Chapitre 6: A mon avis... Flashcards by Maeve Bannister

Je te dérange?

Am I bothering you?

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J’ai besoin de te parler…

I need to talk to you…

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Dis donc, Marc, tu sais que…

Say, Marc, you know that?

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Au fait…

By the way

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Excusez-moi de vous interrompre…

Excuse me for interrupting you…

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Excusez-moi de vous déranger?

Excuse me for bothering you…

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Je (ne) vous dérange (pas)?

I’m not bothering you?

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Est-ce que auirez une petite minute?

Do you have a minute?

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Je voudrais vous demander votre avis.

I would like to ask your opinion.

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Si vous avez un instant, j’aimerais vous parler de quelque chose.

If you have a moment, I would like to talk to you about something.

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Pardon, monsieur/madame…

Sorry, sir/madam

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Eh bien…/Bon…

Well…/Good…

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Moi, je pense que…

I think that…

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à mon avis,…

In my opinion…

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Mais…/Oui, mais…/ D’accord, mais…

But…/Yes, but…/Okay, but…

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Je n’ai pas bien compris…

I did not understand very well…

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Justement…/Exactement…/Tout à fait…

Precisely…/Exactly…/Quite

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En fait/En réalité…

Actually…

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une campagne électorale

election campaign

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un débat

debate

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désigner/nommer

to appoint

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discuter (de)

to discuss

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un électeur/ une electrice

voter

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élire (past part.: élu)

to elect

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être candidat(e)

to run

se faire inscrire

to register (to vote)

la lutte (contre)

fight, struggle (against)

un mandat

term of office

la politique étrangère

foreign policy

la politique intérieure

internal policy

un problème/une question

issue

un programme électoral

platform

se (re)présenter

to run (again)

réélire (past part.: réélu)

to reelect

soutenir

to support

un deuxième tour

run-off election

voter

to vote

l'armée [f]

army

les armes de destruction massive (ADM)

weapons of mass destruction (WMD)

l'engin [m] explosif improvisé (EEI)

improvised explosive device (IED)

les forces [f pl]

forces

le front

front; front lines

le soldat

soldier

les combats [m pl]

fighting

le conflit

conflict

une embuscade

ambush

libérer

to free

livrer

to deliver

se produire

to happen, take place

prendre un otage

to take hostage

attaquer

to attack

un attentat

attack

la mort

death

les morts

the dead

la peine de mort

death penalty

le terrorisme

terrorism

tuer

to kill

céder à

to give up; to give in

la négociation

negotiation

la paix

peace

la polémique

controversy

les pourparlers

talks, negotiations

un sans-abri

homeless person

Sans doute qu'ils viendront dans quelques minutes

No doubt, they will come in a few minutes

Il est probable qu'ils viendront end voiture

It is likely they will come by car

Ils doivent être route

They must be on the way

Il est probable qu'ils s'excuseront

It is likely they will apologize

Ils ont été retenus, sans doute

They were held up, no doubt

Ils ont dû partir en retard

They must have gotten a late start

Ils ont probablement oublié de nous téléphoner

They probably forgot to call us

Ils devaient arriver à trois heures.

They were to arrive at three o'clock

un(e) immigrant(e)

newly arrived immigrant

un(e) immigré(e)

an immigrant well established in the foreign country

la main-dœuvre

labor

maghrébin(e)

from the Maghreb (Northwest Africa: Morroco, Algeria, Tunisia)

l'accueil

welcome

accueillant(e)

welcoming, friendly

la banlieue

the suburbs

les quartiers sensibles

slums

s'accroître

to increase

s'aggraver

to get worse

blesser

to hurt

croissant(e)

increasing, growing

s'étendre

to spread

se manifester

to arise, emerge

un soulèvement

spontaneous uprising

éclairer

to enlighten

empirer

to worsen

répandre

to spread

rouer quelqu'un de coups

to beat someone black and blue

le chômage

unemployment

un chômeur/une chômeuse

unemployed person

un incendie

fire

les émeutes

riots

une manifestation

demonstration, protest (organised)

manifester

to protest, demonstrate

une menace

threat

la xénophobie

xenophobia

quelque chose

something

quelqu'un

someone

quelques-uns

a few (of them)

quelques-unes

a few (of them)

quelque

some/ a few/ few

quelques

some/ a few/ few

chaque

each

chacun

each one (of)

chacune

each one (of)

plusieurs

several

Chapitre 6: A mon avis... Flashcards

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