Portrait de famille Flashcards by alina brennan

Q

short story

A

une nouvelle

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to deprive

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priver

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to look well

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avoir bonne mine

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civil servant

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un fonctionnaire

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single mother

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une fille-mère

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to dare

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oser

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to complain

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se plaindre

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to sigh

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soupirer

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well might/however

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avoir beau

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to limit

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se borner à

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pregnancy

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la grossesse

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vacation/leave

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un congé

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destiny

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le sort

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sorrow

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le chagrin

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sparkle, flash

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un éclat

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proud

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orgueilleux

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alienated

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aliéné

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however

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pourtant

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rejuvenate

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rajeunir

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to feel

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éprouver

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middle

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le milieu

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context

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le contexte

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comparison

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la comparison

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inner monologue, self talk

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un monologue intérieur

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climax

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le point culminant

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relationship

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un rapport

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writer

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un écrivain

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author

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un auteur

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a kiss

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un baiser

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retirement

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la retraite

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customs, traditions

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les moeurs

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angel

A

un ange

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sweat

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la sueur

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bitterness

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l’amertume (f)

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the next day

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le lendemain

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hope

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une espérance

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craftiness, cunning

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une ruse

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a sigh

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un soupir

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sob

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un sanglot

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something

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quelque chose

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somewhere

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quelque part

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sometimes

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quelquefois

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casual, nonchalant

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désinvolte

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ambiguity

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une ambigüité

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distant, remote

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lointain

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new

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neuf/neuve

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smooth

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lisse

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wetness, dampness

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mouillé

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to swear, vow

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jurer

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to go up in smoke

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partir en fumée

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start, jump with surprise

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sursauter

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to haunt

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hanter

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to disappear

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disparaître

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to drag

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traîner

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to waste, squander

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gaspiller

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to benefit from

A

jouir de

Q

to think of [quelque chose]

A

songer [+ preposition]

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to suffocate

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suffoquer

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to know by heart

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connaître par coeur

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to search (the pockets)

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fouiller (les poches)