Reading & Writing Flashcards

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rédiger

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to draft

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l’écriture fine (f)

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nice handwriting

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l’écriture serrée (f)

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dense handwriting

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l’écriture anguleuse (f)

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angular handwriting

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5
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épeler

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to spell

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noter

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to note

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marquer

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to note

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8
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inscrire

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to write down

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9
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gommer

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to rub out, erase

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effacer

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to score out

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barrer

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to cross out

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biffer

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to cross out

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la biffure

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crossing-out, deletion

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rayer

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to score out

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la rayure

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crossing-out

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raturer

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to erase

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la rature

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crossing-out, deletion

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18
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lire tout bas

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to read to oneself

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19
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lire tout haut

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to read aloud

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20
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déchiffrer

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to decipher

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21
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le déchiffrage

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decoding, deciphering; sight-reading

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22
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dévorer

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to devour

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23
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feuilleter

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to leaf through

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24
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parcourir

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to skim

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l'agenda (m)
diary
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le carnet
notebook
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le bloc
pad
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le sous-main
desk blotter
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le buvard
blotter
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l'abrégé (m)
summary
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l'abécédaire (m)
alphabet primer
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le feuillet
sheet
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la reliure
binding
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le chapitre
chapter
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le paragraphe
paragraph
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l'alinéa (m)
paragraph
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la colonne
column
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la table des matières
contents
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la jacquette
dust jacket
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le catalogue
catalogue
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les rayons (m)
shelves
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la vitrine
glass case
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le brouillon
rough draft
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orthographier
to spell out
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dépouiller
to peruse
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compulser un livre
to consult a book
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sauter
to skip
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le point
full-stop
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le point-virgule
semi-colon
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deux points
colon
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la virgule
comma
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les points de suspension (m)
suspension points
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le point d'interrogation
question mark
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le point d'exclamation
exclamation mark
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les guillemets (m)
inverted commas
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la parenthèse
bracket
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le tiret
dash
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le trait d'union
hyphen
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le livre à grand succès
best-seller
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le livre de chevet
bedside book
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l'analphabétisme (m)
illiteracy
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l'anaphabète (m/f)
illiterate person
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l'illettré(e) (m/f)
illiterate person
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libeller
to draw up, make out
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des pattes de mouche
scrawl
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griffonner
to scribble, jot down
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gribouiller
to scribble, scrawl, doodle
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une écriture de chat
spidery handwriting
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le grimoire
mumbo-jumbo, illegible scrawl; arcane text; book of magic
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le rat de bibliothèque
bookworm
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passer son temps à bouquiner
to always have one's nose in a book
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bachoter
to swot
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bûcher
to work hard, study
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potasser
to cram
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chiader
to cram
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le pavé
hefty tome
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la plaquette
slim volume
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le livre du maître
teacher's book
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le livre de lecture
reading book, reader
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le livre scolaire
schoolbook, textbook
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le livre de cuisine
cookery book, cookbook
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le livre d'heures
Book of Hours
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le livre de messe
missal, mass book
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le livre d'or
visitors' book
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l'ouvrage de référence
reference work
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l'ouvrage collectif
joint publication