Olivier Flashcards
1
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early
in advance
adj
A
anticipé, adj
2
Q
ballot, n.
A
bulletin de vote, m
3
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it must be acknowledged that
A
il faut reconnaître que
4
Q
generally
A
généralement
5
Q
In general
A
En général
6
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generally
as a general rule
A
en règle générale
7
Q
st is located at
A
qqc se trouve à
8
Q
obviously
A
bien èvidemment
9
Q
it is about…
A
il s’agit de…
10
Q
food, foodstuff
A
aliment, m
11
Q
there is no more room
A
il n’y a plus de place
12
Q
one can see…
A
on y voit
13
Q
almost
A
presque
quasiment
14
Q
mostly
A
principalement
15
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I am used to
A
J’ai l’habitude de
16
Q
in cash
A
en espèces
en liquide
17
Q
to pay the bill
A
régler l’addition
18
Q
to take place
(implies process)
A
avoir lieu
19
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to occur
to take place
A
se dérouler
20
Q
actually
A
en fait
21
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currently
A
actuellement
22
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subscription
(magazine or newspaper)
A
abonnement, f
23
Q
to unwind
to unroll
A
dérouler
24
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to take place
to unroll
to come unrolled
A
se dérouler
25
to take place
avoir lieu
prendre place
se dérouler
26
to highlight
mettre en lumière
27
exacting
demanding
finicky
pointilleux
28
mainly
principalement
29
completely,
perfectly,
entirely
tout à fait
30
as far as I know
pour autant que je sache
31
flaw
défaut, m (imperfection)
faille, f (weakness)
32
for this reason
pour cette raison
33
highly likely
fort probable
34
busy, occupied
full (food)
loaded (gun, car)
charged (battery)
chargé
35
thank you very much
merci infiniment
merci beaucoup
36
trial, n
murder trial
procès, m
procès du meurtrier
37
to scrutinize
scruter
38
flight, rise
.
rapid expansion (econ)
essor, m
.
en pleine essor
39
to end
prendre fin
40
to feel blue
to be down in the dumps
avoir le cafard
41
to be a pain in the neck
casser les pieds
42
(to be) breathtaking
à couper le souffle
43
joke, n
plaisanterie, f
blague, f
44
scam, n
scammer, n
to scam
I got scammed
arnaque, f
arnaqueur, mf
arnaquer
je m'a fait arnaqué
45
to reject (idea, person)
to dismiss
to throw out
to throw back
rejeter
46
strict
sévère
47
justifiably
rightly so
à juste titre
48
fair
just
right (exact)
tight (eg clothing)
juste
49
defendant
accusé, mf
50
deer
daim, m
biche, f
51
kidney stone
calcul rénal
52
to turn around
to toss and turn
se retourner
53
to turn (sth) over
to turn (sth) around
to turn inside out
to send (sth) back
to go back
to turn upside down
retourner
54
to divide
to distribute
to spread
répartir
55
I think that...
Je trouve que...
56
to soften
to alleviate
to temper
to tone down
to take the edge off
atténuer (vt)
57
to ease
to lessen
to die down
to let up
(vi)
s'atténuer (vi)
58
to look forward to doing (sth)
to be anxious for
can't wait for (sth to happen)
avoir hâte de
59
It's not a big thing
Ce n'est pas grande chose
60
haste
eagerness
hâte, f
61
on the other hand (expr)
however
par contre
62
Ultimately
En fin de compte
62
In the end
Au bout du compte
En définitive
À la fin
63
It is safer to…
Il est plus sûr de…
64
It might rain tomorrow
il se peut qu’il pleuve demain
65
crosswalk
passage clouté, m
66
sense
direction
way
meaning
feeling
sens, m
67
sensitive to the cold
fearful, timid
frileux, frileuse
68
absurd,
ridiculous
ubuesque
69
to edit
modifier
70
inappropriate
.
inappropriate remarks
déplacé
.
des propos déplacés
71
boot-licker
sycophant
lèche-bottes, mf
72
Keep it up!
Keep going!
Continue ainsi!
73
cunning, crafty (adj)
craftiness (n)
to use cunning (v)
rusé (adj)
ruse (nf)
ruser (v)
74
let’s get back on track
retournons à nos moutons
75
to spread
to broadcast, to publicize
to give off
répandre
se répandre
76
to circulate
to run (transportation)
to travel, to move about
to move on (person)
to be busy (traffic)
circuler
77
darkness
obscurity
ténèbres, fpl
78
funeral
obsèques, fpl
79
rule, regulation, n
settled, resolved, adj
to settle, to resolve
règle, nf
réglé, adj
régler
80
to adjust, to regulate
to settle, to resolve
to pay
régler
81
to be settled
to be resolved
se régler
82
to be looming over
to be hanging over one's head
pendre au nez de [qqn]
83
to get back to the subject at hand
retourner à nos moutons
84
bribe, n
pot-de-vin, m
86
especially
particularly
notamment
87
there’s no rush
il n’y a pas le feu au lac
88
the time before last
l’avant-dernière fois
89
without head or tail
It didn’t make any sense
sans queue ni tête
Il n’avait ni queue ni tête
