Vocab Enrichment 16.2 Flashcards

The vocab in this deck pertains to such varied topics as stress, success, and behavior. You will also find intermediate animal and basic astronomy vocab. This roughly covers cards 3600-3800 of our 9000+ French vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”).

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strain / stress

e.g. The weight is putting strain on the horses

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la pression / la tension

ex. Le poids met de la pression sur les chevaux

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stress

e.g. Too much stress can cause a heart attack

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le stress

ex. Trop de stress peut provoquer une crise cardiaque

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stressful

e.g. My job is stressful

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stressant

ex. Mon travail est stressant

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to stress out / to stress

e.g. My job stresses me out

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se stresser / stresser

ex. Mon travail me stresse

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success / prosperity

e.g. I wish you health, success, and good fortune

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le succès / la prospérité

ex. Je te souhaite la santé, le succès et la bonne fortune

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to succeed / to be successful / to be a success

e.g. Our food program was successful

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fonctionner / avoir du succès / être un succès

ex. Notre programme d’alimentation fut un succès

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successfully

e.g. We successfully implemented the program

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avec succès

ex. Nous avons mis le programme en oeuvre avec succès

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to achieve / to accomplish

e.g. These are the goals we are trying to achieve

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atteindre / réaliser

ex. Ceux-ci sont les objectifs que nous tentons d’atteindre

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unsuccessful / failed

e.g. an unsuccessful attempt

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infructueux / manqué

ex. une tentative infructueuse

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to make it / to become successful / to reach your goal

e.g. After 10 years of practice, she finally made it

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atteindre son but / réussir

ex. Après 10 ans de pratique, elle a finalement atteint son but

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an achievement / an accomplishment

e.g. He is proud of all his accomplishments

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une réalisation / un accomplissement

ex. Il est fier de toutes ses réalisations

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to get ahead

e.g. A good education will help you get ahead in life

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aller de l’avant / avancer

ex. Une bonne éducation t’aidera à aller de l’avant dans la vie

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to bear fruit / to be fruitful

e.g. Our meeting with the president was fruitful. He agreed to the deal

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porter ses fruits / être fructueux

ex. Notre réunion avec le président a été fructueuse. Il a accepté l’affaire

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to overcome / to get over

e.g. She overcame the difficult obstacle

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surmonter / venir à bout de

ex. Elle a surmonté l’obstacle difficile

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to go well / to go smoothly / to come out well

e.g. My presentation went well

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bien se passer / se passer en douceur

ex. Ma présentation s’est bien passée

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to go wrong

e.g. I hope nothing goes wrong

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aller mal / mal se passer

ex. J’espère que rien n’ira mal

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braces

e.g. I had to wear braces for two years, to straighten my teeth

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un appareil / un appareil dentaire

ex. J’ai dû porter un appareil dentaire pendant deux ans, pour redresser mes dents

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to brush your teeth

e.g. My daughter learned to brush her teeth herself

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te brosser les dents

ex. Ma fille a appris à se brosser les dents toute seule

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dental

e.g. dental hygiene

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dentaire

ex. l’hygiène dentaire

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a dentist

e.g. I have a dentist appointment today

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un dentiste

ex. J’ai un rendez-vous chez le dentiste aujourd’hui

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the enamel

e.g. the enamel on my teeth

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l’émail

ex. L’émail de mes dents

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plaque / tartar

e.g. This toothpaste helps fight plaque

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la plaque dentaire / le tartre

ex. Ce dentifrice aide à lutter contre la plaque dentaire

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a toothache

e.g. I need some pain medicine for my toothache

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un mal de dents

ex. J’ai besoin de médicaments contre la douleur pour mon mal de dents

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Translate to French:

