Gen 2018 Flashcards

(157 cards)

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Blind spots

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des angles morts (m)

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to implement

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mettre en œuvre

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the intended audience

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le public visé

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a diaper

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une couche

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to endorse something

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endosser qqch

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to assume a role

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endosser un rôle

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it’s hopeless

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C’est sans espoir

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I give up (2)

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J’abandonne / je laisse tomber

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a tongue-twister

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un virelangue

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a sailing boat

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un voilier

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a veil / a sail

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un voile / une voile

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a state company

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une compagnie étatique

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This one’s a real bastard

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Celui ci est un vrai bâtard

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If we have the means, we’ll do both

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Si on a les moyens, on fera les deux

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Top of the list

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en haut de la liste

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We must do what we must

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Il faut faire ce qu’on doit faire

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The worse it smells, the better it is

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Plus ça sent mauvais, mieux c’est

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The smell is invasive

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l’odeur est envahissante

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The climate is temperate

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Le climat est tempéré

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I met important people in my field

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J’ai rencontré des gens importants dans ma filière

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I passed out while swimming

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je me suis évanoui en nageant

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I almost died

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J’ai failli mourir

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In any case, France will win

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De toute façon, la France va gagner

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with ice

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avec des glaçons

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It broke my heart to leave
Ca m'a brisé le coeur de partir
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It sucks
c'est moche
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It was a relief
C'était un soulagement
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Since I left
depuis que je suis partie
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I offended him
Je l'ai offensée
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I miss it, too
Ca me manque aussi
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I didn't know it
Je le savais pas
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I will miss him
Il va me manquer
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I love Irish junk food
j'adore la malbouffe irlandaise
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I will not spend all my life here
Je ne vais pas passer toute ma vie ici
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When the weather is good
quand le temps est beau
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I think you're doing well
Je pense que tu te débrouilles bien
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to ruin someone's life | e.g. acne ruined my life
se gâché la vie | L'acné m'a gâché la vie
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I don't have it yet
je ne l'ai pas encore
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there are a lot of smth
y’a tout un tas de qqch
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incrementally / little by little
au fur et à mesure que...
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a contractor
un vacataire
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Hence (2)
d’où / de ce fait
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crap/problems
les emmerdements
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to search (rummage, excavate, probe)
fouiller
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a screwdriver
un tournevis
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that would mean that...
ça voudrait dire que...
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that means that...
ça veut dire que...
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to handle/to manage
manier
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thorny subjects
des sujets épineux
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he did a lot of things
Il a fait pas mal de choses
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I am fed up with this
J'en ai marre de ça
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We are fed up with this (2)
Il y en a marre de ça / On en a marre de ça
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I don't care
je m'en fous
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we don't care
on s'en fout
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from what I saw...
de ce que j’en ai vu...
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from what I read...
de ce que j’en ai lu...
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to distribute/divide
répartir
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to go back/start again
repartir
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meanness/pettiness
la mesquinerie
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to annoy/to bother
emmerder
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to restore the prestige of someone
redore le blason de quelqu'un
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a nutcase/oddball/eccentric
un hurluberlu
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unfair competition
la concurrence déloyale
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we'll talk about it later
on en reparlera plus tard
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we haven't got back to it (a topic of discussion)
on n’en pas reparlé
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a common ground
un socle commun
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a reputation / renown
une renommée / une notoriété
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this belongs to...
ça appartient à...
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to rave
délirer
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a delusion/delirium
un délire
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an affiliation/belonging
une appartenance
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the breeding ground
le terreau
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it must be...
ça doit être....
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healthy
sain
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a thing/gizmo
un machin
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to complain
porter plainte / se plaindre
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to be in the loop
être dans la boucle
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money (4, slang)
le pognon / le blé / la thune / l'oseille (f)
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continuously / all the time
en permanence
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to chew out / to yell at someone
engueuler qqun
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a spin-off
un essaimage
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to focus on smth
se braquer sur qqch
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scale / size / magnitude
l’envergure (f)
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scale / range / ladder
l'échelle (f)
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to hammer (incl. to hammer home a point)
martèler
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to toil / misery
galérer / la galère
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a subsidiary
une filiale
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to hinder / to interfere with
gêner
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a hammer
un marteau
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to eat
bouffer
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intensive / sustained / supported
soutenu
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left behind
largué
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to seize / to appropriate
s'emparer
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a fad / popularity
un engouement / l'engouement
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X can only be achieved under two conditions:
X ne peut se faire qu’à deux conditions
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cutting-edge knowledge
des connaissances de pointe
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to be based on / to rely on
s'appuyer sur
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initiated
amorcé
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the workload
la charge de travail
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to recommend / to advocate smth
préconiser qqch
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it can't hurt
ce ne peut pas faire de mal
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a massive argument
un coup de gueule
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to land (a plane)
atterrir
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an irritation
un agacement
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corny/hackneyed
rebattu
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the pillowcase
la taie
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to talk face to face
parler les yeux dans les yeux
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to look someone in the eye
regarder les yeux dans les yeux
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as long as
pour autant que
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to the best of my knowledge
pour autant que je sache
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to form
nouer
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to attend to/to take care of
vaquer à / s'occuper de
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a riot
une émeute
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I took photos from the balcony
J'ai pris des photos depuis le balcon
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to unwind
se défouler
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my work is flexible
mon travail est flexible
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we get along
nous nous entendons bien
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the language of our office is english
La langue du travail dans mon bureau, c'est l'anglais
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a slave
un esclave
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slang (2)
un argot / le français populaire
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dubbing (on a film)
un doublage
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it's quite difficult to understand what's going on
c'est assez difficile de comprendre ce qui se passe
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I get to a certain level and get stuck
j'atteins un niveau et je bloque
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a darling
un chouchou
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a gentleman
un gentilhomme
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I'm torn
je suis déchirée
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the gutter
le caniveau
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curly hair
des cheveux bouclés
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an umpteenth X
une énième X
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a peaceful protestor
un(e) protestataire pacifique
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a sob
un sanglot
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bravery
la bravoure
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old age
la vieillesse
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to blossom
s’épanouir
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lifetime (adj)
viager
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a threshold
un seuil
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the poverty line
le seuil de pauvreté
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X is important to me
X me tient à cœur
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original / novel
inédit
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to labour / to struggle
peiner
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an outfit
une tenue
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ranging from X to Y
dans une fourchette de X à Y
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a grave error
une erreur gravissime
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a critical condition
un état gravissime
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a mammal
un mammifère
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to confuse X with Y
confondre X avec Y
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the time allotted
le temps imparti
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it would be cheating
ce serait de la triche
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don't panic
ne paniquez pas
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to allocate
Allouer
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to keep time
chronométrer
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I look forward to
j’ai hâte de
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to get around smth
contourner qqch
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whether X or Y
qu'il s'agisse de X ou Y
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to pick smth up here and there
afin de grappiller par-ci par-là qqch
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bankruptcy
la faillite
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to trim
rogner