Speaking and Speech Flashcards

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1
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La langue des signes

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A sign language

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2
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La parole/des paroles

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Speech/words

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3
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Une expression

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A phrase

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4
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Le style soutenu (soutenu)

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Formality (formal)

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5
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La langue de bois

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Cant

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6
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Du charabia

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Gibberish, gobbledygook

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7
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Du chinois, du jargon incompréhensible

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Double Dutch

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Un murmure

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A murmur

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9
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Un chuchotement

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A whisper

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10
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Une berceuse

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A lullaby

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Un cri

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A cry, a shout

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12
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Un hurlement

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A scream, a shriek, a yell

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13
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Parler plus fort

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To speak up

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14
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Fort, haut

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Loud

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15
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Conter, raconte

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To relate

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16
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Evoquer

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To mention

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17
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Déclarer, affirme

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To declare, to state

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18
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Mettre l’accent sur

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To emphasize

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19
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Faire allusion à

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To allude to

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20
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Prononcer (un discours)

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To deliver (a speech)

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21
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Transmettre, faire passer un message

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To convey (a message)

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22
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Une discussion, un débat

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An exchange

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Une conversation, une discussion

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A talk

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Un partisan

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An advocate, a proponent

25
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Une dispute, une querelle

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A row, a quarrel

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Une affirmation, une déclaration

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An assertion

27
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Se disputer, soutenir

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To argue

28
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Des huées/des sifflements

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Booing/Hissing

29
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Avoir un trou de mémoire

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To go blank

30
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Couper la parole à qqun

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To cut sb short

31
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Persuader qqun de faire qqch

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To talk sb into doing sth

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Avoir de l’influence sur qqun

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To exert influence over sb

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Avouer

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To admit

34
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Des éloges, des louanges (élogieux)

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Praise (laudatory)

35
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Se moquer de

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To make fun of

36
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Se vanter de

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To boast of/about

37
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Bavard

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Talkative

38
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La franchise

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Frankness

39
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La sincérité

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Candour, sincerity

40
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Dire ce qu’on pense

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To speak one’s mind

41
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Avoir son mot à dire

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To have a say in sthg

42
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Aller droit au fait

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To go straight to the point

43
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Ne pas mâcher ses mots

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Not to mince one’s words

44
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Ne pas tourner autour du pot

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Not to beat about the bush

45
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Franc, simple, direct

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Straightforward

46
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le rire (un rire)

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Laughter (a laugh)

47
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Rire aux éclats

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To roar with laughter

48
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Un soupir (soupirer)

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A sigh (to sigh)

49
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Un sanglot (sangloter)

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A sob (to sob)

50
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Pleurnicher

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To whimper

51
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Eclater en sanglots

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To burst into tears

52
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Des injures

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Abuse

53
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Offenser, vexer

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To offend

54
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Bafouiller, bredouiller

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To splutter

55
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Bégayer

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To stutter, to stammer

56
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Faire changer d’avis

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To talk somebody round

57
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Dénoncer qqun

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To tell on somebody

58
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Le dernier cri (mode)

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The last word

59
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On dit que…

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Word has it that…