Homework Vocab Flashcards
(135 cards)
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avoir sommeil
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to be sleepy
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parfois
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sometimes
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avoir envie de
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to want
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une batîse
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stupid/foolish
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avoir honte
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to be ashamed
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avoir lieu
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to take place
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avoir l’air
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to look (like)
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le stationnement
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parking
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se garer
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to park
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méchant
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mean
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laid
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ugly/plain
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ennuyeux
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boring
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silencieux
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quiet
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bruyant
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loud
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courageux
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brave
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bête
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stupid
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travailleur
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hard working
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paresseux
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lazy
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cependant
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however
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la écriture
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writing/handwriting
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guère
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hardly (very little)
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œuvres
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works (ie art works)
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pourtant
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however
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prévue
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planned
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rédiger
to draft / to write
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soumettre
to submit
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apprécier
to appreciate OR to appraise/evaluate
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rédaction
composition / writing
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exposer
to expose OR to exhibit
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l'espèce
cash (money)
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susciter
to stir up / give rise to
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Bien que
Although
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échouer
to fail
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l'échec
failure / failings
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chuter
to fall
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lorsque
when
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le contrat
contract
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rompre
to break off / burst
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selon
according to
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l'échantillon
sample
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la expédition
the sending/shipment (of packages)
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mettre en demeure
to give notice
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une remise
deferment
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approfondir
to deepen
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le dirigeant
director / administrator
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le colloques
forum / conference
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s’expatrier
to leave one's country
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polyvalent
multi-purpose
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polycompétent
x
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l'esprit de synthèse
x
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poursuivre
to persue
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puisque
since
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étant donné que
given that
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se tromper
to be wrong / mistaken
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ne pas quittez
hold on (while on the phone)
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prévenir
to warn
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épeler
to spell
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le lointain
the background / in the distance
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apercevoir
to perceive / to discern
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un aperçu (noun)
an overview (of a problem)
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aperçu (adj)
perceived
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en outre,
furthermore,
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faire un pas
to take a step
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aussitôt
immediately
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se heurter
to bump into
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la rafale
gust (of wind)
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un plainte
a complaint
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le sifflement
whistling (sound) / hiss
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siffler
to whistle
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l'épaule
shoulder
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le poignet
wrist
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le cou
neck
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vivement
vigorously
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rendre
to hand in / to return
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un nuage
cloud
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envahir
to invade / overrun
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l'éclair
a flash
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se réfugier
to take refuge
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l'orage
storm
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le rocher
rock / boulder
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coup de tonnerre
thunderclap
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éclater
to shatter / to explode
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nuée
a cloud (of smoke)
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le sommet
summit
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rebondir
to bounce / to rebound
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affreux
horrible
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toute autre chose
anything else
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blafard
pale
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entrecouper
to punctuate
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le rugissement
roar
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hurler
to scream
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sans cesse
continually / always
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grondement
rumble / boom
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arriéré
backward / old fashioned
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reculer
to retreat / back up
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valoir
to be worth / to deserve
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épouser
to marry / wed
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ailleurs
elsewhere
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d'ailleurs
anyway
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dans le fond
deep down
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dégoûter
to disgust
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taire
to keep quiet
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ardent
scorching
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récapituler
to summarize
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apparaître
to appear / to seem
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le rongeur
rodent
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convenir
to be appropriate
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éclairer
to light up / to brighten
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le meuble
a piece of furniture
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mettre en colère
to anger
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craindre
to fear / to be afraid
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avoir la trentaine / la quarantaine / la cinquantaine
30-something / 40-something / 50-something
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mettre fin à
to end / to put an end to
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tenter
to tempt / to be tempted by an opportunity
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aboutir
to succeed / to come to fruition
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autant
as many
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la borne
boundary / limit
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entreprendre
to undertake
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un pompier
fireman
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enfoncer
to force / to break down
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reprocher
to express disapproval of
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s'occuper de
to look after / take care of
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licencier
to lay off (also: renvoyer)
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postuler
to apply / to postulate
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passer à l'action
to take action
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Il a vite gravi les échelons
he rose quickly through the ranks
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salaire brute
gross salary
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l'introduction en bourse
IPO
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cotation
quoting of values on the stock exchange
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renoncer à
to call it quits
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auparavant
previously
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en autre
furthermore
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peser
to weigh
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inutile
useless
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farouche
fierce / ferocious
