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Colin’s Red Book > Pages 20 -29 > Flashcards

Pages 20 -29 Flashcards

1
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A sleeve/handle

A

Un manche

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2
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Following

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Suite à

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3
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Unwelcome

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Mal accueille

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4
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A commonly-held thought

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Une idée reçu

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5
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I have kept you waiting

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Je vous ai fait attendre

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6
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Overflow

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Fait déborder

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7
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Ordinary French people

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Français lambda

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8
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The trouble-makers

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Des casseurs

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9
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Damage/mess

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Dégât

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10
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Deaf

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Sourd (say soo-err)

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11
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Confiance en moi

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Self confidence

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12
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A manageable size

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À taille humaine

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13
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Although

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Bien que

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14
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Even if

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Meme si

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15
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Avoid a subject

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De botter en touche

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16
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It’s worth the trouble

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Ça vaut le coup/la peine

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17
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Have trouble with something

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Avoir du mal à qqc

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18
Q

Unite/bring together

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Rassembler

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19
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I cannot believe

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J’ai du mal à croire

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20
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I can’t wait to see

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J’ai hâte de voir

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21
Q

You are thinking

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Vous vous dites

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22
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To act (action)

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Agir

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23
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Subtracted

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Soustraite

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24
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Weigh the pros and cons

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Peser le pour et le contre

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25
Q

It acts like a …

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Il agit comme un …

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26
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When it concerns decisions

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Quand il s’agit des décisions

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27
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Ignorance

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Méconnaissance

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28
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So that

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Pour que

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29
Q

It refers to

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Ça désigne

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30
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To toss a coin

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Jouer à pile ou face

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31
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A battery

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Une pile/ une batterie

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32
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Roughly / More or less the same

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Grosso-modo le même

33
Q

Of course

A

Bien entendu

34
Q

Ultimately

A

En fin de compte … literally at the end of counting

35
Q

A fairy tale

A

Un conte de fée

36
Q

To collapse

A

S’effondrer (reflexive)

37
Q

N’est pas en jeu

A

Is not at risk/ is not in play

38
Q

A hope

A

Un espoir

39
Q

La grue

A

The crane

40
Q

A shelter

A

Un abri

41
Q

Sheltered from

A

à l’abri de

42
Q

To experience / to feel something ( emotionally )

A

Ressentir de la, ressentir du, ressentir de l’
E.g on ressent de la joie

/ éprouver

43
Q

To water

A

Arroser

44
Q

To fear

A

Redouter / craindre

45
Q

A fine

A

Une amende

46
Q

Essence sans plomb

A

Unleaded petrol

47
Q

An adventure

A

Une péripétie

48
Q

Rise to the challenge

A

Relever le défi

49
Q

Je suis mal barré

A

I’m screwed/ up the creek

50
Q

To bring about (Causal )

A

Entraîner

E.g. fumer du cannabis entraîne une baisse des capacities intellectuelles

51
Q

An armchair

A

Un fauteuil

52
Q

Shabby / worn-out

A

De fraîchi (say de freshy )

53
Q

The rent

A

Le loyer

54
Q

A lack of resource

A

une pénurie

55
Q

Fateful

A

Fatidique

56
Q

An individual

A

Un particulier

57
Q

Une location

A

A rented place

58
Q

À quel point

A

To what degree / to what point

59
Q

To undress / to take away

A

Enlever

60
Q

That drives/ pushes/ leads us to …. Verb

A

Qui nous pousse à ….

61
Q

A tenant

A

Une locataire

62
Q

Le loyer à flambé

A

The rent has increased / soared

63
Q

To get dressed

A

Se habiller

64
Q

Go in the opposite direction

A

Aller dans le sens inverse

65
Q

By dint of/ as a result of

A

à force de

66
Q

Je me suis dessus

A

I have soiled myself

67
Q

To ring

A

Sonner

68
Q

Get well soon

A

Bon rétablissement

69
Q

To attract

A

Attirer

70
Q

Une attirance

A

An attraction

71
Q

Malin

A

Smart ( in the head )

72
Q

To be found in the red book

A

It’s a shame to say ( lit. We have shame to say )

73
Q

To feel guilty

A

Culpabiliser

74
Q

To joke

A

Rigoler

75
Q

To wobble / to wank / to dither

A

Branler

76
Q

Il branle dans le manche

A

He is hesitating

77
Q

Repousser

A

To postpone

78
Q

Débarrasser

A

To get rid of

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