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Inter.2 Flashcards

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Account

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Compte rendu
Compte de banque

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Acompte

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Deposit
Advance
Down payment

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Affair

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Aventure; liaison romantique

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Une bonne affaire
Affaires

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A good thing/ deal
Business

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Alliance (English)

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Alliance dans le sens de confédération

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Alliance en français

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Wedding ring
Alliance (between countries)

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Amateur

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Amateur ( An amateur is someone who does something as a hobby and not as a job.)/one lacking in experience and competence in an art or science

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Amateur :Personne qui a une préférence marquée ou exclusive pour un genre de choses : Elle est amatrice de romans policiers

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Fan/ lover: If you are a fan of someone or something, especially a famous person or a sport, you like them very much and are very interested in them.

Enthusiast :An enthusiast is a person who is very interested in a particular activity or subject and who spends a lot of time on it.
Amateur (hobbies)

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Ancient(English)

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Antique
Meaning of ancient: Ancient means belonging to the distant past, especially to the period in history before the end of the Roman Empire.

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Ancien

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Old
Former

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Bureau ( English)

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A bureau is an office, organization, or government department that collects and distributes information.
…the Federal Bureau of Investigation. [+ of]
…the Citizens’ Advice Bureau.

A bureau is an office of a company or organization which has its main office in another town or country

A bureau is a chest of drawers.
[US]

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Bureau en français

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Desk
Office

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Circulation in english

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The circulation of a newspaper or magazine is the number of copies that are sold each time it is produced.

Your circulation is the movement of blood through your body.

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Circulation

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Traffic
Circulation (Blood)

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Congress

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A congress is a large meeting that is held to discuss ideas and policies.

Congress is the elected group of politicians that is responsible for making the law in the United States. It consists of two parts: the House of Representatives and the Senate.

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Congrès : 1. Réunion, conférence de souverains, d’ambassadeurs, de délégués de divers pays.
Synonymes :
conférence - pourparlers

  1. Réunion de personnes qui délibèrent sur des intérêts communs, des études communes, etc. : Congrès scientifique.
    Synonymes :
    colloque - débat - séminaire - symposium
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Congress; convention(A convention is an official agreement between countries or groups of people); symposium ( experts) conference (is a meeting, often lasting a few days, which is organized on a particular subject or to bring together people who have a common interest)

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Date (english)

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A date is a small, dark-brown, sticky fruit with a stone inside. Dates grow on palm trees in hot countries.

If you have a date with someone with whom you are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship, you can refer to that person as your date.

A date is a specific time that can be named, for example a particular day or a particular year.

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Derange

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Rendre fou
Deranged (fou)

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Déranger

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Bother

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Effectively

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Efficacement

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Effectivement

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Actually
Really
In fact
Indeed

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Experience

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Expérience (de vie)

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Expérience

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Experiment ( scientific)

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Inconvenient

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ADJECTIVE B2
Something that is inconvenient causes problems or difficulties for someone.
Can you come at 10.30? I know it’s inconvenient for you, but I must see you. [+ for]
It’s very inconvenient to have to wait so long.
She arrived at an extremely inconvenient moment.
Synonyms: troublesome, annoying, awkward, embarrassing More Synonyms of inconvenient

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Inconvénient ( nom)

Conséquence fâcheuse, risque que comporte ou peut comporter une situation ou une action donnée : Si vous n’y voyez pas d’inconvénients, je partirai plus tôt.
Synonymes :
danger - ennui - mal - péril - risque

  1. Aspect désavantageux ou négatif de quelque chose, considéré par rapport à ses côtés avantageux ou positifs : Peser les avantages et les inconvénients d’une décision.
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Drawback: COUNTABLE NOUN
A drawback is an aspect of something or someone that makes them less acceptable than they would otherwise be.
Disadvantage

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Issue (english)

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An issue is an important subject that people are arguing about or discussing.

If something is the issue, it is the thing you consider to be the most important part of a situation or discussion

An issue of something such as a magazine or newspaper is the version of it that is published, for example, in a particular month or on a particular day.

When something such as a liquid, sound, or smell issues from something, it comes out of that thing.

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Issue en français

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Exit
Way out

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Large ( english)

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Grand et vaste

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Large en français

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Wide
Broad

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Location (english)

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Emplacement, lieu, endroit, localisation

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Location

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Rental; rent

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Lunatic

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Fou, dément, cinglé

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Lunatique

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Quebec: distracted
France: crazy, insane

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Novel

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Roman

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Nouvelle

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News
Short story

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Occasion in english

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Événement

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Occasion en français

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Opportunity

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Pass

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Passer ( devant quelque chose); réussir ( un cours ou un examen)

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Passer

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Take, write or do ( a test, but it depends on the type of test); spend (time)

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Pleasant

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Agréable

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Plaisant

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Amusing

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Pretend

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If you pretend that something is the case, you act in a way that is intended to make people believe that it is the case, although in fact it is not.

If children or adults pretend that they are doing something, they imagine that they are doing it, for example as part of a game.

faire semblant

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Prétendre: 1. Affirmer quelque chose, le donner pour vrai : Je ne prétends pas qu’il ait (ou qu’il a) dit cela. Il prétend être le seul à savoir.
Synonymes :
alléguer - avancer - déclarer - raconter - soutenir

  1. Affirmer être capable de faire telle chose : Vous prétendez le convaincre.
    Synonyme :
    se piquer de
  2. Vouloir quelque chose, en avoir la ferme intention : Il prétend qu’on lui obéisse en tout.
    Synonymes :
    entendre - se flatter de - tenir à - vouloir
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Claim
Assert If you assert your right or claim to something, you insist that you have the right to it.

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Purchase

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Acheter

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Pourchasser

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Pursue
Hunt down

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Realize

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Se rendre compte, prendre conscience de, découvrir.
Accomplir, produire et créer

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Réaliser

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Realize ( se rendre compte)
Carry out: If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.
Accomplish
Achieve
Finish

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Remark
Remark on/ upon

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Faire une remarque
Faire des remarques sur/à propos de…

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Remarquer
Faire remarquer

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Notice
Point out

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Rendezvous (n)
Rendezvous (v)

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Repaire d’ individus, rendez-vous galant, rendez-vous (militaire)

Se retrouver et se réunir

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Rendez-vous

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Appointment (doctor/dentist); date ( sentimental); meeting place

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Reunion

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Retrouvailles

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Réunion

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Meeting

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