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Week 8 Flashcards

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1
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Careful consideration/though

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Penser de différente manière/ plusieurs horizons

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On a course of action ( formal)

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What to do

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That’s a loaded question

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Very important/lots of things to think about

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Without any thought an adjective

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Spontaneous

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I doubt

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Je doute

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At the earliest opportunity

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As soon as I can

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I ruled the world

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Dominé le monde

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C’est grave

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It’s concerning

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9
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Overwhelming

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Accablant

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10
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The toss

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Le tirage

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11
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Discard

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Rejeté

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12
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Écureuil

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Squirrel

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13
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Clin d’œil

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Wink

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14
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Une intrigue

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A plot

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15
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Un banc

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A bench

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16
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Ils sont attchés ensemble

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They are tied together

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17
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Whatever

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Quoi qu’il en soit

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18
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Whenever

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Quand tu veux

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19
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Vitrine

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Showcase

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20
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Bien-être

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Welfare

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21
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Asile

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Asylum

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22
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Invaded

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Envahi

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23
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Ruisseau

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Creek

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24
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Mais à pars ça

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But apart from that

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25
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Insight Into

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Aperçu de la situation

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26
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Rule out

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Exclure

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27
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Une échelle

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A ladder

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28
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Realtor

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Agent immobilier

29
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Set in stone

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Sth confirmed that can’t be changed ( sortie avec ami)

30
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Back sb up

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Actively show support for sb

31
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De-stress

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Calm down

32
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Distress

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Intense pain, sadness, anxiety

33
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Endangered

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Animals in danger of becoming exctinct

34
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Trèfle à 4 feuilles

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Four-leaf clover

35
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Maudit

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Cursed

36
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Bienheureux

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Blessed (I live a blessed life)

37
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Auspicious

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Likely to bring success

38
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Inauspicious

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Likely to bring failure

39
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Describes a happy coincidence/ I excepted event/ accident
Le hasard fait bien les choses

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Serendipitous

40
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Describes sb who believes things easily without questioning

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Guillable

41
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Fortuitous
/fortuichous/

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Lucky

42
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He strikes me

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Give me the feeling/ impression of/ idea of sth

43
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Pull strings for somebody

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Use influence and contacts to gain and advantages. He is pulling this strings

44
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Waste an opportunity

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Have the opportunity but didn’t use it well

45
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Single-minded / one track mind

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Having one clear aim and working very hard to achieve it

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Raw talent

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Le talent a l’état brut

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Reach

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Atteindre

48
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Achieve

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Réaliser

49
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Fulfil

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Remplir, complète

50
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Surmonter

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Overcome

51
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Someone go held us in the traffic
Mean that it’s not our fault, someone take us

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52
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Come across/ hit upon

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Find by accident

53
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Knocked out

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Assommé

54
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streak

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A tendency to do sth

55
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A drive to succeed

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The motivation/ the determination

56
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I had a hunch you…

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Je me doutais bien que

57
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Cohérente

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Consistent

58
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Gratifiant

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Rewarding

59
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Astonished

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Étonné

60
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Cygne

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Swan

61
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Mes remerciements les plus sincères

express sincere gratitude to someone for something they have done

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My heartfelt thanks

62
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Je boite

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I limp

63
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Grin

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Sourire

64
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Deepened

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Accentué

65
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Le devoir de famille

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Family duty

66
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Freak him out

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Le faire flipper

67
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J’ai soupiré

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I sighed

68
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Sans rancune

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With no hard feeling

69
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Déverser

A

Dumping

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