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Deck 2 Flashcards

1
Q

Correct?

je suis allé au cinéma
j’ai été au cinéma

A

je suis allé

Use aller whenever motion is involved

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2
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Correct?

Si j’aurais su
Si j’avais su

A

Si j’avais su.

Use imparfait, not conditionel, after si

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3
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À ce jour

A

today

aujourd’hui

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4
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Correct?

C’est moi qui a fait…
C’est moi qui ai fait…

A

C’est moi qui ai fait

C’est moi qui = je

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5
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périmer

A

to expire

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une mauviette

A

wimp
weakling

une personne chétive

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un camionneur

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lorry driver

transporteur routier

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8
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une pelle à neige

A

snow shovel

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9
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museler

A 
to muzzle      (animal)
silence     (eg opponent)
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10
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une frégate

A

frigate

submarine chaser

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11
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tenir le choc

A

to withstand

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12
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le réveillon

A

Christmas eve and New Year’s eve

the after midnight meal of these days

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13
Q

Quelle différence?

J’imagine que…
Je suppose que…

A

J’imagine is more abstract, based on the picture formed in your mind
Je suppose is more concrete, based on the likely outcome in a specific situation

But, in daily use, these expressions are considered interchangeable

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14
Q

Quelle différence?

joindre
se joindre
rejoindre

A

joindre = to connect together (particularly using technology)
se joindre = to unite (inc people)
rejoindre = to meet up, (implies motion)

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15
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rencontrer

joindre

rejoindre

A

used only for first meeting or a chance meeting

to connect, used with people when connecting with people by technology

to meet up with someone (implies motion)

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16
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en fait

au fait

A

in fact (used to rectify a preceding idea)

by the way (used to bring in a new or related idea)

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17
Q

Quel usage?

ça me fait
ça me rend
ça me donne

A

ça me fait + verbe (exceptions: peur, envie, mal)
ça me rend + adj
ça me donne + nom

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18
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pointilleux

A

fussy

tatillon

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19
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grogner

A

to mutter
grumble
groan

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bourgeonner

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to burgeon

bud

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21
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se défendre

A 
to defend oneself 
justify oneself (against criticism)
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22
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frisotter (vt, vi)

A

to twiddle, twist

to curl

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23
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tomber dans le panneau

A

to fall for it

be duped

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24
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gaver

A

to force feed

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25
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la mignardise

A

affected grace

petit four

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26
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se changer

A

to change clothes (only this usage)

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27
Q

changer de qqc

changer qqc

A

to change qqc (key: substitution)

to change qqc (key: transformation)

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28
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les bonnes résolutions

A

new year’s resolutions

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29
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la paresse
la flemme    (familial)
A

laziness

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30
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poser un lapin

A

to miss a rendezvous

stand sb up

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31
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monter sur ses grands chevaux

A

to be quick to anger

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32
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avoir une faim de loup

A

to be very hungry

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33
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revenons aux moutons

A

to get back to the subject at hand

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34
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mettre la puce à l’oreille

A

to warn

tip off

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35
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donner sa langue au char

A

to give the answer to a riddle

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36
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un devinette

A

riddle

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37
Q

mettre la charrue avant les bœufs

A

to put the cart before the horse

une charrue = plough

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38
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il fait un temps de chien

A

to have really bad weather

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39
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ne pas élever/garder les cochons ensemble

A

don’t become too familiar

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40
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s’ensuivre

A

to ensue

41
Q

sur ces entrefaites

A

at that moment

entrefaites = at that moment

42
Q

Ce n’est pas demain la veille (idiom)

A

It’s not close to happening.

43
Q

un plan de match

A

game plan

44
Q

Quelle différence?

s’ennuyer
être ennuyé
avoir des ennuis

A

Je m’ennuie = I’m bored
Je suis ennuyé = I have a minor problem (eg car problems)
J’ai des ennuis = I have a serious problem (eg cancer)

45
Q

un pays enclavé

A

landlocked country

46
Q

un tue-l’amour

A

repulive behaviour

47
Q

roter

A

to burp

48
Q

éreinter qn

A

to exhaust sb

criticize sb

49
Q

syndicaliste (adj)

A

regarding trade unions

50
Q

scander

A

to scan

chant

51
Q

à reculons (adv)

A

backwards

52
Q

un ahanement

A

grunt (due to effort)

ahaner = to grunt, pant due to extreme effort

53
Q

faires des ravages sur/auprès de qc

A

to play havoc with st

54
Q

une friperie

A

thrift store

55
Q

d’ores et déjà

A

already

55
Q

d’ores et déjà

A

already

56
Q

sans doute

A

perhaps

probably

57
Q

Je m’en doute

Je m’en doutais!

A

signifies empathetic understanding

I can imagine …
I thought so!

se douter = to suspect, have a premonition

58
Q

un jusqu’au-boutiste

A

headstrong and single minded person

59
Q

téméreraire (adj)

A

reckless

60
Q

le je-m’en-foutisme

un/une je-m’en-foutiste (also adj)

A

condition of not caring
being indifferent

person of this type

note: familiar but not vulgar

61
Q

je m’en foute

je m’en fiche

A

I don’t care

not interested

62
Q

un intendant

A

steward

63
Q

un catalyseur

A

catalyst

64
Q

une doléance

A

complaint

demand

65
Q

doléant (adj)

A

grumbling

complaining

66
Q

à la veille de

A

on the eve of

on the verge of

67
Q

apposer

A

to attach

append

68
Q

au pif

A

at random

approximately

69
Q

la liesse

A

jubilation

70
Q

le parrainage

A

sponsorship
patronage
support

appui

71
Q

un relooking

A

make over

72
Q

un dressing

A

wardrobe

garde-robe

73
Q

un parking

A

parking area

74
Q

un talkie-walkie

A

walkie-talkie

75
Q

le placoplatre

A

drywall

76
Q

limoger

A

to dismiss (fire)

virer

77
Q

défectueux (adj)

A

defective

78
Q

prendre un râteau

A

to fail at seduction

qui donne douleur au cœur

79
Q

chevaucher

A

to overlap

80
Q

le chevauchement

A

overlap

81
Q

la recrudescence

A

increase
upsurge
escalation

82
Q

un agissement

A

act

wrongdoing

83
Q

affûter

A

to sharpen

84
Q

un forêt

A

forest
drill bit

forer = to drill

85
Q

pharaonique (adj)

A

enormous

gigantic

86
Q

reconquérir

A

to take back

reconquer

87
Q

névralgique (adj)

A 
neuralgic 
key point   (fig)
88
Q

à atteindre pour

A

to reach for

89
Q

se ramifier

A

to divide into branches

90
Q

la ramification

A

ramification

consequence

91
Q

de passage

A

visiting

92
Q

en sursis

A

on borrowed time

on probation

93
Q

avoir du pain sur la planche

A

to have many tasks to do

94
Q

un tireur d’élite

A

sniper

95
Q

imbriquer

A

to overlap

interlock

96
Q

le ciblage

A

targeting

97
Q

la garderie

A 
day care   (for children)
after school care

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