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LFBP November 2014 I Flashcards

1
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An account.

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compte (nm)

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Approximate

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Approximatif

Approximative (f)

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So few…

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Si peu de

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What about for your girlfriend?

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Qu’en est il pour sa copine

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Subscriber

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Des abonnés (nm)

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Frenzy, unleashing, unchained

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déchaînement (nm)

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Hidden

Hidden tax

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Déguisé

Un impôt déguise

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To be strict about

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Être à cheval sur

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Means to escape reality (loophole)

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Une forme d’échappatoire

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The evils

Not the worst of all evils

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Les maux

Ce n’est pas le pire des maux

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The elimination

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suppression (nf)

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Lucrative, ripe (fruit)

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Juteux

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Slot machine

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machine à sous (nf)

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13
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You can say that again

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C’est le cas de le dire

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14
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Shareholder

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actionnaire (nf)

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16
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Shameful

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Honteuse

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17
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Occasionally (4)

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De temps à autre
Occasionnellement
Quelque fois
De temps en temps

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To witness

Witness the media frenzy…

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Assister à

On assiste au déchaînement médiatique

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19
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To start a campaign

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Engager une campagne pour….

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19
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Sure you must have…

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Il a bien du…t’arriver de

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Immediately

We witness the immediate media frenzy

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Aussitôt

On assiste aussitôt au déchaînement médiatique

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Income (revenue)

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revenu (nm)

usually more salarie (nm)

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22
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Who’s it about?

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Ça parle de qui?

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What’s it about? (2)

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Ça parle de quoi?

C’était sur quoi?

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24
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Another way to say qu’est que tu en penses?

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T’en penses quoi?

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26
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Especially

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Surtout

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27
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Perfect timing…you’ve come at the right time

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Tomber bien

Tu tombes bien

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28
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To be in the headlines

He’s been in the headlines

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Faire la une

Il fait la une

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29
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Does that ring a bell?

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Ça te dit quelque chose?

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30
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To monitor

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Surveiller

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31
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Ring the alarm

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Tirer la sonnette d’alarme

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32
Q

Found everywhere

A name found everywhere

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Un nom répandu

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32
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How is it that he believed that he could speak..

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Comment se fait-il qu’il ait cru pouvoir…

Subjunctive

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33
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To be in a fine mess

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Être dans de beaux draps

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34
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It’s coming back to me!

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Ça me revient

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35
Q

Takes time…

It takes time to read
How much time does it take to get to paris

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Mettre du temps à
Il met du temps à lire
Cela met combien de temps pour aller à Paris

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37
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To ring

The telephone rang

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Sonner

Le téléphone à sonné

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38
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Knock on the door

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Frapper à la porte

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39
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To come across by chance

He came across your keys by chance

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Tomber dessus par hasard

Il est tombé dessus par hasard tes clés

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39
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Rummage

Ramming through stuff he found his keys

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Fouiller (pronounce ll as “y”)

En fouillant ses affaires il est tombé sur les clés

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40
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To be awake

To stay awake until 12am

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Éveille

Je reste éveillé jusqu’au 12 du matin

41
Q

She took his keys without him noticing

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Elle a pris ses clés sans qu’il s’en aperçoive

42
Q

TV channel

A

chaîne (nf)

44
Q

To fall asleep

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S’endormir

44
Q

It’s not for awhile

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C’est n’est pas pour demain

45
Q

Shooting star

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étoile filante (nf)

47
Q

Unexpected crap

A

Les imprévues

48
Q

Bothering

Is something bothering you?

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Contrarier

Est-ce que quelque chose te contraries

49
Q

It’s not only….

It’s not only the heat that’s revolting

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Il n’y a pas que….

Il n’y a pas que la chaleur qui me révolte

50
Q

A crude merchandise

A

vulgaire marchandise (nf)

51
Q

A hamlet

A

hameau (nm)

52
Q

The foothills

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Les contreforts

52
Q

Sudden cardiac arrest

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Arrêt cardiaque subit

53
Q

Death certificate

A

certificat de décès (nm)

55
Q

To be due to….

