French Vocab - Book Flashcards

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Whole, entire

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Entier

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Fingerprint

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Empreinte

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To thank

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Remercier

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To act, to do

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Agir

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Narrow

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Etroite

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Plateau, ceiling, high

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Un plafond

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While, as long as, where

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Tant

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Viscious

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Méchant

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A forearm

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Un avant-bras

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To tear, to rip

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Déchirer

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To extract, to tear out, to pull out

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Arracher

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Suddenly

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Soudain

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Sharply, all of a sudden

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Brusquement

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To heave, to fling, to hurl

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Lancer

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Mainly, mostly

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Surtout

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Snoring

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Le ronflement

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To look / to look like

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Paraître

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To bolt, to lock

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Verrouiller

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To heave, to fling, to hurl

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Lancer

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About, approximately, about

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Environ

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Brunette, brown hair colour

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Châtain

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To budge, to move, to shift

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Bouger

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Flatly, curtly, shortly

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Sèchement

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A police station

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Un commissariat de police

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In other words, that is , that is to say

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C’est-à-dire

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While, even though, whereas

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Alors que

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To bring back, return, carry back

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Ramener

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To recline, to sit back, to relax, to rest

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Se reposer

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So, therefore, thus, hence

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Donc

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Courteous, well-mannered, polite

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Bien-élevée

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Filming

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Tournage

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A prowler

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Un rôdeur

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Testimony, evidence, witness statement

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Témoignage

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Fresh, suave

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Douce

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To smile

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Sourire

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Notably, singularly, remarkably

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Notamment

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To lock oneself out

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S’enfermer dehors

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Friend, buddy

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Une copine

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Lighting, illumination

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Un éclairage

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Shout, bellow, yell

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Gueuler

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Roaring

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Hurlant

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Fling oneself, to dash, to race, to rush

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Se précipiter

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Menacing, threatening, viscious

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Menaçant

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Awe-inspiring, awesome, striking, remarkable

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Impressionnant

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Acutely

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Aiguë

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Gesture, motion

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Un geste

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Disjointed, incoherent

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Désordonnés

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To attract, to appeal to

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Tenter

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To overcome, to master

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Maîtriser

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Out of

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Hors

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To demand, to require

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Exiger

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A job, employment

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Un Boulot

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Easily, quietly, calmly

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Tranquillement

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Weight lifting

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Musculation

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To do one’s hair again

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Recoiffer

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To indice, to spur on, to instigate

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Inciter

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Une paie

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Pay, wages

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As much as, that much

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Autant

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To investigate

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Enquêter

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To disappear, to vanish

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Disparaître

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A lip

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Une lèvre

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To be about, to be necessary to

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S’agir

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Stange, odd, bizarre

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Étrange

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Pensive, in deep thought, dreamy

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Songeur

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To mourn, to complain, to wail

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Se plaindre

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Not care

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S’en ficher

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To break out

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Se déchaîner

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To ignore, to set aside, to eliminated

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Écarter

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A prowler

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Un rôdeur

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A track, a trail

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A piste

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A mitt, a glove

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Un gant

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Springy, flexible, supple

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Souple

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Once, formerly, in the past

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Autrefois

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Disappointing, discouraging

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Décevant

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A fog, a mist

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Un brouillard

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About, approximately

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Environ

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Agitated, disturbed

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Ému

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To meet, to encounter

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Rencontrer

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Wholesomely, healthfully

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Saine

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To encircle, to surround

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Entourer

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Light

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Légère

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But then again, nevertheless, however

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Cependant

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Joy, pleasure, comfort

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L’aise

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Anxious, worried, concerned

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Inquiet

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In order to

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D’abord

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First of all, most of all

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En premier lieu

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Finally, in the end

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Enfin

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Afterwards, subsequently, next

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Ensuite

89
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Similarly

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De même

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Moreover, in addition

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De plus

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Subsequently, then

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Ensuite

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On the whole

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En somme

93
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At the same time

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En même temps

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Equally

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Egalement

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In short

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Bref

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By the way

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D’ailleurs

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Therefore / hence

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Donc

98
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To hold

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Tenir

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Myself

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Moi-même

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When, once

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Lorsque

101
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Sample

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Un Échantillon

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To admit

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Avouer translates to “admit” in English. Two synonyms for “admit” are confess, acknowledge.

  1. J’ai dû avouer que j’avais fait une erreur.
    Translation: I had to admit that I made a mistake.
  2. Elle a finalement avoué qu’elle avait menti.
    Translation: She finally confessed that she had lied.