Vocabulary 1 Flashcards

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malsain (adj)

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unhealthy

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tanner

tanner le cuir à qqn

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to tan by the sun

to tan someone’s hide

colloquial: to hassle

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le mensonge

dire des mensonges à qqn

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lie, deceit, untruthfullness

to tell someone lies

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le rattrapage

classe de rattrapage
les émissions en rattrapage

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catch up

remedial class
catch up programs
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un conseiller

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advisor

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un don

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a gift

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vague (adj)

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vague

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le vague

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vagueness

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la vague

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a wave

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évincer

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to evict

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approfondir

approfondir ses connaissances

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to deepen

to deepen one’s knowledge

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fantastique (adj)

le cinéma fantastique

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fantastic

fantasy films

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remplir

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to fill

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un enseignant

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a teacher, instructor

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créatif

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creative

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calculer

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to calculate

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une tournée

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a turn, circuit

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tourner

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to turn

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le suivi

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the following, something that follows

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animer

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to animate
to present
to lead

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un enjeu

un enjeu économique
ce qui est en jeu

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a bet, an issue

an economic issue
what’s at stake

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lié à

les enjeux liés à l’entrepreneuriat…

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related to

the issue related to the enterpreneurship…

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malhabile (adj)

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clumsy

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convenu (adj)

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conventional

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convenir
to be suitable, to be in agreement
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un chroniqueur | une chroniqueuse
journalist
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reprocher à qqn de qqc Elle reproche à l'homme d'être paresseux
to blame, fault, reproach sb for st She blames the man for being lazy.
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à force de à force de travail dur, il s'y arrive.
by dint of... by dint of hard work, he is succeeding
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maladroit (es) (adj)
clumsy, awkward
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la maladresse
awkwardness
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un/une maladroit
awkward person, lout
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un lecteur | une lectrice
a reader
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un puzzle
a puzzle
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duper
to dupe, deceive
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une dupe un jeu de dupes
a fool a fool's game
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régner sur
to reign over
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un/une gosse Quel un beau gosse sale gosse c'est un grand gosse
kid (colloquial) what a hunk (good looking guy) brat he's a kid at heart
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atteindre elle était atteinte de tuberculose dans sa vingtaine.
to attain, to be affected she was affected by tuberculosis in her twenties.
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touchant (adj)
touching
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un extrait
an extract
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un recueil
a collection
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paraître Elle a lu de son recueil paru en 1945
to appear, to seem She read from her collection which appeared in 1945.
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un/une adepte
a devotee
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en prime
as a bonus
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sévir sévir contre Ils ont déja décidé de sévir contre ces sites qui propagent de fausses informations.
to run rampant to clamp down They have already decided to clamp down on those sites which propagate false information.
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la sensibilisation une campagne de sensibilisation
sensitization an awareness campaign
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intervenir
to intervene
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intervenant (adj)
interfering
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un intervenant
speaker, contributor
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transmettre | transmettre à
to transmit, pass on, hand down | to bequeath
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sain (adj)
healthy
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sauf (adj) | sauve
safe
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sauf (prep) | sauf que
except | except for
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sauf votre respect
with respect
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sauf imprévu
barring the unforeseen
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un gar
a lad
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incorrect (adj)
incorrect
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politiquement
politically
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un écart | l'écart entre
a gap | the gap between
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un/une psychologue
a psychologist
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le résultat
results
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un flambeau
a torch, beacon
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progressiste (adj)
progressive, liberal
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promouvoir
to promote, upgrade
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impliquer
implicate, imply
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s'impliquer
to get involved
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vraisemblablement
in all likelyhood, probably
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conservateur (adj)
conservative
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multiplier
to multiply, heighten
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la locution une locution toute faite
locution, idiom a set phrase
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un inconnu | une inconnue
an outsider, stranger
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inconnu (adj)
strange, unfamiliar
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enfuir
to flee
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s'enfuir de s'enfuir à il s'enfuit de ses ennemis elle s'enfuit à Paris.
to flee from to run away to He's fleeing from his enemies. She's running away to Paris
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la bande dessinée
comic book
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la bédé
short for bande dessinée: comic book
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le bédéiste
follower of les bandes dessinées.
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une coupe une coupe de champagne
a glass a dish a pot a hairstyling a glass of champagne
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un otage être pris en otage
a hostage to be taken hostage
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un récit de le récit de mes aventures
a story, an account of the account of my adventures
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la risée être la risée de la ville
scorn, laughing stock to be the laughing stock of the town
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le nombril
the navel
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être le nombril du monde (colloquial) Les Québécois pensent parfois qu'ils sont le nombril du monde.
to be God's gift to the world The quebecois sometimes think they are God's gift to the world
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quant à...
as for...
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la proie l'édifice a été la proie des flammes le 17 novembre dernier.
prey The building was the prey of flames (ie, burned) last 17th of November.
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l'égard (nm) par égard pour à l'égard le fils a parlé par égard pour sa mère. Craintes à l'égard de l'élection de Donald Trump sont profondes.
regard, consideration out of consideration for regarding The son spoke out of regard for his mother. Fears regarding the election of Donald Trump are deep.
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devancer
to outpace, out distance, to come out ahead
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gaver être gavé
to stuff, force-feed to be full up
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se gaver de je me gave de nouriture.
to stuff oneself with (food, ideas, information...) I'm full up.
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livrer
to deliver
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le viol
rape
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un plaidoyer
a plea
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étrangler
to strangle
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un gars
a guy
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bafouer
to trample | to scorn
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gare (interjection) gare à toi!
stop! watch out!