Deck 2 Flashcards

(50 cards)

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Q

that’s what gives stories its spice

A

C’est ce qui fait le sel des histoires

/ du récit

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sharp

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(+ barbed, razor-sharp) acéré,e
[ > pointu,e ]
[ > net,te ]
[ > vif,ve ]

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3
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glove compartment

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f. la boîte à gants

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4
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top hat

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m. un haut-de-forme

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5
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ne rien comprendre

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n’y entendre goutte

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6
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to rise to the challenge

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relever le défi

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7
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brakes (de voiture)

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les freins (m.)
[ > un embrayage - clutch ]
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precocious

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(frühreif, verfrüht) [+ early, premature]

précoce

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combler

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to make up for, to satisfy, to fulfil, to break (le silence)
[récupérer, remplir, dédommager ]
[ > c’est un comble - that beats everything ]
[ > être au comble du bonheur - to be perfectly happy]

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10
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to rage

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(+ to unleash) déchaîner

> lâcher

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11
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adversity

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f. adversité

Not, Unglück, Missgeschick

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time to harvest

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le temps des moissons (f. moisson)
[ != une mousson ]
[ > la cueillette, cueillir, une vendange, une récolte ]
[ > ramasser - to pick / dig up, to gather, to collect, to get ]

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13
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leader, manager, director

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m/f

un dirigeant, une dirigeante

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14
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Scotland

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l’Écosse f.

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15
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exhaust pipe

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m. un pot d’échappement
> prendre un pot / un verre
> avoir du pot / de la chance

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16
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to fail

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échouer, flancher, rater, lâcher, vacciller, faillir

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sturdy

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(+strong) costaud,e
[ > trapu (stocky), fort, vif ]
[ != un costard - suit ]

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18
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to go bankrupt

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faire faillite (f.)
[ > la faille ]

> depuis sa faillite c’est devenu une loque

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19
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I will be very grateful

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je vous en serai très reconnaissant

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20
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wink

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m. clin d’œil (en un clin d’œil - in the blick of an eye)

[ > ciller, cligner ]

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21
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rustling

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(+ crumpling, creasing) m. le froissement
[ froisser, friper, plisser, chiffonner ]
[ > défroisser ]
[ > avachir ]

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edge, rim

23
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to tar

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gap, difference, discrepancy

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( + shift, displacement )
m. décalage,

> >

m. écart,
m. un interstice
f. différence
f. une lacune
m. un trou
f. une disparité

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success
réussite f, succès m | [ > parvenir ]
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urban area, town
f. agglomération | > une ville
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flaw (noun)
(+ fault, default) m. un défaut [ > bancal,e - le tort ] [ > foireux - half-baked, flimsy, flawed, fucked-up ] [ > la faille ]
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maple, maple tree
m. érable
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you are well-qualified
Tu as les qualités requises | requis,e - required
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start (noun)
(+trigger, beginning) déclenchement m. [ > déclencher ]
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to capsize
(+ overturn) chavirer
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thread, (piece of) string
f. ficelle (apprendre les ficelles - to learn the ropes) [ > un fil, un filin, une corde ]
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change into second gear
rétrograder en seconde
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gas station
f. une station service
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flawed
(+ wobbly, shaky, rickety) bancal,e [ > branlant,e ] [ > foireux,se ] [ un défaut, le tort, la faille ]
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to exhaust
exténuer, épuiser, écraser, anéantir, lasser, submerger, accabler
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dreadful
(+ disastrous) funeste
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deliberately
(+ knowingly, on purpose) sciemment [sjamɑ̃] [ > voulu,e ]
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to bury
enterrer, enfouir, ensevelir
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intense
(+ intimate, inseparable) fusionnel,le "son amour fusionnel avec" [ > soutenu,e ]
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abriter
to shelter, to house, to accomodate [héberger, recevoir, accueillir] [ > un abri, une retraite ]
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sign
une enseigne, un signe [siɲ], | un panneau, une pancarte
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curse
f. malédiction ( > maudit,e ) [ = un sort, un fléau ]
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litter, garbage
``` m. pl. les détritus [detrity(s)] > m.pl. les déchets > f.pl. des immondices > une saleté > ume camelote > une ordure ```
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hamlet
(Dörfchen, Weiler) m. un hameau | > des hameaux
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abstruse
(schwer verständlich, verworren) | absconse (adj.)
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to start
entamer, amorcer, s'engager, commencer, se mettre à, enclencher (to set in motion), déclencher, démarrer [ > un déclanchement ]
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to lock (with a padlock)
``` cadenasser > verrouiller, un verrou > resserrer - to tighten (up), to strenghten, to close > un cadenas > une serrure ```
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shift, change, reversal
m. revirement Un revirement du destin - A twist of fate [ > un infléchissement, décaler, un virage, un poste, un changement ] [ > un décalage, un courant ]
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enfreindre
to infringe, to break ( > une entorse)