a toothpick

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un cure-dent

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thick / fat

e.g. thick glass

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épais / gros

ex. un verre épais

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thick / viscous

e.g. This milkshake is really thick

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épais / consistant / pâteux

ex. Ce milk-shake est vraiment épais

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thickness

e.g. Please measure the thickness of this piece of wood

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l’épaisseur

ex. S’il te plaît, mesure l’épaisseur de ce morceau de bois

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Translate to French:

blind

e.g. a blind man

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aveugle

ex. un homme aveugle

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sight / vision / eyesight

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la vue / la vision

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a vision / a dream

e.g. a vision of the future

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une vision / un rêve

ex. une vision de l’avenir

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an illusion

e.g. an optical illusion

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une illusion

ex. une illusion d’optique

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visible

e.g. a visible scar

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visible

ex. une cicatrice visible

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invisible

e.g. If I had one wish, I would want to be invisible

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invisible

ex. Si j’avais un souhait, ce serait d’être invisible

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visual

e.g. a visual aid

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visuel

ex. une aide visuelle

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the temperature

e.g. the water temperature

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la température

ex. la température de l’eau

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heat / warmth

e.g. I can’t stand this heat!

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la chaleur

ex. Je ne peux pas supporter cette chaleur !

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heat / heating

e.g. This building has great heating during the winter

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le chauffage

ex. Ce bâtiment a un très bon chauffage en hiver

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a heater

e.g. We bought a small heater for our bedroom

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un radiateur / un appareil de chauffage

ex. On a acheté un petit radiateur pour notre chambre

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sweat / perspiration

e.g. My shirt is soaked with sweat. I stink

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la sueur / la transpiration

ex. Ma chemise est trempée de sueur. Je pue

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to sweat / to perspire

e.g. I always sweat when I play tennis

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transpirer / suer

ex. Je transpire toujours quand je joue au tennis

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sweaty

e.g. a sweaty boy

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en sueur

ex. un garçon en sueur

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to cool down / to cool off

e.g. Let the engine cool down before you start working on it

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refroidir / se rafraîchir

ex. Laisse le moteur refroidir avant de travailler dessus

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to heat / to heat up / to heat something up

e.g. Heat up the food

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faire chauffer / réchauffer quelque chose

ex. réchauffe la nourriture

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to heat up / to get hot

e.g. The engine got hot

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chauffer / devenir chaud / monter en température

ex. Le moteur a chauffé

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to warm up / to get warm

e.g. The pool warmed up

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se réchauffer / devenir chaud

ex. La piscine s’est réchauffée

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warm / lukewarm / room temperature

e.g. This soup is warm, but it’s not hot

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chaud / tiède / à température ambiante

ex. Cette soupe est tiède, mais pas trop chaude

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warm / cozy

e.g. a warm coat, a cozy room

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chaud / douillet

ex. un manteau chaud, une chambre douillet

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warm / caring / affectionate

e.g. a warm person

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chaleureux / attentionné / affectueux

ex. une personne chaleureuse

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to weigh / to be [weight]

e.g. I weigh 180 lbs

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peser / faire [poids]

ex. Je pèse 81 kilos

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to weigh / to measure

e.g. She weighed the apples

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peser

ex. Elle pesa les pommes

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a weight

e.g. a twenty-pound weight

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un poids

ex. un poids de 9 kilos

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heavy

e.g. a heavy box

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lourd

ex. une boîte lourde

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light

e.g. Her luggage was light

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léger

ex. Ses bagages étaient légers

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obese / very fat

e.g. Whoa, that guy is seriously obese. He needs help

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obèse / très gros

ex. Oh, ce gars est vraiment obèse. Il a besoin d’aide

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a scale

e.g. She steps on the scale every morning to weigh herself

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une balance

ex. Elle monte sur la balance tous les matins pour se peser

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to lose weight

e.g. Look at her! She lost a lot of weight

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perdre du poids / mincir

ex. Regarde-la ! Elle a perdu beaucoup de poids

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to gain weight / to put on weight / to get fat

e.g. I keep gaining weight. I need to stop eating pizza

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prendre du poids / grossir / devenir gros

ex. Je n’arrête pas de prendre du poids. Il faut que j’arrête de manger de la pizza

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chubby

e.g. a chubby baby

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joufflu / potelé

ex. un bébé potelé

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extensive / wide / broad

e.g. an extensive range of products

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étendu / large / vaste

ex. une vaste gamme de produits

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wide / broad

e.g. a wide hallway

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large

ex. un large couloir

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narrow

e.g. a narrow street

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étroit

ex. une rue étroite

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the width

e.g. Can you measure the width of this table?

