Theme 4 Flashcards

1
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Present perfect

A

here because if there is ref to a specific point in time = simlple past
ex : last week, I broke my leg

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2
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mort (concept)

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death

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3
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mort (la personne)

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dead

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4
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quel tollé j’ai soulevé !

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what controversy it (has) created!

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5
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Avec gentillesse ou avec colère un grand nombre de gens, surtout de gens âgés, m’ont abondamment répété que la vieillesse, ça n’existe pas !

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A lot of/many people, in particular older people, insisted, some politely and some angrily, that old age doesn’t exist!

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6
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to erase sth from…

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memory, history

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7
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cher disparu

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dearly departed

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8
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Pour la société, la vieillesse apparaît comme une sorte de secret honteux dont il est indécent de parler

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In/for? our society, old age seems like a shameful secret that is best left unspoken.

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9
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to banish meaning + trad

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to take someone /sth & remove from society = outcasting = bannir, exiler

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10
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to ban

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interdire

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11
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La France d’aujourd’hui

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In France today, in today’s France

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12
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Tollé

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= outcry, outrage, controversy

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13
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Au seuil

A

at the threshold

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14
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Guetter

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keep an eye out for

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15
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guetter, menacer

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lurking

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16
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appear meaning

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assumption based on facts

17
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indecent meaning

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stronger in English, + sexual

18
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Conseil trad

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Read whole sentence, undersatnd, rewrite without looking again
Anglais = concis
Don’t change + in - or - in + ex: I broke this taboo DIFF I didn’t respect..

19
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with + noun

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adverb

20
Q

conspiration

A

conspiracy