Unit 8 Unusual Vocab Flashcards

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1
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à son égard

A

towards him/ her

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(s’)appliquer

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to apply

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s’attaquer à

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to attack

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s’assurer

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to get insured

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aux alentours de

A

around

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une bande

A

gang

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la confiance en soi

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self-confidence

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se conformer

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to conform

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se défendre

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to defend oneself

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se douter

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to be nearly certain

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un(e) Français(e) de souche

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person of French origin

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un gitan

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a gypsy/ traveller

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un(e) gosse

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kid

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haïr

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to hate

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un Polonais

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Pole/ person from Poland

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un handicap

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a disability

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physique

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physical

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le raisonnement

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reasoning

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se rendre compte

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to realise

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20
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reprocher

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to reproach

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21
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toucher des allocations

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to receive benefits

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un voyou

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hooligan

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s’abstenir

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to abstain

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l’accessibilité (f)

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access

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l’aménagement (m)

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adaptation

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un(e) assistant(e) social(e)

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a social worker

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autonome

A

autonomous

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aveugle

A

blind

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les congés (m pl)

A

holidays

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couvrir

A

to cover

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de peur de

A

for fear of

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une démarche administrative

A

an administrative procedure

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un département

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a county (in France)

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encourir

A

to incur

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étant donné

A

given

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un fauteuil roulant

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wheelchair

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les frais

A

expense

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inscrire

A

to register

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instaurer

A

to be established

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la municipalité

A

local council

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nier

A

to deny

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patienter

A

to be patient

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remplir des formulaires

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to fill in forms

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un trouble de santé

A

health issue

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au cours de

A

during

46
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un bouleversement

A

upheaval

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un contribuable

A

a taxpayer

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coupé court

A

cut short

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la déprime

A

depression

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engendrer

A

to generate

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entraîner

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to lead to/ bring about

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illicite

A

illegal

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les impôts (m pl)

A

taxes

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insalubre

A

squalid

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l’instruction

A

education

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j’en suis là

A

that’s where I am

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la neutralité émotionnelle

A

emotional numbness

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une phrase idiomatique

A

idiom

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la précarité

A

precariousness

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se saouler

A

to get drunk

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une soupe populaire

A

soup kitchen

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se suicider

A

to commit suicide

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le volontariat

A

voluntary service