grammaire 1 Flashcards

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au-delà de…

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beyond
Do not go beyond this point - It’s beyond my control

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  • une preuve
  • évidence, clairement
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  • evidence, a piece of proof
  • obvious, obviously
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école maternelle
école primaire
collège
lycée
université

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nursery school,
elementary school
middle high school
high school
college

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Quand (= lorsque) + futur
Quand (= lorsque) + futur antérieur

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When + présent
When + présent perfect
idem : as soon as, as early as…

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reprendre, recommencer

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to resume

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jusqu’à (lieu)
jusqu’à (heure, date)

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to - we’re driving to Paris (…jusqu’à Paris)
until - i’m on vacation unitl next week (…jusqu’à la semaine prochaine)

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malgré (+ nom)
malgré le fait que (+ verbe)

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In spite of/ Despite all the warnings (Malgré tous les avertissements) (+ nom)
Although/Though i do not like the idea (Malgré le fait que je n’aime pas l’idée) (+ verb)

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politique

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  • politics (vie politique en général)
  • Policy (la politique mise en oeuvre) - The policy of the governement
  • political (adjectif) - it’s a political decision - a political party
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gagner…
- un match
- de l’argent
- du poids
- du temps

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  • to win (un match,un jeu…)
  • to earn money (aussi dans le sens de mériter)
  • to gain weight (gagner du poids)
  • to save time (gagner du temps)
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A qui… ?
A qui est cette montre ?

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Whose… ?
Whose watch is it ?

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l’addition (la note)

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the bill (GB), the check (USA)

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  • le morale
  • la morale
  • les principes
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  • morale - a positive morale
  • Moral - the moral of the story
  • Morals or Ethics
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quelques, un peu + countable
quelques, un peu + uncountable

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A few - i have a few more questions (countable plurial)
A little - a little more wine (uncountable singular)
(Few et Little (sans a) = sens négatif)

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je peux, il se peut que je…
Il se peut qu’il n’aime pas ça

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I may
He may not like it

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valoir

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  • to be worth - this house is worth half a million dollars - It is worth it (cela vaut la peine)
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peu
moins (comparatif)

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little (+ singulier), few (+ pluriel)
less (+ singulier), fewer (+ pluriel)

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assister, aider
assister (regarder)

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to assist, to help
to attend, to witness

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se souvenir (événement passé)
se souvenir (ne pas oublier un événement à venir)

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to remember + ing = i don’t remember meeting them
to remember + to + inf = Remember to phone him tomorrow

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  • hasard, opportunité
  • chance
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  • chance - do you have her book by any chance ?
  • luck - wish me luck !
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  • obligation formelle
  • obligation morale (ou plus personnelle)
  • interdiction
  • absence d’obligation
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  • you must stay (obligation légale)
  • you have to call your dad (obligation morale)
  • you musn’t smoke here
  • you don’t have to come (tu n’es pas obligé de venir)
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résumer

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to summarise, to sum up

22
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si…

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  • une seule condition = if - If you really love him…
  • plusieurs alternatives = whether - whether you are still in love or not…
23
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malgré, en dépit de, bien que…

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despite (préposition + nom), although (conjonction + verbe)
He continues to work despite his bad health - He continues to work although his health is getting bad

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réussir
- passer un examen
- réussir un examen
- réussir à faire qcq

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  • to take an exam
  • to pas an exam
  • to succeed in, to manage to, to achieve
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poser une question à qlq'un Demande à ma soeur
to ask somebody a question Ask my sister
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selon, d'après
- depending on the weather (selon le temps) (+ chose) - according to my sister (d'arès ma soeur) (+ une personne)
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hommes (femmes) politiques
politicians
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C.V.
résumé
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se rappeler ( événement passé) rappeler qcq à qlq'un
to remind of = It reminds me of my promise + ing to remind + to + inf = Remind him to phone tomorrow
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combien de fois... ? jamais, presque jamais, occasionnellement, rarement, rarement (lit), de temps en temps, d'habitude, souvent, toujours
How often... ? never, hardly never, occasionally, rarely, seldom (lit) sometimes, usually, often, always
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soi... soi... ni... ni...
either... or = he is either tired or sick neither...nor... = he is neither French nor Italian
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être étonné de (ou par)...
to be amazed at... (+ nom ou + ing) I am amazed at his courage - i am surprised at your saying that
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- actuellement - en fait, en réalité, réellement, vraiment
- currently, presently, at the moment - actually
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être habitué à... s'habituer à... être impatient de...
to be used to (+ ing) to get used to (+ ing) to look forward to (+ ing)
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comme + nom comme + verbe en tant que
like = A man like you as = As i told you She speaks like her father (nom) - She speaks as her father did (verbe) As an employee... (En tant qu'employé...)
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- sympathique - compatir, bienveillant
- nice, kind, friendly - to sympathize, sympathetic - i truly sympathisze (je compatis sincèrement)