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la largeur

ex. Peux-tu mesurer la largeur de cette table ?

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to widen / to make wider

e.g. They widened the road

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élargir / rendre plus large

ex. Ils ont élargi la route

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widely

e.g. He is widely known

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bien

ex. Il est bien connu

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widespread

e.g. widespread corruption

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généralisé

ex. la corruption généralisée

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a being

e.g. a human being

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un être

ex. un être humain

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a creature

e.g. A lot of strange creatures live in the ocean

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une créature

ex. Beaucoup de créatures étranges vivent dans l’océan

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wild

e.g. wild animals

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sauvage

ex. les animaux sauvages

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the wildlife / the fauna

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les animaux sauvages / la faune

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a zoo

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un zoo / un parc zoologique

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a veterinarian / a vet

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un vétérinaire / un véto

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to breed / to reproduce

e.g. Rabbits breed very rapidly

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se reproduire

ex. Les lapins se reproduisent très rapidement

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a species

e.g. a species of fish

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une espèce

ex. une espèce de poisson

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a male

e.g. I took the puppy I found to the vet, and he told me it was a male

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un mâle

ex. J’ai emmené le chiot que j’ai trouvé chez le véto, et il m’a dit que c’était un mâle

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a female

e.g. a female spider

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une femelle

ex. une araignée femelle

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a mammal

e.g. Dogs, humans, and whales are all types of mammals

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un mammifère

ex. Les chiens, les humains, et les baleines sont tous des mammifères

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a whale

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une baleine

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a dolphin

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un dauphin

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an elephant

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un éléphant

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a lion / a lioness

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un lion / une lionne

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a tiger

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un tigre

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a monkey

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un singe

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a chimpanzee / a chimp

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un chimpanzé

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a wolf

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un loup

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a fox

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un renard

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a buffalo

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un buffle

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a hippo / a hippopotamus

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un hippopotame

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a camel

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un chameau

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a zebra

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un zèbre

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a donkey / an ass

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un âne / une bourrique

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a pony

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un poney

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a mare

i.e. a female horse

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une jument

i.e. la femelle du cheval

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a deer

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un cerf / un chevreuil / un daim

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a goat

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une chèvre

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a sheep

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un mouton

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a lamb

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un agneau

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its fur / its coat

e.g. That dog has very soft fur

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ses poils / son pelage

ex. Ce chien a des poils très doux

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a horn

e.g. That sheep has big horns

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une corne

ex. Ce mouton a de grandes cornes

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a paw

e.g. a dog’s paw

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une patte

ex. la patte d’un chien

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a flock / a herd

e.g. a flock of sheep

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un troupeau

ex. un troupeau de moutons

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a cub

e.g. a bear cub

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un ourson

ex. un bébé ours

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Translate to French:

a bat

e.g. Most bats eat insects

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une chauve-souris

ex. La plupart des chauves-souris se nourrissent d’insectes

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Translate to French:

a rabbit / a hare

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un lapin / un lièvre

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a rodent

e.g. Mice and gerbils are types of rodents

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un rongeur

ex. Les souris et les gerbilles sont des types de rongeurs

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Translate to French:

