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Volume 1 Flashcards

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1
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gémir

A

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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22
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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

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while

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avoir du cran (colloquial)

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to have guts, to be gutsy

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un cran

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a hole, a notch

courage (slang)

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être à bout de forces

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to be exhausted

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être à bout de souffle

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to be out of breath

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faire l’école buissonnière

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to play hooky

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31
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buissonnier

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to avoid fulfilling an obligation

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faire de la chimie
faire sa médecine
faire son droit

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to study chemistry
to study medicine
to study law

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faire le parquet
faire les carreaux
faire la vaisselle
etc

A

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

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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
A 
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
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to take a short cut
to take one's time
to take the express way
to take medicine
etc
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37
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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

A

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

A

to begin, to undertake

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39
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reprendre

A

to start again

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entreprendre un projet
prendre un rhume
prendre froid
surprendre une conversation
etc
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to start a project
to catch a cold
to catch a cold
to overhear a converstion
etc
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41
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c’est un peu raccourci

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That’s a bit simplistic

un raccourci = a short cut

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42
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une plaisanterie

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a joke

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43
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étreindre

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to embrace

44
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abattre

A

to knock down

45
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rebattre

A

to hit again

46
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remettre

A

to hand in

47
Q

battre des mains

A

to clap hands

48
Q

battre les cartes

A

to shuffle cards

49
Q

mettre la table
mettre la télé
mettre sa veste
etc

A

to set the table
to turn on the television
to put on a veste
etc

50
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mettre l’argent à côté

A

to put money aside

51
Q

mettre qqn à la porte

A

to expel someone

to fire someone

52
Q

la patrie

A

fatherland

53
Q

un rival

A

a rival

54
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le traiteur (false cognate)

A

caterer

55
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un gobelet

un gobelet en plastique
un gobelet en carton
un gobelet en papier
un gobelet en verre

A

a cup, tumbler, shaker (in a game, eg, for dice)

a plastic cup
a paper cup
a paper cup
a tumbler

56
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boire à la réussite de qqn

A

drink to someone’s success

57
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écrire sa thèse

A

to write sone’s thesis

58
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la réussite

A

success

59
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une thèse

A

a thesis

60
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suivre bien à l’école

A

to be a good student

61
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suivre un cours

A

take a course

62
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vivre au jour le jour

A

to live from hand to mouth

63
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une dissertation

A

a dissertation

64
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le budget

A

budget

65
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le départ

l’heure du départ

A

departure

departure time

66
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beaucoup de monde

A

lots of people

67
Q

le rosbif

A

roast beef

68
Q

n’en pouvoir plus

A

not to be able to take any more

69
Q

caler

A

to stall (regarding a motor)

70
Q

en venir à

J’en viens à me demander si…
Où voulez-vous en venir?

A

to come to, to get to, to turn to

I’m being to wonder whether…
What are you getting at?

71
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d’où venir que

D’où vient que le moteur cale si souvent?

A

how come (lit: from where does it come that…)

How come the motor stalls so often?

72
Q

tenir à faire qqc

A

to be anxious to do something

to insist on doing something

73
Q

tenir à qqc, à qqn

A

to cherish something

to be attached to someone

74
Q

qu’à cela ne tienne

A

not a problem, never mind

Lit: Don’t dwell (hold) on that

Note: tienne is 3rd person singular in subjunctive mood

75
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Cela ne tient qu’à vous

A

That depends on you.

Lit: That holds only on you.

76
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en laisse

A

on leash

77
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de toute façon

A

anyway, regardless

78
Q

un propos
les propos

à propos…
à propos de…
à propos de rien…

A

remarks, comments

by the way…
about…
about nothing in particular…

79
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impeccable (adj)

A

impeccable, perfect, flawless

80
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embaucher

A

to hire

81
Q

entretenir

A

to maintain

82
Q

un frais

A

expense, fee

note: as adj, means fresh, cool

83
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les archives (fp)

A

archives

84
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correctement

A

correctly

85
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entretien d’embauche

A

job interview

86
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l’aide (m or f)

A 
aid, assistance
an aide (eg. nurse's aide)
87
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un PDG (Président-directeur général)

A

CEO

88
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appuyer

appuyer un candidat

A

to push, support

to support a candidate

89
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un autocar

A

a coach, bus

90
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la bonne

A

maid

91
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une usine

A

factory, plant

92
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un atelier

A

workshop, studio

93
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une agence

A

an agency, office

94
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dépenser

A

to spend

95
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fournir

A

to supply

96
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un fournisseur

une fournisseuse

A

supplier, contractor

97
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la direction

A

management (of a company)

98
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par terre

A

on the floor

99
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le lecteur de cédés

A

cd player

100
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lacer

A

to lace, tie

101
Q

arracher qqch à qqn

A

to snatch st from so

102
Q

convenir à qqn

A

to suit s.o., to convenience s.o.

103
Q

concessionnaire

J’achète ma voiture à ce concessionnaire.

A

dealer

I am buying my car from this dealer.

104
Q

raccompagner

Je te raccompagne.

A

to accompany s.o. back

I’m walking you home.

105
Q

déposer

Je peux te déposer en ville.

A

drop off

I can drop you off downtown.

106
Q

le bal

A

ball (dance)

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