#2 Achievement Flashcards

(104 cards)

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Partir en voyage

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To go on a journey

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Balayer - un balayeur

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To sweep (swept, swept) - a sweeper

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Être las de…

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To be weary of (+ing) sth

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Lassant, fatiguant

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Wearisome (=tiring & boring)

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Faire une sieste

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To take / have a nap (to nap)

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S’endormir

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To fall asleep

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Se réveiller

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To awake = to wake (woke, woken) up

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être éveillé # être endormi

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To be awake # to be asleep

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Faire peur à quelqu’un

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To scare sb

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Effrayant / effrayé

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Scary / scared

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Laisser quelqu’un faire quelque chose

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To let someone do something

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Haut / hauteur

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High / height

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Chercher

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To seek (sought, sought) = look for

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Chercher un abri

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To seek shelter

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15
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Se noyer

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To drown

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Echapper à

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To escape from someone, something

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Etre à l’abri de (du danger…)

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To be safe from (danger…)

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En toute sécurité, sans risque

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Safely (adverbe) : “he walked home safely”

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19
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En sécurité

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In safety (nom)

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20
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Un orphelinat, un orphelin

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An orphanage, an orphan

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21
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Tomber amoureux de…

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To fall (fell, fallen) in love with someone

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22
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Errer, vagabonder

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To wander

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23
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Un souvenir

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A memory

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Se rappeler quelque chose ou quelqu’un/ Se souvenir de…

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To remember sth/sb

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Rappeler quelque chose à quelqu'un
To remind sb of sth
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Fouiller le secteur à la recherche de...
To scour the area in search of...
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C'est une copie conforme ou portrait tout craché de...
It is a spitting image of...
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Chasser, pourchasser
To hunt (= to seek, to pursue)
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Compter sur (se fier à) - fiable - la fiabilité
To rely on - reliable - reliability
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La foi
Faith
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Être fidèle à
To be faithful to somebody
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La fidélité, la loyauté
Faithfulness
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Être reconnaissant (envers quelqu'un de) (pour quelque chose)
To be grateful to sb for sth
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La reconnaissance
Gratefulness
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accomplir quelque chose d'important
To make a significant achievement
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Lancer
To launch (a rocket, a shuttle, a missile, a product, an offensive)
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Un lancement
A launch (of a ship, spacecraft, product)
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Porter, transporter
To carry (this ship carries passengers)
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Aller dans l'espace
To go into space (uncountable, no article)
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explorer
To explore
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un explorateur
An explorer
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un passager
A passenger
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Déménager dans un autre pays
To move to another country
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Fonder, créer une société
To set up a company
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S'inscrire (pour un vol dans l'espace, un cours)
To sign up for (a space flight, a course)
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Participer à
To take part in / to participate in
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Voler (birds/plane), voyager en avion
To fly (flew, flown)
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Annuler un vol
To cancel a flight
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Avoir un rêve, faire un rêve
To have a dream
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Réaliser son rêve
To achieve (realize) one's dream
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Réaliser son rêve (make)
To make one's dream come true
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Il a réalisé son rêve
He made his dream come true
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L'entreprise s'est développée rapidement
The company grew rapidly (to grow, grew, grown)
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La croissance
Growth
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un nombre croissant
A growing number
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un compte en banque
A bank account
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Programmer, prévoir
To schedule (a class, a meeting)
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Tirer, retirer
To withdraw (irreg.) (vt) (+money, accusation, troops)
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Se retirer, se désister
To withdraw (withdrew, withdrawn) from (vi)
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Retirer de l'argent à un compte en banque
To withdraw money from a bank account
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à un distributeur
from an ATM / a cash dispenser
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former quelqu'un
To train (vt) (+ person, player, employee)
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S'entraîner, recevoir une formation de...
To train (vi) as a...
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Formation, entraînement, préparation
Training (generally uncountable)
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suivre une formation (cours)
To do a training session / training course
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Faire un stage (en entreprise)
To do a training period / a work placement / an internship
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un stagiaire
a trainee
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un voyage, une excursion
a trip
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faire un voyage
To go on a trip, to make a trip
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un équipage
a crew
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un membre d'équipage
a crew member
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être en stage (2)
To be on a placement | To be on a training period / internship
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un stage d'un an
A year's placement = a one-year placement
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un ingénieur
an engineer
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faire des études d'ingénieur
to study engineering
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elle est allée à B pour faire des études d'ingénieur
She went to B to study engineering (or in order to study)
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être ennuyeux
To be boring
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S'ennuyer
To be bored (-ing active, -ed passive)
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L'ennui
Boredom
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Passer un très bon moment (à faire qqch)
To have a great/good time (doing sth)
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Perdre du temps à faire qqch
To waste time (doing sth)
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Passer du temps à faire qqch
To spend time (doing sth)
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être passionné de...
To be keen (on sth, on doing sth)
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Occuper quelqu'un
To keep someone busy
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être occupé à faire qqch
To be busy (doing sth)
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être en retard / à l'heure
To run late / on time (trains, buses)
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retarder (un train, une arrivée, un départ)
To delay (a train, an arrival # a departure)
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un retard
a delay
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sembler (quand on entend qqch)
to sound
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ça, on connait !
it sounds familiar
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elle me semble assez intelligente
she sounds pretty bright
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améliorer
to upgrade
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les voies ont besoin d'être améliorées
The tracks needed upgrading (to need+ ing)
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trouver, découvrir qqch
To find out something
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être en haut (# en bas) de la hiérarchie ("échelle") du travail
To be at the top (#at the bottom) of the job ladder
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accomplir, réaliser
To achieve (>achievement)
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un gagneur, quelqu'un de très performant
an achiever (a successful person)
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Je vous écris pour vous informer que je ne pourrai pas assister à la conférence jeudi 2 mars à 14h15 à moins que je n'arrive à prendre un train tôt le matin
I'm writing to inform you that I won't be able to attend the conference on Thursday March 2nd at quarter past two unless I manage to take/get/catch a train early morning
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Suite à votre dernier mail, je vous contacte pour vous expliquer pourquoi j'ai été absent pendant 2 semaines. Veuillez trouver mon certificat médical en pièce jointe.
Further to your last e-mail, I'm contacting you to explain to you why I was absent for two weeks. Please find attached my medical certificate/sick note.
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Je vous serais reconnaissant de bien vouloir demander à votre collègue de reporter la réunion sinon je ne pourrai pas y assister
I'd be grateful if you could ask yout colleague to put off the meeting otherwise I (won't be able)(will be unable) to attend it.
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Je vous prie de bien vouloir m'excuser de ne pas avoir fourni les produits que vous avez commandés il y a deux mois.
I apologize (Sorry...) for not supplying products you ordered 2 months ago.
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J'ai le regret de vous dire qu'il n'est pas d'accord avec vous malgré tous vos conseils. Ne vous donnez pas la peine d'essayer de le convaincre. (conseiller qq de...)
I'm sorry to (inform/tell you)(let you know) he doesn't agree with you despite all your advice. Don't bother trying to convince him. (to advise sb of sth)
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Verbs : to understand, to succeed, to annoy, to care, to save - Nouns, adj & adv ?
Nouns : understanding, success, annoyance, care, safety Adj : understandable, successful, annoyed/ing, careful, safe Adv : understandably, successfully, annoyingly, carefully, safely /!\ UNsuccessful, MISunderstanding
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Video - lost boy (resume)
followed his brother - got tired and fell asleep - jumped on a train - almost drowned twice in the Ganges - was threatened by a man - found safety in an orphanage - met his new family - arrived in Tasmania - started scouring Google Maps - showed a picture of himself as a child - was taken to his mother