French vocab one Flashcards

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Censé(e)

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Supposed

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Être censé(e)

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To be supposed to

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Un dispositif

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Device, system
Operation

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Le loyer

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Rent

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Freiner

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To brake, curb

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Lié

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Related [bus]

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Reposer

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To rest, put down

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Se reposer (de qqch)

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To have a rest / recover from

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Un signalement

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Description, particulars, report

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Disponible

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Available

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Un(e) locataire

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Tenant

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Le dépassement [d’horaire]

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Overtaking, overshooting, [overrunning]

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Serrer

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To grip / hold tightly

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Serrer la main de qqn

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Shake sb’s hand

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Se serrer

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To squeeze up / huddle

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Se serrer la ceinture

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To tighten one’s belt

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Tel(le)

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Such, like

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Un parcours

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Journey, route, course

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Un parcours de combattant

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Assault course, uphill battle

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Abordable

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Affordable, approachable

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Compter

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To count, to include

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Tenir compte de

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Take into account, pay heed to

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Sans compter

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Not to mention, not counting

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Un bail (pl baux)

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A lease

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Le crédit-bail
Leasing
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Un objet
Object (a thing), subject
27
Faire l’objet de
Be the subject of
28
Un conflit
Dispute, conflict
29
Une amende
Fine (sanction)
30
(Faire) amende honorable
(Make) amends
31
Ainsi
Thus, so, as
32
Hors
Except (for)
33
Être hors de danger
To be out of danger
34
Hors d’usage, hors de service
Out of order, out of use
35
S’avérer
To turn out, to prove, to prove true
36
S’avérer faux
To prove false
37
Or (conj.)
Yet, but, now
38
L’or (nm)
Gold
39
La surface
Surface, area
40
Parmi
Among, amongst
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La preuve
Proof, evidence
42
Le foyer
Hearth, focal spot, home
43
Agir
To act
44
S’agir
To involve, it’s about, it’s a matter of
45
Davantage
More, longer
46
Un étau
A vice (as in a tool)
47
Reconnaître
Recognise, admit, acknowledge
48
Lors de
Then, during
49
Un assouplissement
A softening, relaxation
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Désormais
[From] now [on]
51
Soumettre
To submit [something]
52
Soumis à
Subject to
53
Soumis
Submissive
54
Supprimé(e)
Deleted
55
(Se) remplir
To fill up, fill out, fulfil
56
Troquer
To exchange, to swap
57
Les gants (mpl.)
Gloves
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Autour
Around
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Soulager qqn
To relieve smn
60
Net(te)
Clear, neat, definite, sharp
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Lorsque
When
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Auparavant
Previously, before
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Tousser
To cough
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Un toux
A cough
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Un poing
A fist
66
Le plafond
Ceiling
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Ôter
Remove, take off, take away
68
Un pardessus
Overcoat
69
Aucun
No, none, any
70
Pencher
To tilt, to lean
71
Se pencher
To lean over
72
Redresser
To straighten
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Se redresser
To recover, right itself, sit up
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La douleur
Pain, grief
75
Douloureux(euse)
Painful
