LFBP February 2015 III Flashcards

1
Q

All french anger words are usually followed by DE

A

s’indigner de (indignant about)
menacer de (to be threatened with)
être furieux de

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2
Q

Most french words of trying or asking are also DE

A

essayer de
tenter de
prier de (to ask)
supplier de (to beg)

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3
Q

Most denial words are DE except….

A

nier (nier no prep!) je nie être là

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4
Q

Most words forbidding are DE

A

interdire de

défendre de

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5
Q

Most words of fear are DE

to fear

A

redouter de

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6
Q

Most verbs with “success or aspiring to do something” is À
to be bent on
to aspirer

A

arriver à
tenir à
aspirer à

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7
Q

a handful

a handful of employees

A

une poignée

une poignée d’employés

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8
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ginger

A

gingembre

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9
Q

all the more

it’s all the more shocking that..

A

d’autant plus que

c’est d’autant plus choquant que….

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10
Q

to outsource

A

délocaliser

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11
Q

to down in the dumps

A

avoir le cafard

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12
Q

cockroach

A

un cafard

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13
Q

slowly

the fabrication is dying a slow death

A

à petit feu

la fabrication est en train de mourir à petit feu

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14
Q

clever

A

astucieux

astucieuse

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15
Q

a draft

A

un brouillon

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16
Q

to have mixed feelings

i have mixed feelings

A

s’inspirer des sentiments partagés

je m’inspire des sentiments partagés

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17
Q

as long as

he should rest in bed as long as he has a fever

A

tant que
il devrait rester au lit tant qu’il a de la fièvre
REMEMBER its different than EN tant que: as a….

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18
Q

a feat/accomplishment

A

un exploit

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19
Q

blind

he went blind at 65

A

aveugle

il est atteint de cécité à l’âge de 65

20
Q

an asset

A

un atout

21
Q

the area/domain

A

LE domaine

22
Q

they won five matches in a row at the beginning of the season

A

ils ont remporté cinq matchs d’affilée en début de la saison

23
Q

i am afraid she won’t survive such a fall at her age

A

je crains qu’elle ne survive pas une telle chute à son âge

24
Q

i didn’t expect to that we would see you today

A

je ne m’attendais pas ce qu’on te voie aujourd’hui

25
Q

to live, also means to experience

he experienced a bad divorce

A

vivre

il a mal véçu divorce

26
Q

3 definitions cadres

A

1) environment: je cherche un cadre de vie similarie
2) executive: j’ai passé cadre cette année
3) picture frame

27
Q
work transfer
to transfer (his wife was transferred)
A

une mutation
se muter
sa femme s’est muté

28
Q

2 definitions renvoyer

A

1) to be fired

2) to return/send back

29
Q

1 bedroom, 2 bedroom

A

T1/F1, T2/F2

30
Q

paystub

A

un bulletin de salaire

31
Q

bank account

A

RIB (reeb)

32
Q

electric bill

A

une quittance d’électricité

33
Q

lifestyle

A

un cadre de vie

34
Q

downtown

A

au centre ville

35
Q

to earn/receive

he earns 3,000 euros every month

A

toucher

il touche 3,000 euros par mois

36
Q

to cut up

A

découper

37
Q

I saw him leaving

A

Je l’ai vu qui sortait

Think of qui here like gerund: qui sortait=sortant

38
Q

the reason why….

A

la raison pour laquelle….

39
Q

regardless of animate or inanimate objects parmi and entre are followed by

A

lequel/laquelle/lesquels lesquelles

un group d’universitaires parmi lesquels on compte des americans

40
Q

to identify

A

cerner

41
Q

the tail

A

la queue (pronounced que)

42
Q

to present/stage

A

mettre en scène

voltaire met en scène un double dialogue

43
Q

a collection

A

un recueil

44
Q

a reduction/sale

A

une remise (remember like shed!)

45
Q

verse (poem)

A

le vers (ver)

46
Q

As an anglophone

A

En tant qu’anglophone NOT comme anglophone