LFBP December 2015 I Flashcards

(32 cards)

1
Q

a flog
it’s a flog to cross france from west to east by train
this work is really a pain/flog

A

une galère
C’est galère de traverser la France en train d’ouest en est
Ce travail est une vraie galère

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2
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task/duty (boring sense)

it’s our team who’s on kitchen duty

A

une corvée

C’est notre équipe qui est de corvée de cuisine

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3
Q

Go fuck yourself

A

Va te faire foutre

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4
Q

disadvantages

A

les inconvénients

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5
Q

published in figaro newspaper

A

publié SUR le figaro

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6
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even if the law exists

A

même s’il existe des lois

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7
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a common theme

A

un thème commun

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8
Q

the three articles evoke…

A

les trois articles qui évoquent

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9
Q

folksy (2)

A

campagnard

rustique

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10
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to go without
to deprive
the prisoners are deprived of freedom
we don’t go without anything (we’re not lacking for anything)

A

se priver
priver de
Les prisonniers sont privés de liberté.
Nous ne nous privons de rien.

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11
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to embed

ads embed themselves in our neurons

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s’incruster

La pub s’incruste dans nos neurones

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12
Q

a voucher/gift certificate

A

un bon d’achat

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13
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influence

influence a theme

A

influencer

influencer un thème

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14
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possible (false friend!)

on speaks of a possible second round of elections

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éventuel/éventuelle

On parle d’un deuxième tour éventuel aux élections

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15
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awning/blind

you should lower the awnings to protect yourself from the sun

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le store

tu devrais baisser le store pour te protéger du soleil

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16
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loose canon

you consider yourself a loose canon

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un electron libre

Tu te qualifies d’électron libre.

17
Q

police chief

civil servant

A

un commissaire

un fonctionnaire

18
Q

a guinea pig (figurative and literal)

A

un cobaye

koh, bye

19
Q

to starve
a deficiency
a deficiency in iron causes anemia

A

carencer
la carence
La carence en fer entraîne l’anémie

20
Q

makeup for lost time

to fill

A

combler son rétard

combler

21
Q
to simmer (cooking)
to simmer (figurative)
a revolt is brewing
A

faire mijoter
couver
Une révolte est en train de couver.

22
Q

bias

the poor sampling introduces a bias in the statistical study

A

biais (be-a: like B.A.)

Le mauvais échantillonnage introduit un biais dans l’étude statistique

23
Q

prejudice/bias

24
Q

On it

I’m on it!

A

Je suis sur le coup

25
hairstyle | i love your new do
la coupe | J'aime ta nouvelle coupe
26
to re-classify | he re-classified the shooting as a terrorist act
requalifier | il a requalifié la fusillade en acte de terrorisme
27
Like good old times
Comme au bon vieux temps
28
Perseverance constancy
La constance
29
Wrecked
Bousiller
30
unfair competition
une concurrence déloyale
31
abroad | foreign affairs
l'étranger | des affaires étrangères
32
thing (m or f)
quelque chose is | Masculine!!! Chose feminine