Vocab Flashcards

1
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Appauvrissent

A

Exhaustion

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2
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L’immeuble

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Block of flats

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3
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Les coups de gueule

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Rant

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4
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Pérenne

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Pérmenant

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5
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Ballotté

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Tossed

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6
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Les atermoiements

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Extensions

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7
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Apaiser

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To calm down

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8
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En cours de

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Undergoing

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9
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La préfecture

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Administrative centre

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10
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Demeurer

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To live

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11
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Mis sur pied

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Put in place

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12
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Fermeté

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Firmness

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13
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Prochainement

A

Shortly

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14
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Détenir

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To possess

Il détient

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15
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Mis en joue

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Aim at (gun)

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16
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Les tirs

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Shooting

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17
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La prise en compte

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Taken into consideration

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18
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Les indemnisations

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Compensations

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19
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Aller mal

A

To feel sick

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20
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Valoir

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To be worth

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21
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Saisir

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To sieze

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22
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Alimenter

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Supply / feed

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23
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Le rupture

A

Breaking up

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24
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Fausses barbes

A

False beards

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25
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Le butin

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Loot / what they run away with

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26
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Bijouterie

A

Jewellers

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27
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Pénétrer

A

To enter / go in to

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28
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Un souterrain

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Underground tunnel

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29
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RER

A

Links Paris to suburbs

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30
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Le portefeuille

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Wallet

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31
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Un coup de couteau

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Knife stab

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32
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La cuisse

A

Thigh

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33
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Arracher

A

Snatch

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34
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Millier

A

About a thousand

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35
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Le Portail

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Portal / doorway

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36
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Gendarmerie

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Police station

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37
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Empêcher

A

To prevent

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38
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Briser les vitres

A

Break windows

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39
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Le rideau de fer

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Iron shutters

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40
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Soucieuse

A

Concerned

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41
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Avéré

A

Proven

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42
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Auparavant

A

Before / back in the day

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43
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du coup

A

So that means

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44
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Hostile

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Unfriendly

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45
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La mairie

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Town hall

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46
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Il gèle

A

It’s freezing

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47
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Est censé être

A

Supposed to be

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48
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Préalable

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Beforehand / prior to

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49
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Ronfler

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Snore

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50
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La denrée

A

Food products

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51
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Pressant

A

Urgent

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52
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Loin de

A

Far from

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53
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Atteint

A

Reached (pp)

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54
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Le rendement

A

Yield / productivity

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55
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L’église

A

Church

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56
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Une puce

A

Chip

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57
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Éboueur

A

To collect rubbish

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58
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Vider

A

Cleared out

59
Q

décrocher un travail

A

‘To fall’ into a job

60
Q

Dedans

A

Inside

61
Q

Député

A

Mp

62
Q

Volonté

A

Will/ drive

63
Q

Un retour en arrière

A

Go back in time

64
Q

Pas le peine

A

No point

65
Q

Juvenile delinquency

A

La délinquance juvénile

66
Q

Remporter

A

To win

67
Q

De sens

A

It’s way

68
Q

C’est choquant que

A

+ sub

69
Q

Principale

A

Main

70
Q

Avoir tort

A

To be wrong

71
Q

Toucher

A

To effect

72
Q

Tenir responsable

A

Held responsible

73
Q

Les partis de l’extrême droit

A

Extreme right wing party

74
Q

Expulser

A

Expell

75
Q

Inquiet

A

Worried

76
Q

Jusqu’il y a peu de temps

A

Up until recently

77
Q

Une incidence

A

Negative impact

78
Q

They ought to have been sentenced

A

On aurait dû les condamné

79
Q

Le bracelet électronique

A

Electronic tagging

80
Q

Le commissariat

A

Police station

81
Q

Condamner une peine de prison

A

Give a prison sentence

82
Q

Cecile conçoit un plan

A

Devise a plan

83
Q

On la rencontre surtout

A

It’s found above all

84
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Visible à l’œil

A

Visible to the naked eye

85
Q

One of the best ways

A

L’un des meilleures façons

86
Q

On espère que

A

It is hoped that

87
Q

Autant de .. que

A

Just as many .. as

88
Q

La chodière

A

Water heater / boiler

89
Q

Navire

A

Ship / boat

90
Q

Prendre en charge

A

Take care of / take charge

91
Q

La lessive

A

Washing powder

92
Q

Les ablutions

A

Personal wash

93
Q

Le sondage

A

Survey

94
Q

Ce n’est guère possible

A

It’s hardly possible

95
Q

Le fiabilité

A

Reliability

96
Q

Faisable

A

Practicable

97
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Au moins

A

At least

98
Q

Paradoxal

A

Paradoxical

99
Q

Développement durable

A

Sustainable development

100
Q

La fuite

A

Leak

101
Q

Déverser

A

To discharge

102
Q

Des quantités bien supérieurs

A

Much higher qualities

103
Q

Nous explique -t-il

A

He explains to us

104
Q

Nos réserves mondiales de combustible fossile s’épuisent

A

Our world reserves of fossil fuels are running out

105
Q

Satisfaire à

A

Satisfy

106
Q

Le pétrole

A

Oil

107
Q

Coal

A

Le charbon

108
Q

Le gaz

A

Gas

109
Q

These last few years

A

Ces quelques dernières années

110
Q

Le cadre

A

Frame

111
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Fort

A

Strong

112
Q

Soit

A

That is to

113
Q

Le cadre

A

Frame

114
Q

Plutôt

A

Rather

115
Q

Soit … soit

A

Either or

116
Q

Reposer sur

A

Requires

117
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S’en servir

A

To use it

118
Q

La non maîtrise

A

Not mastering

119
Q

Faire effort

A

Make effort

120
Q

Des connaissances culturelles

A

Cultural knowledge

121
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Un serment

A

Promise

122
Q

Le délibération

A

Discussion

123
Q

Pays natal

A

Homeland

124
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Les pays prospères

A

Prosperous countries

125
Q

Mal payé

A

Not well paid

126
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Avoir tendance à

A

To tend to

127
Q

Des conditions s de vie

A

Living conditions

128
Q

Chercher la sécurité personnelle

A

Look for personal safety ( French don’t look for )

129
Q

Une grandeur

A

Scale

130
Q

Frappant

A

Striking

131
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Vaincre

A

Beat

132
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Le seuil de la pauvreté

A

Poverty line

133
Q

Les prestations

A

Benefits

134
Q

Déchaînement

A

Extreme violence

135
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S’avère

A

Prove to be

136
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Oser

A

To dare to

137
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Les puits

A

Wells

138
Q

Forer

A

Drill

139
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Surprenants

A

Surprising

140
Q

Annuellement

A

Annually

141
Q

Gisements

A

Deposits

142
Q

Insoupçonné

A

Unexpected

143
Q

Rehausser

A

Raise

144
Q

Susciter

A

Provoke / arouse