It’s due to the terrible working conditions

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Être dû à

Cela est du aux conditions épouvantables

56
Q

Terrible

A

Épouvantable

57
Q

Average salary

A

salaire moyen (nm)

58
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Five times more

A

Cinq fois plus

59
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Disgusting, sickening

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Ecoeurant

59
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It ain’t anything new….nothing new under the sun

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Il n’y a rien de nouveau sous le soleil

60
Q

Doesn’t measure up (doesn’t carry weight)

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Ne pas faire le poids

Les droits humains ne font pas le poids

61
Q

As recently
Also….not any later than

I saw him as recently as yesterday
Come to work not later than 10

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Pas plus tard que

Je l’ai vu pas plus tard qu’hier

Viens au travail pas plus tard que dix heures

63
Q

The delays are due to roadwork

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Les retards sont dûs aux travaux routiers

Note du is only circonflexe avec masculin singulier (j’ai dû le faire)

64
Q

In this respect

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À cet égard

65
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recently

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ce derniers temps

66
Q

real life story

A

l’histoire veçue

66
Q

their appearance

A

leur apparition (m)

67
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fate (his fate)

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sort (son sort) (nm)

69
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i started out on my own (business)

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je me suis mis en mon compte

70
Q

to manage to

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parvenir à

71
Q

A plague

A

fléau (nm)

72
Q

To come quickly

The supporters came quickly to the counter to get their tickets

A

Accourir

J'accours
Nous accourons 
Ils accourent 
J'accoure  
Accouru

Les supporters ont accouru vers les guichets afin d’obtenir leur billets

72
Q

Nothing..

Nothing prevents that country from producing a nuclear program

A

Rien ne

Rien n’interdit à ce pays de développer un programme nucléaire

73
Q

To get around

I don’t wanna complicate things by crossing through town. I’ll get around it to avoid traffic jams

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Contourner

Je ne veux pas m’embêter a traverser la ville. Je préfère la contourner pour éviter les embouteillage

74
Q

to become friends with

A

se lier d’amitié de

75
Q

Subscription (2)

A monthly subscription

A

cotisation (nf) (more “contribution”)

abonnement (nm)

76
Q

he creates

A

il crée (pronounced like né)

créer (regular er verb)

77
Q

dull

A

terne

79
Q

in this way, thus

it was illegal to act this way

A

ainsi

il était illégal d’agir ainsi

80
Q

the quest

A

quête (nf)

80
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to treat

they treated us like kids

A

traiter

ils ont nous traité comme les enfants

81
Q

to despise

A

mépriser

83
Q

cold wave

A

vague de froid (nf)

84
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to freeze

the roads are icy

A

geler

les rues sont gelées

85
Q

a traitor

the pathways are treacherous

A

traître (nm)

les trottoirs, ils sont traîtres

86
Q

there’s no point

there’s no point in warning me about the sidewalks

A

Inutile de….

inutile de me mettre en guarde sur les trottoirs

87
Q

to bang

i banged my head

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cogner

je me suis cogné la tête

88
Q

I didn’t get over it for weeks

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Je ne m’en suis pas remis avant des semaines

89
Q

slippery

A

glissant

89
Q

Where did you see the film?

Where did you meet her?

A

Ou l’as-tu vu le film?

Ou l’as-tu rencontrée?

90
Q

To hook on

You hook them on

A

Accrocher

Tu les accroches

91
Q

To grip

Little metal points which grip onto the ice

A

De petite pointes en métal qui s’agrippent au sol

92
Q

A strap

A

sangle (nm)

94
Q

Rubber

A

Caoutchouc (t not pronounced…“caouchou”)

95
Q

Initially

A

Dans un premier temps

96
Q

how to pronounce un bungalow?

A

bAngalow

97
Q

an about turn

an about turn in opinion

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revirement (nm)

un revirement d’opinion

98
Q

doesn’t do well with…doesn’t tolerate (my wife doesn’t tolerate the heat well)

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supporter mal de

ma femme supporte mal la chaleuer

98
Q

other meanings for pousser aside from grow (les fleurs poussent)

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to encourage

99
Q

to be ousted

A

être évincé

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