CB 2 Flashcards

(76 cards)

1
Q

autoroute, route nationale

A

Highway

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autoroute (USA)

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Freeway (gratuite) / Motorway (M1) / Expressway

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une route à péage

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a toll road

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4
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un bilan, le tribut

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the toll

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5
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le code de la route

A

the Highway code

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6
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venteux

A

windy

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serpenter / remonter (une montre), enrouler

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to wind, wound, wand (a watch)

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clôturer un speech, un compte en banque

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to wind up a speech, a bank account

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le phare

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the lighthouse

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le brouillard de mer / la brume

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the fog, foggy

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le mélange de brouillard et de fumée (brouillard industriel)

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the smog

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se garer

A

to park

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au crépuscule

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at dusk

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l’écume

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the foan, foany

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les embruns

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sea spray

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16
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ça sent le brûlé

A

it smells of burning

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17
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y a anguille sous roche

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to small a rat

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se retirer

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to recede

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19
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une bande

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a strip

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jonché d’algues

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seaweed-strewn

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fruits de mer

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seafood

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coquillage

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seashell

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23
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un changement profond

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a sea change

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une rayure

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a stripe

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immensité
vastness
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gigantesque
vast
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les écrans de cinéma
the movie screens
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s'émerveiller
to marvel
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la taille
the size
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envahir
to march into
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poser une mine
to plant a mine
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une graine
a seed
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enterrer
to bury
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une tombe
a grave
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une ville fantôme avec des becs de lièvres
a city of harelipped ghosts
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un lièvre
a hare
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avoir un bec de lièvre
to be harelip
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semer le doute
to sow (sowed, sown) seeds of doubt
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rugir
to roar
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oublieuse
unmindful
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barboter, se tremper les pieds
to wade
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un péché
a sin
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pécher
to sin (sinned)
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se noyer
to drown
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le fond
the bottom
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adopter une idée
to embrace a ...
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faire la grasse matinée
to have a lie in
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un boulangerie
baker
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aller à la boulangerie
to go to the baker's / the bakery
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aller au bureau de tabac
to go to the tobacconist's
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aller chez le marchand de journaux
to go to the newsagent 's
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aller chez le teinturier / au pressing
to go to the dry cleaner's
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aller chez le poissonnier
to go to the fishmonger's
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cordonnier
shoemaker
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esthéticienne
beautician
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papéterie
the stationer's
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l'usine de papier
the paper mill
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mastiquer bruyamment
to munch
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se ranger sur le bord de la route
to pull over
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s'arrêter
to pull up
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déboiter
to pull out
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une nappe
a tablecloth
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une serviette
a napkin
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une corbeille de pain tranché
a basket of sliced bread
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disposer
to arrage, to lay,
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mettre la table
to lay the table
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l'agencement
the layout
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un set de table
a table mat / a placemat
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une soucoupe
a saucer
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une soucoupe volante
a flying saucer
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hausser les épaules
to shrug
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qu'est-ce qui t'arrive
what's come over you ?
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en s'asseyant
sitting down
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bénir la table
to say a prayer / to thank God for the food
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dire la messe
to say Mass
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un peu plus tard
a bit later on / shortly afterwards