General Vocabulary + Culture & Identity Flashcards
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elsewhere, somewhere else
A
ailleurs
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shopping basket
A
panier
3
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at least, lesser, lower
A
moindre
4
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remained
A
restait
5
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to renounce, deny, disown
A
renier
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homeland
A
patrie
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retired
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retraité
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a factory worker (f)
A
ouvrière
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the same thing
A
la même chose
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since, because, seeing that
A
pisque
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I don’t know yet
A
je ne sais pas encore
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this one; that one; the one (m. sing.)
A
Celui
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To disembark
A
débarquer
14
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over
A
dessus
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Discrete, subtle
A
discret/discrète
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from now on
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désormais
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speech
A
discours
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towards, to
A
envers
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thirties
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trentenaire
(note: grammatical formation = je suis trentenaire –> no “dans les” / “en”)
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doctor-in-training (internship)
A
médecin de formation
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newspaper
A
quotidien
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long-sighted
A
myope
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eldest (child)
A
l’aînée
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up-to-date, in fashion, cosmopolitical
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cosmopolite
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volunteer
bénévole
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to do volunteering work
faire du bénévolat / voluntariat
27
easy-going, carefree
aisée
## Footnote
(note on pronunciation: 's' is pronounced 'z')
28
trilingual
trilingue
29
Jewish
juif / juive
30
anarchist
anar
31
suburban
banlieusard
32
Russian
russe
33
hard of hearing
malentendante
34
lover
amatrice
35
law
droit
36
team
équipe
37
factory, plant
usine
38
left-leaning (politically)
de gauche
39
civil partnership
pacsée
40
lover of cinema
cinéphile
41
dot points
puces
42
hobbies
loisirs
43
Christian
chrétien/ne (m/f)
44
Muslim
muselman, muselmane
45
provided / supplied / contributing
fourni
46
half
la moitié
47
speakers
locuteurs
48
instead of, rather than
plutôt (que)
49
Right-handed / left-handed
droitière/ gauchère (feminine) + gaucher / droitier
50
the word
le mot
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a process/journey
un parcours
52
desperately
désespérément
53
conflicts / clashes
heurts
54
Because
car
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A gift
un cadeau
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faults, mistakes
fautes
57
foreigner, foreign
étranger
58
according to
selon
59
in the age group
dans la force de l'âge
60
fourties
quadragénaire
61
in cohabitation
en concubinage
62
common law marriage
en union libre
63
widowed; widower/widow
veuf / veuve
64
blind
aveugle / non-voyant(e)
65
disabled
handicapé(e)
66
partially sighted
malvoyant(e)
67
mute, silent
muet(te)
68
deaf
sourd(e)
69
Orthodox
orthodoxe
70
middle schooler
collégien(ne)
71
high school student
lycéen
72
primary school student (m / f)
écolier, écolière
73
job-seeker
demandeur / demandeuse d'emploi
74
ungrateful
ingrat
75
universe
univers
76
roots, origins
racines
77
could
pourrais
78
live
vivent
79
open-mindedness
l'ouverture d'esprit
80
comes from, originates
provient
81
perceived
perçue
82
hope
espoir
83
notably
notamment
84
really, so much
tellement
85
gentleness, sweetness
douceur
86
passing
passant
87
snowy summits / peaks
sommets enneigés
88
several
plusierus
89
legal
juridiques
90
either
soit
91
quickly
vite
92
to pursue
poursuivre
93
adolescent
ado
94
it wasn't about
il ne s'agissant pas
95
in a ________ way
d'une manière
96
welcomed
## Footnote
(infinitive has 'r')
acceulli
97
to decode
décrypter
98
to translate
traduire
99
through, by means of
à force de
100
mind-numbing
abêtissant
101
in the long run
à la langue
102
degradation, depletion
appauvrissement
103
outdated
dépassé
104
I don't understand much about it
Je n'en comprend pas grand chose
105
remote, isolated
reculé
106
but
but
107
unfashionable
ringard
108
crowd
la foule
109
narrow
étroit
110
index, list
répertoire
111
virtue
vertu
112
irrevocably, irreversibly
irrémédiablement
113
furthermore, what's more
de plus
114
to erase
effacer
115
anyway, at any rate
en tout cas
116
to keep harping on about, to keep repeating
rebâcher
117
to communicate
communiquer
118
to express
exprimer
119
knowledge
connaissances
120
written, wrote
écrit
121
to shape
façonner
122
apprenticeship
apprentissage
123
slang
l'argot
124
backwards slang
verlan
125
suburb
banlieue
126
exclusion, rejection
l'exclusion
127
to form, to build, to form one's character
se forger
128
establishment
l'ordre établi
129
to affirm
affirmer
130
to joke around
plaisanter
131
to mix
mélanger
132
to acquire
acquérir
133
to master
moîtriser
134
to behave
se comporte
135
To get in the mood
s'ambiancer
136
to gallop, to run, to spread rapidly
galoper
137
borrowing from
empruntant aux
138
are imposed on
s'imposent aux
139
are concerned about
Se préoccupent de
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to begin to
se mettent à
141
realises
se rend compte
142
consists of
consiste à
143
to adapt to
s'adapter aux
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to oblige to
obligent à
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to suffer from
souffrir de
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to tend to
a tendance à
147
allow
permettent à
148
seeks to, aims to
cherche à
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to use, make use of
se servir de
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to attain, access
accéder à
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to comply with
se conforment à
152
starts to
se met à
153
contributes to
contribue à
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to testify / witness
témoigner
155
testimony
temoignage
156
from the moment of
dès
157
a shortcoming
une lacune
158
pureblood
de souche
159
a path / a way
une voie
160
assimilation (f)
l'assimilation
161
integration (f)
l'intégration
162
marginalisation
la marginilisation
163
to feel, to experience
éprouver
164
to proclaim
clamer
165
autonomous / independent / self-sufficient
autonome
166
to reach / to achieve
atteindre
167
welcoming
accueilants
168
wines
les vins
169
everywhere, all over
partout
170
bins
poubelles
171
cultured
cultivés
172
the lack of
Le manque de
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cleanliness
propreté
174
well dressed
bien habillés
175
sensitive to
sensible(s) à
176
screen
ecran
177
body (m)
le corps
178
value, worth
valeur
179
of course, certainly
bien sûr
180
to burn
brûler
