Organisation Sociale Vocab Flashcards by Ada Tsoi

Q

to hug

A

serrer dans ses bras

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to kiss (on the cheek)

A

faire la bise (à)

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to kiss (on the lips)

A

donner un baiser (à)

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to wave

A

faire un geste de la main

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to shake hands

A

serrer la main (à)

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to bow

A

s’incliner

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conversation partner

A

un(e) interlocuteur/-trice

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person living with parents at mature age

A

un(e) tanguy

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laundry service

A

la blanchisserie

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roommate

A

un(e) colocataire

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to behave (yourself)

A

se comporter

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pimply

A

boutonneux/-euse

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dimwitted (adj)/numbskull (n)

A

un(e) nullard(e)

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biological parent

A

un(e) géniteur/-trice

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to catch/contract

A

attraper

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to drag on

A

s’éterniser

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to get enraged/mad

A

se rendre en colère

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to commit to/sign up for

A

s’engager à

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to resolve/regulate

A

régler

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laziness

A

la paresse

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stubbornness/stubborn

A

l’entêtement/têtu(e)

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honest/upstanding

A

intègre

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dishonesty

A

la malhonnêteté

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selfless/altruistic

A

altruiste

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grade 5-6 (10-11)

le CM2

distracted/dissolute

dissipé(e)

dictation/transcription/spelling

la dictée

mistress/(pet) owner/schoolteacher

une maîtresse

a pain in the neck/bore (adj)

chiant(e)

city hall

la mairie

two-tier/inequal

à deux vitesses

academic failure

un échec scolaire

to deny

nier

overloaded/overwhelmed

surchargé(e)

undermined/worn down

miné(e)

to remove/cut/cancel

supprimer

workforce/numbers

l'effectif

in trouble

en galère

powerless/incapable

impuissant(e)

to save (on)

faire des économies (sur)

equal opportunities

l'égalité des chances

dead end

un cul-de-sac

boarding school/internship

un internat

gift/donation

un don

(musical) conductor

un chef d'orchestre

to devestate/disrupt/turn upside down

bouleverser

donkey/twerp/idiot

un(e) âne/cancre

denunciation

la délation

to succeed

parvenir

test/inspection/control

un contrôle

to tell off

gronder/enguirlander

schedule

un emploi du temps

subsidy

une subvention

to tease/mock

bagouler

to cram (for school)

bûcher

to read

bouquiner

scholarship

une bourse scolaire

to fail (a student)

coller/recaler (un étudiant)

to do a lot of work

abattre de la besogne

essay/composition

une rédaction

to skip/cut (class)

sécher/brosser/manquer (les cours)

to scrawl/write illegibly

gribouiller

to gossip/chat

papoter

to take an exam

se présenter à un examen

dormitory

un dortoir

to get a move on

se grouiller/dépêcher

to expel

expulser/renvoyer

to dawdle/work slowly

lambiner

book bag/binder

un cartable