Teste 2 Flashcards

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Avoir l’air emprunté

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To look awkward, or at ill-ease

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Être fleur bleue

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To be soppy

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3
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Tourner les talons

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To turn on one’s heel

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Garder bouche consue

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To keep quiet; to keep your mouth shut

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5
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Mettre la puce à l’oreille

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To give someone something to think about

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Couper les ponts

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To cut off ties

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De première main

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First hand

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En un tour de main

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Immediately; in a flash; in the twinkle of an eye

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9
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Haut la main

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Easily

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10
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Mettre sa main au feu

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To stake his/her life on something

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11
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Ne pas y aller de main morte

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To go the hard way

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12
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Poser un lapin

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To stand somebody up

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13
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Du bout des lèvres

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Reluctantly

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14
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Ne pas valoir un clou

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Not worth a nail/cent

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Avoir de la peau de saucisson devant les yeux

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To have the wool over your eyes; to be blind

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16
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Le casserole

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Saucepan

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17
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La caution

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Security; deposit; bail

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18
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Le cave

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Cellar

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19
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Change

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Foreign change

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20
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Cohérent

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Consistent

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21
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Conférence

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Lecture; speech

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22
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Conforter

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To support; strengthen

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23
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Décevoir/deception

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To disappoint/disappointment

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Délai

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Period of time to do something

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Député
A member of the Assemblée Nationale (French Parliament)
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Detenir
To possess
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Disposer de
To have at your disposal
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L'engin
Device
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Éventuel(lement)
Possible/possibly
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L'exercice
Not just exercise, in a business context it can actually be a financial year
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Expérience/expérimenté
Not just "experience" can also refer to experiment.
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Faillir
To nearly do something
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Le forfait
Something paid at a fixed rate
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Global
Total; overall
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La grappe
Bunch of grapes
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Le grief
A grievance
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Inhabitable
Uninhabitable
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Injure
Insult
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Isolation
Insulation
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L'issue
Exit; solution; outcome
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Large
Wide
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Lecture
The act of reading
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Le location
Site; localisation
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Lunatique
Moody; changeable
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Onéreux
Expensive
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Passer
To take something
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Pétrole
Oil that can be made into fuel
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Un photographe
Photographer
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Le préjudice
Harm
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Prétendre
To claim
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Une prune
Plum
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Un raisin
Grape
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Reporter
To postpone
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Rude
Rough
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Sensible
Sensitive
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Un sinistre
Disaster; accident; damage
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Un sommaire
Table of contents
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Supporter
Means to support in the sense of "to bear the weight of something" or "to support a team". Otherwise, it means "to put up with"
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Susceptible
Touchy; likely to
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Sympathique
Friendly; pleasant
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Un tissue
Fabric; material
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Une veste
Jacket
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Compter pour du beurre
To count for nothing