Barbara constantine 2 Flashcards

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Cheat sheet
Push-up
Shoe fam

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Pompe f

And push up, shoe

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Throw out, away

Fire, sack

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Virer

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I’m knackered

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Je suis crevé -e

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Laze around
Day dream
Veg out

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Buller

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Mess, muck around

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Glander

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Digs, room

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Piaule f

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News

Breaking news

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Info f
Flash info
Fact or fiction info ou intox

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Good job

Good work

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Bon coup

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Blood pressure

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Tension f

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Glued to, transfixed

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Scotcher

Les yeux scotchés sur l’écran

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Transplant organ

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Greffe f

And graft

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Great grand parents

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Arrière-grands-parents

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Sleep like a log

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Dormir comme une masse

Etre à la masse. Be away w the fairies, not with it, be out of touch

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Unemployed n

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Sans-emploi
Chômeur
Note: Aujourd’hui, le terme “demandeur d’emploi” est préféré à celui de “chômeur”, ce dernier étant connoté.

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Issue
Concern
At stake

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Enjeu m

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Feel tired all of a sudden

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Avoir un coup de pompet

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Abbreviate v

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Abréger

Abrègement abbreviation

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Rescue, snatch v

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Arracher

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Mashed potatoes

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Purée de pommes d t

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Opt for, choose, select

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Opter pour

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Play hide and seek

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Jouer à cache-cache

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Bird droppings

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Couverts de crottes d’oiseaux

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Icky, gross adj

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Dégueu slang fr degueulasse

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Wipe, dry yrself

Suffer sustain, endure, bear

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S’essuyer

Essuyer

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Badly, spitefully, maliciously adv
Méchamment
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Cooly, coldly
Froidement Chaudement Ils se sont habillés chaudement
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Mucus
Morve f | Avoir la morve au nez
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Crack, split, gap
Fente f
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Deer, roe, venison
Chevreuil m
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Empty handed, disappointed, unsuccessful adj
Bredouille
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Borrow
Emprunter qqc à qqn | Prêter qqc à qqn lend
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Mammal
Mammifère m
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Unexpected, surprising adj
Inattendu
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Loudly. Noisily
Bruyamment
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Currently
Actuellement | NOT actually
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Put up for sale
(Décider de) mettre en vente
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That' enough! Enough!Give it up! | Be fed up witn
``` C'est marre En avoir de marre j'en ai marre îm sick of it im fed up Marrer laugh Se marrer giggle laugh ```
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Be on edge, be wound up
Avoir les nerfs en pelote Pelote de laine ball of wool Pekote f ball
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From now on adv
Dorénavant
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Real estate agent
Agent immobilier | Agence immobilière f
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Kitty pool Nest egg Jackpot
Cagnotte f
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Licence fee, royalty
Redevance f
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Dough, bread, money slang
Blé m Ne t'inquiète pas. Il a du blé! Wheat
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gloominess, despondency, despair, bleakness
ras-le-bol nm inv familier Après l'augmentation des impôts, du prix de l'essence et du gaz, il y a eu une sorte de ras-le-bol général. Following the increases in taxes and the prices of petrol and gas, there was a kind of general despondency.
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Slum, shanty town
Bidonville m
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Wing (plane, political, bird, house)
Aile m
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Oversensitive to pain, cosy, snug, comfortable
Douillet C'est un enfant très douillet On est bien dans ce lit douillet.
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Chat on the net
Chatter sur les réseaux
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Put up with sb | Get stuck with sth
Se coltiner qqn qqc Je me coltine la belle-mère. Tu te coltines la vaisselle!
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The latest fad, whim,fancy, nyck
La dernière lubie
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Lost soul, drop out, isolated n
Paumé m Paume f palm Paumer v lose Se paumer get lost
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Stroke, pat v
Flatter And flatter, pander to Se flatter fancy yr self be proud of Il se flatte d'être le meilleur ouvrier.
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Merry, in high spirits, laughing adj
Hilare | Je suis sorti hilare de ce spectacle
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Vague, evasive adj
Evasif | Sa réponse est évasive.
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Check out, eye, look at
Mater And subdue, put down La police mate la révolte Les garçons matent les filles
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Competition
Concurrence f Concurrencer compete with, be in comp with Les journaux en ligne concurrencent la presse papier
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Neighbourhood
Voisinage m | De bon voisinage good neighbour
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I say, by the way, hey!
Dis dinc | Bah dis donc, eh bah dis donc well i never
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Stinging nettle
Ortie f
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Casserole dish Dish Incense burner
Cassolette f | J'ai mangé une cassolette de poisson
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Field mouse
Mulot m
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Wobbly, won'y, precarious, lopsided
Bancal | C'est une solution bancal, elle ne durera pas
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Easily, comfortably adv
Aisément | Elle vit très aisément de son salaire
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Laundry f
Blanchisserie f
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Everything n
Toutim m
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Bad-tempered, sour, sour tempered adj
Acariâtre | Elle a toujours été acariâtre.
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Slug also fig
Limace f
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Beekeeping
Apiculture f
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Congratulate v
Congratuler qqn
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Scheme, plot v
Manigancer
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Chilled, chilled out, laid back, cushy, easy adj
Peinard | J'étais peinard dans mon lit...
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Bra
Soutif m | Culottes undies
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Sleeplessness n
Insomnie | Il souffre d'insomnie et ne dort que 3 hrs par nuit
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Layer, coat ( paint, creame on strawberries etc), layer of the earth
Couche f | Nappy
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Coax, cajole, | soften, become softer
Amadouer | S'amadouer
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Fuss n
Tralala m
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Fear fam
Trouille f Crever de trouille be scared to death Ficher, flanquer la trouille à qqn scare the living daylights out of sb
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To diet
Se mettre au régime
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Bottle (baby) | feed n
Biberon m | Donner le biberon bottle feed
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Burp, belch
Rot m | Faire de rot
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Midwife
Sage-femme
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Bicker, squabble
Chamailler
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Gravedigger
Fossoyeur
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Lay (eggs),produce deliver
Pondre | Il a encore pondu un article pour le journal.
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Guardian
Tuteur | And tutor
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Homesick
Mal du pays
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Tail shadow
Filature nf | And spinning , spinning mill
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Class | Layer
Couche f LLa couche ouvrière est à la peine en période de crise financière. The working class finds itself in difficulty during times of financial crisis.
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Sommersault
Galipette f
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Granny gran old lady
Mémère
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Facelift
Ravalement m
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Engagement
Fiançailles fpl
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Wriggle fidget
Gigoter
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Feeble
Pâle
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Brass
Laiton m
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Sieve colander
Passoire f
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Renovate spruce up do up
Retaper
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bored, weary adj | indifferent, impervious, inured adj
Blasé
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Snooty, stuck up
Pimbêche f
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come what may expr | for better or worse expr
Vaille que vaille
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Victim scape goat whipping boy
Souffre-douleur m
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Gutter
Gouttière f
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Clown fool
Pitre m | Il fait le pitre pour faire rire ses camarades.
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Identikit
Portrait-robot m
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Closet store room box room
Débarass m
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Beardless, smooth faced, shaven, hairless
Imberbe | And novice
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Be cold, be freezing fam
Se peler | Slang be freezing yr butt off
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Grumble, gripe, moan | Rebuke scold
Rouspéter
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Ordeal
Calvaire m
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Heckle, jeer | Disrupt v
Chahuter