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G Flashcards

1
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arriver à bon port

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to arrive safe and sound

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ça peut aller

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I’ll get by, I’ll manage

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ça peut se faire

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it can be done, why not?

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la carabine

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rifle

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le/la carabin(e)

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medical student (inf)

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carabiné

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raging, ferocious

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le mal de tête carabiné

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pounding headache

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se carrer

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to settle yourself comfortably

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se carrer (qch) quelque part

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to stick sth somewhere

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la charge de travail

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workload

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les chaussettes

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socks

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(le/la) chauve

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bald (person)

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la chauve-souris

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bat

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14
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chouette

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nice (inf)

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15
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la chouette, le hibou

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owl

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16
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la civilité

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manners, politeness; title

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les civilités

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pleasantries, polite greetings

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18
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constater

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to note, notice, observe; to record, certify

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force est de constater que

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it is clear/evident

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20
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le constat

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report

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21
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le constat d’échec

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acknowledgement of failure

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le constat inquiétant

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disturbing observation

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un constat s’impose

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one thing is certain/clear

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dresser un constat

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to draw up a report

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dresser le même constat

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to come to the same conclusion

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26
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avoir la dalle, crever la dalle

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to be starving

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27
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casser la dalle

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to have a bite to eat

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28
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le casse-dalle

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snack

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29
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que dalle (fam)

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nothing (at all), nowt

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30
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ça coûte que dalle

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it costs peanuts

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31
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défaillir

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to faint; to fail

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32
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défaillant

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deficient, defective, failing; feel faint, be unsteady; inadequate, ineffective, incompetent, inept; insufficient, lacking

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33
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la défaillance

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misstep, slip, error; failure, breakdown; dizziness; infringement, violation

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34
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la défaillance cardiaque

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heart failure

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35
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la défaillance physique

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mechanical failure; physical weakness

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36
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déjouer, faire échec à, mettre en échec

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to thwart, foil, frustrate; to make sb/sth fail

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37
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déjouer un piège

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to avoid a trap/pitfall

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38
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(se) dissoudre

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to dissolve

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39
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l’échec (m)

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failure

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40
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les échecs

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chess

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41
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rester sur un échec

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to dwell on a failure

42
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être en échec scolaire

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to underperform at school; to fail at school; to be a school drop-out

43
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être voué à l’échec

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to be destined to fail

44
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s’efforcer (à/de faire qch)

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to try hard, make an effort, do your best (to do sth)

45
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emménager

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to move in; to help sb move in; to furnish

46
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empirer

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to get worse; to make sth worse, aggravate, exacerbate

47
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l’engueulade (f)

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argument, fight, quarrel, row (inf)

48
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entêter

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to give a headache to

49
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s’entêter à faire qch

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to persist in doing sth

50
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entraver (qch)

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to hinder, hamper; to get it (understand)

51
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le foin

A

hay; racket (loud noise)

52
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faire du foin

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to cause a stir; to make a racket

53
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gâcher

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to waste, squander, throw sth away; to spoil, ruin, mess up

54
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le gâchis

A

waste, misuse

55
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C’est du gâchis!

A

What a waste!

56
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C’est un beau gâchis!

A

It’s a real mess!

57
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le gendre

A

son-in-law

58
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la belle-fille

A

daughter-in-law

59
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le grand voyageur

A

frequent flyer

60
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investir à perte

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to make a loss on your investment

61
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s’investir dans (qch)

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to throw yourself into sth, put a lot into sth, get involved in sth

62
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s’investir dans son travail

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to dedicate yourself to your work

63
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le lointain

A

distance

64
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lointain

A

distant, remote

65
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dans un avenir lointain

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in the distant future

66
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le passé lointain

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distant past

67
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le parent lointain

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distant relation

68
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faire marche arrière

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to back out; to reverse

69
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(le/la) mondain(e)

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sociable; socialite, social butterfly

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les mondanités

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social niceties, small talk; social events

71
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moyennement

A

averagely, moderately; not much, not really, hardly

72
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neutre

A

neutral

73
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passablement

A

reasonably well; quite a lot

74
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peinard

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chilled, laid-back; easy, simple, cushy

75
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piger

A

to get it, understand

76
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ne piger que dalle à (qch)

A

to not understand a bloody thing about

77
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le pneu

A

tyre

78
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procurer (qch) à (qn)

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to get sth for sb; to bring sb sth

79
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se procurer

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to get (hold of), obtain

80
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le renard

A

fox; cunning person

81
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renommer

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to reappoint, re-elect; to rename

82
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renommé

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renowned, famous

83
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la renommée

A

reputation

84
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faire la renommée de (qch/qn)

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to make (sth/sb) famous, be the reason for (sth/sb’s) fame

85
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le rhume

A

cold

86
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attraper un rhume

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to catch a cold

87
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le rhume carabiné, vilain rhume

A

bad/nasty cold

88
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le rhume des foins

A

hay fever

89
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Ça roule?

A

How are things? How’s it going?

90
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Ça roule!

A

All good! I’m good! That works!

91
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le séisme

A

earthquake

92
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le sosie

A

spitting image, doppelganger

93
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(le) superflu

A

unnecessary (things)

94
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tenace

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stubborn; tenacious, persistent, persevering; (long-)lasting

95
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le tournant

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corner, bend; turning point, watershed

96
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tousser

A

to cough

97
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la toux

A

cough

98
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l’accès de toux

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coughing fit

99
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trouer

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to make a hole in, tear, pierce; to stagger, astonish (inf)

100
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troué

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with holes in it; ripped (jeans)

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