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vocabulary Flashcards

1
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I can confirm that she wasn’t there yesterday

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J’affirme qu’elle n’était pas là hier.

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Marie is trying to teach her nephew the piano

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Marie essaie d’apprendre le piano à son neveu

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Pierre has been learning English for 2 years

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Pierre apprend l’anglais depuis deux ans

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Paul needs to be told of his grand-mothers death

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Il faut avertir Paul du décès de sa grand-mère

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the teacher warned his students that they would have a test

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Le professeur a averti ses élèves qu’ils auraient une interrogation

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to stammer/ mumble / stutter (not balbutier or bégayer)

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bafouiller

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to babble / be in its infancy (fig)

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balbutier

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my sister trusted her children to me

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Ma sœur m’a confié ses enfants

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9
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the crowd roared

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la foule s’est exclamée

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10
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the teacher pointed out to the pupils that the exam was approaching

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Le professeur fit remarquer aux élèves que l’examen approchait

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11
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the suspects swears he didn’t do anything

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Le suspect jure qu’il n’a rien fait

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12
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he complains all the time

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il se plaint tout le temps

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13
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please clarify your plan

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Veuillez préciser votre plan

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14
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let me know

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préviens-moi

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15
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a confession

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un aveu

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16
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a stammer

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un bégaiement

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17
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a piece of gossip

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un commérage

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18
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a quarrel

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une engueulade

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19
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an insult

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une injure

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20
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to have the gift of the gab

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avoir la tchatche

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21
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hot air/ smooth talk/ speil

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le baratin

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22
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a bragger

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le vantard

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23
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a box office / counter

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le gichet

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24
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a railway network

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Le réseau ferroviaire

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25
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to have a valid passport

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avoir un passeport en cours de validité

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26
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boarding pass

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la carte d’embarquement

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27
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pass customs

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passer la douane

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28
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direct / indirect flight

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le vol direct / avec escale

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29
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a holiday cottage

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un gîte

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30
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the forecast

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la prévision

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31
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The wind is getting up and the clouds are coming in, the weather is taking a turn for the worse

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Le vent se lève et les nuages arrivent, le temps se gâte.

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32
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in the right/ wrong direction

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dans le bon/ mauvais sens

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33
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its hard for me to get around

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je me déplace difficilement

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34
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at the top/ bottom of the street

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en haut/ en bas de la rue

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35
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to park / pull over

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se garer

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36
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far away - idiom

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ce n’est pas la porte à côté

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37
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to go to the ends of the earth

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partir à l’autre bout de la Terre

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38
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polar bears walk across the ice field

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Les ours blancs se promènent sur la banquise

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39
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repatriation

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le rapatriement

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40
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a rocky inlet

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une calanque

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41
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a waterfall

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une cascade, une chute d’eau

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42
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a mountain range

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Une chaîne de montagne

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43
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It’s a hike with 600 metres of elevation gain

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C’est une randonnée avec 600 mètres de dénivelé.

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44
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a pebble / shingle - polished by the sea

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un galet

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45
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a gorge

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une gorge

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46
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a peninsula

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Une presqu’île

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47
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a footpath

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un sentier

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48
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a vineyard

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un vignoble

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49
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heat / fever

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la fièvre

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50
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pilgrim / peregrin falcon

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un pèlerin

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51
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to give sb real pleasure

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ravir

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52
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a disturbance / excessive noise

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un tapage

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53
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a kidnapper

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un ravisseur

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54
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to bow

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ployer

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55
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the cherry tree branches are weighed down with fruit

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les branches des cerisiers ploient sous les fruits

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56
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the people were weighed down with taxes

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le peuple ployait sous l’impôt

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57
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to open sbs eyes

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dessiller les yeux à / de qqn

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58
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a poppy

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un pavot

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59
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a wink

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une oeillade

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60
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a fault / rift

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une faille

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61
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to brush, graze / skim over

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effleurer

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62
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deathly / lethal

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foudroyant

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63
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punishing, demanding, testing

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éprouvant

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64
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driving rain was falling

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Il tombait une pluie cinglante

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65
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he often makes scathing comments

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Il fait souvent des réflexions cinglantes

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66
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a scar

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une cicatrice

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67
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unheard of, incredible

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inouï

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68
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this sharp blade

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Cette lame aiguisée

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69
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the sharp observation made a stir

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La remarque aiguisée fit sensation

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70
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edge of a wood/ purlieu / outskirts / brink

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l’orée (f)

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71
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wildflowers spangle the countryside

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Les fleurs des champs émaillent la campagne

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72
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the journalist liked to pepper his conversations with literary quotations

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Le journaliste aimait émailler sa conversation de citations littéraires

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73
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undulating / temperamental

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ondoyant

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74
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chain link/ knitting stick/ net mesh

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une maille

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75
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a road link

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un axe routier

76
Q

the spot, place, location

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l’emplacement (m)

77
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to face

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faire face à

78
Q

the gap / interval

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l’intervalle (m)

79
Q

to find your bearings

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s’orienter

80
Q

this abyss is 30 meters deep

A

Ce gouffre a trente mètres de profondeur

81
Q

our shop is situated right in the middle of town

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notre magasin se situe en plein centre-ville

82
Q

the neighbourhood

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le voisinage

83
Q

extensive / sprawling

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étendu

84
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anywhere / all over the place

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n’importe où

85
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I cannot find him anywhere (NOT n’importe où)

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je ne le trouve nulle part

86
Q

somewhere

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quelque part

87
Q

my knife fell on the floor

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Mon couteau est tombé par terre

88
Q

beyond

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au-delà

89
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indoors / outdoors

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dedans / dehors

90
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underneath

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au- (de)/ en (de)/ par-dessous

