Nelly Alard Flashcards
(117 cards)
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Non religious, lay-person
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Laïc
Laïque (same)
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Acronym
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Sigle m
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Movement , dependency
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Mouvement f
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Show up, turn up
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Débarquer
And disembark, land
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Because of this
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À cause de ceci
Ceci dit this said
Ceci explique cela this explains that
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Yield, give way, give in, concede
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Céder
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Clash, conflict, aggravation, irritation
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Contrariété f
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Sick leave, off sick
Doctor’s certificate, sick note
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Arrêt de travail m
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Posh adj
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Huppé
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Doctor’s surgery
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Cabinet médicale
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Thorny,prickly
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Épineux -se
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Can opener
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Ouvre-boîtes
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Wait no matter what
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Attendre de pied ferme
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get bogged down vi + adj
get caught, get trapped
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S’empêtrer
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Beg, plead with
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supplier qqn de faire qch⇒ vtr (demander avec insistance) beg [sb] to do [sth], plead with [sb] to do [sth] vtr
Je vous supplie de me croire.
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pop by again v expr
call in again v expr
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Repasser
Repasser un examen
Planche à repasser ironing board
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Catflap
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Chatière m
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Hassle, bother, bummer
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Emmerdement m
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be tense, be on edge
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Être sur les dents
Mettre sur les dents. Under pressure
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Amazement
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Stupeur
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Mocking adj
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Persifleur -euse
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Break-up, separation, split up n
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Rupture f
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Iattention, lack of attention
By accident, inadvertedly
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Mégarde f
Par mégarde
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Difficult, tiresome, hard adj
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Pénible
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Half truths
Les demi-vérités
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Pin code
Le code pin
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Lîke a shot
En trombe
| Démarrer en trombe hurtle off, start w a great rush
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Misgiving, qualm
Scrupule m
| And scruple
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Linger, stay behind, delay, hold back, remain
S'attarder
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Spoiled
Gâté -e
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Bask, lounge
| Laze around
Lézarder
| Lézarder au soleil
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Alarm n
Effarement m
| Avec effarement
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Unfair, deceitful dishonest, under hand
Déloyal
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Be touched moved
S'attendrir
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Punching bag
Sac de sable m
| Sandbag
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Muted, muffled adj
Feutré
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Rainy season
La saison des pluies
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The end of the monsoon
La fin de mousson
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Climate change
Le changement climatique
Le réchauffement climatique
De déplacés clumatiques
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Polluter
Pollueur
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Polls, ballot, election, vote
Scrutin m
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Stagnation (economy)
Marasme m
| Sortir du m. Come out of a slump
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Native, aboriginal, indigenous n and adj
Autochtone nmf and adj
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Neck and neck expr
Être au coude à coude
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Sleep like a log
Dormir comme une souche
Souche is a stump f and origin, descent
Elle de souche polonaise
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Preacher, apostle
Apôtre m
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Livestock, cattle
Bétail m
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Bundle,
Idiot, fool
Foolish, idiotic adj
Ballot m
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Suffer from
Pâtir de
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Shoe, slipper
Soulier
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Sole of shoe
Sole foot
Sole fish
Semelle f
Plante f
Sole f
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Be running late
Être á la bourre
| Bourre f stuffing
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Accept, tolerate, put up with, cope with, stand
Supporter
Mes parents ne se supportent plus.
Il faut supporter les conséquences de ses actes
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Poorly
Pauvrement
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Gradually, bit by bit, imperceptibly
Insensiblement
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Mainly, primarily
Principalement
| And principally
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At large
Dans la nature
| En cavale, en fuite
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Be up to
Fabriquer
Make, produce, build
Qu'est-ce que ru fabriques? What r u up to
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detective novel, detective fiction, crime novel, crime fiction n
Polar m fam
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Bully torment
Brimer
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Attention! (Soldater)
Garde-à-vous
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Haphazardly indiscriminately jumble muddle mess
Pêle-mêle adv
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In the mean time
| Meanwhile
Entre-temps
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Initial sign v
Parapher
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Laziness
Flemme f
| avoir la flemme (colloquial) can't be bothered expr
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Stocky squat adj
Trapu
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Negotiations talks
Pourparlers mpl
Être en p avec San
Be in talks, negotiations w
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immaculate, well-dressed adj
well-groomed, well turned out adj
tidy, neat, smart adj
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Soigné
And sick person, the sick (group)
familier (fort) (illness) bad, severe adj
(headache) splitting adj
(cold) heavy adj
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Lend a hand, help out, give support
Prêter main-forte à qqn
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Lost soul, drop out
Paumé
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Ditto, lîkewise
Idem adv
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Conceal, hide, mask, disguise
Occulter
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Placard, notice, sign
Pancarte f
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Bend, zigzag
Lacet m
Les lacets de cette route de montagne sont dangereux.
And shoe string shoe laces,
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Trek, long journey, haul
Périple m
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Horse chestnut tree
Marronnier m
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Stop, halt, stopover n
Escale f
Le bateau fait escale à P.
Faire escale make a stopover
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Follow through, bring to fruition
Mener à terme
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Passenger (car) compartment
| Cock pit
Habitacle m
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Godfather, sponsor
Parrain m
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Dig v
Creuser
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Nickname v
Surnommer
| Surnommé
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Unheard of, incredible, amazing
Inouï adj
| Incroyable
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Seniority
| Years of service, length of experience
Ancienneté f
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Successor, heir, inheritor
Héritier m
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Paddy wagon
Panier à salade m
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Agressiveness, hostility
Hargne f
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Pocket pen knife
Canif m
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Swarm gaggle
Essaim m
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Thug, gangster, yobbo
Voyou m
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Rubble
Gravats mpl
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Cheating (exam) n
Fraude f
| And fraud
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Junkie drug addict
Toxicomane m
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Sociable
Mondain
| And social butterfly, socialite as a noun
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Wardrobe, cloak room
Garde-robe f
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Theft n
Larcin m
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Hardship, poverty n
Dèche f
Être dans la dèche be broke
And down and out
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Narrator, story teller
Conteur -euse
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Start, initiate, open , begin
Entamer
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Delicious, tasty
| Lovely, charming
Savoureux -euse
| And fig
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Story, tale
Conte m
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Music-loving, music lover adj
Mélomane
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Bun (hair)
Chignon m
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Bearing n fig
Jalon m
| Milestone, landmark, foundation, groundwork
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Mend (clothes)
Ravauder
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Spray of spit,
Postillon m
| Il envoie des postillons en parlant
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Bizarre, unusual, quirky
Insolite adj
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Bad ill tempered, sullen, gloomy, dull
Maussade
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Beg, go cap in hand, ask for, bum
Quémander
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Presence (as in imposing) n
Prestance f
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Arrogant, haughty, aloof
Altier
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Polish, shine v
Astiquer
| Refl wank, play w yr self
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Trivia, nonsense
| Trivial som
Bagatelle f
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Chatter n
Jacassement m
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Management m
Gérance f
Il a pris ce magasin en gérance
P assurera la gérance de la banque...
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fool, deceive, cheat, swindle vtr
Berner
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Swagger strut
Plastronner