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Aborder
To approach, tackle, land, go into
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Une cachotterie
Mystery, little secret
78
Faire des cachotteries
To be secret
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Un abord
A first
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D’abord
At first
81
A contrecœur
Reluctantly
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Maint(e)
Many a
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À maintes reprises
Time and again
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Pourtant
Yet
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Quelconque
Any
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Pour une raison quelconque
For some reason or another
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Tromper
To deceive, mislead
88
Se tromper
To be mistaken, wrong
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Entendre
To hear, to understand, to mean
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Un échec
A failure
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Un gendre
Son-in-law
92
Réglé
Well-ordered, ruled, settled
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Dépister
To detect
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Un tailleur
Suit, tailor
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Inattendu(e)
Unexpected
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Ajouter
To add, to append
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Empêcher
To prevent
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S’empêcher
To stop os. from doing sthg
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Mener
To take, to lead, to manage
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Un souffle
Breath, blast
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Le néant
None, nothingness
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Guère
Scarcely, hardly
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Un âne
Donkey, ass
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Méchant(e)
Wicked, bad, unkind, nasty
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La revanche
Revenge
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En revanche
On the other hand, however
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Apercevoir
To see, to notice, perceive
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Inaperçu
Unnoticed
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Pénible
Painful, tiresome
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Que ce soit
Whatsoever
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Qui que ce soit
Anyone, whoever it may be
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Quoi que ce soit
Anything
113
Sinon
Otherwise, except, if not
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Parvenir
Reach, achieve, arrive
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Pourtant
Yet, nevertheless
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Exiger
To require, demand
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À peine
Hardly, barely
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La peine
Punishment, sentence; Sorrow, sadness; Difficulty
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Éloigner
To move sth away, to take sth away
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S’éloigner
To go away
121
La poitrine
Chest, breast
122
S’écrier
To exclaim, cry out
123
Ledit, ladite (adj)
The aforementioned
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Un colis
A parcel
125
Secouer
To shake
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Presser
To squeeze, to press
127
Se presser
To hurry up, to crowd
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Le menton
Chin
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Un coude
Elbow
130
Un soupir
A sigh
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Un tuyau Un tuyau d'arrosage Un tuyau d'echappement
Pipe, hose; a tip (advice) Hosepipe Exhaust pipe
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La course
Running, race
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Les courses
The races, shopping
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Rédiger
To draft, to write
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Sécher
To dry
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Sec, sèche
Dry
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(S’)Apprêter
To prepare, get ready for
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Un maître chanteur
Blackmailer
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Méprisable
Despicable; contemptible
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Compter
To count
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Compter faire qqch
To plan to do sth
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Comme prévu
According to plan
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Songeur(euse)
Pensive
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Appartenir
To belong
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Appartenir à qqn
To belong to smn
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Un voie
A way, (railway) line, lane (in a road)
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(être) en bonne voie
(to be) going well; on the right track
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Heurter
To hit, collide with
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Se heurter
To collide into, to crash into
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Dévisager
To stare
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Un mobile
A motive
