Prepositional phrases Flashcards

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next to

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à côté de

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make by hand

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faire à la main

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go by bike

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aller à bicyclette

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go by car

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aller en voiture

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to write in pencil

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écrire au crayon

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to sell by the meter

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vendre au mètre

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to be paid by the month

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être payé au m ois

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a teacup

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une tasse à thé

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a cup of tea

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une tasse de thé

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upon my arrival

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à mon arrivée

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by the way

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au fait or à propos

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chocolate ice cream

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une glace au chocolat

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the students book

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le livre de l’étudiant

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to leave the shop

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sortir de l aboutique

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an English class

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une classe d’anglais

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to die of hunger

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manger de faim

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to change plans

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changer d’avion

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to write with one’s left hand

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écrire de la main gauche

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19
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bigger by a kilometer

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plus grand d’un kilomètre

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a five hundred gram steak

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un steak de 500 grammes

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21
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on this side

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de ce côté

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in Napoleon’s time

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du temps de Napoleon

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in our day

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de nos jours

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on the other hand

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d’autre part

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on one hand

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d’une part

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in the direction of

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du côté de

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to change one’s mind

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changer d’idée

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28
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the train from Lyon

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le train de Lyon

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29
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the train to Lyon

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le train de Lyon

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30
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I have time

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j’ai le temps

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31
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in the meantime

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pendant ce temps

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32
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I have the time

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j’ai l’heure

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33
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not at all

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pas du tout

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34
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right away

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tout de suite

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35
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everyone

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tout le monde

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36
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anything else or on top of that

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avec ça

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37
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if it weren’t for ___

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sans ___

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38
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without doing anything

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sans rien faire

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39
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to go downtown

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aller en ville

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40
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in the city

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dans la ville

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41
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in jail

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en prison

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42
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in this jail

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dans cette prison

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43
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in the suburbs

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en banlieue

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44
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in a distant suburb

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dans une banlieue éloignée

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45
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he’s acting like an idiot

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il agit en idiot

46
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in July

A

en juillet

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in 1996

A

en 1996

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from day to day

A

de jour en jour

49
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go by plane

A

aller en avion

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in disorder

A

en désordre

51
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at war

A

en guerre

52
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in pajamas

A

en pyjama

53
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to translate into french

A

traduire en français

54
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to transform a into b

A

transformer a en b

55
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to disguise oneself as something

A

se déguiser en qqch

56
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a gold necklace

A

un collier en our

57
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a wool skirt

A

une jupe en laine

58
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in the middle of the town

A

en pleine de ville

59
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in the middle of winter

A

en plein d’hiver

60
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upstairs/downstairs

A

en haut/bas

61
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forward/backward

A

en avant/arrière

62
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opposite

A

en face

63
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in any case

A

en tout cas

64
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besides

A

en plus

65
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to be on vacation

A

être en voyage

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on average

A

en moyenne

67
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to believe in God

A

croire en Dieu

68
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in the absence of

A

en l’absence de

69
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during the week

A

dans la semaine

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during the afternoon

A

dans l’après-midi

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in four years (eg he wrote the book in four years)

A

en quatre ans

72
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in four years (eg we will be done in four years)

A

dans quatre ans

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in these conditions

A

dans ces conditions

74
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to drink from a cup

A

boire dans une tasse

75
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on the plane

A

dans l’avion

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get on the train

A

monter dans le train

77
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put something in a box

A

mettre qqch dans une boîte

78
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to take something from a box

A

prendre qqch dans une bo

79
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at the stadium

A

sur le stade

80
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in the newspaper

A

sur le journal

81
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around 3 o clock

A

sur les trois heures

82
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one woman in ten

A

une femme sur dix

83
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an article about death

A

un article sur la mort

84
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to question the professor about the exam

A

interroger le prof sur l’examen

85
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in the sunshine

A

sous le soleil

86
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don’t put your dog on top of it

A

ne mets pas ton chien dessus

87
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underneath them/it

A

dessous

88
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people under eighteen years old

A

les gens au-dessous de dix-huit ans

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in parentheses

A

entre parenthèses

90
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between us

A

entre nous

91
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two of them

A

deux d’entre eux

92
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I’m leaving for three days

A

je pars pour trois jours

93
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to go out through the door

A

sortir par la porte

94
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a picture painted by me

A

un tableau peint par moi

95
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twice a month

A

deux fois par mois

96
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this way

A

par ici

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that way

A

par là

98
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consequently

A

par conséquent

99
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by heart

A

par coeur

100
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out of love

A

par amour

101
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avant vs avant de

A

avan de is used before an infinitive

102
Q

when is après usually used

A

before perfect infinitive, eg après avoir fini

103
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vers vs envers

A

vers = literally, envers = an attitude or gesture towards someone

104
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because of

A

à cause de

105
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on the subject of

A

au sujet de

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according to

A

d’après

107
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in spite of

A

malgré

108
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among

A

parmi

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according to

A

selon/suivant

110
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out of

A

hors de

111
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outside of

A

en dehors de