New vocab (french - eng) Flashcards

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À l’abri

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Protected/sheltered from

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Échouer

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To fail

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Le carburant

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Fuel

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Canaliser

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To channel, to direct, to focus

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Le cerveau

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The brain

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Faire le vide

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To clear one’s mind

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Relâcher

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To release/To loosen/To relax.

Lâcher is more like to let go/to release in a physical sense. E.g. dropping/releasing a pen

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Profondément

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deeply

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Gonflant

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Swelling

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Découvrir

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To discover

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De toute façon

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Anyways

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Profondément

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Deeply

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D’ailleurs

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Besides

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Laisser tomber

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To drop

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Tant

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So much

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Éviter

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To avoid

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Vide

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Empty

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Tout coût

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Any cost

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Faible

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Weak, feable

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Contre

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Against, versus

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Tout à fait

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Absolutely

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Incroyable

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Incredible

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Coup de cœur

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To really like something

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Touchent

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Touching, moving

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Corriger
To correct, to revise (a new ver)
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Se souvenir
Remember
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Bouger
To move
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Afin que
So that
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Mettte en cours
To put in progress
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Se souvenir
To remember
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Bientôt
Soon
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Courir
To run
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chimique
chemical
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l'enceinte
enclosure /speaker (audio box) / grounds
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reconduit
renewed / reappointed (as head of smth)
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Reparti
left again
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secouer
to shake
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sécher
to dry
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déçu (décevoir)
disappointed
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décevoir
to disappoint | tromper = to deceive
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fourniture
supply
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à envisager
to consider
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retenir
to retain / to remember / to hold
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rencontre
to encounter
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dérouler
to unfold / to unroll
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retrouver
to find (again)
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entourer
to surround
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rendre
to give back / to return
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en presque
almost
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un échec
a failure
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se rappeler
to recall / to remember something personally (in one's memory - reflexive) Different to rappeler which is to call back/to remind someone else
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rappeler
to remind / to remember / to recall (from one's memory)
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usine
factory
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rappeler
to remind
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avoir recours à
to resort to
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J'ai recours au francais
I resort to french (to tell this story)
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rempli de (a feeling)
full of (excitement)
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est un euphémisme (description)
is an understatement (description)
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se régaler de
to really enjoy sth (figuratively/or for food) Eg. Je me suis régalée = I indulged myself
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se ressaisir
to regain one's mental health
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à nulle autre que
in none other than ## Footnote Example sentence: Elle est **nulle autre que** la présidente de la société She is **none other than** the president of the company
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en sein de
within ## Footnote Example sentence Le restaurant est au sein du bâtiment The restaurant is **within** the building
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atterir
to land (a plane) / MET. to land/wind (up at home)
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aurait dû
should have
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je me suis dirigée en direction de...
I directed myself to... / I headed to...
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N'importe quand
Anytime
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N'importe lequel
Whichever one
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N'importe quoi
Anything / whatever / nonsense
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N'importe comment
Anyhow
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Ne...plus
Anymore / no longer
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Je ne l'ai pas aime
I don't like it
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douce
sweet
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loin-taine
far-away
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interrompre
to interrupt
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se rendre à
to get to [place] / to go to [place]
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pour que
so that
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au sein de
within
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tandis que
whilst | Often used to highlight contrast, with stronger opposition ## Footnote e.g. Il travaille, tandis que sa sœur préfère s'amuser - He works, whereas his sister prefers to have fun
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toute de suite
rightaway
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je compte (compter)
I hope to (to count / to plan to)
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avant de
before
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tous les trois ans / une année sur trois
every 3 years / one year out of 3
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dans huit jours
in a week
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tous les quinze jours
every 2 weeks
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un à un
one by one
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une tierce personne
a third party
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se trouver
to be found / are found / are located
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la caserne
the barracks (army type shi)
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frayer un chemin
make a (path)way ## Footnote chemin = more physical pathway (walking on a pathway voie = more route/course - figurative (e.g. the pathway to success)
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aurait dû (past conditional = conditional of aux + pp)
should have
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énervé
irritated
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énerver
to get annoyed/mad/irritated
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vous auriez été
you would have been (past conditional)
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de trop en dire/faire
to say/do too much | idiomatic expression
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rien n'est encore signé
nothing is signed yet
