RFI vocabulary Flashcards

1
Q

déclencher

A

to trigger

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2
Q

purger une peine de

A

to serve a sentence (prison)

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3
Q

entamer

A

to launch (eg an appeal)

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4
Q

il est tout aussi important pour éviter qu’il n’échappe

A

it is equally important to prevent him from escaping

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5
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retracer, retraçant, retraçons, retraçaient

A

to trace, retrace, relate [tracing, we trace, they were relating]

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6
Q

coïncider

A

to coincide

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7
Q

fasciner

A

to fascinate

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8
Q

D’où vient-il ?

A

Where does it come from?

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9
Q

Il vient de nulle part ou de partout.

A

It comes from nowhere and everywhere

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10
Q

prouver

A

to prove

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11
Q

fou, folle

A

mad, crazy

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12
Q

des histoires incroyables

A

incredible stories

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13
Q

sourd, aveugle, paralysé, muet

A

deaf, blind, paralysed, mute

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14
Q

bouger

A

to move

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15
Q

le songe

A

the dream

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16
Q

Y a des personnes…

A

There are people…

17
Q

ils/elles arrivent à diriger

A

they are able to control/direct

18
Q

le sommeil paradoxal

A

REM sleep

19
Q

l’éveil

A

awakening, enlightenment, wakefulness

20
Q

le principe même

A

the very principle

21
Q

déferler

A

to break over, unfurl, surge

22
Q

une foule

A

a crowd

23
Q

quasiment

A

almost

24
Q

la saleté

A

the dirt

25
Q

arraché(e)

A

torn

26
Q

renverser

A

to overthrow

27
Q

le soulèvement

A

the uprising

28
Q

les acquis

A

the gains

29
Q

acquérir

A

to acquire, purchase, gain

30
Q

veiller à qqch.
veiller

A

to oversee, safeguard, watch out for sth
to ensure, make sure

31
Q

d’emblée

A

at once, from the start, immediately

32
Q

renaître

A

to revive

33
Q

le marécage

A

the swamp

34
Q

les bonnes sœurs

A

the nuns

35
Q

C’était un projet quand même insolite.

A

It was an unusual project.

36
Q

tout de suite après

A

straight/right after

37
Q

quand même

A

still, anyway, all the same, regardless

38
Q

en carrosse

A

in (a/the) carriage

39
Q

habillés nickel

A

dressed to the nines