Chapter 10 Flashcards

(90 cards)

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à la portée de

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within the reach of

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arriver/terminer premier

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to finish first

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3
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battre

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to beat, break

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4
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le classement

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ranking

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un(e) concurrent(e)

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competitor

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un coureur/une coureuse

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runner/cyclist

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une course

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race

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la défaite

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defeat, loss

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le défi

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challenge

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la douleur

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pain

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s’entrainer

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to train

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l’entraîneur/l’entraîneuse

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coach

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une épreuve (athlétique)

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an (athletic) event

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épuisant(e)

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grueling, exhausting

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faillire (+ inf)

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to almost (do something)

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un(e) fana de sport

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jock, an enthusiastic fan

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un match nul

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tied game

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18
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prendre le dessus

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to get the upper hand

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19
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la pression

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pressure

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20
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se prouver

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to prove oneself

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21
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le record du monde

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world record

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22
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reprendre haleine

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to get one’s breath

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serré(e)

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tight, closely fought

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sportif/sportive

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athletic, fond of sports

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survivre (à) (pp: survécu)
to survive
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un tournoi
tournament
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une victoire
win, victory
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attraper un coup de soleil
to get sunburned
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avoir un accident de voiture
to have a car accident
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conduire trop vite/rapidement
to drive too fast
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échouer à/rater un examen
to fail/flunk an exam
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être fauché(e)
to be broke (out of money)
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être sans le sou
to be without a penny
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ne pas mettre d'huile [f]/de lotion [f] solaire
to not put on suntan oil/lotion
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oublier d'attacher/de mettre sa ceinture de sécurité
to forget to fasten/put on one's seatbelt
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sécher un cours
to cut a class
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une comédie musicale
musical
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l'éclairage [m]
lighting
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l'entracte [m]
intermission
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frapper les trois coups
to knock three times (heard just before the curtain goes up in french theaters)
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jouer à guichets fermés
to play to sold-out performances
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le metteur en scène
stage director
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la mise en scène
staging
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l'ouvreuse [f]
usher
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une représentation
performance
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(avoir) le trac
(to have) stage fright
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la troupe
cast
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un acteur/une actrice
actor/actress
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un cinéaste
filmmaker
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un(e) débutant(e)
beginner
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le dénouement
ending
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se dérouler/se passer
to take place
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un film doublé
dubbed film
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des genres de films
types of films
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une comédie
comedy
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un dessin animé
cartoon
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un documentaire
documentary
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un film d'amour
love story
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un film d'animation
animated film
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un film d'aventures
adventure film
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un film d'épouvante
horrow movie
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un film d'espionnage
spy movie
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un film de guerre
war movie
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un film policier
police story, mystery story
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un western
western
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un(e) interprète
actor/actress
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les interprètes [m/f pl]
cast
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l'intrigue [f]
plot
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le personnage (principal)
(main) character
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un producteur
producer (who finances)
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le réalisateur/la réalisatrice
director
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la réalisation
production
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un retour en arrière
flashback
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un(e) scénariste
scriptwriter
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(avec) sous-titres [m pl]
(with) subtitles
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le thème
theme
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tourner un film
to shoot a film
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la vedette
star (male or female)
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en version originale (v.o.)
in the original language
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avoir à voir avec
to have something to do with
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C'est complet
its sold out
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un compte rendu
review (of film, play, book)
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un(e) critique de théâtre/de cinéma
theater/movie critic
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un four
flop
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un navet
third-rate film
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réussi(e)
succesful
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avouer
to admit
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grossir/prendre des kilos
to put on weight
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un rendez-vous avec un(e) inconnu(e)
blind date
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ne pas se réveiller à temps
to oversleep