Olivier Flashcards
early
in advance
adj
anticipé, adj
ballot, n.
bulletin de vote, m
it must be acknowledged that
il faut reconnaître que
generally
généralement
In general
En général
generally
as a general rule
en règle générale
st is located at
qqc se trouve à
obviously
bien èvidemment
it is about…
il s’agit de…
food, foodstuff
aliment, m
there is no more room
il n’y a plus de place
one can see…
on y voit
almost
presque
quasiment
mostly
principalement
I am used to
J’ai l’habitude de
in cash
en espèces
en liquide
to pay the bill
régler l’addition
to take place
(implies process)
avoir lieu
to occur
to take place
se dérouler
actually
en fait
currently
actuellement
subscription
(magazine or newspaper)
abonnement, f
to unwind
to unroll
dérouler
to take place
to unroll
to come unrolled
se dérouler
to take place
avoir lieu
prendre place
se dérouler
to highlight
mettre en lumière
exacting
demanding
finicky
pointilleux
mainly
principalement
completely,
perfectly,
entirely
tout à fait
as far as I know
pour autant que je sache
flaw
défaut, m (imperfection)
faille, f (weakness)
for this reason
pour cette raison
highly likely
fort probable
busy, occupied
full (food)
loaded (gun, car)
charged (battery)
chargé
thank you very much
merci infiniment
merci beaucoup
trial, n
murder trial
procès, m
procès du meurtrier
to scrutinize
scruter
flight, rise
.
rapid expansion (econ)
essor, m
.
en pleine essor
to end
prendre fin
to feel blue
to be down in the dumps
avoir le cafard
to be a pain in the neck
casser les pieds
(to be) breathtaking
à couper le souffle
joke, n
plaisanterie, f
blague, f
scam, n
scammer, n
to scam
I got scammed
arnaque, f
arnaqueur, mf
arnaquer
je m’a fait arnaqué
to reject (idea, person)
to dismiss
to throw out
to throw back
rejeter
strict
sévère
justifiably
rightly so
à juste titre
fair
just
right (exact)
tight (eg clothing)
juste
defendant
accusé, mf
deer
daim, m
biche, f
kidney stone
calcul rénal
to turn around
to toss and turn
se retourner
to turn (sth) over
to turn (sth) around
to turn inside out
to send (sth) back
to go back
to turn upside down
retourner
to divide
to distribute
to spread
répartir
I think that…
Je trouve que…
to soften
to alleviate
to temper
to tone down
to take the edge off
atténuer (vt)
to ease
to lessen
to die down
to let up
(vi)
s’atténuer (vi)
to dictate (mandate)
vouloir (vi)
to look forward to doing (sth)
to be anxious for
can’t wait for (sth to happen)
avoir hâte de
It’s not a big thing
Ce n’est pas grande chose
haste
eagerness
hâte, f
on the other hand (expr)
however
par contre
Ultimately
En fin de compte
In the end
Au bout du compte
En définitive
À la fin
It is safer to…
Il est plus sûr de…
It might rain tomorrow
il se peut qu’il pleuve demain
crosswalk
passage clouté, m
sense
direction
way
meaning
feeling
sens, m
sensitive to the cold
fearful, timid
frileux, frileuse
absurd,
ridiculous
ubuesque
to edit
modifier
inappropriate
.
inappropriate remarks
déplacé
.
des propos déplacés
boot-licker
sycophant
lèche-bottes, mf
Keep it up!
Keep going!
Continue ainsi!
cunning, crafty (adj)
craftiness (n)
to use cunning (v)
rusé (adj)
ruse (nf)
ruser (v)
let’s get back on track
retournons à nos moutons
to spread
to broadcast, to publicize
to give off
répandre
se répandre
to circulate
to run (transportation)
to travel, to move about
to move on (person)
to be busy (traffic)
circuler
darkness
obscurity
ténèbres, fpl
funeral
obsèques, fpl
rule, regulation, n
settled, resolved, adj
to settle, to resolve
règle, nf
réglé, adj
régler
to adjust, to regulate
to settle, to resolve
to pay
régler
to be settled
to be resolved
se régler
to be looming over
to be hanging over one’s head
pendre au nez de [qqn]
to get back to the subject at hand
retourner à nos moutons
bribe, n
pot-de-vin, m
especially
particularly
notamment
there’s no rush
il n’y a pas le feu au lac
the time before last
l’avant-dernière fois
without head or tail
It didn’t make any sense
sans queue ni tête
Il n’avait ni queue ni tête
