Vocab Enrichment 4.2 Flashcards

This deck introduces basic words and phrases having to do with weather and business. This roughly covers cards 890-960 of our 9000+ French vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”).

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weather

e.g. What’s the weather like today?

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le temps / la météo

ex. Quel temps fait-il aujourd’hui ?

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a climate

e.g. Costa Rica has a tropical climate

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un climat

ex. Le Costa Rica a un climat tropical

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the sky

e.g. a clear sky

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le ciel

ex. un ciel dégagé

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a star

e.g. There are billions of stars in the galaxy

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une étoile

ex. Il y a des milliards d’étoiles dans la galaxie

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the moon

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la lune

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the sun

e.g. The sun is bright today

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le soleil

ex. Le soleil est éclatant aujourd’hui

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It’s sunny

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Il fait soleil / C’est ensoleillé / Il y a du soleil

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to rain

e.g. It’s raining

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pleuvoir

ex. Il pleut

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rain

e.g. The rain ruined our party

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la pluie

ex. La pluie a gâché notre fête

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an umbrella

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un parapluie

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to snow

e.g. It’s snowing

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neiger

ex. Il neige

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snow

e.g. My dog loves to play in the snow

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la neige

ex. Mon chien adore jouer dans la neige

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the wind

e.g. The wind is strong today

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le vent

ex. Le vent est fort aujourd’hui

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It’s windy

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Il fait du vent / C’est venteux / Il y a du vent

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a cloud

e.g. Look at the pretty clouds in the sky

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un nuage

ex. Regarde les jolis nuages dans le ciel

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cloudy / overcast

e.g. a cloudy day

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nuageux / couvert

ex. un jour nuageux

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to be cold out / to be cold

e.g. It’s cold outside

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faire froid dehors / faire froid

ex. Il fait froid dehors

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to be hot out / to be hot

e.g. It’s hot out

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faire chaud dehors / faire chaud

ex. Il fait chaud dehors

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a storm

e.g. Come inside. There’s a storm coming

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une tempête / un orage

ex. Rentre à l’intérieur. Il y a une tempête qui se prépare

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the air

e.g. We’re breathing dirty air

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l’air (m)

ex. On respire de l’air sale

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to be angry / to be mad / to be pissed off (vulgar)

e.g. Mom was really angry when she got home

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être fâché / être en colère / en avoir plein le dos

ex. Maman était vraiment en colère quand elle est rentrée à la maison

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to get angry / to get mad / to get pissed (vulgar)

e.g. Don’t get mad. I’m just telling the truth

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s’énerver / se fâcher / se mettre en colère

ex. Ne t’énerve pas. Je dis juste la vérité

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to make mad / to make angry / to piss off (vulgar)

e.g. Uh oh, you made the dog mad

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énerver / mettre en colère / irriter

ex. Oh oh, tu as mis le chien en colère

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to get / to become / to feel

e.g. He got very excited

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devenir / se sentir

ex. Il est devenu très excité

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to become / to achieve the position of

e.g. She became an actress

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devenir / obtenir le titre de

ex. Elle est devenue actrice

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to become / to turn into

e.g. The storm became a hurricane

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devenir / se transformer en

ex. La tempête est devenue un ouragan

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to pay

e.g. to pay twenty dollars

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payer

ex. payer vingt dollars

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to count / to count up

e.g. Count these pennies for me, please

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compter

ex. Compte ces pennies pour moi, s’il te plaît

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a bank

e.g. I have to go to the bank to withdraw some money

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une banque

ex. Je dois aller à la banque pour retirer de l’argent

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currency

e.g. What is the currency used in Denmark?

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la monnaie

ex. Quelle est la monnaie du Danemark ?

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cash

e.g. We only accept cash

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le liquide / les espèces / le cash

ex. Nous n’acceptons que du liquide

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a coin

e.g. bills and coins

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une pièce

ex. les billets et les pièces

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change

e.g. Here’s your change. It’s 3 dollars

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la monnaie

ex. Voici ta monnaie. C’est 3 dollars

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change / coins

e.g. Do you have any change? I want a soda from the vending machine

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de la monnaie / des pièces

ex. Est-ce que tu as de la monnaie ? Je veux un soda de la machine

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a credit card

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une carte de crédit

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a cent

e.g. 25 cents

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un cent / un centime

ex. 25 cents

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the price / the cost

e.g. The price is too high for me

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le prix / le coût

ex. Le prix est trop élevé pour moi

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to cost

e.g. This one costs five dollars

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coûter / valoir

ex. Celui-ci coûte cinq dollars

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to earn / to make / to bring in

