The Human Being Flashcards

(72 cards)

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un diminutif

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a pet name

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c’est de famille !

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it runs in the family

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bien être le fils de son père.

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To be a chip of the old block

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4
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la mariée

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the bride

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le marié

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the bridegroom

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a spouse

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un conjoint

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7
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la pension alimentaire

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alimony

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8
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les parents => la parentée

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the kin => kinship

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the for(e)bears

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Les ancêtres, les aïeux

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vivre en concubinage

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to cohabit

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11
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avoir un lien de parenté avec qqn

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to be related to sby

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12
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to foster -> foster

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élever -> adoptif

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13
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un tuteur

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a guardian

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a ward

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un pupille

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la progéniture

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the offrspring\the progeny

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to take after sby

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ressembler à

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les frères et soeurs

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the siblings

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un papa gâteau

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a doting father

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19
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to stick together

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se serrer les coudes

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20
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allocations familiales

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child benefits

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21
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une famille nucléaire

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the nuclear family

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un nom de jeune fille

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a maiden name

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une affaire familiale

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a family-run

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parenting

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l’éducation des enfants

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l'éducation
upbringing
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consacrer son temps à | Je consacre mon temps libre à l'apprentissage de l'anglais
to devote one's time | to devote my free time to learning english
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faire plaisir à qlq
to indulge sby
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gâter
to spoil
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dur - durement | la dure réalité
harsh -> harshly | the harsh realities of life
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gronder qqn
to scold sby \ to tell off sby
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rude -> rudeness
impoli -> l'impolitesse
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bien élevé
well-bred
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obéir à quelqu'un
to obey sby
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vivant\vif
lively
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sans entrain
dull
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bouder
to sulk
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faire des siennes
to play up
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se conduire mal
to misbehave
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donner la fessé = la fessée
to spank => a spanking
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gifler
to slap
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frapper
to clout
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s'émanciper
to break free
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une adolescence rebelle
a wayward adolescence ( = capricieux )
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entêté
stubborn
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wilful
obstiné
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un hochet
a rattle
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un jouet en peluche
a soft toy
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une marionnette
a puppet
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jeu de société
board games
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le jeu de dames
draughts
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gribouiller
to scrawl
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barbouiller
to daub
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donner la langue au chat
to give in
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un conte de fée
a fairy tale
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se balancer
to swing
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to fly a kite
jouer au cerf-volant
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faire de la corde à sauter
to skip
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la marelle
hopscotch
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une fête foraine
a funfair
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téméraire
reckless/fearless
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un chouchou
a blue-eyed boy
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poser une devinette | passer quelque chose au crible
to ask a riddle | to put sth through a riddle
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faire du toboggan
to go on the slide
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to play hide and seek | seek| sought|sought
jouer à cache-cache | chercher
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se déguiser
to go in fancy dress
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un soldat de plomb
a tin solder
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sage comme une image
as good as gold
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une éducation protégée | être à l'abri de
a sheltered upbringing | sheltered from
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une éducation bourgeoise
a middle-class upbringing
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un crime prémédité
wilful crime
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avoir envie de se prendre pour qch Elle se prend pour une linguiste
.to fancy to fancy o.s. as sth ( pej.) → She fancies herself as a linguist.
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un rêve d'enfance
a childhood fancy