Teste 3 Flashcards

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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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Le député
Member of the Assemblée Nationale (the French Parliament)
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Disposer de
To have at your disposal
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L'engin
Device
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Eventuel(lement)
Possible, possibly
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L'exercice
Exercise; but can also mean financial year
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Expérience/expérimenté
Experience, but also experiment
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Faillir
To nearly/almost 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
A bunch of grapes
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Le grief
A grievance
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Inhabitable
Uninhabitable
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Une injure
An insult
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L'isolation
Insulation
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L'issue
Exit; solution; outcome
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Large
Wide
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La lecture
The act of reading
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Le location
Emplacement; 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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Le pétrole
Oil that can be made into fuel
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Le photographe
Photographer
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Le préjudice
Harm
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Prétendre
To claim
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La prune
Plum
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Le raisin
A grape
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Reporter
To postpone
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Rude
Rough
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Sensible
Sensitive
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Le sinistre
A disaster; accident; damage
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Le sommaire
A table of contents
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Supporter
"To support" in the sense of to bear weight of or to follow a sports team. Otherwise it means "to put up with"
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Susceptible
Touchy
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Sympathique
Friendly; pleasant
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Le tissu
Material; fabric
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La veste
Jacket