91
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above

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au-(de) / par-dessus

92
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upstairs / high / above

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en haut

93
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at the foot of

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au pied de

94
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on the brink of

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au seuil de

95
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standing/ sitting apart / over there

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à l’écart

96
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he browns (not rissoler) his onions in a pan

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il fait revenir des oignons à la poêle

97
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he fries over a high heat

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il fait frire à feu vif

98
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he cooks a gratin in the oven

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il fait cuire un gratin au four

99
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he roasts the chicken

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il fait rôtir le poulet

100
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he preps the fish in foil

A

il prépare du poisson en papillotes

101
Q

makes skewers

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fait des brochettes

102
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he grills sausages

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il fait griller des saucisses

103
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he steams courgettes

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il fait cuire des courgettes à la vapeur

104
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he simmers on a low heat

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il fait mijoter à petit feu

105
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he boils vegetables

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il fait bouillir des légumes

106
Q

peler une pomme de terre

A

éplucher

107
Q

tourner avec une cuiller en bois pour bien mélanger

A

remeur

108
Q

to melt

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faire fondre

109
Q

to whisk eggs with a whisk

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battre les oeufs avec un batteur

110
Q

to grate

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râper

111
Q

cut rounds

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couper des rondelles

112
Q

entamer un pot, après quoi, le pot est …

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entamé

113
Q

on découpe sur une …

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planche à découper

114
Q

to open (not ouvrir) a bottle with a bottle opener

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déboucher une bouteille avec un tire-bouchon

115
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to reheat a dish in the microwave

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faire réchauffer un plat au four à micro-ondes

116
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to season with salt and pepper

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assaisonner avec du sel et du poivre

117
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the diplomats began (not commencer) negotiations

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les diplomates ont entamé des négociations

118
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the slowness of this man makes me boil with impatience

A

la lenteur de cet homme me fait bouillir d’impatience

119
Q

he went through the companies accounts

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il a épluché les comptes de la societe

120
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idiom - that doesn’t present any risks

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ça ne mange pas de pain

121
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idiom - she has a lot of works

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elle a du pain sur la planche

122
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idiom - she exagerates its importance

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elle en fait tout au fromage

123
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idiom - we cannot work in two places at once

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on ne peut pas être au four et au moulin

124
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to whip/ lash (not fouetter)

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cingler

125
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its a gem (fig)

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c’est une pépite

126
Q

jingoism

A

le chauvinisme

127
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pristine (familiar) - somewhere unspoilt

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vierge de monde

128
Q

boundless, inexhaustible, abundant

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intarissable

129
Q

at his age, his strength is exhausted

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À son âge, ses forces ont tari

130
Q

the flora and fauna

A

la flore et la faune

131
Q

boiling/ bubbling (n)

A

le bouillonnement

132
Q

to dive headfirst

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plonger la tête la première

133
Q

a barge/ narrowboat

A

une péniche

134
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river (adj)

A

fluvial

135
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a splash

A

un plouf

136
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the boat raised anchor and cast off the moorings

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Le bateau lève l’ancre et largue les amarres

137
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boats must be moored securely in case of storms

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Il faut amarrer fortement les bateaux en cas de tempête

138
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a skiff (small boat)

A

une embarcation

139
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to pamper/ spoil

A

chouchouter

140
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the screw and nut

A

la vis et l’écrou

141
Q

the cruise/ voyage

A

la croisière

142
Q

a (cave) wall/ partition

A

une paroi

143
Q

a trek

A

un périple

144
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a canal lock

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une écluse

145
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eccentric/ harebrained

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farfelu

146
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this vendor roasts the coffee he sells himself

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Ce commerçant torréfie lui-même le café vendu

147
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the cat stretches out/ sprawls (not étendre) in the sun

A

Le chat s’étire au soleil

148
Q

she roles out the pastry

A

elle étire la pâte

149
Q

a duvet

A

un édredon

150
Q

to chat/ gossip

A

papoter

151
Q

to beg sb to do sth

A

supplier qqn de faire qqch
Je vous supplie de me croire

152
Q

a bragger/ boastful

A

(un) vantard(e)

153
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to sweep

A

balayer

154
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to spray

A

asperger / vaporiser

155
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to do (familiar)

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foutre

156
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a vest/ jersey

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un maillot

157
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a sleeve

A

une manche

158
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a spade

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une pelle

159
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a wrist

A

un poignet

160
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to beat sb up

A

tabasser

161
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a mop/ wimp

A

une serpillière

162
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lifeless / unstressed (linguistics)

A

atone

163
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a workhorse

A

la bête de somme

164
Q

the disruption/ changes

A

le bouleversement

165
Q

the fiefdom, kingdom

A

le fief

166
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un jongleur

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a minstrel, juggler

167
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a black/mulberry / mature (adj)

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une mûre/ mûr

168
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a groove, furrow, crease

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un sillon

169
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a brotherhood, association, friary (religious)

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une confrérie

170
Q

the bankruptcy

A

la faillite

171
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the result/ outcome

A

l’aboutissement (m)

172
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a muscle / baking pan / mould (lit and fig)

A

une moule / un moule

173
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at times

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tantôt

174
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a preaching, sermon, teaching

A

une prédication

175
Q

the bloody flag is raised

A

L’étendard sanglant est levé

176
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without head nor tale

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Sans queue ni tête

177
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flooded / inundated

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inondé

178
Q

costs (nmpl) & fresh, cool (adj)

A

frais

179
Q

absent minded

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étordi

180
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inconceivable / implausable

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invraisemblable

181
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(just) as much as

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autant … que

182
Q

I like eating as much as drinking

A

J’aime autant manger que boire

183
Q

angry / on bad terms

A

fâché

184
Q

lower back pain (lumbago)

A

le lumbago

185
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a homebody

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un casanier

186
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to discount / lower

A

escompter

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