Chap 6 Flashcards
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as a NOUN
A
en guise de NOM
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to be to someone’s liking
against someone’s will
you can modify the decoration to your liking
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être au gré de quelqu’un
contre le gré de quelqu’un
vous pouvez modifier le décor à votre gré
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to break, to break off, to interrupt, to disrupt,
to break up with
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romper
romper avec
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rout, crushing defeat
A
déroute (f)
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to be mistaken about
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(se) méprendre sur
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to deny to flag (one's interest)
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démentir
se démentir
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meanness, stinginess, mean trick or comment
A
mesquinerie (f)
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dumfound, astound
to be dumfounded, astounded by X
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ébahir
s’ébahir de/devant X
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erect, set up (statue, bldg); establish, set up
to set oneself up as, to stand up to
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ériger
s’ériger (en)
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tutor
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précepteur/préceptrice
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to move (sb/sth) from
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éloigner (qn/qch) de
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reach,
gain manage to sth
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parvenir
parvenir à faire qch
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grip, yoke of something
to break free of sth
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carcan (m)
briser le carcan de qch
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sin
A
péché (m)
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sprain (body part),
distortion of the truth
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entorse (f)
entorse de la vérité
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to push back (thing, idea)
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repousser
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to take over, take hold of
madness has taken over the village
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emparer, s’emparer
la folle s’est emparée du village
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scorn, contempt
to despise sth
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mépris (m)
avoir du mépris pour qch
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fixing things
hardware store
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bricolage (m)
maison de bricolage
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availability, leave
to take a leave of absence
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disponibilité (f)
se mettre en disponibilité
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to attempt
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tenter
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relaxation
A
détente (f)
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to grip
to shake someone’s hand
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serrer
serrer la main
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to release, let go of
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lâcher
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to settle in
se caler dans
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rough, bumpy (skin, fabric)
rugueux/rugueuse
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to represent (vt), to appear (vi)
to include sth in a report
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figurer
| faire figurer qch dans un rapport
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to imagine, actually
I can well imaging the amount of work it involves
I had actually got the point!
se figurer
je me figure le travail que cela présente.
J'avais compris, figurez-vous!
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to soften
amollir, s'amollir
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start, jump (n), burst
| with a start
sursaut (m)
| en sursaut
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to quiver, to ripple (waves, wind), to tremble (person)
the wind rippled the water
I shudder at the thought.
frémir
le vent faisait frémir les eaux
Je frémis à cette idée
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meadow
pré (m)
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charge, fee, royalty
redevance (f)
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shack, hut
cabane (f)
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footbridge, gangway
passerelle (f)
36
except for, apart from NOUN
hormis NOM
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to cook, to roast
| cooked
cuire
| cuit/cuite
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worse
what is (even) worse
it's worse than ever
pis
ce qui est pis
c'est pis que jamais
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bench
banc (m)
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stove, frying pan
| fried egg
poêle (m)
| oeuf à la poêle
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to stun, to deafen, to overpower
abrutir
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underdeveloped, puny (person, region, etc.)
