Spring 2019 Flashcards by Tim Newton | Brainscape

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Look forward to

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Attendre avec impatience

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I’m looking forward to the holidays.

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J’attends les vacances avec impatience.

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I’ve just come back

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Je viens de rentrer

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She wants me to do it

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Elle veut que je le fasse

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I don’t remember it

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Je ne m’en souviens pas

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Swearword

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Un juron

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I like reading

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J’aime la lecture

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Window

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La vitre

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To let go, give up, let out

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Lâcher

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Let go of me!

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Lâche-moi

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Formerly

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Anciennement

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A ready meal

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Un plat cuisiné

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Frying pan

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La poêle

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Stove

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Le poêle

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She’s just back from a business trip

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Ella vient de rentrer d’un voyage d’affaires

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A big fat lump

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Un gros patapouf

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Homebody

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Pantouflard(e) (informal), casanier, casanière

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Quite, fully, exactly

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Tout à fait

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Willingly

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De bon gré

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Dissatisfied, annoyed

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Mécontent

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Captivating, riveting, enthralling

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Captivant

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Windy

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Venteux (-se)

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MOT certificate

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Le certificat du contrôle technique

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Pleasant

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Agréable

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Supposedly, so-called, supposed

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Soi-disant

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Could you tell me …

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Est-ce que vous pourriez me dire …

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To deceive, cheat, be unfaithful to

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Tromper

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My eyes have not deceived me.

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Mes yeux ne m’ont pas trompé.

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He’s having an affair with Sophie behind her back

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Il la trompe avec Sophie

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Trompe l’œil (lit. trick of the eye)

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Un trompe l’œil

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I hadn’t realised

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Je ne m’étais pas rendu compte de …

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The jumper suits her (goes well with her)

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Le pull lui va bien

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I would (like to) eat

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Je voudrais manger

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I could eat

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Je pourrais manger

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I should eat

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Je devrais manger

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I would have eaten

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J’aurais mangé

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I could have eaten

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J’aurais pu manger

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I should have eaten

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J’aurais du manger

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I would have drunk

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J’aurais bu

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To remove, carry off, lift

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Enlever

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To make a mistake

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Se tromper

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I got the date wrong

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Je me suis trompé de date

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A (wooden) floor

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Un plancher

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Impressive

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Impressionnant

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A fine

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Une amende

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Market stall

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Un étal

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In fact, actually

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En fait (+ pronounce the ‘t’)

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Chicken leg

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Une cuisse de poulet

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Cartoon/Animation (film)

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Un dessin animé

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And so on

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Et ainsi de suite

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There’s going to be

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Il va y avoir

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To sharpen

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Aiguiser

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A clue, sign, hint

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Un indice

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It’s awful

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C’est affreux

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I fell asleep

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Je me suis endormi

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There’s going to be some changes.

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Il va y avoir quelques changements.

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I hadn’t realised that she was going to arrive this evening

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Je ne m’étais pas rendu compte qu’elle allait arriver ce soir

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Supposedly green products

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Les produits soi-disant écologiques