Vocab 3 Flashcards

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“to trigger extensive press coverage” [exp]

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faire couler beaucoup d’encre

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2
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a story, tale

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un conte

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3
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ill at ease; uncomfortable (adj)

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mal à l’aise

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4
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morality

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la moralité

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5
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lack of [sth]

A

pénurie de

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6
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to come to/reach an agreement; make a decision

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se mettre d’accord

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7
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a glimmer, glow

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une lueur

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8
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hope

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l’espoir (m)

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9
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a tasting; sampling

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une dégustation

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10
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blind (noun & adj.)

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non-voyants

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11
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to bark (ex. a dog)

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aboyer

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12
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to pass out/lose consciousness

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perdre connaissance;
tomber dans les pommes;
s’évanouir

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13
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change of government (by force)

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un coup d’État

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14
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a march, parade, procession

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le défilé

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15
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a survey, poll

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un sondage

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16
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customs, traditions

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des moeurs (f)

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17
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a stake, support (for plants)

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un tuteur

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18
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to be on the edge of the abyss

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être au bord du gouffre

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19
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to open up, come out, bloom

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s’épanouir

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20
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to confess, own up to [sth]

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avouer

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21
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to end in, result in [sth]

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aboutir à

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22
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demands, requirements

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les exigences (f)

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23
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a hit list, prize list

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un palmarès

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24
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a slum

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un bidonville

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a cable car
un téléphérique
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in vain [exp]
en vain
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literacy
l'alphabétisation (f)
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to pierce, break through [sth]
percer
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easily, comfortably (adv)
aisément
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a sample
un échantillon
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easy, well-off (adj)
aisé
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to drive, lead, direct
mener
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to start, initiate
entamer
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to take down, unhook
décrocher
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help, assistance
un secours
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an assessment
un bilan
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to overwork
surmener
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to get worse
empirer
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to make/get stupid
abrutir
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mind-numbing (adj)
abrutissant
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to withdraw, shut yourself away
se replier
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a puzzle (game)
un casse-tête
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secular (adj)
laïque
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secularism
la laïcité
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an outfit, uniform
une tenue
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"tit for tat" (adv)
du tac au tac
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to satisfy, fill up
rassasier
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pensive, dreamer (adj)
songeur
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generously, heartily (adv)
copieusement
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generous, plentiful (adj)
copieux
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full (adj)
repu
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a snack
en-cas (m); casse-croûte
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double-jointed (adj)
désarticulé
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a joint (on the body)
une articulation
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flexible (adj)
souple
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young age (adj)
en bas âge
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elbow
un coude
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elbowing (noun)
la bousculade
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to weaken
débiliter
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a speaker, contributor, player; | someone who intervenes
un intervenant
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to intervene, step in
intervenir
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a witness
un témoin
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to bear witness, testify
témoigner
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a testimony, evidence
un témoignage
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a prank, hoax
un canular
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to resuscitate, revive
réanimer
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to discharge [so] (ex. from the hospital)
l'évacuation
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lucky (adj)
chanceux
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emergency reception
l'accueil de l'urgence
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to beg, plead, implore
implorer
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to wear out, wear thin
user
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sand
le sable
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sediment
le sédiment
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storm, thunderstorm
un orage
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a gesture, movement
un geste
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a trick ; | cleverness, cunning
une astuce
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to miss (ex. a target), fail, mess up [sth]
rater
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to be inattentive/distracted
se dissiper
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inattentive (adj)
dissipé
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to claim, demand
revendiquer