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Vocab december Flashcards

1
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Une hypothèque, un prêt immobilier

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A mortgage

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Indiscipliné

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unrudy

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Frais de scolarité

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Tuition fees

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Déterrer

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To dredge

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5
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Un bûcheron

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A logger

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Cupide

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Greedy

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Être bienveillant

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To be benevolent

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8
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Antidouleurs

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Pain killers

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Gouttière

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Gutter

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La faucheuse

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The Grim Reaper

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Sinistre

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Grim

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12
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Shades (s)

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Hues

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13
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It is in sharp contrast (s)

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It is in stark contrast

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14
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Résulter de, provenir de

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To stem from…

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15
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Sensation de manque

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Withdrawal symptoms

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16
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Daniel et sa soeur s’écrivent tous les deux mois

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Daniel and his sister write to each other every other month

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Construction remember

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Remember + ing

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18
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Bouche à oreille

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Word of mouth

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19
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Sombre, trouble

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Murky

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20
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Un fraudeur

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A fraudster

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21
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Se battre contre les sornettes

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to fight against the twaddle

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Un schéma

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A scheme

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23
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Construction to avoid

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To avoid + ing

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24
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Construction to avoid

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To avoid + ing

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25
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Construction to succeed

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To succeed in +ing

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26
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Construction to fail

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To fail to + bv

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27
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Construction to suggest

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To suggest + ing

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Construction to advise

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To advise to + bv

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29
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Construction to be worth

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To be worth + ing

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30
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Construction to manage

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To manage + to + bv

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Construction to threaten

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To threaten to + bv

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32
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Construction to have difficulty

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To have difficulty + ing

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33
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Construction to be warned

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To be warned + to + bv

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The young people (2s)

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The youngsters, the youths

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Construction to be accused

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To be accused of + ing

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Construction to afford

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To afford + to + bv

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Construction to spend

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To spend + ing

38
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Construction let

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Let + bv

39
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Équivalent future antérieur

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Present perfect (has/had + pp)

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Construction to allow

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Allow + to + bv

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Construction to prevent

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To prevent from + ing

42
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Construction make

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Make + bv

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Construction to consist

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To consist in + ing

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Construction to be responsible

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To be responsible for +ing

45
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Construction there is a possibility

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There is a possibility of + ing

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Construction to be interested

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To be interested in + ing

47
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Construction to help

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To help (to) + bv

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Construction to enable

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To enable to + bv

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Construction to deter + trad

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To deter someone from + ing, dissuader

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Construction to contribute

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To contribute to + ing

51
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Plus la douleur est vive

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The more excruciating the pain (is)

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Constant

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Steady

53
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Ambigu

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Equivocal

54
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En fait

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Actually

55
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Un refus

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A refusal

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Au fait

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By the way

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Spectaculaire

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Dramatic

58
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To collapse (3s)

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To plunge, to plummet, to slump

59
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To increase a lot (3s)

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To surge, to skyrocket, to soar

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It is way more dangerous (2s)

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It is far more dangerous, it is much more dangerous

61
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Poignant, navrant

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Harrowing

62
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Pharamineux

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Staggering

63
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Une plaque d’immatriculation

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A license plate

64
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Une faux

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A scythe

65
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Une seringue

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A syringe

66
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Un mégaphone

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A loudspeaker

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Une banlieue

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A suburb

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Un procureur

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An attorney

69
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Un détenu

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An inmate

70
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Odieux, scandaleux

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Egregious

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Prescribed (s)

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Dispensed

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Avant

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Prior to

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Véritablement

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Genuinely

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Des frais

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A fee

75
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Lugubre

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Dismal

76
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Froncer les sourcils

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To frown

77
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Un sonder

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A pollster

78
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Du réconfort

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Solace

79
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A ditch

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Un fossé

80
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Broyer

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To grind

81
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Délit

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Felonies

82
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Le somnambulisme

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The sleepwk

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