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Volume 4 Flashcards

1
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une fourgonnette

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delivery van

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une plaquette

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bar (chocolate)
platelet (blood)
brochure, pamphlet
brake shoe (automobile)

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payer comptant

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to pay cash

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la fin de semaine

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weekend

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haut de gamme (adj phrase)

A 
first class
top of the range
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à sens unique (adj phrase)

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one way

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en mission

comme un recruteur en mission

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on a mission

like a recruter on a mission

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un acabit

du même acabit que…
les gens de ton acabit

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type

of the same type as…
people like you

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emprunter la rue

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to take a road

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un poisson d’avril

faire un poisson d’avril à qqn

A

April fool, April fool’s joke

To make an April fool of someone

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de ce côté-là

De ce côté-là, il n’y a rien de changé.

A

on that score

On that score, nothing has changed.

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Ça ne sert à rien de + infinitive

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That does nothing to…

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13
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agencer

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to organize

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14
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de quand date qqc

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when was st dated

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tenir qqc pour acquis

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to take something for granted

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au moment où

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when

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17
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en suspens

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unfinished

unresolved

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18
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reporter

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to adjourn

postpone

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il ne faut rien négliger

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nothing can be neglected

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20
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de retour à

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getting back to

returning to

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un substitut de

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a substitute for

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à couper au couteau (adj phrase)

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cuts like a knife

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23
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redoutablement

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dreadfully

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24
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efficace contre les insomnies

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effective against insomnia

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25
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prendre le parti de…

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to opt for…

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bien portant (adj)

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healthy

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27
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une galipette

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somersault

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28
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daigner

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to deign

condescend

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précaire (adj)

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precarious

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Donnez-moi votre dossier, qu’on en finisse.

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Give me your file, then we’re finished.

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31
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histoire de…

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so as to…

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32
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d’être opéré

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to be operated on

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33
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à la suite

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after

as a result of

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34
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sous peu

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soon

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35
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dresser

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to set up

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36
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gare (interjection)

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watch out!

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37
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émietter

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to crumble

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38
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piétiner

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to trample on

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39
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j’ai le triste privilège de…

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I have the sad duty to…

40
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privilégé (adj)

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privileged

favoured

41
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tout en répondant

A

while responding

42
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le retrait

A

withdrawal

retreat

43
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en retrait

une maison (située) en retrait de…
se tenir en retrait
rester en retrait

A

away from

a house set back from…
to stand back
to stay in the background

44
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meubler

Il s’agissait seulement meubler la converstion

A 
to furnish (with furniture)
to furnish (figuratively, as here:)

It was only to provide conversation.

45
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Parlons de façon hypothétique

A

Let’s talk hypothetically.

46
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ça serait faire d’ouvre de philanthropie.

A

That would be an act of philantropy.

47
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On se ressemble beaucoup plus que vous ne le pensez.

A

We’re much more alike than you think.

48
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avoir pour principe de

A

As a matter of principle

49
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étant donné que…

A

given that…

50
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ne donner pas cher de la peau de qqn (idiom)

Je ne donnerai pas cher de ta peau!

A

to think someone’s in big trouble, to doubt their chances of success, to be glad not to be in their shoes

You’re dead meat!

51
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un fier à bras

A

a hired thug

52
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aller tout faire pour

Le SCRS va tout faire pour arrêter le meutrier

A

to do everything to

CSIS will do everything to arrest the murderer.

53
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encombrant (adj)

A

cumbersome

54
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un amortisseur

A

shock absorber (automobile)

55
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le supplice

A

torture

56
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une halte

A

stop

57
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un coup de main

A

assistance

58
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le ou les responsables

A

the one or those responsable

59
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enfouir

enfouir à jamais

A

to bury

buried for ever

60
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je suis venue aux nouvelles (colloquial)

A

I came to see what’s happening

61
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Aux frais de la maison

A

on the house

62
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un entremetteur

A

go between

matchmaker

63
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je le suis des yeux jusqu’à la porte de la cuisine.

A

My eyes follow him up to the kitchen door.

64
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mettre qqn à contribution

A

to call on someone’s services

65
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une frasque

A

escapade

prank

66
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se charger de

Elle propose spontanément de s’en charger.

A

to take responsibility for

Spontaneously, she offers to look after it.

67
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une tuile

Tu parles d’une tuile!

A 
a tile
a blow   (colloquial)

What a blow!

68
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Elle quitte l’écran des yeux.

A

She turned away from the screen.

69
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sentencieux (adj)

A

sanctimonious

70
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la traçabilité

A

traceability

71
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à mesure qu’elle parle

A

while she is speaking

72
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la plage

plage de prix
plage de choix
plage de disque
plage horaire

A

beach, riverside

price range
range of choices
track
time slot

73
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un contrat de location

A

tenancy agreement

74
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affaler

s’affaler

affalé sur le lit

A

to lower

to collapse

slumped on the bed

75
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une armature

A

framework

76
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un trépied

A

tripod

77
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la bravade

A

bravado

78
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la raillerie

A

mockery

79
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désinvolte (adj)

A

casual

flippant

80
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de près (adv)

A

closely

81
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une bribe

par bribes

A

scrap
fragment

bit by bit

82
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barrer

les cicatrices lui barrait le dos dans tous les sens

A

to block
cross

the scars crossed her back in every direction.

83
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les points de presse

A

talking points

84
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un drogué

A

a drugie

85
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un habitacle

A

cockpit (aero)
cabin (aero, auto)
interior (auto)

86
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le gyrophare

A

rotating, flashing light on emergency vehicles

87
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un perron

A

flight of steps

88
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la bordure

en bordure de

A

border
edge

bordering on

89
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avant de partir pour…

A

before leaving for…

90
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un passe-droit

A

special privilege

91
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depuis quand est-ce qu’on faire…

A

since when do we…

92
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un auto-patrouille

A

cruiser (police)

93
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un local

A

place

94
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un motif

A

motive
reason

repeating pattern

95
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égarer

A

to misplace

lead astray

96
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par inadvertance

A

inadvertently

Bain de Sang (6 decks)

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