Volume 4 Flashcards

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reparler

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to speak again

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embêter

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to annoy

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embêtant (adj)

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annoying

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si je ne dis pas de bêtise

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if I’m not mistaken

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aux alentours de

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around

applies to dates as well as places

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perturber

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to upset

perturb

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perturbant (adj)

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unsettling

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une demi-année

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half year

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immerger

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to immerse

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une variante

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variant

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les fondamentaux

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basics

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12
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la cour de récré

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schoolyard

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une lacune

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gap

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larguer

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to drop (bomb)
launch
dump

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être largué

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to be dropped

to be out of one’s depth

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inscrire

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to enroll
note down
inscribe

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quelle que soit

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whatever

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les nouvelles têtes

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new people

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à la fois

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both

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20
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un expatrié (noun & adj)

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expatriate

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un canal

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canal

conduit

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nouer

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to tie

form (eg friends)

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larmoyant (adj)

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tearful

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autant

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as much as

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une fête de départ
farewell party
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un affect
affect
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affecter
to affect
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être dans qqc
to be into st | as in English
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exubérant (adj)
exuberant
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l’exubérance (f)
exuberance
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un fètard
party animal
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couper au montage
to edit out
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dans le cadre de
as part of
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plus grand
taller | older, more grown
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écouler
to sell | dispose of
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s’écouler
to flow | pass by
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un constat
assessment report official form
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dans la mesure où
to the extent that
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marquant (adj)
striking
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compliqué
complicated | difficult
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se projeter
to look to the future
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l’inégalité
inequality
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s’intituler
to be called named entitled
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un rappeur
rapper
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le rap
rap music
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la perte de ses repères
the loss of his bearings
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une récompense
award
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s’inspirer
to be inspired by
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faire les quatre cents coups
to go out on the town | sow some wild oats
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les bêtises
stupid things
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s’éloigner
to distance oneself | digress
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Pour en revenir à
to come back to
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les tenants et aboutissants
ins and outs
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un avant-goût
sample | preview
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l’ethnie (f) l’ethnicité (f)
ethnic group
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enflure
to swell up
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se chamailler
to bicker
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à tout bout de champ
at every turn
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peu importe
whatever
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dans le fond
all things considered
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faire ses gammes
to practice train note: une gamme = scale
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le feed-back
feedback
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pas beaucoup
not much only use with quantities of something Voudriez-vous du cafe? Oui, merci, mais pas beaucoup. Elle n’a pas beaucoup d’amis.
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pas grand-chose | ne....rien
not much use with actions or adjectives, response to “qoui” Qu’as-tu fait ce weekend? Pas grand-chose. Sur Netflix, en ce moment, il n’y a pas grand-chose de nouveau. J’ai pas grand-chose à faire en ce moment. Ça veut pas dire grand-chose. (= Ça n’a pas de sens) Ça coûte pas grand-chose d’essayer.
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pas grand-monde | ne...personne
not many people Il y a du monde (there are lots of people) Il n’y a pas grand-monde (there aren’t many people) note: n’ is usually omitted in common speech