Text 1,b Flashcards

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C’est en francais

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Ne pas traduire “c’est” par “it’s” en début de phrase sauf si impersonnel, c’est tard, it’s late. Pour personne ou animal, dire “that”

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enfants d’un animal

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Pas daughter for animal, plutot offspring

Out of…
Born of…
offspring of x and y

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prendre quelques notes

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jot some notes

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calepin

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pad

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suspended, prep

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suspended from

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flask

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flask = for alcohol

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bouton sur caméra

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shutter
marche aussi pour volets

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caribou

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caribou PAS DE S

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cantine in English

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gourde en métal aux US à l’époque

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gratter

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to scratch

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s’asperger, 2

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spray yourself, spritz yourself

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gorgée, 2

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swallow, mouthful

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mouiller, 4

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make everything wet
soak everything
moisten
dampen

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en clair

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to be blunt

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Place de l’adverbe

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You cannot put an adverb between a verb and an object

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minable, miteux

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shabby

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To dawdle

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trainasser

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coulées

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rivulets

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habitués

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Habitués = regular if restaurant or a bar

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moment de vérité

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When it came for the crunch
crunch time

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ce recoin de la forêt

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this neck of the forest.

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pauvre, dérisoire, ridicule

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paltry
piètre,
a paltry = la some ridicule de 30€

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les parents dans le sens de close members of our family

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Kin = les parents dans le sens de close members of our family

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calciné, carbonisé

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charred

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assaut
onslaught
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To crash def
To crash = going to some event you’re not invited → to crash a party
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gorgées
sips mouthfuls
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commenter
to observe
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louveteau, petit
cub
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passer sa main
to pass one's hand OVER
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sac à dos solide
rucksack
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couvrir
to shade sth
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Je cuis (sous le soleil)
i'm burning up
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up
Up = completely, process is completed
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commissaire, officier
commissaire
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égoutter
to drain
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distraitement, 2
absent-mindedly distractedly
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interrogatoire, 2
questioning interrogation
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crétin
idiot
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s'eterniser, 2
draw sth out drag sth out (informal)
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brusquer malmener : 1 forcer hater : 2
malmener : push around forcer hater : rush, hurry
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fouiller, 2
to search, to rummage through
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canton, 2
canton administrative district
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sur place
there
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effaroucher, 3
alarm, frighten, scare sby away
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épopée, 2
epic, saga
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allume-feu
firelighter
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sentier, 3
path, way, trail (hiking)
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chemin, 5
path pathway track lane country lane
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tiser
to fuel
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tison
ember
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fouiller,
rummage through, rummage about
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devant le poste (tv)
in front of the set
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couverts
silverware
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fureter
to ferret
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irresponsables
irresponsible
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une bande de... (personnes)
a group
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en goguette, 2
tipsy, merry, de bonne humeur, familier
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pelé
peeled
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materner, 2
to mother to baby (négatif)
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caillasse, 2
scree loose stone
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agneau
lamb
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déchiqueté, 4 - mis en pièce - découpé
torn to shreds torn to bits (informal) jagged / ragged (découpé
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brebis
ewe
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convulsé, 4
twisted, contorted, distorted, convulsed
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éleveur, 2
farmer, breeder
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toison, lainage
fleece
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dépecer,3
to butcher to joint rip apart
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pâturage, 3
pasture, pastureland grazing (uncountable)
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complaisance, 2
complacency deference
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aiguiser, 2
to whet, to sharpen
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brandon
brand
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tisonner
to poke
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melée (de rugby)
scrum, scrummage
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babine
chops (informel) jowl
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alpin
Alpine
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courber l'échine
to kowtow
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meute
pack
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berger, 2
shepherd herdsman
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bergère, 2
sheperdess herdswoman
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droit dans les yeux
straight in the eyes
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tison
ember