LFBP August 2015 I Flashcards

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it can happen anytime

A

cela arrive n’importe quand!

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2
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knitting

to knit

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le tricot

tricoter (faire le tricot)

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to sew (conjugation)
sewing
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coudre (je couds, nous cousons, ils coudent;
j’ai cousu, je coudrai, je couse
la couture

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i did a lot in my youth but i don’t do anymore (sport)

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j’en ai fait beaucoup dans ma jeunesse mais j’en fais plus

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to get beat up

the RFI correspondant was beaten up while he went to the areas

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passer à tabac

Le correspondant de RFI a été passé a tabac alors qu’il se rendait sur les lieux

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a machine gun

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un fusil-mitrailleur

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to be moved
it moved me
it’s moving

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se émouvoir (je m’émeus, nous émouvons, ils se émeuvent; je me suis ému) sub: j’émeuve, fut: émouvrai
Les soigneurs se sont émus à la vue des oursons
il m’a ému
c’est émouvant

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8
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a diaspointment

it’s disappointing

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une decevante

c’est décevant

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9
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this film made me dream

this film gave me nightmares

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Ce film m’a fait rêver.

Ce film nous a fait faire des cauchemars

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this film made me think of my youth

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Ce film m’a fait réfléchir à ma jeunesse

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11
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to live the dream (be living the good life)

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nager dans le bonheur

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12
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the birth of the bear cubs moved the trainers

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La naissance des oursons émeut les soigneurs

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13
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report/checkup

checkup (health)

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le bilan

le bilan de santé

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14
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put the thermometer in your mouth and keep it there for 5 minutes
your temp is ____ in c/f

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mettez le thermomètre dans la bouche et conservez-le pendant cinq minutes
vous avez ___ de température en degrés Celsius/Farenheit

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15
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swindler/hustler (2)

to hustle

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arnaquer, escroc

arnaquer

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16
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anonymity

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anonymat (nm)

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17
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to give a kick in the ass

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se donner un coup de pied aux fesses

18
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turns your stomach, makes you sick

it’s an image that sickens you (a group)

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soulever le cœur

cette une image qui vous soulève le cœur

19
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to take one’s life into one’s own hands

these poor people who took their destiny in their own hands to flee their country

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prendre en main son destin
ces pauvres gens qui ont pris en main leur destin afin de
fuir leur pays

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it was an image among the most sad, despite a luminous scenery (theater)/decor of vacation

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C’était une image des plus tristes, en dépit d’un décor lumineux de vacances

21
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nothing to
this photo had nothing to celebrate
the words made no sense

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n’avoir rien de
cette photo n’avait rien de réjouissant
ces propos n’ont rien de sensé

22
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monsoon

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la mousson

23
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use an/ans for nouns (20 ans)
-in general ée is for adjective (une longue journée) and for some preposition like de….use années: 1 million d’années
-also use années for any counting expressions:
how many years?

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combien d’années?

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jour used for counting regardless expression of quantity
10 days
a dozen days (une dizaine de….)

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10 jours

une dizaine de jours

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empty stomach you should come on an empty stomach to the hospital sober, alcoholics often tremble
à jeun (pronounced exactly as jeune) je+ en NOT jean Vous devrez venir à jeun à l’hôpital À jeun, les alcooliques tremblent souvent
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calmly, neutrally | how do we bring this phenomenon up calmly/neutrally?
sereinement | comment évoquer sereinement ce phénomène?
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a raft a junk raft a dinghy
un radeau un rafiot un canot (pneumatic)
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to sink/go down | this boat went down off the coast of ny
sombrer | ce bateau a sombré au large de NY
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another word for sink beside sombrer (tricky since it also means something else) the titanic sank in very little time
couler (remember it also means to flow!) | Le Titanic a coulé en très peu de temps
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move (house move)
le déménagement
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to experience | we experienced six months ago dreadful terrorist attacks
vivre | on a vécu il y a six mois des attentats épouvantables
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background (2)
sur fond | le deuxième plan
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outside
en plein air | pronounced pleine air (liason so not nasal)
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sometimes i have doubts
j'ai parfois quelque doutes
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Grasshopper
Une sauterelle
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Grass is always greener
L'herbe est toujours plus verte ailleurs
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motherfucker
enfoiré | sale enfoiré
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headquarters
l'état majeur/siège
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to get it (slang) | he gets it
piger | il pige
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another word for drogue
les stupéfiants