Vocab 1 Flashcards

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demeurer

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habiter
rester dans la memoire
rester

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aboutir à

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end in, lead to, result in

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aboutir

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succeed, come to a successful conclusion

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d’ailleurs

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à propos (incidentally)

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lorsque

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au moment où (when, as soon as)

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effrayer

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apeurer (frighten)

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encaisser

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to box
to bank, cash
to put up with
to withstand

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écoeuré

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(physically) nauseous

(morally) revolted

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dès

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from

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se poigner

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se quereller (argue)

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oindre

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huiler, graisser

to anoint

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plaindre

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to pity, sympathise with

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se plaindre

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to complain

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cependant

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pourtant, néanmoins (yet, nevertheless, however)

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échotier(ière)

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gossip columnist

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ranger

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mettre en ordre

remettre à sa place

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préalable

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preliminary, preceding

precondition, prerequisite

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pour autant

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for all that

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astreindre

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assigner (oblige, compel, constrain)

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ainsi

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de cette manière (thus, so)

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l’élan (m.)

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impulsion

sexual urge

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la mousse

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foam

moss

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la pourriture

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rot
corruption
personne détestable

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le chou-fleur

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cauliflower

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la démarche
manière de marcher | méthode (approach)
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l'angoisse (f.)
anxiety, dread, worry
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le délaissement
abandonment
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échapper à
escape from, elude | avoid, get out of
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désigner
montrer choisir (appoint, delegate) signifier (indicate, refer to)
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la maîtrise
self-control, command of emotions domination (mastery) connaissance (mastery)
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l'aménagement (m.)
arrangement, layout | adjustment
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le défi
challenge, defiance
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l'enjeu (m.)
prize, stakes
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bondir
sauter, se précipiter
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le poing
fist
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pendre
hang, dangle
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tendre
stretch, extend, pull taut
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fendre
split, chop, cleave
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répandre
spread, put, scatter, leave | broadcast, spread, publicize
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pousser
to push
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agaçant
annoying, irritating
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faire la gueule
to sulk
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la larme
tear
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le logiciel
software program
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le fichier
the file
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dénicher
trouver (unearth)
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arrosé(e)
boozy, washed down with alcohol | wet with rain
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mater
check out, look at | réprimer (subdue, quell)
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néanmoins
pourtant (nevertheless)
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l'arobase (f.)
@
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le commentaire
(online) comment
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le courriel
email
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le fournisseur d'accès
internet service provider
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la messagerie instantanée
instant messaging
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le navigateur
browser
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la pièce jointe
the attachment (attached doc)
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le portail
homepage
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le réseau social
the social network
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le téléchargement
downloading
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le clavier
the keyboard
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l'écran
the screen
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la touche
the key (on keyboard)
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la clé USB
USB stick
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l'enceinte (f.)
the speaker
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l'imprimante (f.)
the printer
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la souris
the mouse
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afficher
to post publish, display, put up, show
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enregistrer
to record, burn (on CD)
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éteindre
to turn/switch off
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joindre
to attach
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sauvegarder
to save (on computer too)
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télécharger
to download
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tomber en panne
to crash, break down (technology)
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gérer
s'occuper de (manage, handle, deal with)
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empêcher
prevent, avoid, stop
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le rideau
curtain, shutters | haze, veil
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les frais
costs, charge, fee
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coûteux(se)
cher
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gênant
embarrassing, awkward, uncomfortable
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s'accrocher (à)
hold/cling onto | être tenace (work hard)
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accrocher
to hang, grip, stick
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par ailleurs
de plus, en outre (in addition)
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brouillé
en mauvais termes
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aîné
eldest, firstborn
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auprès de
near, beside, with vers dans l'opinion de en comparaison de
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rude
dur, difficile | formidable, impressive
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cuisant
crushing, heavy, serious | stinging, painful
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boursier
de La Bourse | grant/scholarship holder
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puéril(e)
childlike | juvenile, childish, silly
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rater
manquer, ne pas voir | ne pas réussir
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l'amertume (f.)
bitter taste | bitterness, resentment
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se borner à
confine/limit yourself to
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borner
mark, stake out
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ailleurs
elsewhere | something better, new horizons
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désemparé(e)
distraught, disconcerted, lost at sea
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or
but, yet, now
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déçu
désappointé
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la dureté
hardness, intransigence
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lâche
cowardly, week, feeble
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atteindre
to reach, get to to attain, achieve to affect, harm
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franchir
jump over, cross, pass | overcome
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reculer
back up, reverse withdraw, retreat postpone, push back diminish
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nier
deny, refute, abjure
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le renseignement
information, details | intelligence, spying
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sans domicile fixe
homeless
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sans-abri
homeless
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l'espion/espionne
spay
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la grève
the strike
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les grevistes
the strikers
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l'outil (m.)
tool
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davantage
more
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l'internaute
utilisateur d'Internet
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la moyenne
average
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chouchouter
pamper, spoil
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la ruée
rush
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au paravant
formerly, before
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désormais
from now on, henceforth
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l'éclosion (f.)
hatching, spawning, birth, blooming
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à raison de
at a rate of
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le néant
the void, nothingness, oblivion | none
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viser
to aim, target, concern
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le salaud
bastard, SOB...GIT!
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méconnaître
be ignorant/unaware of
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insouciant(e)
carefree, happy-go-lucky | unconcerned, oblivious, untroubled
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l'engagement (m.)
commitment
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fâché
en colère | brouillé
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le dépassement
the overtaking, passing
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couramment
commonly, frequently | fluently
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la mise au point
clarification
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la cité
city-state, city society estate, ghetto
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malin
smart, shrewd, clever (sarcastically:) smart! clever! malevolent, malignant (spirit) (noun, m.): wily devil
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bien malin qui
it's a wise person who
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méprisable
honteux, bas (contemptible, despicable)
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le stigmate
stigma | scar, mark
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effrayant
qui fait peur
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malpropre
(pour un lieu:) sale | (pour une personne:) indélicat
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trébucher
perdre l'equilibre
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mépris
``` dédain (contempt) non respect (disregard) ```
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les déboires (m.)
run of bad luck, disappointments
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se détendre
se relâcher
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pourvu que (+ subj.)
provided, as long as | let's hope that
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craindre
avoir peur de | redouter
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l'amende (f.)
fine
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le ménage
tâches domestiques | copule vivant en comun
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ausein de
à l'interieur de
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amouresement
romantically
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dénué de
soutenu: privé
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il vaut mieux
you had better, it's best if you
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le truchement
le porte parole (spokesperson) | means of expression
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l'attentisme (m.)
wait-and-see attitude
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tandis que
while
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tâcher de
essayer de