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04- My vocabulary En/Fr > Français-20 > Flashcards

Français-20 Flashcards

1
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haleter

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hold your breath; sputter

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grogner

grogne

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grumble, grunt, groan; grouch, grumble

dissatisfaction, discontent

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prévisible

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predictable, foreseeable

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vraisemblablement

vraisemblable

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in all likelihood, in all probability

possible, credible, feasable, likely

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informatique

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IT (Information Technology)

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éplorées

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tearful

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éventrer

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rip open, burst open; disembowel, gut

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noircir

se noircir

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to darken, blacken; paint a bleak picture

get drunk, get smashed, get hammered

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bourdonnement

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buzzing, humming; murmuring

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songe

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dream, daydream; fantasy, illusion

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atelier

ateliers

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workshop, studio; working group, work group

factory floor

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animer

s’animer

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present, lead, host; move, stir; bring to life

liven off, come to life

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bachelier

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a person who has received a Baccalaurate degree

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rechigner

rechigner à faire

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object to doing;

do grudgingly

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débrouillardise

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improvisation, creativity, problem-solving, resourcefulness

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brevet

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diploma, certificate

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maîtrise

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control, command; mastery, knowledge

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valoriser

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add value, increase the value of; highlight, accentuate, enhance

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rediffuser

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rebroadcast, to broadcast again

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diamétralement

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diametrically

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hors de cause

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in the clear; out of the picture

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rasséréner

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to calm down

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aiguë

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acute; sharp, keen, powerful; intense

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colonie

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camp, summer camp; colony, community

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ça sent le vécu

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that/it has a ring of truth about it

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comète

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comet

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chevelure

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hair; tail (ie of a comet)

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récolter

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harvest; amass, gather; reap

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Perpétuité
à Perpétuité
condamné à Perpétuité; prison à Perpétuité; réclusion à Perpétuité

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perpetuity, permanence
life, in perpetuity
sentenced to life imprisonment

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étagère

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shelf

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31
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rayer

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draw lines on;

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32
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viticulteur

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wine-grower; wine-maker

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33
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fouilles

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excavation; archeological dig

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adorateur (trice)

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worshipper

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cruauté

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cruelty, brutality

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36
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tripes

prend aux tripes

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bowel, gut, tripe

takes guts

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emmagasiner

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store up, store, accumulate

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bassin

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bowl, basin, bedpan

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envergure

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wingspan; stature, caliber; scope, scale, range

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Soi-disant; prétendument

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supposed, alleged, supposed, supposedly

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chassé-croisé

le grand chassé-croisé

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back and forth, to and fro; log jam of people and cars, traffic jams
the heavy flow of holiday traffic

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encombrements

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bulk, volume, size; heap, pile; overload, blockage

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pendant ce temps

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meanwhile

44
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à jamais

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forever

45
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rouleau

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rolling pin, roller, curler

46
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Les jeux sont faits

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game over

47
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emmurer

emmuré

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wall up, wall off; trap

walled off, walled in

48
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déjanté

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off the wall, nutty

49
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clin d’oeil

en un clin d’oeil

A

wink, nod

in the twinkling an eye, in the blink of an eye

50
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denrées

denrées alimentaires

A

food, food products, edible goods, commodity

foodstuffs

51
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pallier

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overcome, mitigate, compensate; cover up

palliate

52
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juteux

A

juicy

53
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hanter

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haunt

54
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cordée

corder

A 
roped party (roped mountain climbers), 
string, tie up, twist
55
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mêler

se mêler de qch

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mix, blend, combine;

meddle in sth, interfere in sth, get mixed up in sth

56
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dévisser

A

unscrew, detach

57
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à la suite
à la suite de
de suite

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one after the other
further to, behind (?)
right away, immediately, right now

58
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glissade

A

gliding movement, slip, skid

dance step

59
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flancher

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give out (i.e. one’s legs at the end of a race), fail,

60
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étal

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stall, stand

61
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entremise

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mediator, mediation, intervention

62
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charpente

A

framework, frame, structure

build, frame, skelton

63
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aléatoire

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random, uncertain, unpredictable

64
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combat

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fighting, combat, clash; fight struggle

65
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pousse

pousser qqn à faire qch

A

grow (for plants, grandir for people); push, drive, force;

push sb to do qch

66
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monter à

monter sur le dos d’un éléphant

A

ride (an animal)

67
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along

A

le long de

68
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ailleurs<>
d'ailleurs<>
être ailleurs<>
ici ou ailleurs<>
nulle part ailleurs<>
A 
elsewhere, some place else, then again<>
by the way, incidentally<>
be some place else<>
some where or the other<>
no where else, any where else<>
69
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angoisse, anxiété

A

anxiety

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marcher

A

walk, work, function, go, run

71
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développer

se développer

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develop, cultivate, further; grow

grow

72
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aviron

A

rowing, oar

73
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cuisson

A

cooking, baking, firing

74
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fumet

A

aroma;

75
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pet

A

fart

76
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sous peu

A

shortly

77
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pieux

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pious, religous, devout; loving, heartfelt, sincere

78
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et si

A

how about; what if

79
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salir

se salir

A

dirty, get dirty

get dirty

80
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tablier

A

apron,

81
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D’une part

De l’autre

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on one hand

on the other

82
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rien à voir avec

A

nothing to do with

83
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au lieu de

A

in lieu of

84
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en tant que

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as

85
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effectivement, en effet

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actually, indeed

86
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porter des fruits

A

bear fruit

87
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cribler

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riddle

88
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pilonner

A

crush, grind, bombard

89
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affoler

A

throw into a panic; drive sb mad/crazy

90
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jusqu’au bout

A

right to the end; all the way; throughout

91
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mandat
mandat d’amener
mandat d’arrêt

A

postal money order; mandate; postal money order;
bench warrent
arrest warrent

92
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Ereinter

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exhaust; to be washed up; wear out

93
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geôlier;

geole

A

jailer;

jail, prison, penitentiary

94
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glacer

A

freeze; immobilize

95
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sigle

A

acronym

96
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paumé

A

lost soul, drop out; isolated

97
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glapissement

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squeaking

98
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assouvir

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satiate, satisfy, sate, assuage

99
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maladif

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sickly, delicate

unhealthy, sickly-looking, pathological

100
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gueule

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(of an animal) mouth, muzzle, maw (throat), gullet, jaws

101
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idem

A

likewise, ditto

102
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ores

A

already, immediately

103
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réclamation

A

complaint; claim, demand

104
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vengeur

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vengeful, avenging; avenger, righter of wrongs

105
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paquet

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packet, parcel, package

106
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quel que soit

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whatever it might be, regaardless, whatever

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