LFBP July 2015 III Flashcards

1
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to sulk (2)

A

Faire la tronche (tronche-face)

Faire la tête

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2
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sparkiling

sparkling fire

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pétillant

le feu pétillant

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le directeur de la banque vs le directeur de banque

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le directeur de la banque= specific guy you refer to (both nouns have their own definite article)
le directeur de banque: a bank director (in general/abstract….the second noun is describing the first)

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in general, origin leaves out article in feminine
i come from france/china
the south of france

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je viens de Chine/France (NOT DE LA)

le sud de la france (membership is with article)

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we’re going to do some blood test

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nous allons faire des examens sanguins

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we’re going to do an LP

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nous allons vous faire un ponction lombaire

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lie on your side with your back to the doctor, bend your knees toward your chest

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allongez-vous sur le côté, en tournant le dos au médecin, pliez les genoux sur la poitrine

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sit on the edge of the be, hold the pillow to your chest

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asseyez-vous au bord du lit. serrez cet oreiller contre vous

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to bend (i bend, bending, bend!) 
 lean forward with your back bent
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arrondir, j’arrondis, arrondissons

penchez-vous en avant en arrondissant bien le dos

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the rise

the rise of nanotech

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l’essor (nm)

l’essor des nanotehnologies

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to graft

the surgeon grafted (transplanted) a kidney on him

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greffer

Le chirurgien lui greffa un rein

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digitalization

the digitalization of our society is underway

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la numérisation

la numérisation de nos sociétés est en cours (en cooor-silent)

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to intensify (s'intensifier)
the tension intensifies between the boss and the employees
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s’accroître

La tension s’accroît entre le patron et les employés

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14
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skirmish/bagarre/rixe

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une échauffourée

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15
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blackmail

to blackmail

A

le chantage

faire chanter

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relay match/waystation
pass the reins/baton
he took the reins from his dad in the family business

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un relai

Il a pris le relais de son père dans l’entreprise familiale.

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17
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I don’t want to be caught unaware with regards to the conversation with all the jargon…

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je ne voudrais pas être pris au dépourvu côté conversation avec tout le jargon

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to obtain/procurer

he got these products online

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procurer

Il s’est procuré ces produits en ligne

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according to what i heard…..

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d’après ce que j’ai entendu

20
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uneven, an accident victim

the terrain is very uneven

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accidenté

le terrain est très accidenté

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a shovel

22
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when did these issues start?

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commet ces troubles ont-ils commencé?

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difficulty (also means embarrassing)
he felt difficulty speaking in public
by a difficulty breathing (SOB)

A

gêne
Il éprouve de la gêne à parler en public
par une gêne respiratoire

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coughing fit

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quintes de toux

avez vous des quintes de toux?

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is you cough associated with phlegm?
votre toux s'accompagne-t-elle de crachats?
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what brings on your cough
qu'est-ce qui déclenche votre toux?
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have you coughed up blood?
avez-vous déjà craché du sang?
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to begin to | she began to cry
se mettre à | elle s'est mise à pleurer
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to reshuffle a reshuffling Tsipras is forced to a reshuffle
remanier le remaniement Tsipras est contraint au remaniement
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to introduce/get to know (the basics of) | he offers also to introduce me to snowboarding
s'initier à | me propose également de m’initier au ‘surf des neiges
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a pileup | a brushfire causes a pileup of four cars on the road
un carambolage | un feu de champ entraîne un carambolage entre quatre voitures sur la route
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it's the least that...
c'est la moindre des choses...
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a dragnet | an antiterrorist dragnet in saudi arabia
un coup de filet | un coup de filet antiterroriste en Arabie Saoudite
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summer holiday tourists
un estivant
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a symptom | do you get SOB?
un symptôme | avez-vous le souffle court?
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a pump neb a medicine has been place in a machine allowing it to transform the liquid to a fine mist
un spray un aérosol un médicament à été placé dans un appareil permettant de transformer le liquide en un fin brouillard
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que at beginning confusing...can mean 3 things 1) "only" only good quality! 2) "size/grandeur" so many people/so noisy! 3) "that--let's pray that"(wish---sub) let's pray that he's good
1) que de la bonne qualité! 2) que de monde/ que de bruit 3) Qu'il soit bien!
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talk of the town they are the talk of the town with their record costs a column (news column)
défrayer la chronique ils défraient la chronique pour leur coûts records la chronique
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for good reason... TRICKY: also...."a lot" there's a lot to do
il y a de quoi (y avoir de quoi) | il y a de quoi faire
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se suicider slang
se foutre en l'air