Teste 3 Flashcards

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1
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Prendre le mors aux dents

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To take the bit within the teeth

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2
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Se mettre le doigt dans l’oeil

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To put your foot in it; to make a mistake

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3
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Tout baigne dans l’huile

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Everything is going smoothly

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4
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Avoir les reins solides

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To be strong, solid, robust

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5
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Raconter des salades

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To tell stories/lies

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6
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Avoir un mal de chien

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To have a hard time

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7
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Avoir la chair de poule

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To get goosebumbs

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8
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S’en mordre les doigts

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To regret it; to kick oneself

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9
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Ne pas y aller de main morte

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To go the hard way

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10
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Ne pas avoir en peinture

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Can’t stand someone; can’t stand the sight of someone

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11
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Sortir de sa coquille

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To come out of one’s shell

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12
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Ne tenir qu’à un cheveu

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To hang by a thread

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13
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Se faire des cheveux blancs

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To be worried stiff

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14
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Mettre au pied du mur

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Force into a corner; put on the spot

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15
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Avoir du pain sur la planche

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To have a lot on one’s plate; to have a lot to do

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16
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Une caution

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Security; deposit; bail

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17
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Un cave

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Cellar; basement

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18
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Le change

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Exchange; foreign money

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19
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Ne pas porter quelqu’un dans son coeur

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Don’t hold/to not hold someone dear to your heart

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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, déception

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To disappoint, disappointment

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24
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Le délai

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Given time period to do something

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25
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Le député

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Member of the Assemblée Nationale (the French Parliament)

26
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Disposer de

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To have at your disposal

27
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L’engin

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Device

28
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Eventuel(lement)

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Possible, possibly

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L’exercice

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Exercise; but can also mean financial year

30
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Expérience/expérimenté

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Experience, but also experiment

31
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Faillir

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To nearly/almost do something

32
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Le forfait

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Something paid at a fixed rate

33
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Global

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Total; overall

34
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La grappe

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A bunch of grapes

35
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Le grief

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A grievance

36
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Inhabitable

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Uninhabitable

37
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Une injure

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An insult

38
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L’isolation

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Insulation

39
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L’issue

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Exit; solution; outcome

40
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Large

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Wide

41
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La lecture

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The act of reading

42
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Le location

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Emplacement; localisation

43
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Lunatique

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Moody; changeable

44
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Onéreux

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Expensive

45
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Passer

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To take something

46
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Le pétrole

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Oil that can be made into fuel

47
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Le photographe

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Photographer

48
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Le préjudice

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Harm

49
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Prétendre

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To claim

50
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La prune

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Plum

51
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Le raisin

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A grape

52
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Reporter

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To postpone

53
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Rude

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Rough

54
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Sensible

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Sensitive

55
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Le sinistre

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A disaster; accident; damage

56
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Le sommaire

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A table of contents

57
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Supporter

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“To support” in the sense of to bear weight of or to follow a sports team.
Otherwise it means “to put up with”

58
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Susceptible

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Touchy

59
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Sympathique

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Friendly; pleasant

60
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Le tissu

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Material; fabric

61
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La veste

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Jacket