new verb meanings Flashcards
(36 cards)
1
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to matter
A
importer
2
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to belong to
A
appartenir
3
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settle/regulate/adjust
A
régler
4
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reach/achieve
A
parvenir
5
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appear/seem
A
paraître
6
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to not give a damn about / to take the piss out of …
A
se foutre (de)
7
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to distrust
A
se mefier (de)
8
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to admit
A
admettre
9
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to go back up/to
A
remontre
10
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take advantage of / make the most of
A
profiter
11
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to be proud of it
A
s’en orgueillir
12
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to be faced with
A
être face à
13
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hold a grudge against
A
en vouloir à
14
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we have to put things in proportion
A
il faut relativiser
15
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to get worse
A
se degrader
16
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add value to
A
valoriser
17
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to benefit from
A
benificier (de)
18
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to calm down, to pacify
A
apaiser
19
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to come to an end
A
boucler
20
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to lay out the ground work
A
préparer le terrain
21
Q
urge
A
exhorter (qqun) à
22
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to soften, to relax, to make more flexible
A
assouplir
23
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come to a successful conclusion
A
aboutir
24
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to subsist, to persist
A
subsister
25
to resolve
résoudre
26
to direct, to guide
diriger
27
to realize, to make real
concretiser
28
add (something) to
s'ajouter (qqch) à
29
linked to
lié à
30
attributable to
attribuable à
31
to be a question of
s'agir de
32
to disinvest in
désinvestir (no prepo)
33
understand (fam)
percuter
34
to record
enregistrer
35
to struggle
galérer
36
to be hiring
être embauche
