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Thème 7 Flashcards

1
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Avec un peu de chance, il n’y aura pas beaucoup de circulation

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Hopefully, there will not be much traffic

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2
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As-tu acheté deux douzaines d’œufs?

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Have you bought two dozen eggs?

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3
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Il y assez d’espace pour cinq personnes dans ma voiture

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There is enough room for

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Des dizaines de personnes ont assisté au concert

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Dozens of people attended the concert

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5
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En moins de deux

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In no time at all / in next to no time

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6
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miteux

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seedy

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7
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Ils ont quelques 2 000 veaux

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They have about 2,000 calves (virgule!)

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8
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C’est une sacrée fille

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She’s some girl

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9
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De tels livres devraient être interdits

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Such books should be banned

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10
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Je ne bois pas n’importe quel vin

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I don’t drink just any wine

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Tu parles d’un cuisinier

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He is some cook

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12
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les trent dernières pages

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the last thirty pages

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13
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Il a passé les vingt premières années de sa vie en Espagne

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He spent the first twenty years of jis life in Spain

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14
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Quatre cinquièmes des ouvriers sont en grève

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Four fifths of the workers are on strike

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15
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Nos fils sont tous les deux malades

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Both our sons are ill

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16
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Arabie Saoudite

A

Saudi Arabia

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17
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Elle étudie la peinture de l’Italie du XVII ème siècle

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She studies 17th-century Italian painting

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18
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se brosser les cheveux

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to brush one’s hair

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19
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Elle nous tournait le dos mais

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She had her back turned to us

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20
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L’ami de mon frère

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My father’s friend

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21
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se faire de plus en plus vieux

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to get older and older

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22
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Les parents de Jacques et Martine / Les parents de Jacques et ceux de Martine

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Jacques and Martine’s parents / Jacques’ and Martine’s partents

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23
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Je préfère ta maison à celle de Lise

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I prefer your house to Lise’s

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24
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A qui appartient cette voiture? Cette voiture est celle de John

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Whose car is it? This car is John’s

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25
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C’est à seulement 5 minutes d’ici

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It’s only five minutes’ drive from here (génitif de mesure) / It’s only a five minute drive from here

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26
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Veuillez attacher vos ceintures

A

Please fasten your seatbelts

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27
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un chapeau de feutre

A

a felt hat

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28
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Je l’ai rencontré pour la première fois chez les Durand

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I first met her at the Durands’s

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29
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Je n’ai pas encore lu le journal d’hier

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I haven’t read yesterday’s newspaper

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30
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As-tu entendu parler des problèmes économiques de la Grèce?

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Have you heard about Greece’s economic problem?

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31
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Mon oncle a acheté 5 euros de bonbons

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My uncle bought 5 euros’ Worth of sweets

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32
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sans cesse

A

keep +ing!!

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33
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le mobile

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the motive

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34
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C’est un amie

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He’s a friend of mine

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35
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le chien le plus connu du monde

A

the world’s most famous dog

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36
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sa sœur ma fait entrer

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her sister showed me in

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37
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l’inné et l’acquis

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nature and nurture

38
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je vois que tu frémis d’impatience

A

I see you shiver with aniticipation

39
Q

prendre son courage à 2 mains

A

to pluck up courage

40
Q

French Antilles

A

French West Indies

41
Q

d’après certaines sources, on rapporte que

A

reportedly

42
Q

un principe

A

a tenet

43
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un garçon manqué

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a tomboy

44
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un voyeur

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a peeping Tom

45
Q

un article élogieux qui ferment les yeux sur certains points

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a puffy piece

46
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pipeau, poudre aux yeux

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puffery

47
Q

une fraterie

A

a sibling

48
Q

Ma sœur est plus grande que moi mais je suis plus jolie qu’elle

A

My sister is taller than I am but I am prettier than she is

49
Q

IL est diplômé de la meilleure école d’ingénieurs en France

A

He is a graduate of the best French engineering school

50
Q

l’ainé des 3 enfants est la plus belle / de 4 enfants

A

the elder is the more beautiful / the eldest is the most beautiful

51
Q

timide

A

shy

52
Q

Elle rougit quand on lui parle

A

She reddens when she is spoken to

53
Q

Elle conduit mieux que lui

A

She drives bette than he does

54
Q

comparaison entre 2 objets personne

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superlatif devient un comparatif (cheapest => cheaper one)

55
Q

ma moitié

A

my better half

56
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âme sœur

A

soul mate

57
Q

c’est l’élève le plus perturbateur de la classe

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he is the most disruptive pupil in class

58
Q

la prison la mieux gardée

A

the most secured jail

59
Q

c’est le petit garçon le plus adorable que je connaisse

A

He is the cuttest boy I ever saw

60
Q

Michael Jackson était le chanteur le plus connu au monde

A

Michael Jackson was the most famous singer in the world

61
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Je ne peux pas aller plus loin

A

I can’t go any farther

62
Q

Je dois me reposer car je ne suis pas aussi sportive que vous

A

I must have a rest because I am not as sporty as you are

63
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Elle aime ce chanteur plus que je ne l’aime

A

She loves the singer more than I do

64
Q

il a des meilleurs notes que les miennes

A

he gets better grades than I do

65
Q

de plus amples informations

A

further details

66
Q

service client

A

a Customer dept

67
Q

un coq

A

a cockerel

68
Q

le professeur le plus exigeant

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the most demanding teatcher

69
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le garçon le plus espiègle

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the most mischievous boy

70
Q

Chili est sans doute le pays le plus étroit du monde

A

Chile must be the narrowest country in the world

71
Q

un cil

A

a lash

72
Q

paraître plus long

A

to look longer

73
Q

le thé est plus sain que

A

Tea is healthier than

74
Q

courir

A

to go jogging

75
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se faire arrêter

A

to get caught

76
Q

Il l’a épousé pour le meilleur et le pire

A

He married her for better or worse

77
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être d’un calme olympien

A

to be as cool as a cucumber

78
Q

Plus on est de fous, plus on rit

A

The more, the merrier

79
Q

j’ai deux robes, je pense que celle-ci est plus élégante

A

I think this one is the smarter

80
Q

Il ne fume pas moins de 20 cigarettes

A

He smokes no fewer than 20 cigarettes

81
Q

d’autant plus ému que

A

all the more nervous as

82
Q

il est de plus en plus

A

it’s getting more and more diff

83
Q

le plus durement touché

A

the hardest hit

84
Q

Au sommet de l’immeuble de Paul habitait une femme, de quatre ans son aînée

A

On the top floor of Paul’s building there lived a woman, who was four years older than he was

85
Q

l’air vicié

A

the stale air

86
Q

être dans le café, en face

A

in the café across the street

87
Q

éblouir

A

to dazzle

88
Q

le léger bruit

A

the gentle noise

89
Q

une victoire facile, haut la main

A

a walkover

90
Q

étouffer un son

A

to muffle / deaden a noise

91
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aller faire

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to go and do

92
Q

Est-ce qu’elle aurait encore la force d’aller le rejoindre?

A

Would she have still the strength to go and join him?

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