6/11/23 Flashcards

(58 cards)

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éprouver

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= ressentir
to feel

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une embarcation

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a boat / craft

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bondée

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overcrowded

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une vague

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a wave

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5
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rempli d’espoir

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filled with hope

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triste de quitter

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sad to leave

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pays natal

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motherland / homeland

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un gilet de sauvetage

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life jacket

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on ne peut pas s’abriter / il n’y a nulle part où s’abriter

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they cannot find shelter / aren’t sheltered / no shelter

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l’immensité de la mer

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the vastness of the sea

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un passager / une passagère

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passenger

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12
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se sentir perdu / regret

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to feel lost / regret

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13
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prendre la bonne décision

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to make the right decision

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être assailli par le doute

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to be assaulted by doubt

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défrayer la chronique

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to hit the headlines

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16
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joindre les deux bouts

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to make ends meet

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17
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la traversée

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le passage

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cauchemardesque

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nightmarish

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19
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du bétail

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like cattle

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20
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entassé

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piled up

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21
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ne plus fermer l’œil

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to not be able to sleep

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assaillir

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to assail / to attack

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l’arrondissement

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a district in Paris, Lyon or Marseille

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la plupart

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le carton
cardboard box
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les traits fins
fine features
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la joue (creuse)
(hollow) cheek
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creuser
to dig
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un exode
an exodus / migration
30
ceux
the ones
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ceux qui leur ont promis
the ones who promised them
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emmener
to take
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un hangar
shed
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verser
to pour / pay
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le témoignage
testimony / personal story
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le passeur
smuggler
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un chalutier
trawler
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un pêcheur
trawlerman
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pneumatique
inflatable
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la serre
greenhouse
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serré
tight / tightly packed / dense
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être à l’aise
to be at ease
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l'enfer
hell
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épuisé
exhausted
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évanoui
unconscious
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s’évanouir
to faint
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chavirer
to capsize / overturn
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pire
worse
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faire demi-tour
to turn around
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carburant
fuel
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une latte
board
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se briser
to break
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noyés
drowned
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en larmes
in tears
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couler
to sink
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secourir
to rescue
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le guetteur
look-out
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guetter
to look out for