Vocabulary 5 Flashcards

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un rosier

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rose bush

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autour d’eux

Ils racontèrent autour d’eux l’histoire de la belle qui dormait dans le bois magique.

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among themselves

They talked among themselves about the story of the beauty who slept in the magic woods.

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de génération en génération

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from generation to generation

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véridique (adj)

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truthful

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de villages en villages

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from village to village

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questionner

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to question, ask, quiz

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une trace

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a trace, trail

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une ronce

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a bramble

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pourtant

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however

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un écrin

Ses beaux cheveaux formaient un écrin pour son joli visage.

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a case, setting

Her beautiful hair framed her pretty face.

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accoucher de

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to give birth to

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être aimé de

Il est si laid, jamais il ne sera vraiment aimé d’une femme.

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to be loved by

He is so ugly he’ll never really be loved by a woman.

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prendre parole

Une Fée qui était présente prit parole.

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to speak

A fairie who was present spoke.

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briller

Il brillera en société.

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to shine

He will shine in society.

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la laideur

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ugliness

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Soit (as an expression)

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OK, fine, alright…

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faire tourner

La fée fit tourner sa baguette au-dessus du berceau du bébé.

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to wave

The fairie waved her wand over the baby’s cradle.

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une espèce de

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a species of

a sort of

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une mèche

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a tuft

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mécher

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to tuft (either make or attach)

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rebeller

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to rebel

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rebellé

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rebellious

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particulier

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particular

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surnommer

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to give a nick name

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la houppe
tuft, powder puff
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soyeux (adj)
silky
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la labeur
labour, toil
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si bien que
so much so
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à travers tout On parlera de sa beauté à travers tout le pays.
throughout People will talk of her beauty throughout the land.
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un idiot | une idiote
idiot
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idiot (adj)
stupid
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l'iodiotie (f)
stupidity
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user
to use
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une perruque
a wig
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attrayant (adj)
attractive
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attribuer à
to attribute to
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une fois de plus
once again
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enlaider
to make ugly
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se précipiter
to pour in
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la bêtise
stupidity
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se répandre La nouvelle de ce changement se répandit dans le royaume.
to spread (itself) The news of this change spread throughout the kingdom.
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afin que
so as
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tenir parole Voyez Princesse, comme je tiens parole.
to keep one's word You see Princesse, how I keep my word.
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avoir bien du mal à J'ai bien du mal à prendre une décision.
to have difficulty I have difficulty making a decision.
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déplaire
to displease
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en dehors de Dites-moi je vous prie ce qui, en dehors de ma laideur, vous déplait tant chez moi.
aside from Tell me, I beg you, aside from my ugliness, what about me displeases you.
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la patrie
homeland
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assoiffer
to thirst
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assoiffé (adj)
thirsty
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une entrave
an obstacle
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la propreté
cleanliness
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une régression
a regression
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exaucer J'exaucerais les voeux de tous les gens pour les rendre heureux.
to grant, fulfill I would grant the wishes of everyone to make them happy.
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dans le rouge La tête est dans le rouge, comme mon compte en banque.
in the red Your head is in the red, like my bank account.
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filant (adj) une étoile filante
shooting, sudden a shooting star
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filer filer comme le vent
to spin, to thread, speed off to go like the wind
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fendre
to split, cleave
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se fendre
to crack (fall apart)
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planifier
to plan, schedule
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corrompre
to corrupt
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la frousse (informal) avoir la frousse
jitters, fear to be scared
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une cenne noire
a one cent coin
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une bûche J'ai dormi comme une bûche.
a log I slept like a log.
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à la belle étoile J'aime bien dormir à la belle étoile.
outdoors I like to sleep outdoors.
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faire dodo (baby talk)
to go to sleep
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la dormition
dormition (the act of falling asleep)
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le dortoir
dormitory
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un conte à dormir debout
a cock-and-bull story
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s'écrire C'est un nom bizarre. Comment est-ce que cela s'écrit?
to spell, to write to each other That's an unusual name. How is it written (spelled)?
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écrivasser
to write badly
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prêter se préter à prêté à
to lend to give rise to attributable to
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tournoyer
to spin, swirl, whirl
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un manège
merry-go-round
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dériver dériver de
to divert to derive from
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un rein
kidney, small of the back
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grossir
to enlarge, grow fatter
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défiler
to file past, parade
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émietter
to crumble
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les jumelles
binoculars, glasses
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jumeux (adj)
twin
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la ruelle
back street, alley
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déverrouiller déverrouillé
to unlock unlocked
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entrouvert (adj) La porte était laissée entrouverte.
ajar The was left ajar.
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un dispositif
a device
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grommeler
grumble, mutter
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matutinal (adj)
of the morning
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remuer
to shift, move, disturb
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aviser
to inform, advise
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une lubie
a whim
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antipathitique (adj)
unpleasant
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jadis
formerly, in by-gone times
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un sosie Paul est le sosie de son père.
a double Paul is the image of his father.
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une moue
a pout
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désapprobateur | désapprobatrice (adj)
disapproving
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le marché à terme
commodities market
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un recueil de
a collection of
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baissir
to lower, turn down
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l'avidité (f)
greed, eagerness
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jouffu (adj) joufflu (adj)
chubby, overweight chubby-cheeked, moon-faced
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rachitique
rickety, scrawny
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un syndic
property manager
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renchérir
to add (to what someone has said)
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réprimer
to repress