Volume 1 Flashcards

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gémir

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to moan

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périr

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to perish

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salir

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to make dirty

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prétendre (false cognate!)

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to claim

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le lycée

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high school

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devancer

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to get ahead of

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aménager

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to fix up, convert, modernize

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loger

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to house, provide lodging

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longer

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to walk along

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broyer

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to grind to a powder

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rayer

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to cross out

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renvoyer

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to send back, dismiss

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le parquet

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floor

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démener

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to thrash about strenuously

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ramener

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to bring (someone) back

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relever

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to pick up again, put something back on its feet

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épousseter

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to dust (as in clean house)

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céder

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to yield

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dépoussiter

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to dust (as in clean house)

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refléter

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to reflect

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abuser de

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to take unfair advantage of

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renoncer à qqc

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to resign from something

to quit something

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toucher à

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to mess around with something

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constamment

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constantly

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tandis que
while
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avoir du cran (colloquial)
to have guts, to be gutsy
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un cran
a hole, a notch | courage (slang)
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être à bout de forces
to be exhausted
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être à bout de souffle
to be out of breath
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faire l'école buissonnière
to play hooky
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buissonnier
to avoid fulfilling an obligation
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faire de la chimie faire sa médecine faire son droit
to study chemistry to study medicine to study law
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faire le parquet faire les carreaux faire la vaisselle etc
do the floor do the windows do the dishes etc
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faire de la varappe faire l'Amérique faire une promenade en voiture etc
to go rock climbing to tour America to go for a drive etc
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``` faire acte de présence faire la moue faire le singe faire une fugue faire une tête etc ```
``` to put in an appearance to pout to clown around to run away from home to make a face etc ```
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``` prendre un raccourci prendre son temps prendre l'autoroute prendre des médicaments etc ```
``` to take a short cut to take one's time to take the express way to take medicine etc ```
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prendre le déjeuner prendre du jus d'orange Elle prend son pain chez ce boulanger-là Prenez la deuxième rue à droit
to have lunch to drink orange juice She buys her bread at that baker's Take the second street on the right
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entreprendre
to begin, to undertake
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reprendre
to start again
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``` entreprendre un projet prendre un rhume prendre froid surprendre une conversation etc ```
``` to start a project to catch a cold to catch a cold to overhear a converstion etc ```
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c'est un peu raccourci
That's a bit simplistic un raccourci = a short cut
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une plaisanterie
a joke
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étreindre
to embrace
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abattre
to knock down
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rebattre
to hit again
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remettre
to hand in
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battre des mains
to clap hands
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battre les cartes
to shuffle cards
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mettre la table mettre la télé mettre sa veste etc
to set the table to turn on the television to put on a veste etc
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mettre l'argent à côté
to put money aside
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mettre qqn à la porte
to expel someone | to fire someone
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la patrie
fatherland
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un rival
a rival
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le traiteur (false cognate)
caterer
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un gobelet un gobelet en plastique un gobelet en carton un gobelet en papier un gobelet en verre
a cup, tumbler, shaker (in a game, eg, for dice) a plastic cup a paper cup a paper cup a tumbler
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boire à la réussite de qqn
drink to someone's success
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écrire sa thèse
to write sone's thesis
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la réussite
success
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une thèse
a thesis
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suivre bien à l'école
to be a good student
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suivre un cours
take a course
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vivre au jour le jour
to live from hand to mouth
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une dissertation
a dissertation
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le budget
budget
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le départ l'heure du départ
departure departure time
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beaucoup de monde
lots of people
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le rosbif
roast beef
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n'en pouvoir plus
not to be able to take any more
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caler
to stall (regarding a motor)
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en venir à J'en viens à me demander si... Où voulez-vous en venir?
to come to, to get to, to turn to I'm being to wonder whether... What are you getting at?
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d'où venir que D'où vient que le moteur cale si souvent?
how come (lit: from where does it come that...) How come the motor stalls so often?
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tenir à faire qqc
to be anxious to do something | to insist on doing something
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tenir à qqc, à qqn
to cherish something | to be attached to someone
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qu'à cela ne tienne
not a problem, never mind Lit: Don't dwell (hold) on that Note: tienne is 3rd person singular in subjunctive mood
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Cela ne tient qu'à vous
That depends on you. Lit: That holds only on you.
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en laisse
on leash
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de toute façon
anyway, regardless
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un propos les propos à propos... à propos de... à propos de rien...
remarks, comments by the way... about... about nothing in particular...
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impeccable (adj)
impeccable, perfect, flawless
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embaucher
to hire
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entretenir
to maintain
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un frais
expense, fee note: as adj, means fresh, cool
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les archives (fp)
archives
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correctement
correctly
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entretien d'embauche
job interview
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l'aide (m or f)
``` aid, assistance an aide (eg. nurse's aide) ```
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un PDG (Président-directeur général)
CEO
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appuyer appuyer un candidat
to push, support to support a candidate
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un autocar
a coach, bus
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la bonne
maid
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une usine
factory, plant
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un atelier
workshop, studio
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une agence
an agency, office
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dépenser
to spend
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fournir
to supply
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un fournisseur | une fournisseuse
supplier, contractor
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la direction
management (of a company)
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par terre
on the floor
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le lecteur de cédés
cd player
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lacer
to lace, tie
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arracher qqch à qqn
to snatch st from so
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convenir à qqn
to suit s.o., to convenience s.o.
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concessionnaire J'achète ma voiture à ce concessionnaire.
dealer I am buying my car from this dealer.
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raccompagner Je te raccompagne.
to accompany s.o. back I'm walking you home.
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déposer Je peux te déposer en ville.
drop off I can drop you off downtown.
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le bal
ball (dance)