General Vocabulary: 15 Flashcards

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1
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Un récit

A

Story

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Un poème

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Poem

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Un narrateur/une narratrice

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Narrator

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Un rythme

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Rhythm

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Un ton tragique/dramatique/épique

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Tragic/dramatic/epic tone

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Registre

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Register

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Un bombardement

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Bombing

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Un caractère

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Nature/personality

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Les sentiments

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Feelings

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10
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Une métaphore/une image

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Metaphor/image

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11
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Une fiction

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Fiction

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12
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Une biographie

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Biography

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Une pièce de théâtre

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Play

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14
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La littérature

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Literature

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15
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Les lettres

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Arts

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La façon d’écrire/le style

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Style

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La réussite sociale

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Social success

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18
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La fierté

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Pride

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19
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La honte

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Shame

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20
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Fictif

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Imagery

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21
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Dépouillé

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Simple

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22
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Tranchant

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Sharp

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23
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Incendié

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Set on fire

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24
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Profiter (de)

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To take advantage (of)

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25
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Feuilleter

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To flick through

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26
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Poser une colle

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To set somebody a poser

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27
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S’attacher à (écrire)

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To set out to (write)

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28
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Un vers

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Verse/poetry

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29
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Un acte

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Act

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30
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Un monologue

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Monologue

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31
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Un dialogue

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Dialogue

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32
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Un discours

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Speech

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33
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Le dramaturge

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Playwrite

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34
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Le drame

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Drama/play

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35
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Le Molière du meilleur comédien

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French theatre award for best actor

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36
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Le malentendu

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Misunderstanding

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37
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Le suspense

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Suspencse

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38
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Le mystère

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Mystery

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39
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L’égoïsme

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Selfishness

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40
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Les étalages

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Stalls

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41
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Une réplique

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Line

42
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Un nouveau venu

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New arrival

43
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Scruter

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To scrutinise

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Rapatrier

A

To repartiate

45
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Sahélien

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Of the Sahel

46
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Guinéen

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Of Guinea

47
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Intituler

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To title

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Une rajectorie

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Path

49
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Une pierre

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Rock/stone

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Apparaître

A

To come into existance

51
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Vaste

A

Huge/vast

52
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Ghettoïsation

A

Ghettoisation

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Percer

A

To pierce/drill

54
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Pérou

A

Peru

55
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Un cratère

A

Crater

56
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Baraquer

A

To kneel

57
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Frire

A

To fry

58
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Une patate

A

Potato

59
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La pampa

A

Wilderness

60
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Un joyau

A

A jewel

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Propice

A

Favourable/acceptable

62
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Concluante

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Conclusive/convincing

63
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Les vaisseaux

A

The vessles

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Hommage

A

Tribute

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Dévoilement

A

Unveiling

66
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Un chêne

A

Oak/oak tree

67
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Recueillement

A

Contemplation/meditation

68
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Un volet

A

Shutter

69
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Un choeur

A

Choir

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Un écrivain

A

Writer/author

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Dépôt

A

Submission

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Gerber

A

To bind

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Peupler

A

To populate

74
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Polémiquer

A

To cause contraversy

75
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Retransmettre

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To forward

76
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Un engrais

A

Fertiliser

77
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Un azoté

A

Nitrogen

78
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Rattacher

A

To reattach

79
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Surdose

A

Overdose

80
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Épandre

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To spread

81
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Retomber

A

To fall

82
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Doper

A

To dope

83
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Un traiteur

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Caterer

84
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Prolixe

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Wordy

85
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Arracher

A

To snatch

86
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Un germé

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Sprout

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Couronner

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To crown

88
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Couronne

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Crown

89
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Saluer

A

To greet

90
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Volontiers

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Gladly

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Marchands

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Merchants

92
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Huppée

A

Grouse

93
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Cueillir

A

To gather/pick

94
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Harceler

A

To harass

95
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Une revendication

A

A demand

96
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Un adjoint

A

A deputy

97
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Bohème

A

Bohemian

98
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Exquise

A

Exquisite

99
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Inattendu

A

Unexpected

100
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Réattribution

A

Reallocation