first 100 words Flashcards

(83 cards)

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loucher

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to be cross-eyed

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loucher ou sans vision à long terme

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short-sighted

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3
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trait d’union

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hyphen

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4
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cagneux=avoir les genoux en dedans

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knock-kneed

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5
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avoir les jambes arquées

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bow-legged

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6
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dans ses commentaire sur

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in commenting on

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7
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entraver, gêner

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hinder

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8
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se passe bien, sans problème

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smoothly

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9
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un légume

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a vegetable

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10
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intérêt, enjeux

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the stakes

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11
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se porte bien

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in fine fettle

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12
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sécheresse (2)

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drought, dryness

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mettre en péril (2)

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jeopardize, endanger

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tomber sur (2)

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to come accross, to bump into

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rendre visite à quelqu’un (4)

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call on sb, drop by, come by, pay sb a visit

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16
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annuler (2)

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to call off, to cancel

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17
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musique classique

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classical music

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18
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éxcédé (2)

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souding exasperated, exasperatedly

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19
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jusqu’à présent

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up until now

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20
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causer des dégâts

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to wreak havoc

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captivant, exitant (3)

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thrilling, fascinating, captivating

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se quereller (4)

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to quarrel, to argue, to row, to squabble

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23
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faire entrer (2)

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to show in, to bring in

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24
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décoller/atterrir

décollage/atterrissage

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to take-off/to land

take-off/landing

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avoir des ennuis
to be in trouble
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effacer la dette
to write off the debts
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se mêller
to meddle
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qui ne les regardent pas (2)
that are none of their business | that has nothing to do with them
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beaucoup trop (2)
far too many (dénombrable) | far too much(indénombrable)
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mourir de faim (2)
to strave to death | to die of starvation/hunger/famine
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sans danger pour l'environnement (écologique)
environmentally friendly
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en tout cas (2)
in any case, anyway
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un imperméable
a raincoat
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un volant
a wheel
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sinon (2)
otherwise, or else
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une lueur d'espoir
a glimmer of hope
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un jeu de mots
a pun
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un cesser le feu
a cease-fire
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contrairement à (2)
unlike, contrary to
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coupable (2)
culprit, guilty
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la situation s'empire ?
things starded to go downhill
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saper, ébranler
to undermine
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bizarre (5)
strange, peculiar, odd, weird, bizzare
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incarner, une incarnation (2)
to embody, an embodiment
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du jour au lendemain (2)
from one day to the next, overnight
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les années 20 (2)
the Jazz Age, the Roaring Twenties
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un fort contraste (2)
a sharp/stark contrast
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hautain, condescendant (4)
condescending,supercilious,contemptuous,disdainful,scornful
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extravageant
lavish
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briller/ scintiller
to glitter
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périphéries
outskirts
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cendre
ashes
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poussière
dust
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miettes
crumbs
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être frappé par
to be struck by
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morne (2)
bleak, bleakness
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stérile (3)
sterile, barren, infertile
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surligner (3)
underline, emphasized, stresses
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comme si (2)
as if, as though
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par hasard
by chance
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RDV (4)
professional : appointment, meeting | social : date, rendezvous
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probablement (2)
probably, in all likelihood
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divergent (2)
divergent, differing
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les nantis(riches) et les démunis
the haves and the haves not
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le pour et le contre
the pros and the cons
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un mal de gorge
a sore throat
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faire un discours (2)
to make / to deliver a speech
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se moquer de quelqu’un (4)
to poke fun at S.O to make fun of S.O to make fool of S.O to ridicule S.O
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une perte de temps
a waste of time
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perdre, une perte (2)
to loose, a loss
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poignarder
to stab
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une critique virulente
a fierce criticism
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cependant (3)
however, nonetheless, nevertheless,
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avoir beau
try as one might/may
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malgré (2)
inspite of, despite
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fils barbelés
barbed wire
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passer la douane
to go through customs
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taxes douanières (2)
customs fees, tariffs
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à condition (2)
on condition that | provinding that
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inévitable
unavoidable
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provoquer
taunt
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to mutter
marmoner
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réfectoire, cantine
canteen