a mouse

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une souris

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a rat

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un rat

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a squirrel

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un écureuil

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a gerbil

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une gerbille

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a reptile

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un reptile

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an alligator

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un alligator

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a crocodile

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un crocodile

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a lizard

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un lézard

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a turtle

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une tortue

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a frog

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une grenouille

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a shark

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un requin

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a goldfish

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un poisson rouge

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a crab

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un crabe

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a duck

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un canard

119
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a parrot

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un perroquet

120
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a rooster / a cock

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un coq

121
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an eagle

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un aigle

122
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a crow

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un corbeau

123
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a goose

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une oie

124
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a pigeon

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un pigeon

125
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a seagull

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une mouette

126
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a turkey

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une dinde

127
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a beak

e.g. Pelicans have a very long beak

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un bec

ex. Les pélicans ont un très long bec

128
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a wing

e.g. Eagles have long, strong wings

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une aile

ex. Les aigles ont des ailes longues et puissantes

129
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a feather

e.g. a feather on a bird

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une plume

ex. la plume d’un oiseau

130
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a nest

e.g. a bird’s nest

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un nid

ex. le nid d’un oiseau

131
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a butterfly

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un papillon

132
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a beetle

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un scarabée

133
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a cricket

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un grillon

134
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a cockroach

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un cafard

135
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a grasshopper

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une sauterelle

136
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a moth

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un papillon de nuit

137
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a snail

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un escargot

138
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a tick

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une tique

139
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a worm

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un ver

140
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a spiderweb / a cobweb

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une toile d’araignée

141
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a cage

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une cage

142
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an aquarium

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un aquarium

143
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a pound / an animal shelter / a dog shelter

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une fourrière / un refuge pour animaux / un refuge pour chiens

144
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a leash

e.g. She walks her dog with a long leash

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une laisse

ex. Elle promène son chien avec une longue laisse

145
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to bark

e.g. I hear a dog barking

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aboyer

ex. J’entends un chien qui aboie

146
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a bark

e.g. That dog has a strange bark!

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un aboiement

ex. Ce chien a un aboiement étrange !

147
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to purr

e.g. The cat’s purring

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ronronner

ex. Le chat est en train de ronronner

148
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a dinosaur

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un dinosaure

149
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a dragon

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un dragon

150
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astronomy

e.g. I’ve always been interested in astronomy

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l’astronomie

ex. J’ai toujours été intéressé par l’astronomie

151
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space / outer space

e.g. I wonder if astronauts feel lonely out in space

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l’espace

ex. Je me demande si les astronautes se sentent seuls dans l’espace

152
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the universe

e.g. There are billions of galaxies in the universe

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l’univers

ex. Il y a des milliards de galaxies dans l’univers

153
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a galaxy

e.g. We live in the Milky Way galaxy

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une galaxie

ex. Nous vivons dans une galaxie qui s’appelle la Voie Lactée

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a planet

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une planète

155
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the atmosphere

e.g. the Earth’s atmosphere

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l’atmosphère

ex. l’atmosphère de la Terre

156
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a comet

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une comète

157
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an astronaut

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un astronaute

158
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a spaceship / a spacecraft

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un vaisseau spatial

159
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an alien / an extraterrestrial

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un extraterrestre

160
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a UFO

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un OVNI

161
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awkward / uncomfortable / embarrassing

e.g. an awkward moment

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embarrassant / gênant

ex. un moment embarrassant

162
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awkward / clumsy

e.g. a clumsy person

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maladroit / pataud / gauche

ex. une personne maladroite

163
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the background

e.g. the background of a picture

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l’arrière-plan / le fond

ex. le fond d’une photo

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the foreground

e.g. the foreground of the photograph

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le premier plan

ex. le premier plan de la photographie

165
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a background in / experience in

e.g. I have a background in linguistics

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une formation en / une expérience dans

ex. J’ai une formation en linguistique

166
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my background / my origins

e.g. My background is part Polish, part Russian

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mes origines / mes racines

ex. Mes origines sont en partie polonaises et en partie russes

167
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a background / a criminal background / a record

