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Liste 3 Flashcards

1
Q

A breakdown

A

Une panne (voiture, machine)

My car has broken down

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2
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Fair trade

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Commerce équitable

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3
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World-renowned

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Mondialement connu

Renowned = connu, célèbre, renommé

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4
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Breathtaking (adj)

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A couper le souffle

Incroyable

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5
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To be accustomed to

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I grew up in india, so I am accustomed to spicy food

Avoir l’habitude de
Être habitué à

J’ai l’habitude de manger épicé

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6
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Une manifestation

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A demonstration

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7
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To give away

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Faire don de qch
Donner qch a qqn

She put her old clothes in a bag and gave them away

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8
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A carpet

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Un tapis

Una alfombra

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9
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Upheaval = uprising

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Soulèvement
Révolte
Agitation

Political upheaval : soulèvement contre l’autorité politique

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10
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Looming

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Imminent

That does not mean disaster is LOOMING

The looming debate : le débat imminent

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11
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A harvest

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Une récolte (fruits, légumes) 
Une moisson (céréales)

To harvest : recolter, moissonner
The farmer harvested his wheat early this year

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12
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To outstrip

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Dépasser
Surpasser

Water demand will outstrip supply in 2020

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13
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To spy on

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Espionner

The NSA spies on three French Presidents

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14
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A watershed

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Un tournant décisif
Un moment charnière

This moment is a watershed in the history of our country

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15
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A levy

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Un impôt

Une taxe

Un prélèvement

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16
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A rally

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Un rassemblement

Un meeting

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17
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A heartache

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Un chagrin d’amour

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18
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To overtake

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Dépasser (une voiture, un concurrent, en nombre, business)

The red car is overtaking the blue car

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19
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Pois chiche

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Chickpea

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20
Q

Ramollir

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Soften

Soak the apricots in the water till they soften : trempez les abricots dans l’eau jusqu’a ce qu’ils ramollissent

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21
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Démissionner (renoncer a un emploi)

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To resign

22
Q

Un sujet sensible

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A sensitive topic

23
Q

Une brochette

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A skewer

How to make the best chicken skewers ?

24
Q

Gaz de schiste

A

Shale gas

25
Q

Grim

A

Triste
Sinistre
Sombre

26
Q

Un ventilateur

A

A fan

A ventilator

27
Q

Upset

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Contrarié

28
Q

Un sac a main

A

A purse

A handbag

29
Q

Un chaton

A

A kitten

30
Q

Sous le Seuil de pauvreté

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Beneath the poverty threshold

Seuil : threshold

31
Q

Passer le temps

Tuer le temps

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To while away

I whiled away a few minutes looking in shop windows

32
Q

Poumon

A

Lung

Lung cancer

33
Q

Foie

A

Liver

34
Q

Menton

A

Chin

35
Q

Rein

A

Kidney

36
Q

Prêter serment

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To take an oath

The president took an oath to defend our constitution =
Le president a prêté serment de defendre la constitution

37
Q

De suite

D’affilée

A

In a row

Five days in a row = cinq jours de suite

38
Q

Raccrocher (le telephone)

A

To hang up

Do you hang up on your boyfriend ?

39
Q

Se comporter

Les enfants se sont bien comportés a la messe

A

To behave

The children behaved well at mass

Behave yourself! = sois sage !

40
Q

Un orphelinat

A

An orphanage

Un orphelin : an orphan

41
Q

Un trou (dans une chaussure, sur la route, dans un mur)

A

A hole
Watch out for that hole in the road =
Fais attention à ce trou dans la chaussée

42
Q

Est-ce que ça vaut toujours le coup d’aller a l’université ?

Ce n’est pas la peine !

A

Is it still worth going to university ?

It’s not worth it !

43
Q

Un prêtre

A

A priest

44
Q

Musee de cire

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Wax museum

45
Q

Un collier

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A necklace

46
Q

Une bague

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A ring

47
Q

Un bracelet

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A bracelet

48
Q

Déshydratation

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Dehydration

49
Q

Une paille (drinking)

A

A straw

50
Q

Une joue (anatomie)

A

A cheek

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