Volume 1 Flashcards

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s’envenimer

A

when a situation becomes tense, difficult

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2
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se noyer

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to drown

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3
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un secouriste

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person who helps somebody in danger

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4
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une bavure

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serious error

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5
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passer à la trappe

A

to be abandoned

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6
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heure de pointe

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rush hour

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7
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un panneau d’affichage

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information display

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8
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une valise en soute

un baggage en soute

A

checked baggage

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9
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la soute

A

hold

baggage compartment

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10
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un benjamin

une benjamine

A

youngest child

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11
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la fratrie

A

sibship

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12
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au final

A

in the end

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13
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sur le tas

A

on the job

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14
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sur soi

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about oneself

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15
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un court métrage

A

short film

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16
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le métrage

A

length

length in meters.

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17
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le morpion

A

noughts and crosses

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18
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en plongé

A

looking down

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19
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réchapper

A

to come through

survive

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20
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un impair

A

faux pas

social blunder

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21
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la rature

A

deletion

crossing out

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22
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raturer

A

to correct

cross out

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23
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le brouillon

A

draft

rough work

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24
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au terme de

A

after

at the end of

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dans le calme
without violence
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un pardessus
overcoat
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lieu de repli
place of retreat | bolt hole
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...mal tourné
...gone wrong
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rétablir se rétablir
to restore to recover
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un embranchement
junction | crossing
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une faux
sythe
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les faux-fuyants
slippery words | red herring
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un arrêt de mort
death sentence
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étayer
to support | back up
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le pointillé
dotted line
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démordre de
to let go of | be swayed from
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le mutisme
silence
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la percée
break through
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encorder
to rope up
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inattaquable (adj)
unassailable | irrefutable
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irréfutable (adj)
irrefutable
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dégénérer en
to degenerate into
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incomber à
to be incumbent on
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en dehors de
outside of
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affûter
to sharpen | grind
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la plaidoirie
plea (law)
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une vaine tentative
a vain attempt
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un ajout faire des ajouts à
addition to make additions to
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sevrer
to wean
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un monstre sacré
giant in the arts and entertainment
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susciter
arouse | give rise to
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un scandale (m)
scandal
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d’écart quelques décennies d’écart
of separation apart several years apart
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un milieu populaire | une classe populaire
poor
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prêter à
lend itself to | cause
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un mauvais coup
dirty trick
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une légende urbaine
urban legend
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un caïd
boss leader (gang) poobah
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envenimer s’envenimer
aggravate go downhill
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mettre les voiles
to set sail | move
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à droite à gauche
here and there
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soif de réussite
thirst for success
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encore plus difficile
even more difficult
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and l’heure actuelle
these days
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entre dans la cour des grands
to become one of the big boys
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une anecdote
anecdote
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la notoriété
fame note: neutral connotation
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pour que
so that
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être très amis
to be great friends
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un chef d’œuvre
masterpiece
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remporter
to win
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outre-Atlantique
across the Atlantic
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le grand public
mainstream
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un film d’auteur
art-house film
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la citoyenneté
citizenship
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croquer la vie à pleines dents
live life to the fullest
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un adepte des scandales
scandal maker
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du coup
as a result
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un bagage
background
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éduquer
to educate
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une fratrie
group of siblings