Text 1,b Flashcards

1
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C’est en francais

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Ne pas traduire “c’est” par “it’s” en début de phrase sauf si impersonnel, c’est tard, it’s late. Pour personne ou animal, dire “that”

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enfants d’un animal

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Pas daughter for animal, plutot offspring

Out of…
Born of…
offspring of x and y

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prendre quelques notes

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jot some notes

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4
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calepin

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pad

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suspended, prep

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suspended from

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flask

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flask = for alcohol

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bouton sur caméra

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shutter
marche aussi pour volets

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caribou

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caribou PAS DE S

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cantine in English

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gourde en métal aux US à l’époque

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gratter

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to scratch

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s’asperger, 2

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spray yourself, spritz yourself

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gorgée, 2

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swallow, mouthful

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mouiller, 4

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make everything wet
soak everything
moisten
dampen

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en clair

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to be blunt

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Place de l’adverbe

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You cannot put an adverb between a verb and an object

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minable, miteux

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shabby

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To dawdle

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trainasser

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coulées

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rivulets

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habitués

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Habitués = regular if restaurant or a bar

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moment de vérité

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When it came for the crunch
crunch time

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ce recoin de la forêt

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this neck of the forest.

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pauvre, dérisoire, ridicule

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paltry
piètre,
a paltry = la some ridicule de 30€

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les parents dans le sens de close members of our family

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Kin = les parents dans le sens de close members of our family

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calciné, carbonisé

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charred

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25
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assaut

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onslaught

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To crash def

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To crash = going to some event you’re not invited → to crash a party

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gorgées

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sips
mouthfuls

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commenter

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to observe

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louveteau, petit

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cub

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passer sa main

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to pass one’s hand OVER

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sac à dos solide

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rucksack

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couvrir

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to shade sth

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Je cuis (sous le soleil)

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i’m burning up

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up

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Up = completely, process is completed

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commissaire, officier

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commissaire

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égoutter

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to drain

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distraitement, 2

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absent-mindedly
distractedly

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interrogatoire, 2

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questioning
interrogation

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crétin

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idiot

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s’eterniser, 2

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draw sth out
drag sth out (informal)

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brusquer
malmener : 1
forcer hater : 2

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malmener : push around
forcer hater : rush, hurry

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fouiller, 2

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to search, to rummage through

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canton, 2

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canton
administrative district

44
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sur place

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there

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effaroucher, 3

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alarm, frighten, scare sby away

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épopée, 2

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epic, saga

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allume-feu

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firelighter

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sentier, 3

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path,
way,
trail (hiking)

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chemin, 5

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path
pathway
track
lane
country lane

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tiser

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to fuel

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tison

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ember

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fouiller,

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rummage through, rummage about

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devant le poste (tv)

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in front of the set

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couverts

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silverware

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fureter

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to ferret

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irresponsables

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irresponsible

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une bande de… (personnes)

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a group

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en goguette, 2

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tipsy,
merry, de bonne humeur, familier

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pelé

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peeled

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materner, 2

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to mother
to baby (négatif)

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caillasse, 2

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scree
loose stone

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agneau

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lamb

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déchiqueté, 4
- mis en pièce
- découpé

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torn to shreds
torn to bits (informal)
jagged / ragged (découpé

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brebis

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ewe

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convulsé, 4

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twisted, contorted, distorted, convulsed

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éleveur, 2

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farmer, breeder

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toison, lainage

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fleece

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dépecer,3

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to butcher
to joint
rip apart

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pâturage, 3

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pasture, pastureland
grazing (uncountable)

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complaisance, 2

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complacency
deference

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aiguiser, 2

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to whet, to sharpen

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brandon

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brand

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tisonner

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to poke

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melée (de rugby)

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scrum, scrummage

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babine

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chops (informel)
jowl

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alpin

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Alpine

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courber l’échine

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to kowtow

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meute

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pack

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berger, 2

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shepherd
herdsman

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bergère, 2

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sheperdess
herdswoman

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droit dans les yeux

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straight in the eyes

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tison

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ember