More useful words 5 Flashcards by Sarah Fairlie | Brainscape

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Neither one nor the other

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Ni l’un ni l’autre

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Let’s move on (to something else)

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Passons à autre chose

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Sense of humour

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Le sens de l’humour

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A one-way street

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Une rue à sens unique

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On the other hand/ in contrast/ to make up for it

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Par contre

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Whether you/one/we like it or not

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Qu’on le veuille ou non

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As for X (at start of sentence)

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Côté

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The side

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Le côté

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Increases every year

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Augmente d’année en année

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As we call it/ as it’s called

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Comme on dit

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Nowhere/ not anywhere

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Nulle part

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During (formal)

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Lors de

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Against the clock

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Contre la montre

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It’s not worth the trouble

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Ça n’en vaut pas la peine

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X times in a row/running

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X fois de suite

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I will do it myself

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Je le ferai moi-même

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Do it by yourself

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Faites-le seul(e)

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By yourself

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Seul(e)

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Among

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Parmi

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It is/ it consitutes

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S’agir de

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More precisely

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Plus exactement

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On that day

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Ce jour-là

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The key dates

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Les dates-clés

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Please (formal)

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Je vous prie (de)

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I gave my word

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J’ai donné ma parole

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To cut off/ butt in

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Couper la parole

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Hand outstretched

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La main tendue

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In order/ legal

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En régle

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At the point of/ just about to

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Sur le point de

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According to them

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Selon eux

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Way of thinking

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Façon de penser

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Can you help me?

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Pourriez-vous m’aider?

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Is this seat taken?

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Est-ce que cette place est prise?

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Does it disturb you if…

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Est-ce que ça vous gene si…

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I didn’t do it on purpose

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Je ne l’ai pas fait exprès

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Say it in another way

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Dites-le autrement

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To be taken in charge/ to be covered financially/ to be charged to

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Prendre en charge

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To increase in price by adding a surcharge

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Majorer

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What do you think?! (rhetorical)

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Ben voyons!

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Better than that

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Mieux que ça

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To pretend

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Faire (conj) semblant (de)

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Something will very probably happen

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Risquer

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To sit an exam

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Avoir/ passer un examen

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To pass an exam

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Réussir à un examen

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To fail an exam

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Rater un examen

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Me neither/ neither do I

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Moi non plus

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To beat around the bush

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Tourner autour du pot

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To be updated/ in the know

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Être (conjugated) au courant de

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The meaning of a word

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Le sens d’un mot

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What do you mean by that?

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Qu’est ce que tu veux dire par là?

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I’ve had it up to here/ I’m fed up!

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J’en ai ras le bol!

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To get in touch with

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Joindre