaux

Locaux

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I hardly drink (formal)

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Je ne bois guère

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To meet/get to know someone

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Faire la connaissance/
Se rencontrer/
Rencontrer (encounter)

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If in front of verb ma becomes

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Mon

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If in front of a verb nouveau becomes

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Nouvel

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If in front of a verb beau becomes

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Bel

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we have to ask them

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Nous devons leur demander

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I will go to uni when I’m 18

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J’irai à l’université quand j’aurai 18 ans

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As many/as much

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Autant de…que

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They don’t allows re to go out

/ their children to go out

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Ils ne lui permettent pas de sortir

/Ils ne permettent pas à leurs enfants de sortir

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conditional + si + …

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Imperfect

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Translate when + present with

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Quand + future

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In spring

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Au printemps

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To start to

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Commencer à

Se mettre à

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To care about

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Se soucier de

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To remember to

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Se souvenir de

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To have just come from doing sth

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Venir de

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To feel like doing sth

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Avoir envie de

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To get used to

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S’habituer à

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To make up your mind to

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Se décider à

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To expect

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S’attendre à

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To waste time

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Perdre du temps à

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Bon/meilleur/mauvais is an adjective therefore it’s used with

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Nouns

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Bien/mieux/mall is an adverb therefore is used with

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Verbs

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Conflict

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Conflit

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Over the past few years

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Au cours des dernières années

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You just have to

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Il suffit de

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To become aware of

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Prendre conscience de

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Subj. Trigger

It is surprising that

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Il est surprenant que

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It’s astonishing that

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Il est étonnant que

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Even though

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Quoique + subj

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Quoi que + subj

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Whatever/no matter what

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For fear that (subj)

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De peur que

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So that

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Afin que/ de sorte que / pour que

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Until / until (subj)

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Jusqu’à / Jusqu’à ce que

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I should/could have

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J’aurais dû / pu

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It if had not rained

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S’il n’avait pas plu

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Ending formal letter

Yours faithfully/sincerely, used especially when writing to a person in an important position

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Je vous prie de croire, Monsieur/Madame, en l’assurance de mes salutations dévoués

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Formal letter

Yours sincerely

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Veuillez agréer, Monsieur/Madame, l’expression de mes sentiments respectueux

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Regards

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Cordialement

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From address in

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Top left corner

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Recipient’s/To address

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Bottom right corner

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Postcode in letters

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The postcode comes before the name of the town, as in 75010 Paris.

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Example of street name

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15 boulevard de Beaumanoir

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Open phrase informel lettre

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Je suis désolé de ne pas t’avoir écrit plus tôt

Je te remercie de ta lettre …

107
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Do you need ‘to’ address for informal letter?

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No

108
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To react to

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Réagir à

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Two thirds of them

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Deux tiers d’entre eux

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Si bien que

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Hé ce

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Whereas/while

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Alors que

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It’s this way that

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C’est ainsi que

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As a doctor

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En tant que docteur

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Tandis que

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While/whereas

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Far from

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Loin de

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Define what one understands by

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Définir ce qu’on entend par

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We must first ask ourselves

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Il s’agit d’abord de se demander

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To grasp the main problem

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Cerner le problème essentiel/fondamental/principal

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The main difficulty is in

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Toute la difficulté réside en (noun) / est de (verbe)

120
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Situation -> worse

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La situation atteint un niveau critique/ s’accentue avec le temps/empirer de jour en jour

121
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Problème -> common

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Le problème se banalise

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Phenomenon-> increasing

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Le phénomène s’accroît

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It is a matter of knowing how to go about

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La question est de savoir comment s’y prendre pour

124
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The obvious solution is

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La solution qui s’impose c’est

125
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We must take into account that

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Il faut tenir compte du fait que

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At the heart of the discussion

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Au cœur du débat

127
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The crux of the issue

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L’essentiel de l’affaire

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Given that

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Étant donné que

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Considering that

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Vu que

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Owing to

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Par suite de

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Some people maintain that

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Certains soutiennent que

132
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People tend to believe that

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On a tendance à croire que

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Opinions are divided on this matter

A

Les avis sont partagés sur ce point

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Commonplace idea

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L’idée reçue

135
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It seems obvious to me that

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Cela me paraît évident que

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There is a strong chance that

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Il y a de fortes chances que

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I take the same view

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Je suis du même avis

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Unacceptable

A

Inadmissible

139
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There is not much likelihood that

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Il y a peu de chance que + subj

140
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It is even less certain that

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Il est encore moins certain que + subj

141
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Do people really believe that…?

A

Croit-on vraiment que + subj..?

142
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With regard to

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À propos de

143
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The same is true for

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Il en est de même pour

144
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To go hand-in-hand with

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Aller de pair avec

145
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Regardless of that

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Quoi qu’il en soit

146
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The fact remains that

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Toujours est-il que

147
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If this is the case

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S’il en est ainsi

148
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Combien de francophones dans le monde

A

200

149
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Le français est la ____ langue la plus parlée dans le monde

A

9ème

150
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Le Français est parlée sur les ____ continents

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5

151
Q

Comment défendre de la langue français

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La France organise bien plus de festivals de films que les autres membres de l’UE
Il y a les quotas pour les chansons françaises à la radio
Les chaînes de télé et l’Etat finance le cinéma français indépendant

152
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Pourquoi apprendre le français

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Pour comprendre la culture les mentalités et l’Art de vivre à la français
Pour communiquer avec des francophones
Afin d’être indépendant lors de voyages
Élargir ses opportunités professionnelles
C’est la langue officielle des grandes organisations mondiales (ONU, UE, OTAN)
C’est la langue de la mort et de l’esprit critique

153
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Les traditions français

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La fête nationale le 14 juillet feux d’artifice, défilé militaires
La petite souris qui met une pièce sous l’oreiller contre une dent de lait
1 avril les blague / on colle des poissons en papier dans les dos
La fête de la musique le 21 juin (concerts gratuits dans la rue)

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