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Week 9 Flashcards

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1
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éditeur, -trice

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Publisher

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Maison (nf) d’édition

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Publishing house

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Auteur (nm)

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Author

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avance (nf)

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Advance (payment)

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Copyright

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droits (nm pl) d’auteur

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To publish

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éditer

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Publisher’s editor

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lecteur, -trice

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To edit (text)

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corriger

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Publication

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publication (f)

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Publication date

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date de publication

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Printer

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Imprimeur (m)

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The printer’s

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imprimerie (nf)

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To raise one’s voice (practical reasons or anger)

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élever la voix

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To raise one’s voice (in anger)

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hausser le ton

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Within earshot

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à portée de voix

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Aloud x2

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à voix haute/à haute voix

tout haut

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Loud and clear

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à haute et intelligible voix

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high-pitched voice

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voix de crécelle

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booming voice

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voix de stentor

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20
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You can’t hear yourself think around here

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On ne s’entend pas ici

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21
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to give someone a headache

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casser la tête/les oreilles à qqn

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to deafen someone

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crever les tympans à qqn

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Speech (monologue)

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Discours (nm)

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Commentator

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commentateur, -trice

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Spokesperson

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porte-parole (nm) (often followed by de)

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26
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To speak (directly) to

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s’adresser à

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27
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To whisper (need to be discrete)

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chuchoter

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To whisper (discretely or tenderly)

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murmurer

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29
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To whisper (tenderly or hypocritically)

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susurrer

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30
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To interrupt someone

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Couper la parole à quelqu’un

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to let someone have a say/to give someone the floor

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Donner la parole à qqn

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32
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to have a lisp

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avoir un cheveu sur la langue

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33
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Don’t waste your breath!

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Ne perds pas ta salive !

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34
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You must be joking!

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tu parles/vous parlez !

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To shout at someone

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Apostropher à qqn

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To reveal something shocking

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Assener qqch à qqn

37
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To moan/to grumble

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râler

38
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To have the last word

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Avoir le dernier mot

39
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To talk good sense

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Parler d’or

40
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To come out with some pretty strong language

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En dire des vertes et des pas mûres

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To give someone a good telling off

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Sonner les cloches à qqn

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He hasn’t/They haven’t heard the last of this!

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Il va/ils vont m’entendre !

43
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To explain

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expliquer

44
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to exclaim

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s’écrier

45
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  1. explanation

2. confrontation (discussion)

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explication (nf)

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To define

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définir

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To describe

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décrire

48
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To translate

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Traduire

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Translator

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traducteur, -trice

50
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To interpret

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interpréter

51
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Interpreter

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Interprète

52
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Singer, performer (of songs or plays)

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Interprète (n)

53
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To speak for someone

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Se faire l’interprète de qqn

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Interpreting (profession)

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interprétariat (nm)

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Interpreting/interpretation (putting someone’s thoughts across)

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interprétation (nf)

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That is to say (that)

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C’est-à-dire (que)

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What you have to remember is that…

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Il faut savoir que

58
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It goes without saying that…

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Il va sans dire que

59
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…which accounts for the fact that

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Ce qui explique que

60
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To shout (pain, anger, warning)

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crier

61
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a shout

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cri (nm)

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to exclaim

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s’exclamer

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exclamation

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exclamation (nf)

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to call

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appeler

65
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a call

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appel (nm)

66
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to yell/scream

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hurler

67
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a yell/scream

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un hurlement

68
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to roar

A

rugir

69
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to screech

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glapir

70
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to howl/to yell one’s head off

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brailler

71
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to bawl (not articulately)

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beugler

72
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to shout (abuse)

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vociférer

73
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  1. rehearsal

2. repetition

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répétition (nf)

74
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  1. to rehearse

2. to repeat

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répéter

75
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to do again

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refaire

76
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to tell again/to retell

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redire

77
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to start again

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recommencer

78
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to repeat oneself

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radoter

79
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to keep harping on

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rabâcher

80
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to echo

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faire écho de qqch à qn

81
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encore

this is the English

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bis

e.g. Bis ! Bis !

82
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to give an encore

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bisser

83
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It’s always the same old story!

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C’est toujours la même chanson

84
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Back to the drawing board

A

On efface tout et on recommence

French Second Year Vocabulary (10 decks)

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