Laval1 Flashcards by Maureen McCorry | Brainscape

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Welcome, welcoming adj.

A

de bienvenue

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By far ( considerably, easily, much)

She is by far the most talented.

Did you miss your train by much?

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De beaucoup

Elle est de beaucoup la plus douée.

As-tu râter ton train de beaucoup?

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From top to bottom, from the bottom up

Look somebody up and down

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De bas en haut

Regarder qq’un de bas en haut

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Willingly, heartily, readily

It’s ( it was) a pleasure.

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De bon coeur

C’est de bon coeur

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Is that an everyday or common expression

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Ça se dit couramment?

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He’s pushing sixty.

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Il court sur ses 60 ans.

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Womanizer

Man eater

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Coureur

Coureur de jupons

Coureuse

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Diarrhea fam.

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La courante

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To fabricate

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Fabuler

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Second hand book/ car

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D’occasion

Un livre d’occasion

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Weave

A

Tisser

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Liste des gagnants, list of hits

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Les palmarès

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Absent-minded, air-head

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étourdi(e) adj., noun

Distrait(e) adj.

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A syringe

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Une seringue

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Worry,

Don’t worry

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S’en faire

Ne vous en faites pas

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Idleness

The devil finds work for idle hands

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L’oisiveté

L’oisiveté c’est la mére de toutes les vices.

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Surroundings, neighbourhood

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Les alentours n.pl.

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Surroundings, nearby

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Alentour adv.

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Knack, trick, shrewdness, cunning

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Astuce n. f.

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To train, erect, draw up

A

Dresser

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To smash open kick down

That breaks the budget.

A

Défoncer

Ça défonce le budget.

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To be bankrupt

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être en faillite

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As, as well as

as I pointed out

My parents as well as my brothers will be there.

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Ainsi que

Ainsi que je l’ai fait rémarqué…

Mes parents ainsi que mes frères seront là.

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This or that way, so, thus

Amen, so be it.

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Ainsi adv.

Ainsi soit-il.

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Absent-minded

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Distrait(e)

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Font

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La police

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Rails

Ties

Derailment

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Rails n.m.

Les traverses

Déraillment. m.

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Masters (degree)

A

La matrise

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To hang out

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Retrouver des amis

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Inquisitive

A

Questionneux, -euse Québec, fam.

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Life time learner

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Apprennant à vie

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Stencil (in drawing)

Draw with stencils

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Un pochoir

Dessiner au pochoir

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Gradually

He’ll get used to it in time.

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Au fur et à mesure

Il s’adaptera au fur et à mesure

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To harvest, pick

A

Cueillir

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To please each other

To please oneself

A

Se plaire (á)

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To dislike one another

To be unhappy, dissatisfied (être mal á l’aise)

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Se déplaire

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Sated

A

Repu(e)(s)

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To please somebody

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Complaire á qq’un

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To revel or delight in qq.ch

To wallow in-

He wallows in his misery.

To take great pleasure in saying/doing sth.

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Se complaire dans qq’ch

Il se complait dans son malheur.

Se complaire á dire/faire qq’ch

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To make fun of, to make light of

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Se rire de

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Passion, spirit, ardour

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Fougue f.

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Spring cleaning

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Le grand ménage printanier

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To chant

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Scander

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Motorcyclist

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Un motard

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To pocket, to rake in

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Empocher

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To heckle, interrupt, disrupt

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Chahuter

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To meddle, get involved with

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Se mêler

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To muddle, tangle up

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Embrouiller

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To muzzle

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Museler

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Anybody, anyone

Whoever

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Quiconque

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To dust

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épousseter

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Woodwork, paneling

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Les boisseries

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To tie up

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Ficeler

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To label

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étiqueter

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To pant

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Haleter

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To flow, stream, drip

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Ruisseler

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Master’s degree

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La matrise

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Ph.d.

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Le doctorat

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Inquisitive

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Questioneux,- euse Quebec, fam.

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Bookworm

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Un rat de bibliothèque

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Energetic

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Energique

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To put on Brylcreem, slick one’s hair

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Gomminer

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To camouflage, hide

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Camoufler

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Baldness

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La calvitie

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To whistle

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Siffloter

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To beseige

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Assiéger

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To hug

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Serrer dans les bras

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Excited

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enthousiaste, j’ai hâte

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I like you

I love you

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Je t’aime bien

Je t’aime

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To damage, harm

To be harmful to one’s health

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Nuire (à)

Nuire à la santé

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Décorer

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Orner

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To convert

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Aménager

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To favour, give priority to

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Privilégier

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Knowledge

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Le savoir

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To finalize, put the finishing touches on

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Parachever

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To stutter

Stuttering

Stutterer

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Bégayer

Bégaiement m.

Bègue f.

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Sustainable development

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Développement durable

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As soon as

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Au fur et à mesure que

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In the area around

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Aux allentours de

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To stamp, crash, dab

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Tamponner

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To crash into, to ram into

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Tamponner

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To chisel, sculp with a chisel

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Ciceler

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chisel

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Un ciseau (à bois)

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To dismantle, uninstall

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Démanteler

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To demolish

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Démolir

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To torture

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Supplicier

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Quarter ( like torture )

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écarteler

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To be torn between sth and sth

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être écartelé entre qq’ch et qq’ch

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To harass, badger

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Harceler

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To pester fam. Harceler

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Tanner

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To snack, nibble

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Grignoter

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To pinch i.e. steal sth

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Grignoter

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To blubber, snivel

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Chialer

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To hammer, pound

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Marteler

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To model, fashion, create

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Modeler

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To pick a lock

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Crocheter

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To ferret, rummage

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Fureter

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To pant, to hold your breathe

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Haleter

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To be appreciated, to be appealing

A

Plaire (à)