Volume 3 Flashcards

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la costumière

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the wardrobe mistress

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se débrouiller (subjective pronominal verb)

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to manage, cope

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la cuisse

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thigh

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la taille

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waist

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le cil

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eyelash

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le sourcil

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eyebrow

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se creuser la tête (idiom)

Je me creuse la tête pour me rappeler son nom.

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to rack one’s brain

I’m racking my brain to recall his name.

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racler

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to scrape

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se racler la gorge (idiom)

Je me racle la gorge avant je parle.

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to clear one’s throat

I clear my throat before I speak.

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fouler

Il voudrait fouler le sol de Mars.

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to tread

He would like to tread on the soil of Mars.

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se fouler

Ne te foule pas la cheville sur le sable instable.

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to sprain

Don’t sprain your ankle on the lose sand.

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tromper

se tromper

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to cheat, deceive

to be mistaken

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entendre

s’endendre

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to hear

to get along

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efficace (adj)

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effective, competent

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il se fiche en colère (idioms)
je m’en fiche
elle se fiche dedan

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He flies off the handle
I don’t give a damn
she screws up

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démissionner

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to resign

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fidèlement

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regularly

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un kiwis

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kiwi

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à la guimauve

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mushy (guimauve = marshmallow)

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avertir

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to warn

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un terrain

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a piece of land

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un devis

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an estimate

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un sou

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a cent

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une déposition

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testimony

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Verbs for which a disjunctive pronoun replaces an indirect pronoun: penser à moi parler de moi avoir besoin de moi songer à moi avoir peur de moi faire attention à moi tenir à moi
to think of me to talk about me to need me to think of me to fear me to pay attention to me disjunctive pronouns: moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, eux, elles
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le gérant du magasin
manager of the store
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les remerciements (m) une lettre de remerciements
thank-you's a thank-you letter
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un manoir
a mansion
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un investissement
an investment
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se servir de
to use
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se charger de
to take care of
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Some verbs that take an indirect object with à: appartenir à téléphoner à racontre à prêter à parler à songer à tenir à dire à apporter à écrire à envoyer à rendre à emprunter à faire attention à goûter à habituer à
continued: remédier à toucher à obéir à rêver à répondre à s'interesser à croire à
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Some verbs that take an indirect object with de: se souvenir de avoir peur de se approcher de parler de se occuper de se servir de avoir envie de se passer de se charger de se débarrasser de
no more for now
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un bail
a lease
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une calculette
a calculator
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un rapport
a report
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le mot de passe
password
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un message
message
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contacter
to contact
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Nous sommes rentrés très tard. | J'ai rentré les vélos dans le garage.
We came home very late. | I brought the bicycles into the garage.
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Ils sont montés au dixième ètage. | Ils ont monté ta valise dans ta chambre.
They went up to the tenth floor. | The took your suitcase up to your room.
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Il est descendu au rez-de-chaussée. | Il a descendu les bouteilles vides à la cave.
He went down to the main floor. | I took the empty bottles down to the cellar.
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Vous êtes passés par Lyon pour aller à Montpellier. | Vous avez passé un examen hier?
You went through Lyon to go to Montpellier. | You took an exam yesterday?
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Ils sont retournés a Tahiti. | Elle a retourné l'omelette.
They went back to Tahiti. | She turned over the omelette.
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Il est sorti à huit heures. | Il a sorti le chien à huit heures.
He went out at eight o'clock. | He let the dog out at eight o'clock.
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un nid de poule
a pothole
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Dans quel hôtel sont-ils descendus à Venise? | Ils sont descendus au Danieli.
What hotel did they stay in in Venice. They stayed at the Danieli. Note use of descendre: to stay
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le casino
casino
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quasiment
almost every day
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s'évanouir
to faint
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se disputer
to argue
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le Midi
the south of France
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le colombage Ils ont admiré les maisons à colombages.
half-timbering The admired the half-timbered houses.
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le terroir les produits du terroir le vin du terroir l'accent du terroir
the soil the region local products local wine local accent
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nommé (adj)
named
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la manufacture
factory
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bondé (adj)
packed
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réaliste (adj)
realistic
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climatisé (adj)
air-conditioned
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éteint (adj)
off (note: éteindre = to turn off)
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enthousiaste (adj)
enthusiastic
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le basket (t is pronouned)
basketball
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à tour de rôle On faisait la cuisine à tour de rôle.
taking turns We took turns doing the cooking.
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un siamois
siamese cat
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marocain (adj)
Moroccan
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depuis des heures Il travaillait depuis des heures quand il a decidé d'aller au cinéma.
for hours He had been working for hours when he decided to go to the cinema.
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le présentateur
anchorperson (on tv)
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rédiger Elle rédigeait un rapport quand j'ai appelé.
to write She was writting a report when I called.
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un itinéraire
an itinerary
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le chauffage
heat (eg. room heat)
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une promenade
a walk
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une mutation
a transfer
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fouler
to twist, sprain
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un régime
a diet
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une fuite
an escape | leakage
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polémiser
to polemize, argue, debate
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aboyer
to bark
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le japonais
japanese (language, and probably the nationality)
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le yoga
yoga
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un jean
jeans
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une troupe
a troop (ag. theatre, but probably in general as well)
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sur le point de
about to
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un tournoi
a tournament
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avouer
to admit
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compter
to intend, to plan
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le hall de l'hôtel
lobby of a hotel
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s'accoutumer à
to get accustomed to
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arriver à
to manage to
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chercher à
to attempt to
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s'habituer à
to get used to
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inciter à
to encourage to
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parvenir à
to manage to
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se faire à
to get used to
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tenir à
to insist on
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joindre
to contact
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un sénateur
a senator
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vexer
to hurt someone's feelings
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persuader
to persuade
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s'efforcer de
to try hard to
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faire semblant de
to pretend to
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projeter de
to plan to
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accepter de
to agree to | to accept
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envisager de
to contemplate
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une gaffe
``` a gaff a blunder (colloquial) ```
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une citation
a quotation