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Volume 12 Flashcards

1
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braver

A

to brave

face danger courageously

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2
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un brave garçon

un garçon brave

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an honest boy

a courageous boy

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un grand homme

un homme grand

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a great man

a tall man

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un esprit curieux

un curieux cas

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an inquiring mind

a strange case

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5
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trapu

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stocky

tough

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un tollé

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outcry

hue and cry

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7
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la dérobade

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evasion

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8
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à la place

A

instead

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9
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un tesson

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shard

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10
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une passoire

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sieve

strainer

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11
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en dehors de

A

outside of

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12
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entendre pas dessus

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to be heard over (noise)

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13
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pendant que

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while

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14
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au milieu de

A

in the middle of

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15
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fastidieux (adj)

A

tedious
boring
trying
dull

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16
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fastueux (adj)

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sumptuous

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17
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faire le délicat

A

to be fussy

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18
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la péréquation

A

adjustment (economic)

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19
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la controverse

être sujet à controverse

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controversy

to be controversial

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20
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dimensionner

A

to size

degree of robustness

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21
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caricaturer

A

to caricature
minimize
render simplistic

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22
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un alea

A

vagary

random event

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23
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une défaite

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a failure

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24
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les déboires (mpl)

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disappointments

trials

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25
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un gain

A

gain

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26
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asservir à

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to be enslaved

subjugated

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27
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une razzia

A

raid

foray

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28
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saccager

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to wreck
pillage
ransack

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29
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une mise en bouche

A

appetizer

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30
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le débordement

A

overflowing

excesses

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31
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les faits divers

A

short news items (local news, crimes…)

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32
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le délitement

A

disintegration

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33
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une ruche

A

hive

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34
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porteur (adj)

A

supporting
encouraging
booming (economy)

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35
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un porteur

une porteuse

A 
carrier
holder   (eg. passport)
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36
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un colibri

A

hummingbird

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37
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un tatou

A

armadillo

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38
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poétique (adj)

A

poetic

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39
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un pousse-pousse

A

rickshaw

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40
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à la perfection

A

perfectly

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41
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salutaire (adj)

A

beneficial

wholesome

42
Q

se prendre la tête

A

to complicate things

43
Q

gamberger

A

to cook up

44
Q

en exclusivité

A

exclusively

45
Q

pompette (adj) (colloq)

A

tipsy

46
Q

un taudis

A

shack

unimpressive house

47
Q

grand public (adj expression)

A

accessible
available to masses

opposite: élitiste

48
Q

un malus

A

penalty (financial)

opposite: bonus

49
Q

la fiscalité

A

taxation

50
Q

ostentatoire (adj)

A

ostentatious

51
Q

un vidéaste

une vidéaste

A

video director

52
Q

Un dévolu

A

choice

selection

53
Q

un colistier

une colistière

A

running mate

candidate

54
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faisable (adj)

A

feasible

55
Q

la faisabilité

A

feasibility

56
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provisoire (adj)

A

provisional
temporary
interim

57
Q

la rétroaction

la rétroaction positive
la retroaction negative

A

feedback

positive feedback
negative feedback

58
Q

paître

A

to graze

rub lightly against

59
Q

le criquet

A

locust

60
Q

une commission

A

errand

61
Q

un/une internaute

A

net surfer

62
Q

un balais

Elles a 80 balais. (familière)

A

broom

balais = ans

She’s 80 years old

63
Q

zapper (fam)

A

to forget

oublier

64
Q

c’est ouf!

A

It’s crazy

note: fou —> ouf in verlan

65
Q

tes vieux (fam)

A

your parents

66
Q

crasher (anglicisme for s’écraser)

A

to crash

67
Q

une verge

A

stick
wand

penis

68
Q

Ça compte pour du beurre. (expression)

A

That has no value.

Le beurre fonde et devient nul

69
Q

loin ou proche

A

far or near
later or soon

Works with time as well as distance

70
Q

avoir des comptes à rendre à qn

A

to be accountable to sb

71
Q

n’avoir de compte à rendre à personne

A

to be able to do what one wants
to be accountable to no one
to be independent
self-employed

72
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se mettre à son compte

A

to become independent

become self-employed

73
Q

suite à

A

after

74
Q

faire un compte rendu de qc à qn

A

to make a detailed report of st to sb

75
Q

un goulot

boire au goulot
goulot d’étranglement

A

neck (of a bottle)

to drink from a bottle
bottleneck, impass

76
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l’enjeu (m)

A

bet
wager
issue (problème)

77
Q

la ponce

A

pumice

78
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lithique (adj)

A

pertaining to stone

79
Q

la panache

A

plume (inc volcanic)

80
Q

un boulier

A

abacus

81
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une altérité

A

otherness

beyond our imagination

82
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écru (adj)

A

unbleached

natural

83
Q

inusable (adj)

A

hard wearing

84
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une touffe

A

tuft

85
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un grillage

A

fencing with wire

86
Q

un osselet

un jeu d’osselets

A

small bone
jack

game of jacks

87
Q

un métayer

A

tenant farmer

88
Q

au retour de la guerre

A

returning from the war

89
Q

l’exploitation

A

exploitation

90
Q

un cabanon

A

shed

small house

91
Q

un auxiliaire

A

adjunct

92
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amovible (adj)

A

detachable

93
Q

être du voyage

A

to be part of the trip

94
Q

pierreux (adj)

A

stony

95
Q

une charmille

A

bower

tree-lined path

96
Q

un ustensile

A

utensil

97
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la bricole

A

object of little value

98
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le coucher

A

bedtime

99
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crépir

A

to render

plaster

100
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une vieillerie

A

old item

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