Janvier 2014 - Cyrille Flashcards

1
Q

le jour de l’an

A

New Year’s Day

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2
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passer un entretien

A

to have an interview

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3
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passer un examen

A

to take a test

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4
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réussir un examen

A

to pass

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5
Q

retour à la case zéro

retour à la case départ

A

back to square one

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6
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1) to take back

2) to resume

A

reprendre
J’ai repris le travail le 2 janvier
Je reprendrai mes études en Septembre

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7
Q

les juifs

A

Jewish people

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8
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les négationnistes

A

Holocaust denier, negationist

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9
Q

it is not as obvious as it looks

A

ce n’est pas aussi évident que ça en a l’air (sannalair)

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10
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the courses will be in english

A

les cours seront en anglais

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11
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I will have to take a french class

A

je devrai prendre un cours de français

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12
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The first two weeks are dedicated to intensive French courses.

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Les deux première semaine sont consacrées à des cours intensifs de français.

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13
Q

I would be arrested…

A

je serais arrêté!

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14
Q

no privacy / private life

I have no privacy.

A

pas de vie privée

J’ai pas de vie privée

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15
Q

whatever, keep talking! (sarcastic)

A

Tu parles!

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16
Q

without you
for you
with you

A

sans toi
pour toi
avec toi

17
Q

une démarche personnelle

A

a personal initiative

18
Q

un centre d’intérêt

A

a focus, or a focal point

lit = a center of interest

19
Q

c’est pas gagné!

A

you are not out of the woods yet!

20
Q

claquer

A

to slam (door)

21
Q

sauter un plafond

A

to hit the ceiling

22
Q

aussi … que

Ils sont aussi mauvais que quand ils étaient partis

A

as… as

They are as bad as when they left

23
Q

tenir
tenir à ce que…
Il a tenu à ce que tu viennes.

A

to hold, to keep
to insist that, to request that, be adamant that
He insisted that you come.

24
Q

tenir à faire…
Je tiens à rester à Paris.
“Je tiens à vous faire savoir que je ne serai pas présent le…”

A

to really want to do, to be determined to do
I really want to stay in Paris.
“I want to inform you that I will not be present on…”

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parvenir à ses fins Je suis parvenu à mes fins (note être, not avoir) Il va tout faire pour parvenir à ses fins.
to reach one's goal I reached my goals He'll do everything to reach his goals.
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franchir une étape | J'ai franchi une étape
to clear/cross a level
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dépasser les bornes | Il ne faut pas dépasser les bornes
to go too far | You shouldn't go to far...
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les esprits s'échauffent
minds get heated up (as in angry, upset)
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avertir
to warn
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l'envers du décor
the other side of the coin
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ailleurs d'ailleurs par ailleurs
elsewhere, somewhere else moreover, besides furthermore
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redevenir | J'ai peur de redevenir étudiant
to become again | I'm afraid to become a student again