LFBP November 2015 I Flashcards

1
Q

to click
i finally got it (it clicked)
on seeing her smile i immediately clicked that she was pregnant

A

faire tilt
ça a fait tilt dans ma tête
en voyant son sourire j’ai tout de suite tilté qu’elle était enceinte!

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2
Q

to mow down
she would have eventually got what she dreamed if she hadn’t been mowed down by bullets
I’m broke

A

faucher
elle aurait fini par décrocher ce dont elle rêvait si elle n’avait pas été fauchée par les balles
je suis fauché (note it’s different from fauche which is the “thinning/trimming”

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3
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to eventually (built in verb) come out to 
they eventually got an excellent contract
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finir par décrocher

lls ont fini par décrocher un contrat vraiment excellent.

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4
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tightly knit

a tightly knit team

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soudé

équipe soudée

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5
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in relation to

in relation to last year

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par rapport À

par rapport à l’année dernière

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6
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for lack of anything better

A

faute de mieux

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7
Q

shut away/put away

A

enfermé

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8
Q

start again from scratch (2)

A

repartir à zero

faire table rase

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9
Q

slanted
the
the arch of this roof is slanted
he found a way to evade the trial

A

biais (b-eh)
La voute de ce plafond est biaise
Il a trouvé un biais pour échapper au procès.

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10
Q

soybean

A

le soja

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11
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damaging (to environment)

damaging (in more general, causing harm)

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nuisible

dommageable

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12
Q
to stutter 
to slur (2)
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bégayer

marmonner/bredouiller

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13
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To warn (2)

A

Mettre en garde contre….

Avertir/prévenir

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14
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islanders

island states

A

des insulaires

les Etats insulaires

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15
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font

typography

A

la police de caractères

la typographie

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16
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italics
bold
he put the important words in bold

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italique
gras
Il a mis les mots importants en gras.

17
Q

des débat animés

A

une polémique

18
Q

growth curve

A

la courbe de croissance

19
Q

un réseau a network

the french network is spreading around the world

A

un maillage

Le maillage des Alliances françaises s’étend dans le monde entier

20
Q

misc news items

A

le fait divers

21
Q

demands/claims

A

une revendication

22
Q

coast

A

littoral (côte)

23
Q

enthosiasme

A

engouement (nm)

24
Q

Sunny side up egg

Over easy

A

Des œufs au plat (sur le plat)

Des œufs tournés

25
Q

this outfit is very ordinary (so-so)
for whatever reason
for a sort of difficulty

A

c’est costume est très quelconque
pour une raison quelconque
pour une quelconque difficulté

26
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not only…

A

non seulement….

27
Q

Tempting

A

Tentant

28
Q

Bastard

A

Enculé

29
Q

A glitch

A

Un pépin