supplement 4a Flashcards by Michael Taylor

file / dossier / folder

un dossier

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peanut butter

le burre de cacahuète

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it’s not expensive

ce n’est pas cher

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It scares me!

Ça me fait peur!

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lie to someone

mentir à qqn

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imperative forms of être

sois / soyons / soyez

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This work is urgent - it has to be finished by tomorrow!

Ce travail est pressé - il faut terminer pour demain

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welcoming

accueillant/e

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competition / competitive examination in France

un concours

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I’m not around (idiom: in the shores)

Je ne suis pas dans les parages

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get rid of / expel / dismiss

exclure

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course / course of study / trail / career / journey

un parcours

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economically (cheaply)

economiquement

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to hurry

se dépêcher

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to cough

tousser

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You remember?

Tu te rappeles?

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What question are you asking?

Quelle question pose-t-il?

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My family visited me

Ma famille m’a rendu visite

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a cloud

un nuages

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alive / lively / living

vivante

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he has trouble speaking

il a du mal à parler

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I haven’t got all day!

J’ai pas toute la journée!

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With some practice - playing the piano gets easier.

Avec de la pratique - jouer du piano devient plus facile.

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she fell sick

elle est tombé malade

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a hostel / inn / lodge

une auberge

matter / a subject / a field

une matière

You should preferably wear a white shirt.

Vous devriez plutôt porter une chemise blanche.

welcome / reception / reception desk

un accueil

My brother is such a lively person!

Mon frère est une personne tellement vivante !

to have a health problem

avoir des problèmes de santé

language / parlance / wording

un langage

she became…

elle est devenu…

Sweden (Swedish)

Suède (f.) (suédois[e]s])

to smoke

fumer / cloper

education / teaching / lesson

l’enseignement (m.)

a lie

un mensonge

to dress warmly

mettre de vêtements chauds

concentrated / focused

concentré

I need to hustle because I have a plane to catch.

Je dois me dépêcher parce que j'ai un avion à prendre.

a street

une rue

to be pressed / squeezed / in a hurry

être pressé[e(s)]

backpack

un sac a dos

solitary / alone / lone

solitaire

to be afraid (of something)

avoir peur (de qqch)

a reader (a person as well as something that reads data)

un lecteur/lectrice

a French celebrity

une célébrité française

a dispatch

une dépêche

hard sciences

les sciences dures

to verify / check something

vérifier qqch

the rest of campus

la reste du campus

compete with

concurrencer

We can skip this chapter and move on to the next.

Nous pouvons sauter ce chapitre et passer au suivant

to yawn

bâiller

a half

une moitié

at first

au début

following / subsequent / next

suivant/e

walk / function / work

marcher

a punishment

une punition / un châtiment / une sanction

a fish

un poisson

cardboard box

un carton

above / on top / upstairs

dessus

People who don’t know how to dress

Gens qui ne savent pas s’habiller

they seem to be tired

ils semblent fatigués

Hurry up!

dépêche-toi! dépêchez-vous!

unti the end

jusqu’à la fin

A grand-école - but which one?

Une grand école - mais laquelle?

among

parmi

way / manner

une façon

to lose oneself

se perdre

high level

un/e haut/e niveau

a box / carton / tin

une boîte

finally

à la fin

We have arrived at the midway point of our vacation.

Nous voici à la moitié de nos vacances.

I could take the bus - but I will walk instead.

Je pourrais prendre le bus - mais je vais plutôt marcher.

a level

un niveau

a director (film)

un réalisateur

blood

le sang

reading (activity)

la lecture

same / like / similar

pareil

to flip / to freak out

flipper

a mountain

une montagne

a value

une valeur

Je bâille lorsque je suis fatigué.

I yawn when I am tired.

grateful

reconnaissant/e

J'ai promis à mes amis que je ne leur mentirais jamais.

I promised my friends that I would never lie to them.

imperative forms of avoir

aie / ayons / ayez

according to…

selon…

it’s a waste of time

c’est une perte de temps

friendship

l’amitié (f.)

I’m not always sure.

je ne suis toujour pas sûr/e

In your opinion…

A votre avis…

World War 2

la Second Guerre mondiale

whichever / it doesn’t matter which.

n’importe laquelle/lequel

in any case / anyway

en tout cas

to value someone/something

valoriser

to tell / recount

raconter

supplement 4a Flashcards

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