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Phrasal Verbs Flashcards

1
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S’embrouiller avec

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Pick a fight with

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2
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Débuter une nouvelle activité

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Take up

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3
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Abandonner

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Give up

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4
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Enlever

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Take off

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5
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Assurer la mort d’un animal (vieux, blaissé)

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Put down

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6
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Foirer

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Mess up

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7
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Aller chercher quelqu’un

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Pick up

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8
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Rappeler

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Call back

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9
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Mettre de l’argent de côté

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Save up

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10
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Mettre un habit

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Put on

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11
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Produce a profitable or successful result

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Pay off

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12
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Déconnecter

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Cut off

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13
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Abandon a course of study / a competition

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Drop out

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14
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To make someone feel happier

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Cheer up

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15
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Aller de l’avant

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Move on

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16
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Se pointer

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Show up

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17
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Découvrir (apprendre), trouver des informations

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Find out

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18
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Invent a story, a word

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Make up

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19
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Don’t touch me, leave me alone

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Get off

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20
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Give someone a lot of food to restore their health / Make them bigger

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Feed up

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21
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Traîner avec quelqu’un

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Hang out

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22
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Compter sur quelqu’un

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Rely on someone

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23
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Brancher

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Plug in

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24
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Accélérer

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Speed up

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25
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Décélérer

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Slown down

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26
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Comprendre, résoudre un problème

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Figure out

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27
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Wait for or anticipate something pleasant

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Look forward

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28
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Approach someone furtively

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Sneak up on

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29
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Manquer de

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Run out of

30
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Tester

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Try out

31
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Recommencer

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Start over

32
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Open a shop or business for the day

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Open up

33
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Transformer

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Turn into

34
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End a phone call

A

Hang up

35
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Se pencher

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Bend over

36
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Être épuisé

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Be worn out

37
Q

Continue

A

Carry on

38
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Je m’en vais

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I’m off

39
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Dégage

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Back off

40
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Tenez-moi au courant

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Keep me posted

41
Q

S’éloigner (physiquement)

A

Move away

42
Q

S’approcher

A

Get closer

43
Q

Qqch qui sort du lot

A

Stand out

44
Q

Rentrer dans quelque chose

A

Bump into something

45
Q

Se rendre compte

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Become aware of

46
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Faire qqch que l’on avait prévu depuis longtemps

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Get round to sth

47
Q

Devenir trop grand pour

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Be outgrown

48
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Qqch qui est devenu trop petit pour soi

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To outgrow

E.g. : We’ve outgrown our flat (Notre appartement est devenu trop petit pour nous)

49
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Jeter qqch au loin

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Throw smth away

50
Q

Nettoyer

A

Clean up

51
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Ranger

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Tidy up

52
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Garder, conserver qqch

A

Hold onto

53
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Trouver la solution

A

Figure out

54
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Continue !

Persévère !

A

Keep up!

55
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Prendre soin

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Look after / Take care

56
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Bien s’entendre avec

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I get on well with him

We get along very well

57
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S’enfuir

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Run/flee away

58
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En avoir marre de

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Be fed up with

59
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Faire une queue de poisson

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Cut someone up

60
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Déterrer

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Dig sth out

61
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Tais-toi (informal)

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Hush up (informal)

62
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Déchirer

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Rip out

63
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Annuler un meeting

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Call off

64
Q

Fermer définitivement

A

Shut down

65
Q

Lire en diagonale vs Lire en cherchant un élément particulier

A

Skimming the text
Skim reading the text

Scan the text

66
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To listen to someone until they have said everything they want to say

A

Hear somebody out

67
Q

Décrocher le téléphone

Répondre au téléphone

A

Pick up the phone

Answer the phone

68
Q

Rester en ligne (téléphone)

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Hang on

Hold on

69
Q

To become gradually estranged.

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To grow apart

e.g. After high school my best friend and I grew apart

70
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When someone talks about something he is really into

A

To geek out

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