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Le chaleur
Heat, warmth
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Le soulagement
Relief
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Eloigner
To move / take sth away
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S’éloigner
To go away / move away
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Quant à
As for, as to
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Éprouver
To feel, to experience; To try, to test
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Une estrade
Stage, dias
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De grande ampleur
Large-scale
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Je manque les gens
People miss me
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Ce qui me manque
What I miss is…
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Un emploi de temps
Schedule, [timetable]
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Décor / paysage
Scenery
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Un détracteur / un opposant
Opponent
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Le soutien
Support
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Les gradins
Terraces, bleachers, stands / tiers (in an auditorium or stadium)
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Une évocation
An evocation (something which evokes sthg)
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Une bouilloire
Kettle
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Souffrant
Unwell
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Lasser
To weary, tire of
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Se lasser
To grow weary / tired
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(Se) fracasser
To smash (into)
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Un gène
A gene
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La gêne
Difficulty
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Avec gêne
With difficulty
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Gêné
Embarrassed, uncomfortable
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Sans-gêne
Inconsiderate
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Se méfier
Distrust
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Toussoter
To splutter, cough slightly
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Vif (vive)
Lively
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Étonner
Amaze
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Étonné(e)
Surprised
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Un écureuil
Squirrel
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Faillir (+ inf) Faillir a
Almost, nearly (usually in past tense) To fall short of
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Devancer
To lead, to be ahead of
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Arracher
To pull out, to extract, to tear out
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S’arracher à
To tear o.s. away from
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Décousu(e)
Disjointed, disconnected
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Arpenter
To pace up and down
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Taire
Keep silent
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Visser qqch
To screw sthg
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Vissée à
Fastened, fixed, screwed on to sthg
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Souriant(e)
Smiling
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Bouché
Blocked
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Un panier-repas
Packed lunch
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Astucieux(euse)
Clever, cunning, shrewd
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Charger
To load
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Facturer
To invoice, to charge
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Âpre
Bitter, sour, fierce
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Un maillon
Link (in a chain)
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Le maillon faible
The weakest link
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Une émeute
Riot
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Le fin Les fins
The end Ends, purposes
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À des fins commerciales
For commercial purposes
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Aux seules fins de
For the sole purpose of
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Un malaise
Feeling of faintness
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Un poignet
Wrist
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Un souci
Worry
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Se dérouler
To take place
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Une jument
Mare (horse)
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Recoller
Fix, reattach
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Reculer
Move back, reverse
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Saisir
To seize
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Fusiller
To shoot
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Un accès
Access; Fit [of anger, fever, etc]
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Ficher
To file, put on file
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S’en ficher
To not care, have no interest
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Verouiller
To lock, to bolt
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User
To wear out, to wear down
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Gâcher
To spoil, ruin, waste