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il a pu aller
he was able to go to
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alors que
while | Often used to highlight contrast - same as tandis que but tandis que has ## Footnote e.g. Il a réussi l'examen, alors que je l'ai échoué
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Commençons par le commencement
let's start at the beginning (exp)
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une bourse
a scholarship
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la puissance
the power | physical power/strength/force
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le pouvoir (n)
the power | authoritative power, the ability to influence or control
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encore
still, yet, even
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nouer
to establish / build (a relationship)
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pendant que
while | Used to express actions happening simultaneously ## Footnote e.g. Il travaille pendant que sa sœur s'amuse - He works while his sister has fun
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Se faire sacrer
to be crowned colloquial: to express frustration/annoyance
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Être formée
to be trained/educated
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tout ce qu'on peut dire c'est que
all that can be said is that
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la suite
the following / the rest (of something) - e.g the following series, next part, next chapter
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l'auberge
hostel
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émerveiller
to be amazed / wonder / in awe
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flâner
to wander with no destination in mind
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EXP: un pareil
one like that | used to emphasize surprise, comparison or emphasise ## Footnote Je n'ai jamais vu un pareil spectacle - I've never seen such a show Il n'y a pas un pareil dans toute la ville - There isn't one like that in the city Elle a un robe rouge et sa soeur en a un pareil
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a eu lieu
took place, occurred, happened
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déprimante
depressing
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inondations
floods
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incendies
fires
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tempêtes
storms
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sécher
to dry
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frapper
to hit/strike ## Footnote MET: the beuuty of the landscape struck me LIT: the region was hit by a thunderstorm PHYS: he hit door hard
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montrer
to show
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auditeurs
listeners
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atténuer
to mitigate
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la pilule
the pill
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le lancement
the launch
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La méfiance
the distrust (feeling of suspicious)
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deux tiers *IMPORTANT IN LISTENING TASKS*
two thirds
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la découverte
the discovery
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le taux
the rate ## Footnote Un fort taux de violence - a high rate of violence
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je suis ravi de...
I am delighted to...
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un frien
an obstacle / barrier - refers almost to slowing down smth like a brake
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consacrée
dedicated
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Bruxelloises
Brussels
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avec le manque de
with the lack of...
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les conseils d'administration des entreprises
company boards of directors (NOT administrative jobs. this is higher up jobs)
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pourtant
yet
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décrire
to describe
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en fait
actually
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la corrida (en l'espagne)
bullfighting (in spain)
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faire du bruit
to make noise (disputing/arguing/protesting)
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le but
the purpose
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la souffrance
the suffering
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un entretien/ une entrevue
an interview/meeting
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tenter
to attempt to
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c'est nul **sauf pour*** qqch
it's useless **except** for ....
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Les défis
the challenges
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courses en ligne
online shopping
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le mendicité
begging (noun)
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interdire
to prohibit
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une entrave
an obstacle
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la saison estivale
the summer season
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effrayer
to scare/to frighten
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un mendiant
a beggar
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les sans-abri / les SDF (les sans domicile fixe - not fixed home)
the homeless
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un quartier défavorisé
a disadvantaged neighbourhood
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à temps partiel
part time ## Footnote je travaille à temps partiel dans un restaurant sushi - I work part time
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à plein temps
full time ## Footnote je travaille à plein temps dans une entreprise - I work part time
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Échapper
To escape
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une entreprise
a company
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deux roules
a two wheel vehicle (could be bicycle, motorcycle, vespa is most common tho)
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la récolte
the harvest
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la cueillette
the act of harvesting (noun)
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la paie/ rémunération/ le salaire
the salary
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une entourse
a sprain to a body part ## Footnote MET: les entourses au droit du travail - the twisting of the right to work
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les frais
the costs
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retentir
to resound ## Footnote Les mots d’un autre immigre ont été retenti dans sa tête - Another immigrant's words resounded in my head
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soutenir
to support
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certains d'entre vous
some of you
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gerer
to handle
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les annees 90
the 90s
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Dans l'ensemble
Overall
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la pression
the pressure
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souvenir
to remember ## Footnote souviens-toi quand... - remember when
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traîner [avec mes amis]
hanging out with [my friends]
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vécu
lived/experience/done it (vivre)
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[avoir] du mal à
to [have] struggle/difficulty ## Footnote les jeunes **ont** du mal à nouer des liens avec les autres - the young have a difficulty forming bonds with others
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être témoin de
to be a witness to
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gêner
to bother ## Footnote il me gêne que tu sois assis là - It bother me that you are sitting there
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aussi [verb] qu'elle
as [verb] as her ## Footnote je vais devenir aussi réussie qu'elle - I will become as successful as her
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peau
skin
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dedans (informal, spoken) à l'intérieur (formal)
inside
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mentir
to lie
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déboussolés
disoriented
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se figer ## Footnote mon sang s'est figé dans mes veines - the blood froze in my veins
to freeze
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hebdomadaire
weekly
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quotidienne
daily
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de faire le suivi ## Footnote eg. cet un moyen de faire le suivi de vos activités et tâches pour la semaine
to monitor / to track ## Footnote eg. this is a way **to track **your tasks and activities for the week
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arriver à faire qch
to manage to do sth
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translation (to translate)
traduction (traduire)
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les poumons
the lungs
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les poils
body hair
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dans un coup
at one go
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profond(e) / profondément
deep/deeply