21 Flashcards

(64 cards)

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délaissé

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abandoned, deserted

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désaffecté

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disused

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manoir

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manoir, country house

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reculé

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remote

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démarrer un site internet

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to start up a website

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sobre

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sober, plain, simple

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moche

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ugly

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taguer

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graffiti, 涂鸦

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faire perdurer leur mémoire

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garder leur souvenir

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arpenter

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to pace up and down, 大步走遍, 丈量

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mettre en relief

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souligner, accentuer

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la murale

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mural, a mural work of art, such as painting

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sonnet

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sonnet, 十四行诗

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la brique

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brick

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donner une texture à

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give the texture of

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en bordure de

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on the edge of

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le carré

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the square

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foyer intellectuel

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culture center

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trancher sur/avec

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to contrast sharply with

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une métaphore

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metaphor, symbol

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le tracé rigoureux

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the line strict/neat, the structure clear and strict

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s’imposer

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to be imperative, to be essential

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le sang

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blood

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bâtir

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to build

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se débarrasser de
to get rid of
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s’enfuir
to run away
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stupéfaction
amazement
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contrer qch
to counter, oppose to
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entamer
to start
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une société en mutation
à changing society
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sauvage
wild, unspoiled(nature), unsocial
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une carrière
career
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parallèlement
in parallel, at the same time
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contempler
to contemplate, view or consider, gaze at
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être réticent à l’idée de
be reluctant to accept the idea of
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investir un lieu
to move into a place
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déambuler
to stroll about
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en décrépitude
in a state of decay
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pittoresque
picturesque, colorful
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digne de
worthy of
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frisson
trembling, shuddering
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baroudeur
aventurier, adventurer, fighter
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bouillonnant
bubbling, animé
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carrément
completely, straight out of
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s’apercevoir que
to notice, realize that
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donner naissance à
to give birth to, give rise to
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à n’importe quel prix
at any cost
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le tourisme de masse
crowd tourism, 大众旅行
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masquer
to mask, conceal, hide
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précaire
precarious, (emploi)insecure
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fragiliser
to weaken, to make fragile
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partiellement
partially
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déclarer
to announce, declare, report
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énumérer
to list, enumerate
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flambée des prix
explosion in price
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un revers
reverse, setback
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miner
to undermine, weaken or ruin
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riverain
local resident
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hybride
hybrid, mixed
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se métamorphoser en
to metamorphose into, transform into
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excédé de travail
worn out with work
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incessant
incessant, unceasing
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se prémunir de/contre
to protect oneself from
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seuil de pauvreté
poverty line