LFBP February 2015 III Flashcards

(46 cards)

1
Q

All french anger words are usually followed by DE

A

s’indigner de (indignant about)
menacer de (to be threatened with)
être furieux de

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Most french words of trying or asking are also DE

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essayer de
tenter de
prier de (to ask)
supplier de (to beg)

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3
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Most denial words are DE except….

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nier (nier no prep!) je nie être là

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4
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Most words forbidding are DE

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interdire de

défendre de

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5
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Most words of fear are DE

to fear

A

redouter de

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6
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Most verbs with “success or aspiring to do something” is À
to be bent on
to aspirer

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arriver à
tenir à
aspirer à

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a handful

a handful of employees

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une poignée

une poignée d’employés

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ginger

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gingembre

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all the more

it’s all the more shocking that..

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d’autant plus que

c’est d’autant plus choquant que….

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10
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to outsource

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délocaliser

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11
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to down in the dumps

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avoir le cafard

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cockroach

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un cafard

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slowly

the fabrication is dying a slow death

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à petit feu

la fabrication est en train de mourir à petit feu

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14
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clever

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astucieux

astucieuse

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15
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a draft

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un brouillon

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16
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to have mixed feelings

i have mixed feelings

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s’inspirer des sentiments partagés

je m’inspire des sentiments partagés

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as long as

he should rest in bed as long as he has a fever

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tant que
il devrait rester au lit tant qu’il a de la fièvre
REMEMBER its different than EN tant que: as a….

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18
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a feat/accomplishment

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un exploit

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19
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blind

he went blind at 65

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aveugle

il est atteint de cécité à l’âge de 65

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an asset

21
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the area/domain

22
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they won five matches in a row at the beginning of the season

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ils ont remporté cinq matchs d’affilée en début de la saison

23
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i am afraid she won’t survive such a fall at her age

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je crains qu’elle ne survive pas une telle chute à son âge

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i didn’t expect to that we would see you today

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je ne m’attendais pas ce qu’on te voie aujourd’hui

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to live, also means to experience | he experienced a bad divorce
vivre | il a mal véçu divorce
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3 definitions cadres
1) environment: je cherche un cadre de vie similarie 2) executive: j'ai passé cadre cette année 3) picture frame
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``` work transfer to transfer (his wife was transferred) ```
une mutation se muter sa femme s'est muté
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2 definitions renvoyer
1) to be fired | 2) to return/send back
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1 bedroom, 2 bedroom
T1/F1, T2/F2
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paystub
un bulletin de salaire
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bank account
RIB (reeb)
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electric bill
une quittance d'électricité
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lifestyle
un cadre de vie
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downtown
au centre ville
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to earn/receive | he earns 3,000 euros every month
toucher | il touche 3,000 euros par mois
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to cut up
découper
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I saw him leaving
Je l'ai vu qui sortait | Think of qui here like gerund: qui sortait=sortant
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the reason why....
la raison pour laquelle....
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regardless of animate or inanimate objects parmi and entre are followed by
lequel/laquelle/lesquels lesquelles | un group d'universitaires parmi lesquels on compte des americans
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to identify
cerner
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the tail
la queue (pronounced que)
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to present/stage
mettre en scène | voltaire met en scène un double dialogue
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a collection
un recueil
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a reduction/sale
une remise (remember like shed!)
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verse (poem)
le vers (ver)
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As an anglophone
En tant qu'anglophone NOT comme anglophone