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Volume 1 Flashcards

1
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l’engagement (m)

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commitment

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graver

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engrave

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résumer

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to summarize, wrap up

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impregner

s’impregner

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to impregnate

to immerse oneself

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acquérir

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to acquire

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une gamme

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a scale  (music)
a range
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un baladeur

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portable player (eg. Walkman)

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un baladeur

une baladeuse

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walker, one who strides

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apprécier

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to appreciate, value

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s’entraider (reflexive reciprocal verb)

Elles se sont entraidées faire le menage.

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to help each other

They helped each other do the housework. Note that s’entraider takes a direct object (se) so there is agreement with the past participle.

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se donner rendez-vous (reflexive reciprocal verb)

Elles se sont donné rendez-vous pour midi.

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to make an appointment to see each other

They made an appointment to see each other at noon.

Note that donner takes an indirect object (donner à qqn). se is therefore an indirect object and there is no agreement with the past participle.

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le représentant

la représentante

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representive

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déceler

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to detect

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une astuce

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a shrewdness

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un emploi du temps

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a schedule, timetable

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une perte

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a waste, loss

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l’aspect (m)

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look, appearance

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développer

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to grow, expand

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se détendre

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to relax

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un trajet

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journey

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une distraction

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a passtime, a recreation

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assimiler

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assimilate, absorb

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déstresser

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de-stress

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quel que soit

quelle que soit

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whatever be

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me paraître

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seems to me

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entendre

Qu’est-ce que j’entends par “histoire”?

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to hear
to understand
to mean

What do I mean by “histoire”?

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la vie de tous les jours

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everyday life

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l’avant-dernier (adj)

l’avant-dernière

A

penultimate

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la banqueroute

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bankruptcy

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un partenaire

une partenaire

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partner, associate

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l’écoulement (m)

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flow

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stocker

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to stock up, store

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gigantesque (adj)

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gigantic, immense

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un tirage au sort

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a lottery, a draw

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35
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le parrainage

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sponsorship

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parrainer

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to sponsor, support

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37
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incarner

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to personify

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incarné par (adj)

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personified by

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fragiliser

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to weaken

40
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fragilisé (adj)

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weakened

41
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synthétiser

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to synthesize

42
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répandre

se répandre

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to spread, scatter

to be spread out, scattered throughout

43
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délicat (adj)

A

delicate

tricky

44
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tester

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to test, to try

45
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rien de mieux que…

A

nothing better than…

46
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un processus

le processus de décision

A

a process

the decision-making process

47
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un délai

un délai de grâce
le délai de livraison

A

a period of time

grace period
delivery time

48
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un colis

un colis alimentaire
un colis piégé

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a package, parcel

a food parcel
a parcel bomb

49
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une société

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a society
a company
a framework

50
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un pensionnat

A

boarding school

51
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confier à

A

to entrust to

52
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l’errance

A

wandering

53
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errer

A

to wander

54
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gênant (adj)

A

troublesome

55
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un concours

A

a contest

56
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durement (adj)

A

harshly

57
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confondre

A

to confound
to astound
to confuse

58
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au sein de

A

within

59
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un feeling

A

a feeling

60
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certes

A

indeed, surely

61
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en sorte que…

A

so that…

in such a way that…

62
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faire en sorte que

A

to have someone do something

to see to it that…

63
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tomber à l’eau (idiom)

A

“down the drain”

64
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tergiverser

A

to dither

to equivocate

65
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aiguiller

A

to steer
to keep on the right track
to switch (the tracks of a railroad)

66
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le biais

par le biais de qqch/qqn

A

means

by means of something/someone

67
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enclencher

A

to engage

to launch

68
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chuter

A

to tumble

69
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un préfet

A

a magistrate

an administrator

70
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embellir

A

to beautify

71
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assainir

A

to sanitize

to clean up

72
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périlleux (adj)

périlleuse

A

perilous

dangerous

73
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supprimer

A

to eliminate

74
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destituer

A

to dismiss, depose

75
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un bilan

A

a balance sheet

an appraisal

76
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un nouveau-né

une nouveau-née

A

a newborn

77
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à la radio

À la radio on a dit qu’il ferait beau aujourd’hui.

A

on the radio

On the radio it said the weather would be fine today.

78
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coup d’essai

A

dummy bullet

false start?

79
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au fur et à mesure

j’apprends au fur et à mesure

A

as things go along

I learn as I go along

80
Q

l’entraide (f)

A

mutual assistance

81
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décupler

Ça va décupler votre apprentisage et vous rendre plus heureux.

A

multiply tenfold

That will multiply tenfold your learning and made you happier.

82
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grandement

A

greatly, sorely

83
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interpeller

A

to call out

to question

84
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en ligne

A

on line

85
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une soumission

S’il la ville accepte ma soumission, je serai heureux.

A

a bid

If the city accepts my bid, I will be happy.

86
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le Danemark

A

Denmark

87
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une dévise étrangère

A

a foreign currency

88
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un conseiller financier

A

a financial advisor

89
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graver

Je grave des CD

A

engrave

I’m burning some CDs.

90
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un placement

A

a placement
employment
an investment

91
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une faillite

il y avait une faillite frauduleuse.

A

bankrupcy
failure

There was a fraudulent bankrupcy.

92
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frauduleux (adj)

frauduleuse

A

fraudulent

93
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un fraudeur

une fraudeuse

A

a swindler

a cheater

94
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tiré par les cheveux (idiom)

Son histoire est tirée par les cheveux.

A

hard to believe

His story is hard to believe.

95
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indépendamment de

On peut utiliser le mot deuxième ou le mot second comme on veut, indépendamment du cas ou du sujet.

A

independently of

We can use the word “deuxième” or the word “second” as we wish, independently of the situation or the subject.

96
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évoluer

A

to evolve, progress

97
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la gousse

la gousse d’une plante comme un haricot

A

pod

the pod of a plante such as a bean

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