supplement 5a Flashcards

(99 cards)

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do laundry

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faire la lessive

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to keep

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garder

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to throw away

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jeter

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a goal / aim / objective

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un but

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What is his aim in life?

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Quel est son but dans la vie ?

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a discovery

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une découverte

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The discovery bridges some gaps in our research.

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La découverte comble certaines lacunes de notre recherche.

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a liberator

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un/e liberateur /-trice

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9
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to worry about

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s’inquiéter de

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to worry someone

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inquiéter quelqu’un

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It is nothing serious and I do not want to worry (trouble) you.

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Il n’y a rien de grave et je ne veux pas t’inquiéter.

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to kill

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tuer

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13
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he comes from where?

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il vient d’ou ?

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to live just around the corner

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habiter juste à côté

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prepare to go to school

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préparer à aller à l’école

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to go to (lit. to render oneself to)

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se rendre à

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reflexive verbs

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des verbes (m.) pronominaux

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reflexive pronouns

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des pronoms (m.) réfléchis

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19
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almost always

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presque toujours

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to make a promise

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faire un promesse

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to prepare oneself

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se préparer

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22
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novelty / newness

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la nouveauté

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The Internet is no longer a novelty nowadays.

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L’Internet n’est plus une nouveauté de nos jours.

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24
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to procrastinate / temporise

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procrastiner / temporiser

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to put sth. off till later
remettre qqch. à plus tard
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Tania knew she should be working on her thesis - but she was procrastinating.
Tania savait qu'elle devait travailler sur sa thèse - mais elle la remettait toujours à plus tard.
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to welcome / accommodate / receive / host
accueillir
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I hosted my cousins when they visited from abroad.
J'ai accueilli mes cousins quand ils m'ont rendu visite de l'étranger.
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The company needs to embrace change in order to evolve.
L'entreprise doit accueillir le changement pour évoluer.
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a sulk (grouch) / sulky (adj.)
un/e boudeur /-euse
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to sulk
bouder
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to pout / sulk (lit. to make the head)
faire la tête
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to ruminate / brood over sth.
ruminer à qqch.
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smiling / cheerful
souriant/e
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to smile
sourire
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a smile
un sourire
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I interpreted his smile as an approbation.
J'ai interprété son sourire comme une approbation.
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I smiled in the photo.
J'ai souri sur la photo.
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hospitable / pertaining to hospitals
hospitalier/-ère
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a hospital centre
un centre hospitalier
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wise (lit. sage)
sage
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My sister is prudent enough to make her own decisions.
Ma sœur est assez sage pour prendre ses propres décisions.
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Accepting the offer was a smart decision.
Le fait d'accepter l'offre était une sage décision.
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a spender / spendthrift (also adj.)
un/e dépensier/ère
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carefree / reckless (lit. insouciant)
insoucieux /-euse
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to stay in bed in the morning (lit. make morning grease)
faire la grasse matinée
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phlegmatic / stolid / unemotional
flegmatique
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eccentric (adj.) / an eccentric
excentrique / un excentrique
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surprising
surprenant
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to surprise sb.
surprendre qqn.
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to surprise / bust sb. (lit. to take sb. in the act)
prendre qqn. sur le fait
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The thief was busted by the police.
Le voleur a été pris sur le fait par la police.
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by / around (in telling time)
vers
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before (in telling time)
avant
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to doze / nap
sommeiller
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to take a nap / siesta
faire un somme / faire la sieste
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to rest (i.e. have a rest)
se reposer
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the meaning / sense (lit. signification)
la signification
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I can't quite grasp the meaning of this word. (lit. it escapes me)
La signification de ce mot m'échappe.
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to tie
lier
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to fall in with / make friends with sb.
se lier à qqn.
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insane / mad / absurd / excessive
fou
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a fool / lunatic
un fou / une folle
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crazy about sb.
fou de qqn
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a fan / nut about sth.
un fou de / une folle de
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stark raving mad
fou à lier
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to shut away / imprison / confine
enfermer / emprisonner / confiner
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to lock oneself in / shut oneself in
s’enfermer
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The bad weather kept us in all afternoon.
Le mauvais temps nous a enfermés toute l'après-midi.
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to recount / to tell
raconter
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to write music
écrire de la musique
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to have fun (lit. to divert oneself)
se divertir
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We enjoyed ourselves that evening.
Nous nous sommes bien diverties à cette soirée.
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a distinctive characteristic (lit. particularity)
une particularité
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to convince
convaincre
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Your argument doesn't convince me at all.
Ton argument ne me convainc pas du tout.
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to tell the time
dire l’heure
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never mind! (or - regardless of / no matter what)
peu importe!
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to see one another
se voir
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a schedule / programme
un programme
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programmed
programmé
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to program / set / organize / schedule
programmer
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last night
hier soir
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all at once
tous à la fois
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a time-waster (lit. time-eater)
un chronophage
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it’s a bad habit
c’est une mauvaise habitute
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a challenge (lit. a defiance)
un défi
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a surprise guest
un invité surprise
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a guest (lit. an invited)
un invité
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patterns (lit. motifs)
des motifs
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I wear grey
je mets du gris
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azure (shade of blue)
azur
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to colour / a colour
couleur / une couleur
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publicised (lit. mediatised)
médiatisé
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to publicise sth.
médiatiser qqch
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the red carpet
le tapis rouge
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earrings
des boucles d’oreille
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a ring (i.e. jewelry)
un anneau / une bague
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a bracelet
un bracelet