Summer 2017 Flashcards by Tim Newton | Brainscape

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Desperation

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Le désespoir

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A bin man

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Un éboueur

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Reduced mobility

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La mobilité réduite

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Poor you

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Oh ma pauvre

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Soft, limp, flabby, slack

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Mou

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Smooth

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Lisse

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To support

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Soutenir

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I’ll just have a look, I’m just looking

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Je regarde seulement

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I’ll take it

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Je le prends

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Dammit, I used to know that!

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Bon sang, je le savais!

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Get lost, go to hell (but milder insult amongst close friends)

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Va te faire voir

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Piss off, fuck off (medium strength insult)

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Va te faire foutre

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I don’t give a damn

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Je m’en fous (colloq)

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Fuck off! (Very strong insult)

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Va te faire enculer

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I’ll look forward to meeting you

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Je suis pressé/impatient de vous rencontrer

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I’ve got the word on the tip of my tongue

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J’ai le mot sur le bout de la langue

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To delete, get rid of

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Supprimer

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I had spoken (pluperfect)

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J’avais parlé

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I should have (perfect conditional)

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J’aurais dû

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I could have (perfect conditional)

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J’aurais pu

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I will have done (future perfect)

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J’aurai fait

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I will have gone (future perfect)

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Je serai parti

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Not this time

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Pas cette fois-ci

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A holiday home

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Une résidence secondaire

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So that

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Pour que (+ subjonctif)

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The future

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L’avenir (m.)

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Mostly

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À la plupart

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Absolutely, completely

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Tout à fait

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Glue

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Une colle

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Walk, drive, trip

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Une balade

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Online

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En ligne

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Carefully, neatly

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Soigneusement

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Rope

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Une corde

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Exit, outing, output

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Une sortie

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The advantages and disadvantages

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Les avantages et les inconvénients

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Damn, I can’t remember it

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Zut, j’ai un trou de mémoire

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To inform, warn

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Prévenir

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What were we talking about?

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De quoi de parlions?

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Distrustful, suspicious

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Méfiant

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Bookish, nerd, intellectual, geek

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Un(e) Intello

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Same time (next time)

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Même jour même heure

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In the past, English coffee was very bad.

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Autrefois, le café anglais était très mauvais.

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So-so

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Couci-couça

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More or less

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Plus ou moins

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A down jacket (like Uniqlo)

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Une doudoune

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To bother, annoy

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Déranger (more formal), embêter (informal, with friends), gêner (things, e.g.: tu as été beaucoup gêné par les mites).

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An app

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Une application

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Very good (with senses, taste, music, art etc)

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Très bon

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Very good (things)

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Très bien

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Boring

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Ennuyeux

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I’m going shopping

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Je vais faire une course

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Spoken word

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Le langage parlé

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To spare, save

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Épargner

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To exhaust

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Épuiser

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To wipe, dry/mop up

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Essuyer

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Good in bed, a great lay (but NOT PC)

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Un bon coup

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A duvet

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La couette

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Thing, stuff (esp perjoratively), trick

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Un truc

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Rent

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Le loyer

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Inside

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Dedans

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Direct debit

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Le virement automatique

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She lived here for 7 years

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Elle a vécu ici il y a 7 ans

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Corny, tacky, naff, square, dowdy

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Ringard(e)

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To take place

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Avoir lieu

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What is she talking about?

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De quoi elle parle?

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From now on

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À partir de maintenant, désormais

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Little by little

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Petit à petit

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A DIY-er

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Un bricoleur

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To unplug

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Débrancher

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Bellend

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Un gland

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A fortnight

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Une quinzaine, quinze jours

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For a fortnight

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Pour quinze jours

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Some after negative (verb)

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De (e.g., ‘je ramasse des pommes’, mais ´je ne ramasse pas de pommes’)

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Hardly

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Ne … guère

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I hardly drink any alcohol

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Je ne bois guère d’alcool

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Never again

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Plus jamais

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Hardly ever

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Pratiquement jamais

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I hardly ever go into town

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Je vais pratiquement jamais en ville

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A duvet cover

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Une housse de couette

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I’m going to think about it

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Je vais réfléchir

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A duvet

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Une couette

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I am now completely free.

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Je suis désormais complètement libre.