e.g. She earns $65,000 a year

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gagner / rapporter

ex. Elle gagne 65 000 dollars à l’année

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a bill

e.g. a dollar bill

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un billet

ex. un billet d’un dollar

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a bill / an invoice

e.g. a phone bill

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une facture

ex. une facture de téléphone

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a receipt

e.g. If you want to return the product, you’ll need to bring your receipt

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un reçu

ex. Si tu veux retourner le produit, tu vas avoir besoin de ton reçu

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to bill / to invoice

e.g. They billed me for the consultation

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facturer / faire une facture

ex. Ils m’ont facturé pour la consultation

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a boss

e.g. My boss is very strict

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un patron / un boss / un chef

ex. Mon patron est très strict

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business

e.g. He’s studying business and hopes to get his MBA

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le commerce / les affaires / le business

ex. Il fait des études de commerce et espère décrocher une maîtrise en administration des affaires (MBA)

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a company / a business

e.g. a construction company

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une compagnie / une entreprise

ex. une entreprise de construction

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a business

e.g. Selling fruit is a good business

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un commerce / une activité commerciale

ex. Vendre des fruits est un bon commerce

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commerce

e.g. electronic commerce

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le commerce

ex. le commerce électronique

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a fortune / a lot of money

e.g. He earned his fortune during the dot-com bubble

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une fortune / beaucoup d’argent

ex. Il a obtenu sa fortune lors de la bulle internet

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an internship

e.g. I have an internship at Google this summer

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un stage

ex. Je vais faire un stage chez Google cet été

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an intern

e.g. Brainscape likes to hire summer interns to work on short-term projects

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un stagiaire

ex. Brainscape aime embaucher des stagiaires l’été pour travailler sur des projets à court terme

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a professional

e.g. Trust me, I’m a professional

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un professionnel

ex. Ayez confiance, je suis un professionnel

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a secretary / a receptionist

e.g. She works as a receptionist at a bank

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une secrétaire / un réceptionniste

ex. Elle travaille comme réceptionniste dans une banque

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a store / a shop

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un magasin / une boutique

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a businessman / an executive

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un homme d’affaires / un cadre

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a customer / a client

e.g. Amazon treats its customers very well

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un client

ex. Amazon traite très bien ses clients

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debt

e.g. Debt is destroying our country

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la dette

ex. La dette est en train de détruire notre pays

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a job / a task

e.g. I have a job for you

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un travail / une tâche

ex. J’ai un travail pour toi

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a position / a job

e.g. What is his position at that company?

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un poste

ex. Quelle est son poste dans cette entreprise ?

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an occupation / a profession

e.g. This form asks me to write my occupation. What should I write? Student?

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une profession / un métier

ex. Ce formulaire me demande de mettre ma profession. Qu’est-ce que je devrais écrire ? Étudiant ?

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a career

e.g. He cares more about his career than his family

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une carrière

ex. Il se préoccupe plus de sa carrière que de sa famille

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a resume / a CV / a Curriculum Vitae

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un curriculum vitae / un CV

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a cashier

e.g. The cashier didn’t have any bills, so she gave me all my change in coins

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un caissier

ex. La caissière n’avait pas de billets, donc elle m’a donné ma monnaie en pièces

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a tip / gratuity

e.g. She was a great waitress. Let’s leave her a huge tip

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un pourboire

ex. Elle a été une très bonne serveuse. Laissons-lui un très gros pourboire

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to tip / to give a tip

e.g. You should tip your waiter at least 15% of the price of the meal

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donner un pourboire / laisser un pourboire

ex. Vous devez laisser un pourboire au serveur d’au moins 15% du prix du repas

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an ATM / a cash machine

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un distributeur / un distributeur automatique / un distributeur de billets

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an office

e.g. The executive has a huge office with a window

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un bureau

ex. Le cadre a un bureau immense avec une fenêtre

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a payment

e.g. She received a payment for her services

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un paiement

ex. Elle a reçu un paiement pour ses services

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payment / compensation

e.g. What will be the required payment for the damages?

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le paiement / la compensation

ex. Quel sera le paiement nécessaire pour les dégâts ?

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pay / wage / salary

e.g. My wage is $10/hr. Her salary is $85,000/yr

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le salaire / la paie

ex. Mon salaire est de 10 dollars de l’heure. Son salaire est de 85 000 dollars par an

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to pay for / pay the bill

e.g. My grandfather paid for my sister’s wedding

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payer pour / payer la note

ex. Mon grand-père a payé pour le mariage de ma soeur