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2018 11 Vocabulary Flashcards

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I have a super busy morning.

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J’ai une matinée hyper chargée.

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To give up siege, yield power
He gave me his seat

To give in to sleep, yield to temptation

To force a door, lock

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Céder siège, pouvoir à qqn
Il m’a cédé sa place

Céder à sommeil, tentation, menace

Faire céder une porte, serrure

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Soft light
Sweet wine
Mild weather
  It’s mild today
Gentle slope
How sweet it is to be loved!
How lovely to get into bed
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Doux, douce 
Lumière, vin,temps,pente
  Il fait doux aujourd’hui 
Qu’il est doux d’être aimé !
Qu’il est doux d’aller se coucher!
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To inquire about st. (Informal)

To ask what sb is doing

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S’enquérir de
S’enquérir de ce que qqn fait
S’enquérir de la santé de qn

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Before; as before
We’ll do as we did before

Shortly before

Previously, formerly, beforehand
Previously he was ambassadeur

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Auparavant; comme auparavant
Nous ferrons comme auparavant

Peu auparavant

Il était auparavant ambassadeur

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Exasperating
He’s exasperatingly slow

To exasperate, drive up the wall

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Horripilant, horripilante

Il est d’une lenteur horripilante

Horripiler

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To collapse
To make st collapse

To collapse with laughter, exhaustion
He was “slumped” on his bed

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Écrouler, S’écrouler
faire écrouler qqc

S’Écrouler de rire, de fatigue

Il était écroulé sur son lit

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Knowledge
I met them yesterday
To lose consciousness

Gratitude
Full of gratitude

Recognition

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La connaissance
J’ai fait leur connaissance hier
Perdre connaissance

La reconnaissance
Plein de reconnaissance

La reconnaissance

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Recognized by law
Country recognized in 1990

Known to be reliable

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Reconnu par la loi
Pays reconnu DEPUIS 1990

Être reconnu fiable

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To be recognizable BY st

Grateful

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Être reconnaissable à qqc

Reconnaissant, reconnaissante

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Pathetic, lousy, petty, crummy, a loser

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Minable

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To drop a bomb
To launch a ship

Informal: to give up, abandon studies; get dumped

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Larguer une bombe

Larguer études,
Se faire larguer

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To have a hard time. Doing st
To slave away. (Informal)

To be condemned to the galleys
A dog’s life. Informal
It’s a pain! Informal

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Galérer pour fair qqc

Galérer

Condamne aux galères
Vie de galère
C’est galère!

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To summon a person to

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Mander personne à

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Dated, archaic: virgin, maid

The maid of Orléans

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La pucelle d’Orleans

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Ugly girl

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Une laideron

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Plenty, aplenty
There are plenty of apples
He’s full of ideas

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Il y a des pommes à foison

Il a des idées à foison /fuh wa z~ohn/

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Droppings

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Les fiente. / fee AHNT/

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To sniff the air

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Humer

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Very vulgar: Asshole

To bugger
Fuck off!
To split hairs. Still very rude!

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Enculé, enculée

Enculer
Allez-vous faire enculer
Enculer les mouches

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Tramp, down and out

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Un clochard, une clocharde

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Informal: to annoy, hassle
Polite?: to bore to death

