LFBP October 2014 V Flashcards by Bernard Chang

Extremely

Vachement

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So called friend

Soi-disant amie

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To sin

Pécher

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To go fishing for info

I’m fishing for salmon

Aller à la pêche à l’information

Je pêche le saumon

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Looking for compliments

Chercher les compliments

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A period of time so close

Un laps de temps si rapproché

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A period of time

Un laps de temps (lapse pronounced)

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It’s not the same thing at all……as seeing someone in real life

Ce n’est tout de même pas la même chose….que de se voir en personne

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It should be nice this weekend

Il devrait faire beau ce weekend

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3 ways to say I’ll keep you posted

Je te tiens au courant
Je te mets au courant
Je te reste au courant

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How do you au cas ou: 2

Subject and conditional: au cas ou il rentrerait plus tôt, je vais lui massier un mot

End of sentence: apporte un parapluie au cas ou.

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To be inside, enclosed

Enfermé

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I’m not in the right frame of mind for it

I’m not in the right frame of mind to watch tv

Je n’ai pas la tête à ça

Je n’ai pas la tête à regarder le télévision

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Difference between
Je n’ai jamais envoyé autant de mails
Je n’ai jamais autant envoyé de mails

First is so many emails

Second is sending so much stuff

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It should be noted/suitable for

Which lends itself to….

Il convient de (il convient de prendre des mesures pour éviter un effrondement
…qu’il convient de: EU estime que l’euro convient de partager plus

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It’s about time! It’s high time!

Il est grand temps

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The wheel

roue (nf)

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I moved myself to the side

Je me suis mis sur la côté

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Face à face

En tête à tête. Face à face more match or debate with audience.

Je vais te parler en tête à tête
On va avoir tous les deux un petit tête à tête

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3 ways to start a sentence with suddenly

Soudain (more frequent than soudainement)
Tout à coup
Tout d’un coup

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It’s moving…it moves me

Ça me remue

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You’d never guess it

To guess

Tu ne le devineras jamais

Deviner regular er verb
Je devine

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A pile of, beaucoup de

Un tas de

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What do you think of it?

Qu’est-ce que tu en penses?

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Dragging your feet | Hanging out in the street

Traîner des pies | Traîner dans la rue avec ses copains

We left each other while giving each other our numbers

Nous nous sommes quittés en nous donnant nos numéros de téléphones

The weather lends itself to it (it's good let's go BBQ) | lend itself to

Le temps s'y prête | se prêter

A plate

assiette (nf)

Public holiday (in a row)

jour férié affilé

To suggest we do something to someone

Proposer de | Propose a quelqu'un de faire quelque chose

Super busy

On n'as pas chômé

As the days pass by

Au fil de jours

There must be one of those there

Il doit y en avoir

It's the right thing for the moment (une chanson)

Je trouve qu'elle est bien d'actualité

A current....the vibe

courant (nm)

2 ways to say demanding....differnece?

Prenant (time consuming) | Exigeant (demanding emotionally)

I work three days in a row

Je travaille trois jours d'affilé (set phrase no agreement)

Both (2) What is difference between two?

Tous les deux a la fois Nous allons à la fois au cinéma et resto

A comet | I have no long term plans

comète (nf) Je ne fais aucun plan sur la comète pour le moment.

To pick someone up

Aller chercher quelqu'un

Forget it, drop it

Laisse tomber

What amazing feelings of adrenaline | You're so smart!

Que de sensations fortes! | Que tu es intelligent!

A brunch

brunch (nm)

The more I think about it the more I thinks she's nicer

Plus j'y pense, et plus je la trouve sympa

Contact pronounced?

Full

Beginning of the week Middle of the week End of the week

En début de semaine En milieu de semaine En fin de semaine

i'm waiting to see

j'attends DE voir | if was a noun could say: j'attends ma more

Response to tu fais du ski? I never have had the chance to do it

Oui j'en fais. NOT je la fais Non je n'ai jamais eu l'occasion d'en faire

she told me that she would get back in touch with me in the middle of the week

elle m'a dit qu'elle reprendrait en contact avec moi en milieu de semaine prochaine

over there (informal): she has a brother there

là-bas. Elle a son frère là-bas

i'm going to walk with you

je me balade avec toi. CAN'T say je pensais a nous balader....need agreement.

it would be better to do..

il vaudrait mieux qu'on fasse.....

rarely put definite article for paris but if you said: the paris of our ancestors...

LE Paris de nos ancêtres

the discovery

découverte (nf)

a good compromise

un bon compromis

pros and cons

des avantages et des inconvénients

so tell me...bottom line...

du coup (2nd meaning from thus)

times of crises

ces (les) temps de crises

run back into the arms of him

se jetter das les bras de lui

I'm going to find about it

Je vais me renseigner

To be up for

Être partant

Skyscraper

gratte-ciel (nm)

Apart from I'm fine apart from a little cold

Mis à part Je vais bien mis à part un petit rhume

That's obvious

Ça s'entend

It's you who's master of your own destiny

C'est toi qui es maître de ton destin

Can have to ourselves a TV night

On pourrait se faire une soirée tele

would you fancy...like... | does it talk to you....?

cela te dirait? ça te dit | oui...ça me dit

manicure

manucure (nf)

No Worries

Pas de lézard

I looked at the weather forecast and it looks good

J'ai regardé LA météo et ils annoncent beau

apparently

apparemment

We were thinking of leaving early

nous avions pensé partir tôt le matin

exhaust pipe

pot d'échappement (nm)

We try to avoid pronouncing qu'on (sounds like con)....how can we do this?

Put L'on. | lorsque l'on est arrivé

when else do we use this fake L'on

anytime you have two vowels...like | qui, que, si (sais-tu si l'on demande...)

I'm amazed

je suis épaté

I know we don't use past subjunctive much but when is a good time to use it?

to highlight an isolated event rather than continual: c'était bien qu'il vienne te parler (he came to speak to you regularly) c'était bien qu'il soit venu te parler (he came to you once)

I'm likely to go to SF

J'irai surement à san francisco

another example of this L thing

Il est le chef de L'une des missions...