Le diner de cons vocab Flashcards

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un tour de reins

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a backache

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un éditeur

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a publisher

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un passe-temps

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a hobby

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une maquette

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a model

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une allumette

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a match

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un répondeur (téléphonique)

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an answering machine

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une maîtresse

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a mistress

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un stratagème

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a stratagem

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un quiproquo

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a misunderstanding

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une soirée

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an evening

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la bêtise

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stupidity

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une méprise

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a mistake

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un contrôleur fiscal

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a tax auditor

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les impôts

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taxes

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un tableau

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a painting

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un coup de théâtre

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a dramatic turn of events

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une cabine téléphonique

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a phone booth

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le vainqueur

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the winner

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l’intrigue

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the plot

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rire

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to laugh

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amener qq’un

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to bring someone

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quitter qq’un

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to leave someone

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annuler

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to cancel

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faire une gaffe

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to blunder

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être sur le point de faire qq. chose
to be on the verge of doing something
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rendre service à qq'un
to do someone a favor
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tendre un piège à qq'un
to set a trap for someone
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mentir
to lie
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demander à qq'un de faire qqch
to ask someone to do something
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avouer qqch
to confess, to admit
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révéler qqch à qq'un
to reveal something to someone
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humilier qq'un
to humiliate someone
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se sentir coupable
to feel guilty
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avoir du cœur
to have a good heart
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hebdomadaire
weekly
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méchant
mean
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méprisant
contemptuous
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dégoûté
disgusted
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envahissant
intrusive
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bienveillant
benevolent
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hébété
bewildered
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léger
light
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divertissant
entertaining
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par erreur
by mistake
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à cause de
because of
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à son insu
without him/her knowing
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appeler qq'un
to call someone
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décrocher
to pick up
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raccrocher
to hang up
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laisser un message
to leave a message
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rappeler
to call back
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un coup de fil
a phone call
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un numéro de téléphone
a phone number
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composer
to dial
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la ligne est occupée
the line is busy
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un numéro vert
a 1-800 number
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l'annuaire
a phone book
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être sur la liste rouge
to be unlisted
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les pages blanches/jaunes
the white/yellow pages
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un sans fil
a wireless phone
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un portable, un mobile
a cell phone
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un dialecte
a dialect
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l'argot
slang
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un idiome
an idiom
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une langue étrangère
a foreign language
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une langue parlée/écrite
a spoken/written language
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la langue littéraire
literary language
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la langue soutenue
formal/elevated language
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la langue courante
standard/everyday language
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la langue familière
colloquial language
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la langue vulgaire
vulgar language
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la langue grossière
coarse language
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la langue châtiée
polished, refined language