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Volume 2 Flashcards

1
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l’avènement

A

accession

coming

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pour autant

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even so
for all that
however

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écarteler

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tear apart

quarter

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caritatif (adj)

une association caritative
une organisation caritative

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charitable

charitable association
charitable organization

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à son egard

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towards him/her

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attachant (ajd)

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appealing
charming
engaging
captivating

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socieux (adj)

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concerned

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découler de

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to follow from
to result from
to flow from

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bien fondé (adj)

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well founded

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à l’état brut

A

in its natural state

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cramer

se cramer

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burn
combust
to be on fire (can be figurative)

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kiffer (colloq)

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to like

be fond of

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l’orge (f)

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barley

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14
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un pipeau

A

flute

pipe

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15
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sciemment

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knowingly

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l’enneigement

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snowfall

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enneigé (adj)

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snowbound

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18
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engranger

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gather

store

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19
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une balise

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beacon
marker
signpost

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le volet

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shutter
flap

constituent (politics, business)
section (folded material)

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21
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rythmer

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to make rythmic

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le rythme

au rythme de

changer au rythme des saisons

rythme cardiaque

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rhythm
rate

at a rate of

to change in step with the seasons

heart rate

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éberluer

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to dumbfound

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éprouvant (adj)

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gruelling

trying

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le SAMU

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Service d’Assistance Médicale d’Urgence

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rapetisser

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to dwarf
make smaller
shrink

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le jugement

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judgement
verdict
decision
opinion

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serviable (adj)

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helpful

obliging

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premièrement

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firstly, first

for a start (to introduce an objection)

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30
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effectivement

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indeed
actually
really
effectively

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31
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succeder

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to follow

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32
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une evidence

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obviousness

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33
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éclore

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hatch

open

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34
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la croissance

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growth

development

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35
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un socle

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pedestal

base

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la précarité

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precariousness

tenuousness

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le ras-le-bol

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discontent
lassitude
exhaustion

38
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un colloque

A

symposium

conference

39
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une cocotte

A

casserole
glass or pottery baking dish
darling, honey (informal)
loose woman (dated, colloq, pejor)

40
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cocotter

A

to stink

41
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gueuler

gueuler de douleur

gueuler comme un âne/putois/perdu

A

to bawl, yell, howl (colloq)
kick up a fuss

scream with pain

to scream bloody murder

42
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le mépris de

avoir du mépris pour

au mépris de la loi

A

contempt for

to despise

regardless of the law

43
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une plaie

une plaie vive

La plaie d’argent n’est pas mortelle.

A

wound
sore
plague

open sore

Money isn’t everything

44
Q

la galère

condamné aux galères

être dans la même galère

A

galley (of a ship)
hell (colloq)

sentenced to hard labour

to be in the same boat

45
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le bidon

bidon d’essence

A

can
tin
water bottle

gas can

46
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bidon (adj)

c’est du bidon
chèque bidon

A

phony
fraudulent

It’s a load of bull
bad cheque

47
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le dédoublement

dédoublement de la personnalité

A

bifurcation
splitting in two

split personality

48
Q

rarissime

A

extremely rare

49
Q

traire

machine à traire

A

to milk

milking machine

50
Q

un troufion

A

soldier

51
Q

raser

raser les murs

A

to shave
raze to the ground
graze
bore (colloq)

hug the walls (idiom)

52
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exécrable (adj)

A

dreadful

abhorrent

53
Q

exécrablement

A

abominably

despicably

54
Q

émerveiller

être émerveillé par

s’émerveiller de/devant qc

A

to fill with wonder

to marvel at

to marvel at st

55
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apparenter

s’apparenter à

A

be similar to

to resemble

56
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une conscience

A

conscience
conscienceness
heart
mind

57
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déboucher

déboucher de

déboucher sur
déboucher dans

A

unblock

to come out of

to open onto/ to lead to
to open into

58
Q

une rupture amoureuse

A

end of a love afair

59
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sinistre (adj)

de sinistres crétins/crapule

A

sinister
ominous
disastrous
dire

absolute idiots/crooks

60
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un sinistré

une sinistrée

A

disaster victim

61
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une permanente

A

perm (hair)

permanent feature

62
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bienheureux (adj)

A

blissful

63
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un bienheureux

une bienheureuse

A

fortunate, happy person

64
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fêler

A

to crack
split
fracture

65
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rageant (adj)

A

maddening

infuriating

66
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rager

A

to rage

be furiously angry

67
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régir

A

to govern
administer
steward

68
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un gouffre

le gouffre de l’oubli

A

gulf
chasm
abyss

the pit of oblivion

69
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éluder

A

elude
evade
fend off

70
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la life

A

life (used in TEDx talk)

71
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insupporter

A

to not tolerate (used in TEDx talk)

72
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cheminer

cheminer à travers/entre

A

to walk alone
plod
progress

to wend its way through/between

73
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un pèlerin

A

pilgrim

74
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sacré (adj)

A

sacred

75
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un tampon

servir de tampon

A

pad
stopper
buffer

to act as a buffer

76
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teinter

A

to tint
stain
tinge

77
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immanquablement

A

inevitably

78
Q

ployer

A

bend
bow
sag

79
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le caran

A

constraint
rigidity
straitjacket

80
Q 
tant
tant de
tant que
en tant que
tant mieux
tant pis
tant et plus
tant que mal
tant bien que mal
A 
so much
so much, so many
as
so much the better
too bad
so much and more
so hard
with great difficulty
81
Q

par rapport à

A

with reference to

82
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alors que

A

even though

83
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de par

A

as part of

84
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la tutelle

A

tutelage

guardianship

85
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faner

A

to fade

wither

86
Q

la délitescence

A

concealment

87
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le désavue

A

denial
rejection
condamnation

88
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la sollicitude

A

concern

solicitude

89
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vénérer

A

to venerate
worship
revere

90
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se tracasser pour

A

to worry about

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