Vocabulaire from Articles | 7/30/13 Flashcards

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les retombées

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the fallout

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prédire

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to foretell

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hormis

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except

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le décès

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the death

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attirer

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to attract

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la cagoule

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the hood

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la racaille

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low life

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falloir

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to need, to be necessary

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abattre

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to shoot down

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recueillir

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to collect

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la remise en liberté

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the release

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le faciès

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the face

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sur fond de

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on the background of

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la loi

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the law

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faire valoir que

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to point out

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debout

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standing up / up (adj)
Elle est debout à 6 heures tous les matins.
Tu es déjà debout?

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plus rien

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nothing more, anything more

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déranger

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to disturb
ça te dérangerait de faire? (would you mind…)
excusez-moi de vous déranger (I’m sorry to bother you)

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détenue

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prisoner

like “debt - new”

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donner le change

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expression:

1) to put off track or cover up
2) to pretend, to fake

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retenir

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1) to hold back, to keep or detain
2) to remember (the name)
3) to book/reserve

Il a été retenu par un client mécontent.
Conj. comme “venir”

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revoir

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1) to see again
J’ai revu Sophie hier soir.
2) to revise or review
Il est en train de revoir ses devoirs.

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la peinture

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painting, paint
J’ai acheté de la peinture verte.

Fig. “Je ne peux pas le voir en peinture…”
I can’t stand the sight of him

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cadre

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cad-re (deux syllb.)

1) frame
2) executive

cadre verni (varnished frame)

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le mur
wall
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mûr, mûre
(adj.) ripe, mature
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la vedette
star (artiste, rôle)
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tutoyer
to address someone as "tu", to be on familiar terms
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se fonder
to base something on, to take one's authority
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à portée de... à portée de main... à portée de voix
within reach of... within reach within earshot
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le destin
fate, destiny
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pencher
to tilt or lean
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se pencher
to lean out | je m'ai penché par la fenêtre (I leaned out the window)
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se pencher sur
to look into
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le vide | vide de...
void, vacuum, empty space, drop | devoid of...
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le bruit
noise, sound le bruit de fond - background noise les bruits du moteur - noise of engines
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dessus | le dessus
on top | top (noun)
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au-dessus
above, or upstairs j'habite au-dessus -- I live upstairs au-dessus de la table -- above the table
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les terres arides
dry lands
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planer | planer sur...
to glide or float | to float over...
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l'aube (f) | à l'aube de...
the dawn, daybreak | at the dawn of...
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vouloir du mal
to wish harm | Comme un soleil qui veut du mal
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apaiser
to calm, to sooth | to appease
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mépris
contempt | Il nous a traités avec mépris
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le bas-côté de la route
shoulder of the road
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vivre
to live, to be alive
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la bande d'arrêt d'urgence
hard shoulder
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au-delà | l'au-delà
beyond (adv) | the hereafter
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poursuivre
to chase, to strive toward, to continue or carry on with
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suivre
to follow
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pulls
sweater | "pul-la"
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légèrement
lightly, slightly (lé - gère - ment) Je vais manger légèrement...
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mettre une cravate
to wear a tie | cra-va
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jeter
to throw / to cast (as in through out) | Il a jeté son manteau sur le lit. He threw his coat on the bed
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la revue
magazine, or review porte-revues (magazine rack)
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la règle
1) a rule 2) a ruler (as in physical instr. used to measure or draw straight lines) C'est la règle.
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sale
dirty, nasty L'appartement est très sale.
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salé, -e
salty La soupe est trop salée.
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le sel
salt
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tendue
tense, tight (watch pron... "ton-doo", not "ten-doo") J'ai eu une conversation tendue avec lui.
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le rôti
roast, roasting meat poulet rôti (roasted chicken) rôti de boeuf (roast beef)