Vocabulary Flashcards

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A strike

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Une grève

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A demonstration

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Une manifestation

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Non governmental organisation

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Une ONG (organisation non-gouvernementale)

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Adhérer à une association

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To become a member of a charity

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Signer une pétition

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To sign a petition

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Se mobiliser

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To recruit/enlist

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Militer pour une cause

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To campaign for a cause

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Protester

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To protest

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S’engager

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To appoint/to hire

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La mise en scène

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Staging

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Le décor

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Scenery

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Le scénario

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Storyline

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L’éclairage

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Lighting

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Les dialogues

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Dialogue

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La pièce

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Play

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Le jeu des acteurs

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Acting

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La lumière

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Lighting

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Une choréographie

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Choreography

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L’interprétation

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Interpretation/performance

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Les comédiens/les comédiennes

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The actors/actresses

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21
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Un court-métrage

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A short film

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L’œuvre

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Piece of work

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Le morceau

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Piece (of music)

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couronné du prix

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Awarded the prize

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La panne
The breakdown
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Le chauffe-eau
The boiler
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Le réveillon de Noël
Christmas Eve
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Dans la lignée de
In the same genre as
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Le bourreau
The persecutor/the torturer
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Épopée
An epic/saga
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Les exemplaires
The copies
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Le bras droit
Right hand man
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Romancer
To romanticise
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La terme/la fin
The end
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L'amertume
Bitterness/resentment
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Brosser
To go down
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La fable
A fable
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Incantatoire
Incantatory
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L'ébullition
Boiling
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Le patrimonie
Patriotic/a country's heritage
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Le parcours
The course
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Enfoui
Burried
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Lever le voile sur
To shed light on
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Mobilier et immobilier
Material and immaterial
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Une injonction
Injunction/order
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Le circuit
The tour
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Une orgue
An organ (instrument)
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Les couilsses
The backstage
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Une carrière
A quarry
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Un égout
A sewer
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Une champignonnière
Mushroom farm
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Un abri antiaérien
An air raid shelter
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Ponctuel
On time/punctual
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Gaspiller
To waste
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Le gaspillage
The waste
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Une empreinte écologique
Ecological footprint
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Protéger la nature
To protect nature
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Trier les déchets
To sort rubbish
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L'environement
The environment
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Recycler
To recycle
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Une énergie renouvelable
Renewable energy
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Les ampoules
Lightbulbs
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le polar
the crime novel
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le détective
the detective
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le suspense
suspense
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mener l'enquête
to lead an investigation
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le policier
the police officer
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le criminel
the criminal
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la victime
the victim
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faire un procès
to put someone on trial
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chercher des preuves
to look for evidence
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mener un interrogatoire
to conduct an interrogation
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aller en prison
to go to prison
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porter plainte
to file a complaint
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être acquitte
to be found not guilty
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être condamné
to be convicted
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désuètes
old fashioned
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structures psychiques fondamentales
the way we think
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fantasmes
fantasies
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intégrer
to assimilate
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y voir plus clair
to see clearly
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maintes fois
many times
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veuf
widower
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s’acharner sur
to be mean with
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pantoufle
slipper
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rivalité fraternelle
sibling rivalry
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avilie
depreciated
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à son comble
at its height
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tradusient
show
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en proie aux affres
suffering from
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souillon
slob / poor girl
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fratrie
brotherhood / sisterhood
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minois
sweet little face
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te surpasser
to surpass yourself
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docile
obidient / docile
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once
ounce
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cernes
shadows under one's eyes
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entretenir
to look after
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minceur
slimness
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imposées
required
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lubrique
lustful
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habile
skillful
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tirer son épingle de jeu
to play one's cards right
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teint
complexion
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embobiner
to bamboozle
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faner
to fade
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jeu truqué
rigged game
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accabler
to heap on
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déréglé
disrupted / corrupted
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délirant
crazy / delerious
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ronger
to eat away
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agacer
to annoy / irritate
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apparence physique
physical appearance
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se sentir bien dans sa peau
to feel good in your skin
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confiance en soi
self-confidence
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la chirurgie réparatrice
reconstructive surgery
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une transformation
a transformation
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standards de beauté
beauty standards
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une chirurgienne
surgeon (female)
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le chômage
unemployment
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la formation
training
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un bénévole
volunteer
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le journal
newspaper
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la liberté de la presse
freedom of the press
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quotidien
daily
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le panneau publicitaire
billboard
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une affiche
a poster
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tourner un film
to shoot a film