chétif/chétive
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to shine, to glitter (vi)
reluire
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to entrust, consign
confier
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rotten, rotting, dismal, awful
| it smells rotten
pourri/pourrie
| ce sent le pourri
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sense of modesty, decency, propriety
pudeur (m)
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to overwhelm, to overburden, to condemn
accabler
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shining (with)
| eyes burning with anger
luisant/luisante (de)
| yeux luisant de colère
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to surround, to encircle
| he wore a scarf around his waist
ceinturer
| une écharpe ceinturait sa taille
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to nod/shake one's head
hocher la tête (de haut en bas/de droite à gauche)
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priest
curé (m)
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sheet (bed)
drap (m)
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pillow
oreiller (m)
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hiccup
| to have hiccups
hoquet (m)
| avoir le hoquet
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sorrow, grief
to hurt sb
it hurts me to see him so sad
peine (f)
faire de la peine à qn
ça me fait de la peine de le v voir si triste
56
mortgage
| to mortgage
hypothèque (f)
| hypothéquer
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to sob
sangloter
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procession
cortège (m)
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on the other hand
en revanche
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in addition to
| in addition to the problems mentioned,
outre
| outre les problèmes mentionnées
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otherwise
sinon
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cheeks
joues (f)
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waste (n, v), to squander
what a waste
what a waste of money
gaspillage (m), gaspiller (vt)
quel gaspillage
c'est de l'argent gaspillé
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to blow your nose
se moucher (le nez)
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to damage to ruin
| to be ruined
abimer
| être tout abimé
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talented, gifted
| to have a good head for (figures)
doué/douée
| être doué pour (les chiffres)
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barely (adv)
péniblement, guère
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healthy
safe and sound
sane
sain/saine
sain et sauf
sain d'esprit
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lazy
indolent/e
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to delete, wipe out
rayer
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way of life
train (m) de vie
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to force, to conpel
contraindre
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to look after sth
veiller à qch
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to surround
| also to determine (understand sb),to make out (a problem)
cerner
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to wear down, to sap, to undermine
miner
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```
to save (money),to spare (place, person)
to spare sb sth
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épargner
| épargner qch à qn
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bucket
seau (m)
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filthy,revolting
immonde
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breath
to be short of breath
to be out of breath
haleine (f)
avoir l'haleine courte
être hors d'haleine
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to whisper
susurrer
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to scratch, to scrape (off)
| will you scratch my back
gratter
| peux-tu me gratter le dos
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chore
| household chores
corvée (f)
| les corvées ménagères
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catch, capture
to have a hold over sb
to let go
prise (f)
avoir prise sur qn
lacher prise
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speechless
aphone
85
to wet, to moisten
| to get wet
mouiller
| se faire mouiller
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delightful
ravissant/e
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carefully, thoughtfully
| he weighed his words carefully
posément
| il parlait très posément
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to delight
ravir
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admittedly, indeed
admittedly, it won't be easy
certainly not!
certes
ce ne sera sertes pas facile mais..
certes non!
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to proliferate
| the river is teeming with fish
pulluler
| les poissons pullulent dans la rivière
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tail (animal)
queue (f)
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to cool down (temp, spirits)
refroidir
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to rebel (against)
se rebiffer contre
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consideration, regard
out of consideration for sb
with regard to sth
égard (m)
par égard pour qn
à l'égard de qn
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to flood
noyer
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withdrawal
désistement (m)
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to annoy, to hassle (familiar)
emmerder
98
to soften, to smooth
adoucir
99
to squeeze or extract sth out of sb;
soutirer qch à qn
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unusual, peculiar
singulier
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silly
godiche
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comments
propos (m pl)
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painful
pénible
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to terrify
épouvanter
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to reprimand, tell off (about)
chapitrer (à propos de, sur)
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shortcut
raccourci (m)
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to space out
| to become less frequent
espacer
| s'espacer
108
formerly, quite recently
naguère
109
worm
ver (m)
110
to sniff (for)
renifler
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to emphasize NOUN
mettre NOM en valeur
112
traffic jam
embouteillage (m)
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to darken
the sky got dark
dark, gloomy - e.g. sky, passage (adj.)
assombrir
le ciel s'assombrissait
assombri assombrie
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shortage
pénurie (f)
115
volunteer (noun)
bénévole (m, f)
116
stricken (adj.); disaster victim
sinistré/sinistrée (m/f)
117
adjustment (of salary), catching up,
| remedial lesson
rattrapage (m)
| classe de rattrapage
118
to consider equivalent; to treat as
| to treat workers as machines
assimiler
| Assimiler les travailleurs à des machines
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to look after
to look after sb's happiness/well-being
to see that sth goes smoothly
be sure to close the door
veiller à
veiller au bonheur/bien-être de qn
veiller au bon déroulement de qch
veiller à fermer la porte
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discreetly
à pas de loup
121
a helping hand
un coup de main
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a loan (from a bank)
prêt (m)
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shiny, shining
scintillant(e)
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in suspense
en haleine
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to conceal sth
| to hide
dissimuler
| se dissimuler
