New french vocab jan 25 Flashcards

1
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a ladder

A

une échelle

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2
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a rung/level

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un échelon (e.g. D’une échelle ou à l’échelon national)

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3
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to flow

A

couler

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4
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there’s the rub

A

c’est là que le bât blesse

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5
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distant

A

éloigné

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6
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to go back (in time)

A

remonter à

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7
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to shape

A

façonner

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8
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to flood

A

inonder

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9
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to wreck

A

gâcher

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10
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to deepen

A

approfondir

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11
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to keep in touch

A

garder les liens

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12
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and so on and so forth

A

et ainsi de suite

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13
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to displease

2 words

A

déplaire, mécontenter

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14
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to surround

A

entourer

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15
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what would have become of

A

que serait devenu (no de)

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16
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turn a blind eye to

A

fermez les yeux sur

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17
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to lose sight of

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perdre de vue (no de)

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18
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without a doubt

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sans aucun doubt/ indubitablement

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19
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without stopping

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sans cesse/ en continue

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20
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to restrict

A

restreindre

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21
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furthermore

A

en outre

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22
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to constrain

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contraindre

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23
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constraining

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contraignant

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24
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to arouse

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susciter

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25
(un)demonise
(dé)diaboliser
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concrete
le béton
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the bills i.e pay the bills
les factures
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rude
malpoli
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camera is filming up
contre-plongée
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skyscraper
gratte-ciel
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banking on line
la banque en ligne
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in a few clicks
en quelque clics
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to grow old
vieillir
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lengthening/elongation
allongement
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gradually
petit à petit
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to turn off
éteindre
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to fix. literally unbreak
dépanner
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to prevent/forewarn
prévenir
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to connect/call someone
joindre
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to be mugged
se faire racketter
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to grab
arracher
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to disturb
déranger
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to tolerate
tolérer
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a subscription/contract
un fortfait
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the bell/the ring/ringtone sound of phone
la sonnerie
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coveted object
objet de convoitise
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person with a membership
abonné
48
membership
abonnement
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to live without (something)
se passer de
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to lose ones bearings
se déboussoler
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to bring together
rapprocher
51
Bullying
harcèlement
52
a blunder
une bavure
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to light up/to turn on
allumer
53
it has been (ayear, etc) that
ça fait (un an, etc) que
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it has happened to one that (verb)
il s'est arrivé d'(verb)
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a trick
une astuce
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a flea/microchip/SIM
une puce
57
others
autrui
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a scam
une arnaque
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noxious/harmful
nocive
60
The next day
lendemain