to be bored stiff

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Emmerder

S’emmerder

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Lunatic, nut, cracked

An oddball

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Un zinzin, zinzin

Énergumène

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To blow nose

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Moucher, se moucher

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Ugly, ghastly The weather is awful today. Fly, Bull’s eye Hit the bullseye, be right on target He wouldn’t hurt a fly
Moche Il fait moche aujourd’hui /m uh sh/ Une Mouche /m oo sh/ Faire mouche Il ne ferait pas de mal à une moucher
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Slang: Conk, schnoz, nose Bang! She can’t stand him.
Le pif Pif! Elle ne peux pas le piler
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Plonk cheap wine
La vinasse
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To size sb up, measure size of reservoir
Jauger personne, un Réservoir
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To sap, undermine Its wearing me down This land is mined
Miner Cela me mine Miné par les soucis Le terrain est miné
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Insane, frenzied Maniac A workaholic
Forcené C’est une travailleuse forcenée
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Boiler Gas Wood
Une chaudière à bois, à gaz
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I admit, I was rather hurt... To admit, confess To hurt, to hurt oneself
J’avoue que j’ai été assez meurtrie... Avouer Meurtrir, se meurtrir Meurtris, is, it, meurtrissons, issez, meurtrissent
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Let me see!
Fais voir Faites voir!
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To fall for it To pull sb leg I was just pulling your leg.
Marcher Faire marcher Je te faisais marcher.
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Crazy. A nutcase Informal: Crazy,nuts
Foldingue Siphonné, siphonnée. /SEE fun ay/
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Informal: To fiddle with. To grope, but as in. Mr. Trump gropes women Don’t touch the pears, please.
Tripoter M trump tripote les femmes. On ne tripote pas les poivrons, svp
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Old banger (car)
Une Vieille bagnole
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A skunk Scream one’s head off
Un putois Crier comme un putois
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An infection To smell bad, to stink Fig.: to be disgusting
Une infection Être une infection
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Informal: a little house, a dump
Une bicoque
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Slang: Take it easy! Go easy on the wine!
Vas-y mollo. /muhllo/ | Vas-y mollo avec le vin
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To splash, paddle, squelch, flounder about | In water, mud, snow
Patauger. /pay toh ZHay/ ....dans la boue, neige
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The meal was excellent/not good a real bunch of lazybones. The much talked about conference
Le repas étais fameux/pas fameux Une fameuse bande de fainéants Le fameuse conférence
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The weather is lovely. A charming, lovely man
Il fait un temps délicieux . Un homme délicieux
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To flirt with | To get close to (fig.)
Flirter avec
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Informal: to eat
Boulotter
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A double | He’s the spitting image of you!
Un sosie C’est ton sosie!
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It’s a deal! Cheap, cheaper Informal: to top it off...
Marché conclu! Bon marché, meilleur marché Par-dessus le marché
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To buy back I’m going to buy more wine To redeem To redeem oneself. In the eyes of. By.
Racheter Je vais Racheter du vin. Mines all drunk Racheter Se racheter aux yeux de... par
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Modest
Modique
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Informal: To scheme, use trickery Scheming, a trick
Finasser Une finasserie
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Business: a deposit | To put down, paya deposit
Un arrhes. / ahrrr/ Verser un arrhes
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A tramp. Informal
Clochard, clocharde Un clodo
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Exhausting, hilarious To puncture, burst; To exhaust This child is exhausting me. To be freezing, starving, dying of the heat Sink or swim!
Crevant Crever Cet enfant me crève Crever de faim, froid, chaud Marche ou crève
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A mutt
Clébard, clebs
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To fiddle with, doctor Trafficker, dealer (drugs, other illegal)
Trafiquer Traffiquqant, trafiquante
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To fit together
Emboîter
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To disappoint I’m disappointed in you. Disappointing
Décevoir Tu me déçois. Décevant, décevante
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Fossé
Douve. / doo v/
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To duck, dodge, sidestepped
Esquiver
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Tubby Informal: job To work! You did a great job.
Boulot, boulotte Boulot Au boulot! Tu as fait du bon boulot
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Handy, convenient Easy Chest of drawers
Commode
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To grind, crush To be in the doldrums
Broyer Broyer du noir
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Grant, scholarship Purse
Une bourse
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Jumbo jumbo, gobbledygook
La charabia
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Archaic: nay
Nenni
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To turn purple
Violacer
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Moldy Mold
Moisi. /mwa zee/. Equal stress both syllables Moisissure /mwa zee syur/ Odeur de moisissure
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Récolter, to gather
Moissonner
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To be scared stiff
Avoir la trouille
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To frustrate, evade, foil | To frustrate the tricks of the enemy
Déjouer | Déjouer les pièges de l’ennemie
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To puzzle Diversion Crushing defeat
Dérouter Déroutement Déroute
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``` To slaughter (animal) To destroy To bring down (tyrant) To pull down (wall, building) ```
Abattre Abats, abats, abat, Abattons, ez, ent
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There are flashes of lightening Brief meeting Quick visit Fast meal Blitzkrieg
Il y a des éclairs Rencontre éclair Visite éclair Repas éclair Guerre éclair
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Lighting Dim lighting In that light... Gas lighting
Éclairage Éclairage faible Sous cet éclairage Éclairage au gaz
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To lighten, to clarify Sunny spell; break in weather
Éclaircir Éclaircie
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Changer d’avis
Raviser
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Failed attempt Ruined cake Wasted life Disappointing film
Tentative manqué Gâteau Vie Film
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To soil, make dirty Soiled, dirty Tâche A slob
Souiller Souillé Souillure Une souillon
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Lively Liveliness, spirit, get up and go To be / not to be very lively She is full of life
Entraînant Un entrain. /ahn trahn/ Être plein/manquer d’entrain Elle est plein d’entrain
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To move closer to
Rapprocher de
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Mistake To make a stupid mistake Fault, failing, defect
Une faute Faire une bêtise Un défaut
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A blooper Watch out, you’re going to fall. You must watch out.
Une gaffe Fais gaffe, tu vas tombé! Il faut faire gaffe.
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Se comporter toward, with
Se conduire envers, avec Il se conduit comme idiot Tiens-Toi bien! Est-ce que l’ordinateur marche?
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To turn on
Actionner
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To doubt that I doubt that she’ll come tonight To have doubts about To doubt the innocence of To suspect I thought as much!
Douter que Je doute qu’elle vienne ce soir Douter de Douter l’innocence de Se douter Je m’en doutais!
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To arrange To arrange chairs along a wall To have at one’s disposal You have 5 minutes... Formal: thank you. You may go.
Disposer ...des chaises le long d’un mur Disposer de Vous disposer 5 minutes .. Vous pouvez disposer.
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I can’t bring myself to believe it... | I can’t believe it...
Je n’arrive pas à y croire
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To mumble
Bredouiller
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To hold an spellbound
Tenir qn en haleine
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To eat. (5) But NEVER: (1) Informal 1
Déguster, déjeuner, petit déjeuner, goûter, dîner Ne jamais: manger! Informal: bouffer
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Kill them all! He bellowed. To howl with pain, rage, anger To rev engine
Tues-les tous! Rugit-il Rugir de douleur, rage, colère Faire rougir. [le moteur?]

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