January Flashcards by Susie Davis

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il s’était vu offrir

A

he was offered

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il se fait tard

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it’s getting late

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épouvantable

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appalling

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ne t’en fais pas

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don’t worry

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je m’en fiche

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I don’t care

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je n’en reviens pas que + subjunctive

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I can’t believe that…

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encenser

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to praise, flatter

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se complaire (like plaire - je plais, il plaît, nous plaisons, fut. je plairai, pp. plu)

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to indulge

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on se laisse prendre

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we let ourselves be taken in

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ça se saurait

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you (one) would know

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je ne m’y ferai jamais

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I’ll never get used to it

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on se faire avoir

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to be tricked, duped

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embaucher, faire embaucher

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to hire, to be hired

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se voir offrir

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to be offered

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davantage

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more

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la trêve

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the truce

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une arnaque; arnaquer

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a scam, fraud; to rip off, defraud

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au grand jour

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in broad daylight

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berner

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to fool, deceive

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tromper

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to delude, trick

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mettre en avant

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to put forward, highlight

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appauvri(e)(s)

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improvised, depleted

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le constat

A

observation, finding

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Les pouvoirs publics

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Public authorities

aboutir (à)

to succeed, result (in)

encadrement des bénéfices des actionnaires

managing shareholders profits

déçu(e)(s)

disappointed

on sent que

on senses that

être brisé

to be broken

aimer se voir aimant

to be seen as loving

médire

to gossip, slander

lâche

loose, cowardly

le(s) faiseur(s)

doer(s), maker(s)

le courroux

wrath, fury

mœurs (fem)

morals, mores, customs

n'en déplaise à

pace

le trancher net

to cut it short, conclusion

la fâcherie

anger, chagrin

morbleu

exclamation "my god" mon dieu