Vocab Quizzes Flashcards by Maeve Bannister

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la station-service

A

petrol station

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les frais

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fees/costs/charges

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faire exprès

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to do on purpose

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une tache

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stain

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Être navré(e)

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to be sorry

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Démarrer

A

to get moving (car)/to start

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petrol

A

l’essence

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traffic jam

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un embouteillage/un bouchon

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swamped with work

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Débordé(e) de travail

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to break down (car)

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tomber en panne

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tool

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l’outil

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free/at no cost

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gratuit(e)

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autrement dit

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in other words

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J’entends par là

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I mean by this

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avoir du mal à

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to have problems (doing something)

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valoir la peine

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to be worth the trouble

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Léser quelqu’un

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to wrong someone

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to be on strike

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Être en grève

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to stand in line

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faire la queue

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to hint to someone that

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faire comprendre à quelqu’un que

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that’s the last straw

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C’est la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase

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shocked

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Bouleversé(e) / choqué(e)

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confused/muddled

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Désorienté(e) / déconcerté(e)

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Ça ne me dit rien

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I don’t really feel like it

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d'occasion

second-hand

le tiroir

drawer

ils sont pareils

they are the same

N’avoir rien à voir avec

to have nothing to do with

laptop

un portable

to connect to the internet

se connecter/ se brancher à l’Internet

fantastic

génial

a great find

une trouvaille

to send text messages

Envoyer des textos / SMS

memory (computer)

La mémoire

Tu piges?

Do you understand?

Tu es doué(e) pour ça

You're talented at that

faire dorer

to brown

le plat

dish (container)/ dish (part of meal)/ course

s'y prendre mal

to do it the wrong way

to manage/get along

se débrouiller

make something work

faire marcher

to pour

verser

not so fast!

Pas si vite!

to send text messages

envoyer des textos/SMS

frying pan

la poêle

Tu as bonne mine

you look well

Ça te va à merveille

that suits you wonderfully/perfectly

Être fauché(e)

to be broke (out of money)

prendre des kilos

to put on weight

Ne pas se réveiller à temps

to oversleep

Que je suis bête !

How stupid am I!

You should be ashamed

Tu devrais / vous devriez avoir honte

To admit

Avouer

Well done!

Chapeau!/Bravo!

To get the upper hand

Prendre le dessus

Gruelling/exhausting

Épuisant(e)

avoir le trac

to have stage fright

tourner un film

to shoot a film

la vedette

star (of the show)

jouer à guichets ferméz

to play to sold out concerts

somme toute

sum total

que je suis bête

how stupid of me

to take place

se passer

flashback

un retour en arrière

it's sold out

c'est complet

le personnage

main character

un(e) interprète

actor/actress

l'intrigue

plot

filmmaker

un cinéaste