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Vocabulary 1 Flashcards

1
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malsain (adj)

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unhealthy

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tanner

tanner le cuir à qqn

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to tan by the sun

to tan someone’s hide

colloquial: to hassle

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le mensonge

dire des mensonges à qqn

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lie, deceit, untruthfullness

to tell someone lies

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le rattrapage

classe de rattrapage
les émissions en rattrapage

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catch up

remedial class
catch up programs
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un conseiller

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advisor

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un don

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a gift

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vague (adj)

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vague

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le vague

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vagueness

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la vague

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a wave

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évincer

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to evict

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approfondir

approfondir ses connaissances

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to deepen

to deepen one’s knowledge

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fantastique (adj)

le cinéma fantastique

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fantastic

fantasy films

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remplir

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to fill

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un enseignant

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a teacher, instructor

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créatif

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creative

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calculer

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to calculate

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une tournée

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a turn, circuit

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tourner

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to turn

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le suivi

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the following, something that follows

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animer

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to animate
to present
to lead

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un enjeu

un enjeu économique
ce qui est en jeu

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a bet, an issue

an economic issue
what’s at stake

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lié à

les enjeux liés à l’entrepreneuriat…

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related to

the issue related to the enterpreneurship…

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malhabile (adj)

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clumsy

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convenu (adj)

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conventional

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convenir

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to be suitable, to be in agreement

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un chroniqueur

une chroniqueuse

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journalist

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reprocher à qqn de qqc

Elle reproche à l’homme d’être paresseux

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to blame, fault, reproach sb for st

She blames the man for being lazy.

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à force de

à force de travail dur, il s’y arrive.

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by dint of…

by dint of hard work, he is succeeding

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maladroit (es) (adj)

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clumsy, awkward

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la maladresse

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awkwardness

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un/une maladroit

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awkward person, lout

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un lecteur

une lectrice

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a reader

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un puzzle

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a puzzle

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duper

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to dupe, deceive

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une dupe

un jeu de dupes

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a fool

a fool’s game

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régner sur

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to reign over

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un/une gosse

Quel un beau gosse
sale gosse
c’est un grand gosse

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kid (colloquial)

what a hunk (good looking guy)
brat
he’s a kid at heart

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atteindre

elle était atteinte de tuberculose dans sa vingtaine.

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to attain, to be affected

she was affected by tuberculosis in her twenties.

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touchant (adj)

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touching

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un extrait

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an extract

41
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un recueil

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a collection

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paraître

Elle a lu de son recueil paru en 1945

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to appear, to seem

She read from her collection which appeared in 1945.

43
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un/une adepte

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a devotee

44
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en prime

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as a bonus

45
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sévir
sévir contre

Ils ont déja décidé de sévir contre ces sites qui propagent de fausses informations.

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to run rampant
to clamp down

They have already decided to clamp down on those sites which propagate false information.

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la sensibilisation

une campagne de sensibilisation

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sensitization

an awareness campaign

47
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intervenir

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to intervene

48
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intervenant (adj)

A

interfering

49
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un intervenant

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speaker, contributor

50
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transmettre

transmettre à

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to transmit, pass on, hand down

to bequeath

51
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sain (adj)

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healthy

52
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sauf (adj)

sauve

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safe

53
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sauf (prep)

sauf que

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except

except for

54
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sauf votre respect

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with respect

55
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sauf imprévu

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barring the unforeseen

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un gar

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a lad

57
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incorrect (adj)

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incorrect

58
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politiquement

A

politically

59
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un écart

l’écart entre

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a gap

the gap between

60
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un/une psychologue

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a psychologist

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le résultat

A

results

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un flambeau

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a torch, beacon

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progressiste (adj)

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progressive, liberal

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promouvoir

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to promote, upgrade

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impliquer

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implicate, imply

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s’impliquer

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to get involved

67
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vraisemblablement

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in all likelyhood, probably

68
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conservateur (adj)

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conservative

69
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multiplier

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to multiply, heighten

70
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la locution

une locution toute faite

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locution, idiom

a set phrase

71
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un inconnu

une inconnue

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an outsider, stranger

72
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inconnu (adj)

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strange, unfamiliar

73
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enfuir

A

to flee

74
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s’enfuir de
s’enfuir à

il s’enfuit de ses ennemis
elle s’enfuit à Paris.

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to flee from
to run away to

He’s fleeing from his enemies.
She’s running away to Paris

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la bande dessinée

A

comic book

76
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la bédé

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short for bande dessinée: comic book

77
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le bédéiste

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follower of les bandes dessinées.

78
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une coupe

une coupe de champagne

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a glass
a dish
a pot
a hairstyling

a glass of champagne

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un otage

être pris en otage

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a hostage

to be taken hostage

80
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un récit de

le récit de mes aventures

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a story, an account of

the account of my adventures

81
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la risée

être la risée de la ville

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scorn, laughing stock

to be the laughing stock of the town

82
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le nombril

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the navel

83
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être le nombril du monde (colloquial)

Les Québécois pensent parfois qu’ils sont le nombril du monde.

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to be God’s gift to the world

The quebecois sometimes think they are God’s gift to the world

84
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quant à…

A

as for…

85
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la proie

l’édifice a été la proie des flammes le 17 novembre dernier.

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prey

The building was the prey of flames (ie, burned) last 17th of November.

86
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l’égard (nm)
par égard pour
à l’égard

le fils a parlé par égard pour sa mère.
Craintes à l’égard de l’élection de Donald Trump sont profondes.

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regard, consideration
out of consideration for
regarding

The son spoke out of regard for his mother.
Fears regarding the election of Donald Trump are deep.

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devancer

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to outpace, out distance, to come out ahead

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gaver

être gavé

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to stuff, force-feed

to be full up

89
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se gaver de

je me gave de nouriture.

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to stuff oneself with (food, ideas, information…)

I’m full up.

90
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livrer

A

to deliver

91
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le viol

A

rape

92
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un plaidoyer

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a plea

93
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étrangler

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to strangle

94
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un gars

A

a guy

95
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bafouer

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to trample

to scorn

96
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gare (interjection)

gare à toi!

A

stop!

watch out!

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