Flashcards in Stage de Français Intensif Deck (90)
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le savoir-vivre
good manners
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se souvenir
to remember
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boute-en-train
fun person
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un dessin animé (nm)
cartoon
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tordre
to twist, to wring, to deform
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d'autant plus que
all the more since
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plus près (adj)
closer
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la stupeur (nf)
surprise, astonishment
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AINSI QUE
JUST AS
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considérer
Qu'ils nous considèrent...
to consider
"That they consider us..."
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la grenouille (nf)
frog (gren-wheel-ir)
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personnage (nm)
C'est un personnage!
figure, individual, character
He's quite a character!
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grossier, -ère
rude, unrefined, rough
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avoir du mal à faire
"On a du mal à le croire"
TO HAVE TROUBLE doing
We have trouble believing it
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tout de même
all the same
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se comporter
to behave
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hélas
Hélas, il ne restait plus de billets
unfortunately, regrettably (pron the "s")
Unfortunately, there were no tickets left
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se rendre
se rendre à l'évidence
se rendre à la police
to surrender
to bow to the evidence
to surrender to the police
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on ne peut plus + adj
on ne peut plus éloquente
on ne peut plus clair
on ne peut plus familière
as .... as can be
as eloquent as can be
as clear as can be, crystal clear
as familiar as can be
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se vanter
to boast
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il paraît que...
I hear that
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paraître
il me paraît que...
to seem, to appear
it seems to me that...
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pour ne pas dire les pires
pour ne pas dire pires
if not the worst...
to say the least...
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pire (adj)
le pire de
worse
the worst of...
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pas de quoi!
don't mention it
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pas de quoi se vanter
pas de quoi pavoiser
nothing to brag about
nothing to be proud of
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se retourner
to turn around
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la tombe
grave, tomb
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se donner du mal
to go to a lot of trouble
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tant de (exp)
"Elle qui s'est donné tant de mal pour"
so much...
She who went through so much trouble to..."
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inculquer à
to inculcate (to instill)
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un semblant de
a semblance of (the appearance of - esp. if different)
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la courtoisie (nf)
courtesy
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au fait,
by the way...
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crétin, -e
cretin (a stupid person)
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fourbe (adj)
deceitful
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lambin, -e (adj)
slow
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voleur, voleuse
thief
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Ne dit-on pas que... ... ?
Don't they say that ... ?
When used in the middle of sentence "yet they say that..."
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rassurer
to reassure
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et j'en passe (exp)
and more, and that's not all
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avoir la peau dure
to be thick-skinned
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****D'ailleurs, ****
Besides,
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C'est quand même mieux
This is better, it's better
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être de taille
to measure up, to be considerable
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deviner
deviner que
to guess
I have an inkling that....
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baragouiner
to jabber (Bar-ah-gween-ay)
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insupportable
unbearable
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uns
some
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moindre
lesser, lower
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la lacune
une lacune linguistic
gap
a language gap
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méfiance
mistrust, distrust
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sinon
except, other than
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Dans le fond (exp)
All things considered
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digne (adj)
digne de
dignified, worthy (pron=deen)
worthy of
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le comble (nm)
C'est vraiment le comble!
the height, the limit
That's the limit! That beats everything!
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un pourboire (nm)
tip (poor-a-bwah)
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maigre
thin, skinny, lean
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chipoter
1) to nibble (when eating)
2) to haggle
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une broutille
trifle, trinket
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arnaquer
se faire arnaquer
to rip off
to get ripped off
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hors de
outside
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autrefois
in the past, formerly
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avant
before
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il y a longtemps
A long time ago
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jadis
"le temps jadis"
in times past, formerly
the olden days
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Ça veut dire quoi? (exp)
What does that mean?
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pareil, pareille
"en pareil cas"
1) similar (par-ehay)
2) such
"in such a case"
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Les Vosges
A mountain system in eastern France, Alsace. Pron=Voege
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un joyau
gems, jewel (Pron = J'why-aux)
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un bijou
jewel
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comporter
to consist of, to be made up of
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équestre
equestrian (of or relating to horse riding)
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cavalier, -ière
je vais le faire cavalier seul
rider, knight
I'm going to go it alone
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le corps de logis (nm)
main building
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la cour (nf)
yard, courtyard
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le bâtiment (nm)
building
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au fond de
at the bottom, back of
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une orangerie
orangery
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abriter
Une aile du bâtiment abritait les chevaux.
to house, to shelter
"A wing of the building housed the horses"
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immeuble (nm)
building
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ventru, -e
potbellied
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rond, -e
round
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le carrosse (nm)
horse-drawn coach
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une enceinte
a wall
an enclosure
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un puits (nm)
well (as in a water well) pron = silent on 't'
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à l'angle de la rue
at the corner (of the street)
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le trottoir (nm)
pavement
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le long de (exp)
along
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