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Une gueule
Mouth
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Une cible
Target
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[Aux] abois
At bay
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Être aux abois
To be in dire straits, to be desperate
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Tandis Tandis que
While Whereas
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Tandis que
Whereas
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Une encablure
A cable’s length
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Nettement
Clearly, far
229
Fédérer
To unite, federate
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Insoumis(e)
Rebellious, insubordinate
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A l’instar de
Following the example of
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S’exercer
To practice, to be applied
233
Refuser
To refuse
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Un exploit
An achievement
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Une réussite
A success
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Une réalisation
Realisation, fulfilment, accomplishment, work
237
Détenir
Hold, detain, possess
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Installer
Install, set up
239
S’installer
Settle, move, relocate
240
Déposer
To table, file, deposit
241
Un dépôt
Warehouse Outlet Filing Deposit
242
Déboucher
To unblock
243
Bondir
To jump, leap
244
À l’écart [de]
Away from, apart from, out of [the way]
245
S’engager
Engage, commit, undertake
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Engager
To engage, hire
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Échapper
To escape, avoid
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Tabler (sur)
To rely (on)
249
Le différend
[Commercial, trade] dispute
250
Lâche
Loose, cowardly
251
Un lâcher Lâcher Se lâcher
A release Drop, let go Let go
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Le dépit En dépit de
Resentement, pique In spite of
253
En dépit de
Despite
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Cibler
Target, identify, focus
255
Plusieurs
Several
256
Débarrasser
To clear, get rid of
257
Tant
So much
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En tant que
As
259
Autant
So much, so many, as much, as many
260
Pourtant
Yet
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D’autant que
Especially
262
Habiliter
To authorise
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Habilité(e)
Authorised
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Neuf, neuve
New
265
So, then
Then
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Alors que
While, whereas, when
267
Bien entendu
Of course, naturally
268
Carcéral(e)
Prison (adj.)
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Relatif à
Relating to
270
Un casier
Locker, rack, filing cabinet
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Doué(e)
Gifted, talented
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Plutôt
Rather
273
Cocasse
Comical, funny
274
Cependant
However, nevertheless
275
Nuisible
Harmful
276
Un(e) postulant(e)
Applicant
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En tout
All together
278
En tout cas
In any case
279
En tout temps
Any time
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En tour premier lieu
At first, in first place
281
Outre
Apart from, besides
282
En outre
Besides, on top of, moreover
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Outre que
Apart from the fact that
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Égard
Respect
285
À cet égard
In this respect
286
Par / sans égard pour
Out of / without respect for
287
Heure de pointe
Rush hour
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(Se) rapprocher (de)
Move closer (to)
289
Constater (que)
To note, notice, record
290
Un constat
Report
291
Lier
To link, tie, bind
292
Se lier (avec)
To make friends (with)
293
Lié(e)
Very friendly with, close to, bound to
294
Mettre en cause
To question, implicate, call into question
295
Mettre hors de cause
To clear
296
Auparavant
Previously, beforehand
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Ailleurs
Somewhere else
298
D’ailleurs
Besides, by the way, moreover
299
Ailleurs D'ailleurs, par ailleurs
Elsewhere Besides, moreover
300
Un seuil
Threshold
301
Loti(e)
Well-off, lucky
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Prévenir
To warn, to inform
303
Épargner
To save
304
Arborer
To display, bear, sport
305
Un canif
Penknife, pocket knife
306
Entailler
To cut, score, slash
307
Un pari
A bet
308
Se révéler
To reveal o.s., to prove (to be), to turn out (to be)
309
Le rapport de forces
Balance of power
310
Épuisant
Exhausting
311
Au fond (de)
All things considered, at the back/bottom of, in fact
312
Le tissu
Fabric, cloth
313
Les cuisses
Thighs
314
Écarter
To spread
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Décevant
Disappointing
316
Une rade
Harbour
317
En rade
Stranded
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(Être) fichu
Wretched; to be finished, ruined
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Entrecouper
To interrupt
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Veiller
Watch over, to be awake
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Veiller à
To see to, make sure that
322
La veille
The day before
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À la veille de
On the eve of
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Le lendemain
The day after
325
Un maillage
Mesh, grid, network, networking
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Inédit
New, novel, unpublished
