Lesson One Flashcards by Pat Butt | Brainscape

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Points on a railway track

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L’aiguillage (masc)

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Chance, luck, coincidence

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Le hasard

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Fault (geographic)

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La faille tellurique

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Gauge

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Le jauge

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While, whereas

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Tandis que

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To point, aim

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Braquer

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Loop

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La boucie

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Difference, gap

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Le décalage

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To think of, consider ; to dream, to daydreem

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Songer

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Pale

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Blême

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Earpiece

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L’oreillette (fem)

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To get one’s bearings, work out where you are

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Se répérer

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Area, vicinity

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Les parages (masc pl)

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To crackle

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Grésiller

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Unrestrained, mad, wild

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Effréné(e)

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At top speed, flat out

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À toute allure

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To clear a path for oneself

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Se frayer un chemin

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Crowd

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La cohue

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To seize, capture, take possession of

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S’emparer de

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Breakdown

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La panne

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Squeezed

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Comprimé

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To explode, blow up (break out)

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Éclater

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To look for, look about for

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Chercher du regard

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Right in the middle of

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En plein milieu

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Indeed

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En effet

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To shelter

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Abriter

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Fortunately

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Fort heureusement

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To enclose

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Renfermer

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To borrow, to take (the right road)

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Emprunter

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At the speed of light

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À la vitesse de la lumière

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None

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Aucun(e)

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To arise from (the future)

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Provenir

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Such a delay

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Un tel retard

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To worry

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Angoisser

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Notify the authorities

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Prévenez les autoritiés

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The hallway, corridor

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Le couloir

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To head for (the lift)

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Se diriger

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There is nothing to do

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Il n’y a rien à faire

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To run away

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Fuir

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Dizziness

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Une vertige

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To seize

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S’emparer

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To whistle

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Siffler

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A thick smoke

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Une épaisse fumée

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Out of sight

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À perte de vue

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To destroy

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Détruire