Pages 20 -29 Flashcards

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A sleeve/handle

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Un manche

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Following

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Suite à

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Unwelcome

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Mal accueille

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A commonly-held thought

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Une idée reçu

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I have kept you waiting

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Je vous ai fait attendre

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Overflow

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Fait déborder

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Ordinary French people

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Français lambda

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The trouble-makers

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Des casseurs

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Damage/mess

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Dégât

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Deaf

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Sourd (say soo-err)

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Confiance en moi

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Self confidence

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A manageable size

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À taille humaine

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Although

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Bien que

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Even if

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Meme si

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Avoid a subject

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De botter en touche

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It’s worth the trouble

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Ça vaut le coup/la peine

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Have trouble with something

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Avoir du mal à qqc

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Unite/bring together

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Rassembler

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I cannot believe

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J’ai du mal à croire

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I can’t wait to see

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J’ai hâte de voir

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You are thinking

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Vous vous dites

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To act (action)

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Agir

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Subtracted

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Soustraite

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Weigh the pros and cons

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Peser le pour et le contre

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It acts like a …
Il agit comme un …
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When it concerns decisions
Quand il s’agit des décisions
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Ignorance
Méconnaissance
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So that
Pour que
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It refers to
Ça désigne
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To toss a coin
Jouer à pile ou face
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A battery
Une pile/ une batterie
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Roughly / More or less the same
Grosso-modo le même
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Of course
Bien entendu
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Ultimately
En fin de compte … literally at the end of counting
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A fairy tale
Un conte de fée
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To collapse
S’effondrer (reflexive)
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N’est pas en jeu
Is not at risk/ is not in play
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A hope
Un espoir
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La grue
The crane
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A shelter
Un abri
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Sheltered from
à l’abri de
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To experience / to feel something ( emotionally )
Ressentir de la, ressentir du, ressentir de l’ E.g on ressent de la joie / éprouver
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To water
Arroser
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To fear
Redouter / craindre
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A fine
Une amende
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Essence sans plomb
Unleaded petrol
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An adventure
Une péripétie
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Rise to the challenge
Relever le défi
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Je suis mal barré
I’m screwed/ up the creek
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To bring about (Causal )
Entraîner | E.g. fumer du cannabis entraîne une baisse des capacities intellectuelles
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An armchair
Un fauteuil
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Shabby / worn-out
De fraîchi (say de freshy )
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The rent
Le loyer
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A lack of resource
une pénurie
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Fateful
Fatidique
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An individual
Un particulier
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Une location
A rented place
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À quel point
To what degree / to what point
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To undress / to take away
Enlever
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That drives/ pushes/ leads us to …. Verb
Qui nous pousse à ….
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A tenant
Une locataire
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Le loyer à flambé
The rent has increased / soared
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To get dressed
Se habiller
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Go in the opposite direction
Aller dans le sens inverse
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By dint of/ as a result of
à force de
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Je me suis dessus
I have soiled myself
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To ring
Sonner
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Get well soon
Bon rétablissement
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To attract
Attirer
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Une attirance
An attraction
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Malin
Smart ( in the head )
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To be found in the red book
It’s a shame to say ( lit. We have shame to say )
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To feel guilty
Culpabiliser
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To joke
Rigoler
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To wobble / to wank / to dither
Branler
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Il branle dans le manche
He is hesitating
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Repousser
To postpone
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Débarrasser
To get rid of