327
Pâtir (de)
Suffer (because of, from)
328
Laisser entendre
To suggest, imply
329
Tant
So much
330
Tant mieux
So much the better, that’s fine
331
Un tilleul
Lime tree
332
Éteindre
Turn off, put out
333
Fâcher
To anger
334
Taire
To keep to oneself
335
Se taire (e.g. tais-toi)
To be silent
336
La fusillade
Gunfire, shooting
337
Un menton
Chin
338
(Se) frotter (à)
To rub (against)
339
Un traitement
Treatment, salary
340
Orné(e)
Ornate
341
Orné de
Decorated with
342
Un tableau
Painting
343
Une cheminée
Chimney, fireplace
344
Un ouvrage
A work
345
Ouvragé(e)
Elaborate
346
Un croc
Fang, hook
347
Atermoiements (nmpl)
Delays, procrastination
348
Une échelle
Ladder
349
(Se) rompir
To break, break-off
350
Rompu
Worn-out
351
Rompu à
Experienced in
352
Démarrer
To start (up), get moving
353
Un cafouillage
Shambles
354
Menotter
To handcuff
355
Les menottes (nf)
Handcuffs
356
Essuyer
To wipe, dry
357
Un camouflet
Snub, affront, slap in the face
358
Une cuve
Tank, vat
359
Une pénurie
A shortage
360
Aléatoire
Random
361
Une voix
Vote, voice
362
Au quart de tour
Straight away
363
(En) vrille (nf)
(In a) spin
364
Enfin
Well, still, at last, finally
365
Paraître
To appear, to show, to come out, to seem
366
Laïque
Secular, state (school)
367
Un(e) laïque
Layman
368
Saisissant(e)
Striking, startling, dramatic
369
Éclater
To break out, explode
370
Trépasser
To pass away
371
Le deuil
Grief, mourning
372
Guère
Hardly, almost
373
Ne… guère
Scarcely
374
Une recherche
A search
375
Rechercher
To look for Implies a little more intensity than chercher
376
Recherché(e)
Sought after
377
Reposant(e)
Restful, relaxing
378
Par rapport à
Compared to, with regard to
379
L’aise(nf)
Ease
380
Aisément
Easily
381
Ressentir
To feel
382
Le dégout
Disgust
383
Affiché
Declared
384
Une affiche
Poster, notice
385
Une bite
A cock, penis (slang)
386
(Se) mêler
To mix, to mingle
387
Morne
Dismal, dreary, bleak
388
Mesquine
Petty, narrow-minded
389
Une lèvre
Lip
390
Le canapé
Sofa
391
Écarter
Open, spread, move apart
392
À l’écart (de)
Aside, apart (from)
393
Largement
Largely, widely
394
(S’) agenouiller
To kneel
395
(S’) évanouir
To faint
396
(Se) pelotonner
To curl up
397
Un abri
Shelter
398
À l’abri
Safe, under cover
399
Se méprendre (sur)
To be mistaken (about)
400
Une affectation
Allocation, appointment, posting
401
Fuiter
To leak (information)
402
Rendre compte Se rendre compte
Report Notice, realise
403
Afficher
To put up, to post, to display
404
Tendu
Tense
405
Remettre
To put back (on), to put off
406
Se remettre
To recover, to get over, to restart
407
N’importe quoi
Anything
408
N’importe qui
Anyone
409
N’importe quand
Anytime
410
Un repaire
A den
411
Une atteinte
Achievement, [infringement, breach]
412
Porter atteinte à
To undermine
413
Être atteint de
To be suffering from
414
Convenir (vi)
To be suitable
415
Convenir à
To suit
416
Convenir de
To agree on
417
Convenir que
To admit that
418
Inclure
To include
419
Intégrer
To integrate
420
Une tendance
Trend, tendency
421
D’emblée
From the outset, straightaway
422
A l’issue de
At the end of
423
Éclater en sanglots
To burst into tears
424
Sangloter
To sob
425
Un bonhomme
A fellow
426
Bonhomme (adj)
Good-natured
427
Joindre (à)
To enclose (with), to attach
428
Se joindre
To get in touch with (by phone)
429
Une foule
A crowd
430
Un cortège
Procession
431
Reporter (vt)
To carry over, postpone
432
Raccrocher
Hang up (the phone), put down
433
Raccrocher Se raccrocher a
Hang up, put down Grab hold of, cling on to
434
Accrocher (qqch à)
To hitch, (hang something up on)
435
S’accrocher à
To catch on, hang on something
436
Avoir envie de
To want
437
Une velléité
A vague desire, hint
438
Une randonnée ; faire [de la] randonnée
A hike, to go hiking
439
Une randonnée pédestre
A walk, ramble
440
Un franchissement
A clearing, crossing
441
Un vallon
A (small) valley
442
Valloné(e)
Undulating
443
Un étang
Pond
444
Du reste
Besides, moreover
445
Prendre conscience de
To become aware of
446
Une jauge
Gauge, capacity
447
À contrecœur
Reluctantly
448
Avenant(e)
Pleasant
449
A l’avenant (de)
In keeping (with)
450
Couler
To flow, run, sink
451
En contrebas (de)
Below
452
Une falaise
Cliff
453
Calcif
Boxer shorts
454
Calcifié
Calcified
455
Au bord de
At the edge of, by the
456
Voire
Even, indeed
457
Produire
To produce
458
Se produire
To take place, to happen,
459
Sensible
Sensitive, noticeable
460
Sensiblement
Noticeably, appreciably
461
Dévoyé(e)
Delinquent, depraved
462
Une urne
Ballot box
463
Une profondeur
Depth
464
Geler
To freeze
465
Gelé(e)
Frozen
466
Emporter
To take (away)
467
S’emporter
To lose one’s temper
468
Emporter la décision
To be decisive
469
Pétillant(e)
Sparkling
470
Employer
To use, to employ
471
S’employer (à)
To apply oneself (to)
472
Nulle part
Nowhere
473
Un plan de travail
Work surface, worktop, plan of work
474
Vêtu(e) (de)
Wearing, dressed (in)
475
Un tablier
Apron
476
Engueuler
To tell off
477
Bienveillant(e)
Kindly
478
Soulager (qqn de)
To relieve (sbdy of)
479
(Qqch) en chambre
An armchair sthg
480
Doté(e)
To have at one’s disposal, to be equipped with
481
Emprunter
To borrow, to take, to follow, to adopt
482
Une bride
Bridle
483
Un cou
Neck
484
Rentrer
To come home, go home
485
Rentrer dans
To go in, to come in
486
Le déménagement
Moving (house), the move
487
Gâteux (euse)
Senile
488
Donner lieu à qqch
Give rise to
489
La racaille
Rabble, riff-raff
490
Se dédouaner de qqch
To clear o.s. of something
491
Habilité(e) [à]
Authorised [to]
492
Croulant(e)
Crumbling
493
Crouler (sous)
Collapse (under)
494
Dont acte
(Duly) noted
495
Jalouser
To be jealous of
496
L’allure (nf)
Speed, pace; Look, bearing
497
Un gaz à effet de serre
Greenhouse gas
498
Une tétine
Dummy (pacifier)
499
Une couche
Nappy