English vocab Flashcards by Alex Pasquet

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langue maternelle

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mother tongue=first language

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un locuteur natif

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native speaker

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un locuteur non natif

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non-native speaker

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un néologisme

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a neologism

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lingua franca

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lingua franca=langue véhiculaire

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racines communes=origines communes

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common roots

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particularités culturelles

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cultural specificities=idiosyncrasies

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langue vernaculaire=jargon

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vernacular=lingo

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une expression figée

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a stock phrase=a set phrase

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argot

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slang

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un accent prononcé

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a thick accent

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un euphémisme

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a euphemism

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authentique

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genuine

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familier

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colloquial

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désuet

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quaint=old fashioned

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correct=approprié

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proper

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anglophone

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English-speaker

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parler couramment

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to speak fluently

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employer un mot abusivement

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to misuse a word

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mal prnoncer

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to mispronounce

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prendre un accent

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to put on an accent

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dériver de

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to derive from

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fusionner

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to combine=to merge

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emprunter à

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to borrow from

se propager=se répandre

to spread