B Flashcards
(113 cards)
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aboutir
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to succeed, turn out well, come to a successful conclusion
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aboutir à
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to lead to, result in; to end at/in
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aboutir à un compromis
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to come to a compromise
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abouti
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finished, completed
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s’affirmer
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to assert yourself
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(s’)allonger
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to lay down, stretch out; to prolong, extend, make sth longer; to get longer
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(l’)allongé
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lying, stretched out; dead person (fam)
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bouillir
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to boil; to be boiling with rage, seethe, fume
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faire bouillir/frémir
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to boil
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faire bouillir la marmite
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to be the breadwinner, bring home the bacon
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ça fait un bail
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long time no see
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le chantier
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building site, construction work; mess (fam)
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en chantier
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under construction; in a mess
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chevronné, expérimenté
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experienced, seasoned, highly-qualified
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convoquer
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to summon, call in, ask to attend
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couché
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lying, stretched out; crouched
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cuire
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to cook; to bake
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dur à cuire
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hard nut to crack, tough cookie
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déambuler, errer
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to wander
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déceler
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to detect, discover, spot, find
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le déclic
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click(ing), tick(ing); spur, stimulus, prompt, cue
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avoir un/le déclic
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the penny drops, something clicks, to have a brainwave/light-bulb moment
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deviner
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to guess, work out, figure out, surmise; to sense, perceive; to make sth out
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dinguer
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to slam into sth
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le/la dingue
madman, madwoman, lunatic
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dingue (fam)
mad, crazy; incredible, unbelievable
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être raide dingue de (qch/qn)
to be crazy about sth/sb
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le truc de dingue
crazy stuff
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le dos
back, spine
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avoir bon dos
to be a convenient scapegoat
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le coup de couteau dans le dos
a stab in the back
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dans le dos (fam)
behind sb's back
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de dos
from behind, from the back
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être sur le dos de (qn)
to be on sb's back
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se mettre (qn) à dos
to set sb against you, make an enemy of sb
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scier le dos à (qn)
to get on sb's nerves
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tourner le dos à (qch/qn)
to turn your back on (sth/sb)
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voyager sac au dos
to go backpacking
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écarter
to move aside; to take away, divert; to spread, part, open, move apart; to rule out, dismiss; to exclude, remove
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s'écarter
to step aside, move out of the way; to move away; to stray/digress from
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écarté
isolated, remote, well away from sth
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l'écart (m)
distance, gap, space, interval; difference; swerve; deviation, lapse, going off the rails
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à l'écart
over there
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à l'écart de (qch/qn)
well away from sth/sb
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creuser l'écart
to widen the gap
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l'écart de conduite
misconduct, misdemeanour; cheating (on sb)
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l'écart de langage
misuse/inappropriate use of language
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faire un écart
to step aside, move out of the way; to slip up, break the rules
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rester/se tenir à l'écart
to keep your distance, stay away, steer clear; to stay out of sth
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se mettre/se tenir à l'écart
to shut yourself away, keep yourself to yourself
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tenir (qn) à l'écart
to remove sb from somewhere, put sb in isolation
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éloigner
to move sth away; to push/drive sb away, alienate; to postpone, put off; to take away, divert
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s'éloigner
to move/pull away
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s'éloigner (de qch)
to get away, distance yourself; to digress
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s'éloigner (de qn)
to grow apart
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à bon escient
wisely, astutely, intelligently
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à mauvais escient
ill-advisedly, unwisely, inappropriately
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éveillé
alert (mentally), sharp, quick (intellectually)
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flâner
to wander; to lounge about, do nothing
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foncer
to become darker; to hurry up (fam); to have drive (fam)
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foncer bille en tête
to blindly push on, dive in head first, bulldoze ahead
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foncer dans le tas
to rush in
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frémir
to tremble, shake, quiver; to emerge
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frémir d'aise
to quiver with pleasure
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frissonner
to shiver; to shake, tremble
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le frisson
shiver
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se gour(r)er (de)
to get mixed-up, make a slip-up/mistake, get the wrong sth
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l'indemnité (f)
compensation, damages; allowance
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médire de/sur
to bad-mouth, slander, bitch about
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mûrir
to ripen; to mature, grow up
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laisser mûrir une idée
to think/mull over an idea
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mûr
ripe; experienced; mature; ready, fully developed; drunk (fam)
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d'âge mûr
middle-aged
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aller droit dans le mur
to be heading for disaster
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être dos au mur
to have your back to the wall, be backed into a corner, have no way out
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faire le mur
to sneak out
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mettre (qn) au pied du mur
to back (sb) into a corner
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(le) pédant
conceited; show-off
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pendre
to hang
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se pendre
to hang yourself; to hang, cling
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prémunir
to protect, shield
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se prémunir
to protect yourself, guard against
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prétendre
to claim, affirm, maintain
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prétendre faire qch
to claim/maintain you can do sth; to intend/aim to do sth
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prétendre à
to be entitled to, have the right to, qualify for
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se prétendre qch
to claim to be sth
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prétendre à des indemnités
to claim damages
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prétendre à un poste de (qch)
to look for a job as (sth)
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rendre dingue
to drive sb mad
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rendre fou/folle
to drive sb mad; to drive sb crazy (arouse)
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sois prudent
be careful
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la sonnette
bell, doorbell
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le coup de sonnette
ring at the door
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tirer la sonnette d'alarme
to raise the alarm, set the alarm bells ringing
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soudain(ement), subitement, tout à coup
suddenly, abruptly
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la soudaineté
suddenness, sudden nature, unexpectedness
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soupçonner
to suspect; to doubt, have doubts about
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subit
sudden, immediate
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supplier (qn) de faire (qch)
to beg/plead with sb to do sth
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susciter (l'enthousiasme, l'intérêt, une vive réaction)
to arouse, provoke; to stir up, set off
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se taire
to keep quiet, say nothing
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faire taire (qn)
to shush, shut sb up
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le tort
fault, wrongdoing; harm, injustice
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à tort
wrongly, mistakenly; unjustly, undeservedly
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avoir tort
to be wrong
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accuser (qn) à tort
to wrongly accuse
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causer du tort à (qn)
to hurt (sb's feelings), offend
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donner tort à (qn)
to rule against
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être dans son tort
to be in the wrong
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faire du tort à (qn)
to do sb wrong, hurt, harm
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traîner
to drag (around); to lie around; to dawdle; to drag on; to last/take long; to be stuck with; to hang down to
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se traîner
to go at a snail's pace; to drag yourself along/about
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être à la traîne
to be/lag behind; to be behind the times
