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Colin’s Red Book > Pages 170 - 179 > Flashcards

Pages 170 - 179 Flashcards

1
Q

Vous seriez pas Marseillaise, vous?

A

Are you exaggerating?

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2
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Enjoliver

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To embellish

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3
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Rebondissement

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A new development, surprise

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4
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La prise en charge

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The management of an illness

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5
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Trompé l’œil

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Optical illusion

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6
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En faisant abstraction/allusion

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Disregarding/noticing

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7
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Prêter attention

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Pay attention

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8
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Un vrai casse tête

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A real headache

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9
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Une brouette

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A wheelbarrow

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10
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Une cire

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Wax

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11
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Cirer

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To wax

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12
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Une cuve de miel

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A vat of honey

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13
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A garden

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Un potager

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14
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Le blé

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The wheat

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15
Q

L’agriculteur

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Farmer M

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16
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L’agricultrice

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Farmer F

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17
Q

Les graines

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The seeds

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18
Q

Semer

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To sow

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19
Q

Des galets

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Pebbles

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20
Q

Un croquis

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A sketch

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21
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Chipoter

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Nitpick

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22
Q

Une liseuse

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An electronic book

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23
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Flâner

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To stroll

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24
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En flânant

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Whilst strolling

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25
Q

On est susceptible à trouver

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We are likely to find

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26
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Je me suis passé à côté de

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I missed out on/ I failed to notice

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27
Q

Au jour audjourd’hui

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As of today

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28
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Les mœurs, les us et coutumes

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The morals, habits and customs

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29
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Un point d’ancrage

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A reference point

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30
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J’ai tort

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I am wrong

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31
Q

Quelle tette de linotte tu es

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You are forgetful

32
Q

Gestion

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Management

33
Q

Cerner

A

To circle

34
Q

Le copinage

A

Cronyism

35
Q

Harmful

A

Nuisable

36
Q

Dévoiler

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To reveal/ unveil

37
Q

Effrayer

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To frighten

38
Q

Bien rodée

A

Well established

39
Q

Louche

A

Suspicious

40
Q

Un escroc

A

A swindler

41
Q

Un combinaison

A

A coverall

42
Q

Apiculture

A

Bee keeping

43
Q

Récolter

A

Collect/harvest

44
Q

Une cadre

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A tray/ a frame

45
Q

Une ruche

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A hive

46
Q

Un abeille

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A bee

47
Q

Gonfler

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To swell

48
Q

Brûler

A

To burn

49
Q

Ce dingue ce que tu racontes

A

It’s crazy what you say

50
Q

Fou

A

Mad

51
Q

Taré

A

Mad/ crazy

52
Q

Un plomb

A

A fuse

53
Q

Peter un plomb

A

Blow a fuse

54
Q

Le rayon

A

The shelf

55
Q

Un chute brusque

A

A sudden fall

56
Q

Je suis attente de

A

I am affected by

57
Q

Mettre les bouchées doublés

A

Work twice as hard

58
Q

Il a passé en coup de vent

A

He was in a rush

59
Q

Des fringues

A

The clothes

60
Q

Sous-entendre

A

Imply

61
Q

Je m’egaré

A

I digress

62
Q

Coûte que coûte

A

At all costs/ no matter what the cost

63
Q

Gagner à peine un vie

A

Barely earn a living

64
Q

Train-train quotidien

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Daily hum-drum

65
Q

Le budget mensuel

A

The monthly budget

66
Q

Bien desservi

A

Well-connected

67
Q

Ce que vous venir de dire

A

What you just said

68
Q

Sorti de nul part

A

Out of nowhere

69
Q

Un dispositif

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A plan of action

70
Q

Leur donner du grain à moudre

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Give them an axe to grind

71
Q

Ils ont avaient changé leur fusil d’épaule

A

They have changed their tune

72
Q

Difficilement recevable

A

Difficult to follow/accept

73
Q

Les péripéties at rembondissements

A

The turns and twists

74
Q

Rocombalesque

A

Incredible

75
Q

Abracadabrant

A

Incredible

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