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Liste 7 Flashcards

1
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Un pays laïc

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A secular state

A lay person

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2
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Un moine

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A monk

Un monje

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Cancérigène

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Carcinogen

It’s carcinogenic

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4
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Processed meat

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Viande industriel

Processed meat includes sausages and bacon

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5
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La soie (matière)

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Silk

Bill has just bought a new silk shirt

Seda: es dulce como la seda = c’est doux comme la soie

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A grave

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Une tombe

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7
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Lieu de culte

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Place of worship

People should be free to choose their own place of worship

To worship = vénérer, adorer

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8
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Appel a la prière

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Call to worship

Islamic call to worship

Adhan, the muslim call to prayer

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9
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Impitoyable

Sans pitié

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Ruthless

Marta is ruthless

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Une raffinerie (de pétrole)

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A refinery

A typical oil refinery is capable of processing 200,000 barrels of crude oil per day

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Mon fils n’est pas encore capable de lacer ses chaussures

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My little boy isn’t capable of tying his own shoelaces yes

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12
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Prendre sa retraite

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To retire

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13
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Maison de retraite

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Retirement home

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14
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Age de la retraite

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Retirement age

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15
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Compulsory

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Obligatoire

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16
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Service militaire obligatoire

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Compulsory military service

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17
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Raisonnement

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Reasoning

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18
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Thereafter

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Par la suite

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19
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Dans un futur proche

A court terme

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In the foreseeable future

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A foreseeable crisis

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Une crise prévisible

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21
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Les récentes avancées dans le traitement du cancer

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The recent advancements in cancer treatment

22
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On the grounds of

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Parce que

23
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To pledge allegiance to

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Prêter allégeance

Promise to be loyal to sb

24
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Day of mourning

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Jour de deuil

Dia de duelo nacional

Tom didn’t come to work because he was in mourning for his son

25
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Étendre le linge

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To hang out the washing

26
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To assert

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Affirmer
Revendiquer

New Zealand assert their global rugby supremacy

27
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Un coffre-fort

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A safe

28
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Étendre le linge

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To hang out the washing

29
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To assert

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Affirmer
Revendiquer

New Zealand assert their global rugby supremacy

30
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Faire le ménage

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To do the cleaning

To do the housework

31
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Ellison a fait son discours inaugural

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Ellison delivered his maiden speech

32
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Veuf

Veuve

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Widow = veuve

Widower= veuf (widowed man)
Harry has been a widower for over five years

Veuf/veuve= viudo/viuda

33
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Ellison a fait son discours inaugural

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Ellison delivered his maiden speech

34
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Les pirates ont creusé dans le sable avec une pelle pour trouver le trésor

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The pirates dug into the sand with a shovel to find the treasure

Creuser = dig/dug/dug

35
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Les débris (avion)

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The wreckage

36
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Enrolled (adj)

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Inscrit

37
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Un marteau (clou)

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A hammer

Un martillo

38
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Contrôleur (train, métro)

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Inspector, ticket inspector
Get your ticket ready, here comes the inspector

Revisor

39
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Mourir de soif

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Die of thirst

40
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Mourir de faim

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Die of hunger

Starve to death

41
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Menotter

Passer les menottes à

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Handcuff
The police handcuffed the suspect

Des menottes = handcuffs

42
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Une explosion

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A blast

43
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Un attentat a la bombe

Un bombardement

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A bombing

Lebanon is holding a day of national mourning after at least 41 people were killed in two suicide bombings in the capital Beirut

44
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Issue de secours

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Salida de emergencia

Emergency exit

45
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Rendre hommage

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Rendir homenaje

La ceremonia se hizo en homenaje a las victimas del atentado

46
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Une décennie

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A decade
There have been enormous technological advances over the last decade

Una década
Los anos 60 son una decada celebre

47
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Un tueur a gages

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Un sicario

A hitman

48
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Pourquoi n’es-tu pas venu hier ?

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Why didn’t you come yesterday ?

49
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Qu’aimerais-tu manger ?

A

What would you like to eat ?

50
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Tu as fait de gros progrès en français

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You have made great progress in your French !

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