Vocabulaire Flashcards

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Se détendre

A

Se reposer; to relax

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Balbutier

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To stammer; to stutter; to babble

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Une vedette

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A star, a celebrity

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Quérir (aller chercher)

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To fetch

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Cueillir

A

To pick (flowers)

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Les loisirs

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Spare time, free-time; hobbies

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Une mouche

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A fly

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Bouche-bée

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Without a word

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Ne __ quasiment jamais

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Hardly ever, rarely

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Comme il le faisait toujours

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As he was accustomed to doing, as he usually did

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Dès

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As soon as; as early as; starting

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Pire

A

Worse

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L’étau se resserre

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The noose is tightening

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Il y a longtemps que / ça fait longtemps

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It’s been a long time; it’s been a while since

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Il y a / ça fait + length of time

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Ago

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River

River les yeux

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To fix; to fasten

To fix one’s eyes

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Un froissement

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A rustling (noise;
A creasing, a crumpling
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Baisser

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To lower;
To drop;
To decrease

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Provenir de

A

To originate from;
To be a product of;
To stem from

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De nouveau

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Once again; once more

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Reprendre

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To begin again; to continue after an interruption;
To take back;
To have some more

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Frapper/taper dans les mains

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To clap

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Rigoler

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To laugh

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S’apercevoir de/que

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To notice;

To realize

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Un demi-tour

Faire demi-tour

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A U-turn

To turn around; to make a u-turn

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Attirer

Attirer son attention

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To attract; to entice
To lure; to coax

(To catch one’s attention)

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Empêcher de

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To prevent;

To stop, to put a stop to [sth]

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Boucher

Se boucher

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To plug, to seal, to block, to clog

To get clogged

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Une moquette

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Carpet

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Pousser

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To push (through);
To grow;
To let out;
To emit

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Un événement

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Glisser

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To slip, to slide;

To murmur; to whisper

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Un coude

(Donner un coup de coude)

(Pousser qqn du coude)

A

Elbow

(To elbow)

(To nudge)

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Élan

Être coupé dans son élan

A

Impetus, momentum;
Urge (sexual)

(To be stopped in your tracks)

34
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Partager

A

To share; to divide

35
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Doucement

A

Gently, softly

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Admettre

Concéder

A

To acknowledge (to accept as true)

37
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Reprocher à qqn

A

To reproach sb

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S’apprêter à

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To be about to do sth;

To get ready to do sth

39
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Retenir

A

To hold onto;

To detain; to hold back

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Le béton

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Le trottoir

42
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Un aménagement

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Organization, arrangement, layout, floor-plan

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Une maison de retraite

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Un centre de soins de longue durée

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Ailleurs

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Elsewhere; someplace else

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Rater

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To miss (ex. the train)

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Au bout

A

To/at the end

47
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De nouveau

A

Once again, once more, again

48
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Davantage

A

More (plus)

49
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Aider à + infinitive

Apprendre à

Chercher à

Commencer à

Continuer à

A

(Prépositions)

50
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Accepter de + infinitif 
Cesser de
Finir de
Oublier de
Refuser de
Rêver de
Parler de
A

(Prépositions)

51
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Aimer + infinite
Désirer
Sembler
Devoir
Savoir
Vouloir
A

(Sans prépositions)

52
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S’endormir

A

To fall asleep

53
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Appartenir à qqn

A

To belong to sb

54
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Faillir

A

Almost

(Used in the past tense only)
(used only with negative things)

Ils ont failli tomber.

55
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Au + masc countries

En + fem countries

À + cities (sauf à Cuba)

De + fem countries

Du + masc countries

A

To/in/at

From

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Avoir envie de

57
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Avoir hâte de

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To look forward to; can’t wait for

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Avoir peur de

A

To be scared of

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Avoir tort / raison

A

To be wrong / right

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Être content de + infinitif

Être triste de + infinitif

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To be happy to / to be sad to

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Givre

Givré

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Frost

Frosty/frosted

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Ne___que

63
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S’occuper de

A

To take care of sth/sb

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Plaire à qqn de + infinitif

Déplaire à qqn de + infinitif

A

To please

To displease

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Demander à qqn de + infinitif

66
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Souhaiter à

A

To wish sb

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Dire à

A

To tell sb

68
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Être satisfait de qqch

A

To be happy with

69
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Avoir lieu

A

To take place, to occur

70
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Souvenir de qqch/qqn

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To remember

71
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A partir de

A

Starting, starting from

72
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Être de retour

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To be back, to get back

73
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Être à court de

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To run out of, to be running low on