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Text 2 - Capes 2009 Flashcards

1
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grondement

A

growl, growling
rumble, roar

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éclair

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lightning
flash of lightning

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3
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boyau

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guts, entrails, intestines

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assemblée

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assembly, meeting

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porte manteau

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coat rack, hat stand

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patine

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patina

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morne

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gloomy, mournful

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river

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attached

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suroît

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sou’wester

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conscience

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awareness, consciousness

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état

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state, condition, way

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12
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audition

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hearing

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olfaction

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olfaction
sense of smell

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tact

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tact, tactfulness

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hative

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hurried, hasty

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percevoir

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perceive, detect

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17
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unwonted

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insolite, inhabituel

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18
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swim

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nager, flotter, glisser

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cuivre

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copper = élément, devient vert
brass = combination of copper and tin & sth else.

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laiton

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brass

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21
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étain

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tin

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If your head swims, you feel confused and are unable to see or think clearly: Just the thought of all that work makes my head swim.

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make one’s head swim

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utter

A

total, absolu, complet
prononcer, dire, proférer

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24
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boutons en cuivre

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brass knobs

25
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insolite

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bizarre, unusual, out of the ordinary, quirky

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me donner le vertige

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make my head spin
make my head swim
made me dizzy

27
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il s’agissait de moi

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That’s me.

28
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catch someone’s eyes

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la personne devient l’objet d’un interêt spécifique

29
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considérer

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looking at carefully

30
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cleared-eye person def

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metaphorical for someone who use things clearly

31
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les yeux clairs

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light-colored eyes

32
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proximité

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proximity (++ administratif)
intimacy, closeness
imminence (dans le temps)

33
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mes parents usaient

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my parents would resort to

34
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clair

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pale, fair, clear

35
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washed out def

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décoloré
ou coulée de boue

36
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les fenêtres lavées d’eau

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the rainsplashed windows

37
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mauvais draps

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draps de mauvaise qualité
cheap woollen cloaks

38
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humming

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vrombir, siffler, chantonner

39
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serré, à l’étroit

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cramped

40
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cramp (nom)

A

muscle cramp

41
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buzz nom

A

(abeille…) bourdonnement nm
(moteur) vrombissement nm
(cigale) chant

42
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buzz (verbe)

A

bourdonner
(moteur) vrombir

43
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cluster def

A

(de fleurs, de fruits) grappe
(de bananes) régime
(de personnes) groupe, communauté
(d’étoiles, de plantes) amas

44
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pèlerine

A

tippet, capelet

45
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mouillé

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wet

46
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trempé

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soaked

47
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humide

A

damp

48
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stud def

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clou, bouton, piercing

49
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parer, orner

A

adorn

50
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morne

A

cheerless : sombre triste, déprimant, morne

51
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devêtir

A

take off

52
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clutch

A

étreindre⇒, empoigner⇒, agripper⇒ vtr
serrer (fort) vtr
s’agripper à v pron + prép
se cramponner à

53
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habileté, adresse

A

deftness

54
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forts de cette croyance

A

secure in that belief

55
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conscious vs consciousness vs conscience

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conciousness = we know what’s around us
to be conscious = be in that state
conscience = moral, aware of what you’re doing.
-> you can have a clear conscience but not a clear conscioucness

56
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inconscience

A

unconsciousness

57
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sentient

A

conscient, sensible

58
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par un concours de circonstances malheureux,

A

by some unfortunate combination of events

Thème - M1 S2 (4 decks)

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