C Flashcards
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assister
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to help, assist, support, give aid to; to comfort, be with
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assister à
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to see, witness; to be present, attend, be at/there
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assister à des cours
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to take a course/classes
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aviser
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to decide, make a decision; to inform, let sb know
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avisé
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wise, shrewd, sound, well-considered
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s’aviser de (qch)
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to realise, notice, become aware of sth
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s’aviser de faire (qch)
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to risk doing sth, dare to do sth
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être bien/mal avisé de faire
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to be a good/bad idea to do sth
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bercer
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to rock, cradle, lull, soothe; to beguile, delude; to bring sb up, raise
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se bercer d’illusions
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to delude yourself
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ça a fait tilt
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the penny dropped, it suddenly clicked
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ça a fait tilt entre nous
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we clicked when we met
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Comment ça se fait?
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How come?
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les commérages
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gossip
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confondre
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to get mixed up, mistake, confuse; to confound, baffle, stun; to foil; to combine
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se confondre
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to become mixed up/confused
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se confondre avec (qch)
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to merge/blend into sth
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se confondre en excuses
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to apologise profusely
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se confondre en remerciements
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to thank sb profusely
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la contenance
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capacity; attitude; composure
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faire bonne contenance
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to keep your composure
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perdre contenance
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to lose your composure
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se donner une contenance
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to put up a front
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égarer
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to lose, misplace; to distort; to get the better of sb
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s'égarer
to get lost; to disgress; to forget yourself
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embêter (fam)
to annoy, irritate, bother, be a nuisance
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s'embêter
to be/get bored; to bother with, worry about
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emmener
to take (transport; go with sb); to lead
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s'enfuir
to flee, run away, make your escape
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s'enfuir à toutes jambes
to leg it
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l'esprit (m)
mind, psyche, intellect; sense; spirit, ghost
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à l'esprit fermé
to be close-minded, narrow-minded
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l'état d'esprit
state of mind; mood
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étroit d'esprit
narrow-minded
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ouvert d'esprit
open-minded, broad-minded
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avoir (qch) à l'esprit
to have sth in mind
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avoir bon esprit
to be open-minded, be approachable, be good-natured
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avoir de l'esprit
to be witty
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avoir l'esprit à faire (qch)
to be in the mood to do sth, feel like doing sth
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avoir l'esprit de compétition
to be competitive
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avoir l'esprit de famille
to be family-oriented
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avoir l'esprit d'escalier
to be slow off the mark, always think of a witty comeback when it's too late
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avoir l'esprit mal tourné
to have a dirty mind
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avoir l'esprit vif
to be quick-witted
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avoir mauvais esprit
to be a negative person, have a negative outlook
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chasser (qch) de son esprit
to get sth out of your head
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l'esprit de contradiction
argumentative nature
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faire du mauvais esprit
to be nasty, make snide remarks
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faire le vide dans son esprit/sa tête
to clear your mind
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garder (qch) à l'esprit
to bear/keep sth in mind
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l'idée m'a traversé l'esprit
the idea crossed my mind
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(s')occuper l'esprit
to keep your mind off things, occupy your mind
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la tournure d'esprit
way of thinking
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étroit
narrow
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être/se sentir à l'étroit
to be/feel cramped/hemmed in, not have much space; to be tight (clothes)
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s'évanouir
to faint, pass out; to vanish, disappear
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facturer
to charge (sth) for (sth)
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facturer (qch) à (qn)
to charge sb for sth
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facturer (qn)
to bill/invoice sb
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surfacturer
to overcharge
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la facture
receipt; bill, invoice
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la facture (non) échue
bill that is not yet due; overdue bill
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régler une facture
to pay a bill
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facturable à (qn)
chargeable to, payable by
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l'adresse de facturation
billing address
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la facturette
card receipt
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fiable
reliable, dependable, trustworthy
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fouiller
to search, conduct a search of; to rummage/go through; to excavate; to rack your brains; to look deeply into
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se fouiller (fam)
dream on
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fouiller dans ses souvenirs/son esprit
to search your memory/mind
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fuir
to flee, run away; to leak; to avoid, shun; to fly by
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fuir (qch) comme la peste
to avoid like the plague
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fuir les problèmes
to avoid/run away from one's problems
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faire fuir (qn)
to put sb off, deter; to scare sb off
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la malchance
bad luck, misfortune
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jouer de malchance
to be plagued by bad luck
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par malchance
unfortunately
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pour comble de malchance
to cap it all off, to make things worse
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se moquer de qch
to pay no attention to sth, not care/give a damn about sth
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se moquer de qn
to laugh at, make fun of, tease, taunt; to make a fool of
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s'en moquer
to really not care, not give a damn
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se moquer du monde
to have one hell of a nerve, to be taking the piss
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nickel (fam)
spotless, spick and span; great, excellent, awesome
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c'est nickel
it's fantastic, it's amazing
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nier
to deny, refute
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nier l'évidence
to ignore the evidence, deny the obvious
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nier tout en bloc
to deny everything completely
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oser
to dare; to be daring, be bold
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oser faire (qch)
to dare to do sth, have the audacity/cheek to do sth
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osé
daring, audacious; risqué
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outrepasser
to overstep; to override
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pile-poil (fam)
exactly, right, dead
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plaisanter (sur)
to joke, mess around; to tease, make fun of sb
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Qu'est-ce qu'il y a?
What's wrong? What is it?
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rapprocher
to bring sth closer; to bring sth forward; to magnify, enlarge
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rapprocher qch de qch
to compare sth with sth
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rapprocher qn de qn
to put sb in touch with sb
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se rapprocher (de)
to come/get/move closer; to become more frequent; to be getting there; to become/grow closer
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remplir
to fill, refill; to fill sth in
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se remplir
to fill up
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remplir ses objectifs
to achieve your targets
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remplir son rôle
to do your job, carry out your duties, fulfil your responsibilities
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remplir un critère/une condition
to meet/fulfil a criterion/condition/requirement
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royalement (fam)
royally, utterly, completely
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se moquer royalement de (qch)
could not care less about sth
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taquiner
to tease, annoy
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se taquiner
to tease each other
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tromper
to mislead, deceive, trick, outwit; to cheat on sb; to fail (memory); to betray
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se tromper
to make a mistake, be mistaken
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se tromper de chemin
to take the wrong path
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se tromper lourdement/royalement
to make a big/huge mistake
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se tromper sur le compte de (qn)
to be mistaken about sb
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se tromper sur toute la ligne
to get everything wrong, be way off the mark
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tromper l'attente/le temps
to kill time
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tromper l'ennui/la faim
stave off boredom/hunger
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tu ne peux pas te tromper
you can't go wrong
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(le) veuf
widowed, widower
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la veuve
widow
