Vocabulaire Flashcards

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Se détendre

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Se reposer; to relax

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Balbutier

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To stammer; to stutter; to babble

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Une vedette

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A star, a celebrity

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Quérir (aller chercher)

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To fetch

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Cueillir

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To pick (flowers)

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Les loisirs

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Spare time, free-time; hobbies

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Une mouche

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A fly

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Bouche-bée

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Without a word

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Ne __ quasiment jamais

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Hardly ever, rarely

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Comme il le faisait toujours

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As he was accustomed to doing, as he usually did

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Dès

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As soon as; as early as; starting

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Pire

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Worse

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L’étau se resserre

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The noose is tightening

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Il y a longtemps que / ça fait longtemps

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It’s been a long time; it’s been a while since

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Il y a / ça fait + length of time

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Ago

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River

River les yeux

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To fix; to fasten

To fix one’s eyes

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Un froissement

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A rustling (noise;
A creasing, a crumpling
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Baisser

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To lower;
To drop;
To decrease

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Provenir de

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To originate from;
To be a product of;
To stem from

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De nouveau

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Once again; once more

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Reprendre

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To begin again; to continue after an interruption;
To take back;
To have some more

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Frapper/taper dans les mains

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To clap

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Rigoler

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To laugh

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S’apercevoir de/que

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To notice;

To realize

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Un demi-tour | Faire demi-tour
A U-turn | To turn around; to make a u-turn
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Attirer | Attirer son attention
To attract; to entice To lure; to coax (To catch one's attention)
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Empêcher de
To prevent; | To stop, to put a stop to [sth]
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Boucher | Se boucher
To plug, to seal, to block, to clog | To get clogged
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Une moquette
Carpet
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Pousser
To push (through); To grow; To let out; To emit
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Un événement
Event
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Glisser
To slip, to slide; | To murmur; to whisper
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Un coude (Donner un coup de coude) (Pousser qqn du coude)
Elbow (To elbow) (To nudge)
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Élan | Être coupé dans son élan
Impetus, momentum; Urge (sexual) (To be stopped in your tracks)
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Partager
To share; to divide
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Doucement
Gently, softly
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Admettre Concéder
To acknowledge (to accept as true)
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Reprocher à qqn
To reproach sb
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S'apprêter à
To be about to do sth; To get ready to do sth
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Retenir
To hold onto; | To detain; to hold back
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Le béton
Concrete
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Le trottoir
Sidewalk
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Un aménagement
Organization, arrangement, layout, floor-plan
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Une maison de retraite
Un centre de soins de longue durée
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Ailleurs
Elsewhere; someplace else
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Rater
To miss (ex. the train)
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Au bout
To/at the end
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De nouveau
Once again, once more, again
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Davantage
More (plus)
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Aider à + infinitive Apprendre à Chercher à Commencer à Continuer à
(Prépositions)
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``` Accepter de + infinitif Cesser de Finir de Oublier de Refuser de Rêver de Parler de ```
(Prépositions)
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``` Aimer + infinite Désirer Sembler Devoir Savoir Vouloir ```
(Sans prépositions)
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S'endormir
To fall asleep
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Appartenir à qqn
To belong to sb
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Faillir
Almost (Used in the past tense only) (*used only with negative things*) Ils ont failli tomber.
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Au + masc countries En + fem countries À + cities (*sauf à Cuba*) De + fem countries Du + masc countries
To/in/at From
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Avoir envie de
Vouloir
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Avoir hâte de
To look forward to; can't wait for
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Avoir peur de
To be scared of
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Avoir tort / raison
To be wrong / right
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Être content de + infinitif Être triste de + infinitif
To be happy to / to be sad to
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Givre Givré
Frost Frosty/frosted
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Ne___que
Seulement
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S'occuper de
To take care of sth/sb
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Plaire à qqn de + infinitif Déplaire à qqn de + infinitif
To please To displease
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Demander à qqn de + infinitif
To ask sb
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Souhaiter à
To wish sb
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Dire à
To tell sb
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Être satisfait de qqch
To be happy with
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Avoir lieu
To take place, to occur
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Souvenir de qqch/qqn
To remember
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A partir de
Starting, starting from
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Être de retour
To be back, to get back
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Être à court de
To run out of, to be running low on