G Flashcards
(100 cards)
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arriver à bon port
A
to arrive safe and sound
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ça peut aller
A
I’ll get by, I’ll manage
3
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ça peut se faire
A
it can be done, why not?
4
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la carabine
A
rifle
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le/la carabin(e)
A
medical student (inf)
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carabiné
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raging, ferocious
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le mal de tête carabiné
A
pounding headache
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se carrer
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to settle yourself comfortably
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Q
se carrer (qch) quelque part
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to stick sth somewhere
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Q
la charge de travail
A
workload
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Q
les chaussettes
A
socks
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(le/la) chauve
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bald (person)
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la chauve-souris
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bat
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chouette
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nice (inf)
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la chouette, le hibou
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owl
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la civilité
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manners, politeness; title
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les civilités
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pleasantries, polite greetings
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constater
A
to note, notice, observe; to record, certify
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force est de constater que
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it is clear/evident
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le constat
A
report
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le constat d’échec
A
acknowledgement of failure
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le constat inquiétant
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disturbing observation
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un constat s’impose
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one thing is certain/clear
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dresser un constat
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to draw up a report
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dresser le même constat
to come to the same conclusion
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avoir la dalle, crever la dalle
to be starving
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casser la dalle
to have a bite to eat
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le casse-dalle
snack
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que dalle (fam)
nothing (at all), nowt
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ça coûte que dalle
it costs peanuts
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défaillir
to faint; to fail
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défaillant
deficient, defective, failing; feel faint, be unsteady; inadequate, ineffective, incompetent, inept; insufficient, lacking
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la défaillance
misstep, slip, error; failure, breakdown; dizziness; infringement, violation
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la défaillance cardiaque
heart failure
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la défaillance physique
mechanical failure; physical weakness
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déjouer, faire échec à, mettre en échec
to thwart, foil, frustrate; to make sb/sth fail
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déjouer un piège
to avoid a trap/pitfall
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(se) dissoudre
to dissolve
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l'échec (m)
failure
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les échecs
chess
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rester sur un échec
to dwell on a failure
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être en échec scolaire
to underperform at school; to fail at school; to be a school drop-out
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être voué à l'échec
to be destined to fail
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s'efforcer (à/de faire qch)
to try hard, make an effort, do your best (to do sth)
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emménager
to move in; to help sb move in; to furnish
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empirer
to get worse; to make sth worse, aggravate, exacerbate
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l'engueulade (f)
argument, fight, quarrel, row (inf)
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entêter
to give a headache to
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s'entêter à faire qch
to persist in doing sth
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entraver (qch)
to hinder, hamper; to get it (understand)
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le foin
hay; racket (loud noise)
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faire du foin
to cause a stir; to make a racket
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gâcher
to waste, squander, throw sth away; to spoil, ruin, mess up
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le gâchis
waste, misuse
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C'est du gâchis!
What a waste!
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C'est un beau gâchis!
It's a real mess!
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le gendre
son-in-law
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la belle-fille
daughter-in-law
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le grand voyageur
frequent flyer
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investir à perte
to make a loss on your investment
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s'investir dans (qch)
to throw yourself into sth, put a lot into sth, get involved in sth
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s'investir dans son travail
to dedicate yourself to your work
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le lointain
distance
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lointain
distant, remote
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dans un avenir lointain
in the distant future
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le passé lointain
distant past
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le parent lointain
distant relation
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faire marche arrière
to back out; to reverse
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(le/la) mondain(e)
sociable; socialite, social butterfly
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les mondanités
social niceties, small talk; social events
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moyennement
averagely, moderately; not much, not really, hardly
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neutre
neutral
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passablement
reasonably well; quite a lot
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peinard
chilled, laid-back; easy, simple, cushy
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piger
to get it, understand
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ne piger que dalle à (qch)
to not understand a bloody thing about
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le pneu
tyre
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procurer (qch) à (qn)
to get sth for sb; to bring sb sth
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se procurer
to get (hold of), obtain
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le renard
fox; cunning person
81
renommer
to reappoint, re-elect; to rename
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renommé
renowned, famous
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la renommée
reputation
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faire la renommée de (qch/qn)
to make (sth/sb) famous, be the reason for (sth/sb's) fame
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le rhume
cold
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attraper un rhume
to catch a cold
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le rhume carabiné, vilain rhume
bad/nasty cold
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le rhume des foins
hay fever
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Ça roule?
How are things? How's it going?
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Ça roule!
All good! I'm good! That works!
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le séisme
earthquake
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le sosie
spitting image, doppelganger
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(le) superflu
unnecessary (things)
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tenace
stubborn; tenacious, persistent, persevering; (long-)lasting
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le tournant
corner, bend; turning point, watershed
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tousser
to cough
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la toux
cough
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l'accès de toux
coughing fit
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trouer
to make a hole in, tear, pierce; to stagger, astonish (inf)
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troué
with holes in it; ripped (jeans)
