The Human Being Flashcards

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1
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un diminutif

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a pet name

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c’est de famille !

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it runs in the family

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bien être le fils de son père.

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To be a chip of the old block

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4
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la mariée

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the bride

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5
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le marié

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the bridegroom

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a spouse

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un conjoint

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la pension alimentaire

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alimony

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8
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les parents => la parentée

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the kin => kinship

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9
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the for(e)bears

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Les ancêtres, les aïeux

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10
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vivre en concubinage

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to cohabit

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avoir un lien de parenté avec qqn

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to be related to sby

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12
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to foster -> foster

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élever -> adoptif

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13
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un tuteur

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a guardian

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14
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a ward

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un pupille

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la progéniture

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the offrspring\the progeny

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16
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to take after sby

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ressembler à

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17
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les frères et soeurs

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the siblings

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18
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un papa gâteau

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a doting father

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19
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to stick together

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se serrer les coudes

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20
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allocations familiales

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child benefits

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21
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une famille nucléaire

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the nuclear family

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22
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un nom de jeune fille

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a maiden name

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23
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une affaire familiale

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a family-run

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24
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parenting

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l’éducation des enfants

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25
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l’éducation

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upbringing

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26
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consacrer son temps à

Je consacre mon temps libre à l’apprentissage de l’anglais

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to devote one’s time

to devote my free time to learning english

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27
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faire plaisir à qlq

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to indulge sby

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28
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gâter

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to spoil

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29
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dur - durement

la dure réalité

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harsh -> harshly

the harsh realities of life

30
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gronder qqn

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to scold sby \ to tell off sby

31
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rude -> rudeness

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impoli -> l’impolitesse

32
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bien élevé

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well-bred

33
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obéir à quelqu’un

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to obey sby

34
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vivant\vif

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lively

35
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sans entrain

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dull

36
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bouder

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to sulk

37
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faire des siennes

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to play up

38
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se conduire mal

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to misbehave

39
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donner la fessé = la fessée

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to spank => a spanking

40
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gifler

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to slap

41
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frapper

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to clout

42
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s’émanciper

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to break free

43
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une adolescence rebelle

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a wayward adolescence ( = capricieux )

44
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entêté

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stubborn

45
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wilful

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obstiné

46
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un hochet

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a rattle

47
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un jouet en peluche

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a soft toy

48
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une marionnette

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a puppet

49
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jeu de société

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board games

50
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le jeu de dames

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draughts

51
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gribouiller

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to scrawl

52
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barbouiller

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to daub

53
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donner la langue au chat

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to give in

54
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un conte de fée

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a fairy tale

55
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se balancer

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to swing

56
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to fly a kite

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jouer au cerf-volant

57
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faire de la corde à sauter

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to skip

58
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la marelle

A

hopscotch

59
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une fête foraine

A

a funfair

60
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téméraire

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reckless/fearless

61
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un chouchou

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a blue-eyed boy

62
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poser une devinette

passer quelque chose au crible

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to ask a riddle

to put sth through a riddle

63
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faire du toboggan

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to go on the slide

64
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to play hide and seek

seek| sought|sought

A

jouer à cache-cache

chercher

65
Q

se déguiser

A

to go in fancy dress

66
Q

un soldat de plomb

A

a tin solder

67
Q

sage comme une image

A

as good as gold

68
Q

une éducation protégée

être à l’abri de

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a sheltered upbringing

sheltered from

69
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une éducation bourgeoise

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a middle-class upbringing

70
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un crime prémédité

A

wilful crime

71
Q

avoir envie de
se prendre pour qch
Elle se prend pour une linguiste

A

.to fancy
to fancy o.s. as sth ( pej.)
→ She fancies herself as a linguist.

72
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un rêve d’enfance

A

a childhood fancy