Unit 2 Flashcards

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The opponent, rival or the opposition

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L’opposant (nm)

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A marked (or clear) preference for

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Une nette préférence pour

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3
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A representative, a delegate

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Un délégué (nm)

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4
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An aside, a private conversation.

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Un aparté

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5
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To annoy, to hassle, to bother

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Embêter

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6
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To get bored

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s’embêter

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7
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Satisfaction

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Contentement

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8
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Frankly, honestly

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Franchement

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9
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To disembark, to land

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Débarquer

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10
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To cease being bored

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Désennuyer

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11
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To believe yourself (to be…)

To take yourself for…

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se prendre

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12
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To pacify

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Apaiser

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13
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To choke, to strangle, to throttle

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Étrangler

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14
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A gap, a breach, a hole

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Une brèche

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15
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support

membership

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L’adhésion

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16
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Consent

Agreement

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L’assentiment (nm)

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17
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To go (his/their/it's) own way
To do (his/their/it's) own thing
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Faire bande à part

eg C’est la vérité qu’elles font bande à part.

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18
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To scowl

To frown

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se renfrogner

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19
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It goes without saying

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Il va de soi

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20
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Tens of years

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Les decennies

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21
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To favour

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Favoriser

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22
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Faced with

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Face à

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23
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To get to know

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Faire la connaissance de

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24
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One of their….

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L’un de leur(s)

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A basic/fundamental question
Une question fondomentale
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To have the opportunity/ occasion to...
Avoir l'opportunite de.....
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A child - slang in Lyon
Un gone - dans l'argot Lyonnaise
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On reaching | On arriving at
En abordant
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To find yourself in To fall into To place yourself To fit into
s'inscrire
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To write, to inscribe, to engrave To draw To register, to enrol
Inscrire
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To become aware of ...
Prendre conscience de
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To tell, to relate
Raconteur
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A turning point | A bend
Un tournant
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A hoola hoop
Un cerceaux
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To make yourself (feel etc) | To give way, to give in, to surrender
se rendre
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To cause | To result in
Entraîner
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Attached to (physically or emotionally)
Attaché á
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Even
Même | Voire
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To feel
Ressentir
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Piss off | Bugger off
Casse-toi
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To order | To prescribe
Ordonner
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À genius
Un génie
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To withdraw | To retreat
Retirer
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On tiptoe
Sur la pointe des pieds
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Scornful | Despising
Méprisant
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Suspect | Imagine
Douter
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To make up, to create, to form
Former
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Duty | Homework
Devoir
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Ready made
Tout fait(e)
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Any | Ordinary. Adj
Quelconque
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So called | Supposed
Prétendu(e)
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Ignorant
Inculte
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The faithful, the believer
Le fidèle
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Faith
Foi
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Weighed down
Accablé(e)
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Overwork
L'excès du travail
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Think about it!
Réfléchissez-y
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A hurtful name for an Arab
Un bijou
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From the start | Right from the beginning
D'entrée de jeu
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Interpenetration, mutual penetration
Interpénétration
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In a different way
de manière différente
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In another era, long ago
Jadis
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Rather
Plutôt
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More and more citizens..
de plus en plus de citoyens..
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Multiple identities
Les identités plurielles
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Apparently contradictory
Apparemment contradictoire(s)
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To take into account
Prendre en compte
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Differentiated | To differentiate
Differencié(e) | se différencier
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while remaining loyal to
en restant fidèle à
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a principle
un principe
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egalitarian
Égalitaire
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Secular
Laïque
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all the while | by continuing
tout en continuant
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An hijab
Un foulard islamique
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To call out, to shout out to, to hail To stop, to question To call to mind To take in for questioning
Interpeller
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The feeling of belonging to a country
Le sentiment d'appartenir à une nation
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To rest (as in an idea)
Reposer
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to belong to
adhérer à
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The future
le devenir (nm)
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To stand out from
se detacher de
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The gable (end)
le pignon
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Imposing
Imposante
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Affecting
Retentissant(e)(s)
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A handful
Une poignée
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Dreadful
Funeste
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To cross, to interbreed | To run into sb
Croiser | Se croiser
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To torment
Tourmenter
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To find yourself (in) | To see yourself in (sb)
Se retrouver
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For ever
á jamais
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To go down in history
Faire date
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The neighbouring family
La famille voisine
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Living (at)
Demeurant
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Secretly
Clandestinement
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To go back to To meet (sb) To go somewhere (inferring to go back)
Rejoindre
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To spare (sb)
Épargner
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A settling of accounts
Un règlement de comptes
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A wasps nest
Un guêpier