LFBP April 2015 X Flashcards

1
Q

to be short of

i’m short of cash

A

être à court de (fixed)

Je suis à court d’argent

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2
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differently

we won’t get anywhere like this, one must go about it differently

A

On n’y arrivera pas comme ça, il faut s’y prendre autremen

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3
Q

if it doesn’t suit you i can do it differently

A

Si ça ne t’arrange pas, je peux faire autrement

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4
Q

they are short of cash to respond to the crisis

A

Ils sont à court d’argent pour répondre / réagir à la crise.

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5
Q

how much does she need? (2)

A

De combien a-t-elle besoin?

elle a besoin de combien?

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it doesn’t work for us cause gilles is arriving

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Cela ne nous arrange pas parce que Gilles arrive

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7
Q

phone credit

i’ll need a topping up of 20 euros

A

une recharge

il me faudrait une recharge de 20 euros

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8
Q

how does it work?

A

Comment ça marche?

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9
Q

to dial

you dial 911

A

composez

vous composez LE 911

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10
Q

recently

A

récemment (pronounced récAHment)

like fréquemment, évidemment

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11
Q

junkfood

it’s the junkfood that she eats throughout the day

A

C’est les cochonneries qu’elle avale à longueur de journée

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12
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on the verge of doing something
i was just on the verge of doing it
she is on the verge of buying it

A

être à deux doigts de faire quelque chose
J’étais à deux doigts de le faire
Elle est à deux doigts de l’acheter.

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13
Q

lost at sea (lost-distraught)

i was lost by the response

A

désemparer

J’étais désemparé face à cette réponse

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14
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fragile

fragile figures

A

frêle

Les silhouettes frêles (nf)

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15
Q

the mediterranean

A

la Méditerranée

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16
Q

eviscerated (2)

A

éventré

éviscérer

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17
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to collapse (building)

A

s’effondrer

s’écrouler

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18
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the finishing line

he collapsed with fatigue after crossing the finishing line

A

la ligne d’arrivée

Il s’est effondré de fatigue après avoir franchi la ligne d’arrivée.

19
Q

to be littered, strewn about

after the accident the car debris was strewn about the ground

A

joncher

Après l’accident, des débris de voiture jonchaient le sol.

20
Q

to sprawl out
vast/sprawling
this forest is vast
she was stretched out on the beach

A

étendre
étendu
Cette forêt est très étendue.
Elle était étendue sur la plage

21
Q

unemployment stretches/extends to almost a quarter of the population

A

Le chômage s’étend presque au quart de la population.

22
Q

the flow/stream (2)

A
le flux (silent x) le flu
l'écoulement
23
Q

battelship

A

un navire militaire

24
Q

to panhandle

A

faire la manche

25
Q

to overrun

the people who invade the city and panhandle in front of the supermarkets

A

envahir

les gens qui envahissent la ville et font la manche devant les supermarchés

26
Q
soft tissue (MSK)
dough
soft cheese
A

le tissu mou
une pâte (same word as pasta)
les fromage à pâte molle (even though le fromage…it’s une pâte!)

27
Q

usually adjective ending in -al turn to -aux
the principal singer
normal point of view
* exception: glacial, banal

A

le chanteur principal
des chanteurs principaux
un point de vue normale/des pointes de vues normaux

28
Q

3 notes on gens and adjective:
1) les gens is usually feminine when adjective before gens: good people
2) masculine if adjective is after gens: the good honest, people
3) masculine if être follows gens (but can mix!)
these good people are really naive

A

de bonnes gens (pronounced just like jean)
les gens bons et honnêtes
ces bonnes gens sont bien naïfs

29
Q

remember: When the adjective is figurative, it goes before the noun, and when it’s analytic, it goes after the noun—“before it’s part of the figurative essence of the noun”
- a great man/ a tall man
- a sad/pathetic guy, a sad man (cyring)

A

un grand homme/ un homme grand

un triste homme/un homme triste

30
Q

skateboard (2)

A

un skateboard

une planche à roulettes

31
Q

deaf-mute

A

un sourd-muet

32
Q

nowadays it’s very fashionable but I’ll put on less the next time

A

de nos jours c’est très tendance mais, j’en mettrai moins la prochaine fois

33
Q

to emphasize (2)

A

1) souligner que

2) mettre l’accent sur le fait que

34
Q

to close down (shut down)

A

mettre la clé sous la porte

35
Q

to agree on

we’ll reach an agreement

A

se mettre d’accord

On se mettra d’accord.

36
Q

adverb adjective combos: adverbs first, but always fixed (like normal)
well intentioned person
early warning signs

A

une personne bien intentionné

les signes avant-coureurs

37
Q

barefoot
mid-season
half open (door)

A

nu-pieds
la mi-saison
une porte mi-clos

38
Q

to make “more” or “less” in adjective just add plus ou moins in front
this film is less interesting for kids
she seems more sick today

A

ce film est moins intéressant pour les enfants

ells semble plus malade auourd’hui

39
Q

to denote “equal” use aussi
in negative it’s “si”
he wants to have as big a car
the current isn’t as dangerous here

A

il désire une aussi grande voiture

le courant n’est pas si dangereux par ici

40
Q

only two irregular comparison adjectives:
bon= good….adjective is meilleur
mauvais=bad…adjective is pire
the remedy is worse that the illness
the text is better now that you have shortened it

A

le remède est pire que le mal

le texte est meilleur maintenant que tu l’as raccourci

41
Q

to make superlative just add le/la/les in front of comparative:
she’s the least ambitious in her family
it’s the most dangerous road in the region

A

elle est la moins ambitieuse de sa famille
c’est la route la plus dangereuse de la région
** we translate “in” as DE here usually*

42
Q
3 irregular superlatives
1) le meilleur
2) la pire
3) les moindres 
this solution is the worse of the three proposed
the principle of least effort
A

cette solution es la pire des trois proposes

le principe du moindre effort

43
Q

absolute superlatives: des plus (agree adjective but des plus usually just fixed)
the simplest of all
it was the most interesting of days

A

un voyage des plus simple

c’était une journée des plus intéressante