Miscellaneous Flashcards

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l’assistance (f)

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help

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la réforme

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reform

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agraire

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agrarian, to do with land

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un écolier

une écolière

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a schoolboy

a schoolgirl

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contemporaine (adj)

A

contemporary

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natale (adj)

…dans son île natale…

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native

…in his native island…

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quasiment (adv)

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practically

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la notoriété

A

fame, reputation, celebrity

note: no negative implication

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l’abolition (f)

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abolition

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l’esclavage (f)

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slavery

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la disposition

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tendency

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remarquable (adj)

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remarkable

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une issue

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an outcome

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issue de (adj)

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coming from

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15
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la scolarité supérieure

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higher education

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16
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couronner

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to crown

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l’obtention

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obtaining

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prestigieux (adj)

prestigeuse

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prestigious

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un/une fonctionnaire

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civil servant

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fidèle

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faithful

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21
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au fil de…

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through

lit: to the thread of…

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un rejet

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a rejection

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aliéner

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to alienate

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acculturer

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to acculturate

to strip of native culture

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assimiler
to assimilate
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une plaie
a wound
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une cassure
a break
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la paillette
sequin
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le cancre
dunce
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un lièvre
a hare
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sitôt
before
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à point
at the right time | opportunely
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gager
to bet, wager
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une commère | la commère
a gossip | gossip
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une déroute
a rout, a crushing defeat
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un logis
a home
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guetter
to watch, be on guard
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une parabole
``` a parable (literature) a parabola (mathematics) ```
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les aïeux (m) | les aïeules (f)
ancestors
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une broutille
a trifle, a flea bite
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une bestiole
a tiny creature, bug | small animal
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jacasser
to chatter
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un jacasseur
a chatterbox
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trébucher (sur, contre)
to stumble (on, against)
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un buisson
a bush, shrub
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un cartable
a school bag
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une bretelle
a shoulder strap, sling
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galvaudé (adj)
overused
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un accotement un accotement meuble un accotement non stabilisé
shoulder (of a road) verge soft shoulder
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un testament
a will
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le coucher du soleil
sunset
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passer qc
to cross st pass go through note: as transitive verb, takes avoir