French Vocabulary 3 Flashcards
Il s’est fait mettre dehors
He was kicked out
mettre dehors
to put outside; to kick/throw out
se faire renvoyer (de l’école)
to be expelled, excluded (from school)
se désister
to withdraw; to pull out, to quit
je me suis fait expulser (de la boîte)
I was kicked out, I’ve been thrown out (of the nightclub)
Fais le chat (je te dis) !
Pretend to be a cat (I said)!
inouï
unheard of (up until now), extraordinary
(elle voulut que) je fusse (présent)
(she wanted me to) be (present)
Tu vas le faire venir !
You’re going to make him come here
un emmerdeur
a pain in the ass, an irritating person, a nuisance
faire des trous (dans un billet)
to punch, to make holes in (a ticket)
un (petit) trou
a (little) hole
celui (de 17 h 25)
celui (avec la barbe)
(ce chat, c’est) celui de (Jean)
the one (at 5.25pm)
the man, the guy (with the beard)
(this cat is Jean)‘s
confier (une tâche à quelqu’un)
to entrust (someone with a task), to assign (a task to someone)
fort(e) de (ce succès)
building on, continuing on from (this success), with (this success) behind me
postuler (le poste de directeur) ; postuler (au poste de directeur)
to apply (for the director’s position)
soumettre (quelqu’un)
to subdue, to dominate (someone), to make (someone) submit
(une demande de) mutation
a transfer (request), a moving (request)
j’ai rencontré (quelqu’un)
I’ve met, I met (someone)
je viens de (voir un film)
I just (saw a movie), I have just (seen a movie)
se déplacer
to move, to travel, to get around
L’avenir
The future
il poursuit (une formation)
he is undergoing, he takes (training)
(le bureau) se situe (dans le sud de la ville)
(the office) is located (in the south of the city)