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English Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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An appointment

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Un rendez-vous (médical, à la banque, etc..)

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A chatterbox

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Un moulin à paroles

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3
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A means

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Un moyen

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To live beyond one’s means

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Vivre au-dessus de ses moyens

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5
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Gossip

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Des commérages

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An affair

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Une liaison amoureuse

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7
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Resentment

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Le ressentiment, la rancoeur

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8
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Selfishness

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L’égoïsme

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Pain

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La douleur

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10
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Cheating

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La triche

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11
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Blackmail

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Le chantage

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12
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Laughter

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Le rire

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13
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Damages

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Des dommages et intérêts

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14
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Greed

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Avidité

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15
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Damage

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Des dégâts

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16
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To behave irresponsibly

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Agir de façon irresponsable

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17
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To volunteer

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Être bénévole, se porter volontaire

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18
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The looks

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L’apparence physique

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19
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A waste of time

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Une perte de temps

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20
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To blow up the facts

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Grossir les faits

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21
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To recover from

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Se remettre de (maladie, catastrophe naturelle)

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22
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To complain about something

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Se plaindre de quelque chose

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23
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A guest

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Un invité

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24
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Advice

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Des conseils

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25
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The withering away of the social bond

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L’érosion du lien social

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26
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To be laid-back

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Être décontracté.e

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27
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Close-knit

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Très uni, soudé

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28
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A pediatrician

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Un pédiatre

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29
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A nursery nurse

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Une puéricultrice

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30
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To overindulge someone

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Gâter quelqu’un

31
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To get/gain custody of the children

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Obtenir la garde des enfants

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Joint custody

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Garde alternée

33
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Foster parents

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Les parents adoptifs

34
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A twin sister/brother, twins

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Une soeur jumelle, un frère jumeau, des jumeaux

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To christen

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Un baptiser

36
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A christening

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Un baptême

37
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A godmother/A godfather

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Une marraine, un parrain

38
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A will

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Un testament

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Naughty

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Villain/e

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To be spoilt

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Être gâté

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A best man

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Un témoin (de mariage)

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The groom

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Le marié

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The in-laws

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La belle famille

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To inherit something from someone

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Hériter quelque chose de quelqu’un

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An orphan

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Un.e orphelin.e

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A great-grandparent

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Un arrière-grand-parent

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To stand in awe of something/someone

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Être en admiration devant quelque chose/quelqu’un

48
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The bride

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La mariée

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To be at odds with

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Être en désaccord avec

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Elderly

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Âgé

51
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A childminder

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Une assistante maternelle, une nounou

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A social worker

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Une assistante sociale

53
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A family court judge

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Un juge aux affaires familiales

54
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To make ends meet

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Joindre les deux bouts

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A sibling

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Un frère/une soeur

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An heir / heiress

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Un.e héritier.tière

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A relative

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Un parent, un membre de la famille

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A stepparent

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Belle-mère / Beau-père

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A stepchild

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Beau-fils / Belle-fille

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To get along well

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Bien s’entendre

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A bridesmaid

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Une demoiselle d’honneur

62
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The newly-weds

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Les jeunes mariés

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A headmaster

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Un.e directeur/-trice d’école

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Alimony

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Pension alimentaire versée à l’ex-conjoint

65
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Distress

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Détresse, désarroi

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At stake

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(argent) en jeu

67
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To embrace

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À accepter, à adopter, à embrasser

68
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Displays

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Affiche, écrans, affichages.

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A bore

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Un ennui

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To counter

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Pour contrer/ Lutter contre

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To make with

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Faire avec

72
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To live up

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Animer

73
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An asset

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Un atout

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