LFBP June II 2016 Flashcards

1
Q

go down the drain/up in smoke

when the company went bankrupt 20 years of work went up in smoke

A

partir en fumée

Quand l’entreprise a fait faillite, vingt ans de travail sont partis en fumée

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2
Q

take a raincheck

A

ce n’est que partie remise

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3
Q

at the moment

at the moment i hear a lot about aribnb

A

à l’heure actuelle

À l’heure actuelle, j’entends beaucoup parler d’AirBnB

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4
Q

private individuals

ridesharing between individuals

A

les particuliers

le covoiturage entre particuliers

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5
Q

private individuals

ridesharing between individuals

A

les particuliers

le covoiturage entre particuliers

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6
Q

to resort to

i have 2 friends who resorted to it (airbnb)

A

avoir recours à

j’ai deux amis qui y ont eu recours

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7
Q

to resort to

A

avoir recours à

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8
Q

the municipality resorted to small planes to extinguish the forest fires

A

La municipalité a eu recours à de petits
avions pour éteindre les incendies
de forêt

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9
Q

Mausoleum

A

Le mausolée

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10
Q

Lighter

A

Un briquet

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11
Q

overlap
to overlap
every tile has a 3cm overlap with the other

A

chevauchement
chevaucher
Chaque tuile a un chevauchement de trois centimètres avec la suivante

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12
Q

The nose (informal)

A

Le pif

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13
Q

oatmeal

A

le porridge

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14
Q

abbreviation

A

une abréviation

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15
Q

throughout the world…

as this problem comes up throughout the world, the solution is not for tomorrow

A

l’échelle mondiale
Comme ce problème se pose à l’échelle
mondiale, la solution n’est pas pour
demain.

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16
Q

another way to say:

on m’a dit que… (i’ve been told that)

A

je me suis laissé dire que

17
Q

air mattress

A

un matelas gonflable

(matte-la) silent e

18
Q

the costs are on a sliding scale

A

les frais de service sont dégressifs

19
Q

payment

the payment of a deposit is sometimes requested

A

le versement

Le versement d’une caution est parfois exigé

20
Q

cheaply (adverb)

to pay for vacation cheaply

A

à bon marché (weird, sometime adverbs are constructions like à)
se payer des vacances à bon marché

21
Q

if only i had thought of it

A

il fallait y penser

22
Q

formal way of saying cause (more formal than causer or provoquer)
in the case where damages are caused to the apartment or their equipment

A

occassioner
dans le cas où des dégâts seraient occasionnés à l’appartement ou à
ses équipements

23
Q

to digitalize or scan

A

numériser

24
Q

at the end of (completion of)

upon completion of the reservation

A

à l’issue de

à l’issue de la réservation

25
Q

to abound/proliferate

the blogs that abound on the internet

A

foisonner

des blogs qui foisonnent sur internet

26
Q

to be continued

A

à suivre