e.g. They have to check my background before they can hire me

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les antécédents / un casier judiciaire / un casier

ex. Ils doivent vérifier mes antécédents avant de pouvoir m’embaucher

168
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an upbringing

e.g. She had a conservative upbringing

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une éducation

ex. Elle a eu une éducation conservatrice

169
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the origin

e.g. The origin of the human species is still unknown

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l’origine

ex. L’origine de l’espèce humaine est encore inconnue

170
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a source

e.g. a source of vitamin C

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une source

ex. une source de vitamine C

171
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to spring from / to originate from

e.g. Her fear of dogs springs from one bad experience she had as a child

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venir de / provenir de

ex. Sa peur des chiens vient d’une mauvaise expérience qu’elle a eue dans son enfance

172
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to beat / to hit regularly / to abuse

e.g. He beats his wife

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battre / frapper régulièrement / maltraiter

ex. Il bat sa femme

173
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to beat / to pulse

e.g. Her heart is beating fast

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battre

ex. Son cœur bat vite

174
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to beat up / to rough up

e.g. The mean kids beat up the nerd yesterday

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tabasser / passer à tabac

ex. Les méchants enfants ont tabassé l’intello hier

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a beating / a whipping

e.g. He’s still bruised from the beating he received last week

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une raclée / une correction

ex. Il a encore des bleus à cause de la raclée qu’il a reçue la semaine dernière

176
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to act / to behave

e.g. He was acting very strange

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agir / se comporter

ex. Il agissait d’une façon très étrange

177
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his behavior / his conduct

e.g. The child got in trouble for bad behavior at school

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son comportement / sa conduite

ex. L’enfant a eu des ennuis à cause de son mauvais comportement à l’école

178
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to misbehave / to behave badly / to act up

e.g. Please don’t misbehave again in school today

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mal se conduire / mal se comporter

ex. S’il te plaît, ne te conduis pas mal de nouveau à l’école aujourd’hui

179
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well-behaved / polite

e.g. a well-behaved child

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bien éduqué / poli

ex. un enfant bien éduqué

180
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his demeanor / his disposition / his presence

e.g. No matter how crazy the situation, he always has a calm disposition

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son attitude / son tempérament / son état d’esprit

ex. Peu importe la folie de la situation, il a toujours une attitude calme

181
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to spoil

e.g. Please stop buying my son so many gifts. You’re going to spoil him!

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gâter

ex. S’il te plaît, arrête d’acheter autant de cadeaux à mon fils. Tu vas le gâter !

182
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spoiled

e.g. His daughter is so spoiled. She expects huge birthday gifts every year

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gâté

ex. Sa fille est tellement gâtée. Elle s’attend à recevoir d’énormes cadeaux pour son anniversaire tous les ans

183
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a brat / a spoiled brat

e.g. That kid is such a spoiled brat. He thinks he deserves 20 gifts for Christmas

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un enfant gâté

ex. Ce gamin est vraiment un enfant gâté. Il pense qu’il mérite 20 cadeaux pour Noël

184
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to be entitled to / to deserve

e.g. We believe we are entitled to a refund

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avoir droit à

ex. Nous pensons avoir droit à un remboursement

185
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to take for granted

e.g. Don’t take your wealth for granted. Be thankful for what you have

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prendre (quelque chose) pour acquis / ne pas apprécier / trouver normal

ex. Ne prend pas ta richesse pour acquise. Sois reconnaissant de ce que tu as

186
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discipline

e.g. That kid needs some discipline

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la discipline

ex. Cet enfant a besoin de discipline

187
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to discipline

e.g. I don’t like it when other people discipline my children

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discipliner

ex. Je n’aime pas quand d’autres personnes disciplinent mes enfants

188
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to throw a tantrum / to throw a fit

e.g. The toddler threw a tantrum when his mom took his toy away

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piquer une crise

ex. Le bambin a piqué une crise quand sa mère lui a confisqué son jouet