Vocab Quizzes Flashcards by Maeve Bannister | Brainscape

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la station-service

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petrol station

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les frais

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fees/costs/charges

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faire exprès

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to do on purpose

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une tache

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stain

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Être navré(e)

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to be sorry

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Démarrer

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to get moving (car)/to start

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petrol

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l’essence

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traffic jam

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un embouteillage/un bouchon

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swamped with work

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Débordé(e) de travail

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to break down (car)

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tomber en panne

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tool

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l’outil

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free/at no cost

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gratuit(e)

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autrement dit

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in other words

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J’entends par là

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I mean by this

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avoir du mal à

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to have problems (doing something)

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valoir la peine

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to be worth the trouble

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Léser quelqu’un

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to wrong someone

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to be on strike

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Être en grève

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to stand in line

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faire la queue

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to hint to someone that

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faire comprendre à quelqu’un que

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that’s the last straw

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C’est la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase

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shocked

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Bouleversé(e) / choqué(e)

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confused/muddled

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Désorienté(e) / déconcerté(e)

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Ça ne me dit rien

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I don’t really feel like it

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d’occasion

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second-hand

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le tiroir

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drawer

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ils sont pareils

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they are the same

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N’avoir rien à voir avec

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to have nothing to do with

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laptop

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un portable

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to connect to the internet

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se connecter/ se brancher à l’Internet

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fantastic

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génial

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a great find

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une trouvaille

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to send text messages

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Envoyer des textos / SMS

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memory (computer)

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La mémoire

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Tu piges?

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Do you understand?

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Tu es doué(e) pour ça

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You’re talented at that

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faire dorer

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to brown

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le plat

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dish (container)/ dish (part of meal)/ course

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s’y prendre mal

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to do it the wrong way

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to manage/get along

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se débrouiller

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make something work

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faire marcher

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to pour

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verser

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not so fast!

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Pas si vite!

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to send text messages

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envoyer des textos/SMS

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frying pan

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la poêle

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Tu as bonne mine

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you look well

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Ça te va à merveille

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that suits you wonderfully/perfectly

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Être fauché(e)

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to be broke (out of money)

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prendre des kilos

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to put on weight

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Ne pas se réveiller à temps

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to oversleep

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Que je suis bête !

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How stupid am I!

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You should be ashamed

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Tu devrais / vous devriez avoir honte

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To admit

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Avouer

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Well done!

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Chapeau!/Bravo!

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To get the upper hand

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Prendre le dessus

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Gruelling/exhausting

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Épuisant(e)

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avoir le trac

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to have stage fright

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tourner un film

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to shoot a film

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la vedette

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star (of the show)

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jouer à guichets ferméz

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to play to sold out concerts

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somme toute

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sum total

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que je suis bête

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how stupid of me

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to take place

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se passer

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flashback

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un retour en arrière

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it’s sold out

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c’est complet

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le personnage

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main character

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un(e) interprète

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actor/actress

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l’intrigue

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plot

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filmmaker

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un cinéaste