LFBP August 2016 V Flashcards

1
Q

glow/glimmer

the flash of lightning illuminated the night

A

la lueur

la lueur des éclairs illuminait la nuit

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2
Q

batch/lot (batch of bread)

-can be figurative too

A

la fournée

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3
Q

dusk/twilight
the bats leave at dusk
he’s at the twilight of his life

A

le crépuscule
les chauves-souris sortent au crépuscule
Il est au crépuscule de sa vie

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4
Q

hung up/stuck
repressed
this plank is sticking

A

coincé

cette planche coince

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5
Q

to thin down
(also means reduced)

hope reduces of finding survivors
I’ll thin it so it fits perfectly (la planche)

A

amenuiser
l’espoir s’amenuise de retrouver des survivants
je l’amenuise pour qu’elle rentre parfaitement.

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6
Q

torpedo

to torpedo

A

une torpille

torpiller

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7
Q
dairy industry
(2 words for industry)
A

l’industrie laitière

la filière latière

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8
Q

talk a lot of hot air (all talk no action)

A

brasser du vent

brasser de l’air

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9
Q
clearing out (room, ruins)
the time is now the clean up in the village struck by the earthquake
A

le déblaiement

l’heure est désormais au déblaiement dans les villages frappés par le séisme

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10
Q

bathing spot

several hundreds of persons tasted the pleasures of a bathing spot in the heart of paris

A

une baignade

Plusieurs centaines de personnes ont gouté aux plaisirs de la baignade en plein Paris

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11
Q

freshwater

freshwater lake

A

d’eau douce (nf)

un lac d’eau douce

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12
Q

saltwater

A

l’eau de mer (nf)

l’eau salée (nf)

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13
Q

splash!

A

un plouf

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14
Q

bumper
traffic light
moth

A

un pare-chocs
un feu rouge (le feu de signalisation more formal)
un papillon de nuit

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15
Q

mast

A

le mât (ma)

le poteau dans le bateau-the pole in the boat

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16
Q

a ray (fish)
also means hair part!
his well styled hair was separated by a part

A

une raie

Ses cheveux bien coiffés sont séparés par une raie.

17
Q

census

A

le recensement

18
Q

bright spell (weather and figurative)

A

une embellie

19
Q

clear/distinct
i have a clear vision of the situation
he traced a clear line

A

net
J’ai une vision très nette de la situation.
Il a tracé un trait bien net.

20
Q

poaching

A

le braconnage

21
Q

rhino

A

rhinocéros