Past Papers Key Vocab Flashcards

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Tandis que

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While

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En être privé(s)

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To be deprived of it

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Au volant

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While driving

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Les sonneries

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The ringtones

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La facture

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The invoice

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Prévenir les secours

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To call for help

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Diffamer

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To defame

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Diffamatoires

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Defamatory

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Flatteurs

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Flatterers

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Sans-papiers

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Undocumented people

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Le dénouement

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The outcome (ie of a film)

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Un navet

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A film (or a turnip!)

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Gâcher

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To spoil

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Les cascadeurs

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The stuntmen

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Sous-intrigues

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Subplots

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Le récit

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The story

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Guère

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Hardly

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Un feuilleton

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A soap opera

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Les bobines de celluloïd

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Celluloid reels

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Faire des économies

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To make savings

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21
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Les frais

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The cost

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22
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La chute

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The fall

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Avoir failli +infinitive

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Have almost done something

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Mettre l’accent sur

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To put emphasis on

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Les confiseries
Confectionery
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Les baskets
Trainers
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Bleu clair
Light blue
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Vieux/vieille
Old
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La batterie
The drums
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Accorder
To tune (an instrument)
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Vers
At about/ towards
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Se débrouiller
To manage
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S’efforcer de
To try hard to
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Tenir
To hold/ to care about/ to be determined
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Un régime
A diet
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Profiter de
To make the most of
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Escalader
To climb
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Croiser
To cross (ie someone’s path)
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Contenter
To satisfy
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La porte à côté
Next door
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Inspirer confiance à
To inspire confidence/trust in
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Se conduire
To behave
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Tisser
To weave
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Un dépliant
A leaflet
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Du coup
As a result
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On s’y fait
We get used to it
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Avoir recours de…
To resort to…
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Travailler à mi-temps
To work part time
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Indispensable
Essential
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Autrefois
Formerly
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Déposer
To deposit
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Les tubes du classique
Classic hits
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La politesse
The politeness
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Rallumer leur téléphone
To turn their phone back on
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De grâce
Please
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Un wagon bondé
An overflowing carriage
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Haletante
Panting/breathless
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Frôler la crise de nerfs
To be on the verge of a nervous breakdown
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La tournure plus polie
The more polite turn of phrase
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Les malentendus
Misunderstandings
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L’emballage
Packaging
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L’étendue
The extent
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Le panier
The basket
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Monter un concert
To put on a concert
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Frapper
To hit/strike
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La sécheresse
Drought
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Durablement
Sustainably/definitely
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En parallèle
At the same time
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Réaliser un grand bond
To make a great leap
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Frappante
Striking
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Faire preuve de
To demonstrate
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Issu de
From a
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S’envoler
To take off (ie a career)
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Monter en scène
To go on stage
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Séjourner
To stay
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Le seuil de la porte
The threshold of the door
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Nu-tête
Bare-headed
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Mollement
Sluggishly/softly
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Brûlants
Burning
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Glissant à travers
Shining through
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Le feuillage
The foliage
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Échapper
To escape
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Bouleversé(e)
Upset
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Échouer
To fail
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Le désespoir
Despair
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Un échec
A failure
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Minutieusement
Carefully
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Le cabas
The shopping bag
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Quinquagénaire
Fifty year old
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L’agglomération
Agglomeration (collection of things)
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Tenir la caisse
To work the till
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Mettre en rayon
To put on the shelf
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Faire des marges
To make margins
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Embaucher
To hire
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Les loyers
The rents
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Subventionné
Subsidised
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Un concours
A competition
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Le toit
The roof