Volume 4 Flashcards

(96 cards)

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une fourgonnette

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delivery van

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une plaquette

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bar (chocolate)
platelet (blood)
brochure, pamphlet
brake shoe (automobile)

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payer comptant

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to pay cash

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la fin de semaine

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weekend

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haut de gamme (adj phrase)

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first class
top of the range
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à sens unique (adj phrase)

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one way

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en mission

comme un recruteur en mission

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on a mission

like a recruter on a mission

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un acabit

du même acabit que…
les gens de ton acabit

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type

of the same type as…
people like you

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emprunter la rue

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to take a road

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10
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un poisson d’avril

faire un poisson d’avril à qqn

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April fool, April fool’s joke

To make an April fool of someone

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de ce côté-là

De ce côté-là, il n’y a rien de changé.

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on that score

On that score, nothing has changed.

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Ça ne sert à rien de + infinitive

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That does nothing to…

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agencer

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to organize

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14
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de quand date qqc

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when was st dated

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tenir qqc pour acquis

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to take something for granted

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au moment où

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when

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17
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en suspens

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unfinished

unresolved

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18
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reporter

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to adjourn

postpone

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19
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il ne faut rien négliger

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nothing can be neglected

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20
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de retour à

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getting back to

returning to

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un substitut de

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a substitute for

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à couper au couteau (adj phrase)

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cuts like a knife

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redoutablement

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dreadfully

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efficace contre les insomnies

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effective against insomnia

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prendre le parti de...
to opt for...
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bien portant (adj)
healthy
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une galipette
somersault
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daigner
to deign | condescend
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précaire (adj)
precarious
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Donnez-moi votre dossier, qu'on en finisse.
Give me your file, then we're finished.
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histoire de...
so as to...
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d'être opéré
to be operated on
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à la suite
after | as a result of
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sous peu
soon
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dresser
to set up
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gare (interjection)
watch out!
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émietter
to crumble
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piétiner
to trample on
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j'ai le triste privilège de...
I have the sad duty to...
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privilégé (adj)
privileged | favoured
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tout en répondant
while responding
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le retrait
withdrawal | retreat
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en retrait une maison (située) en retrait de... se tenir en retrait rester en retrait
away from a house set back from... to stand back to stay in the background
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meubler Il s'agissait seulement meubler la converstion
``` to furnish (with furniture) to furnish (figuratively, as here:) ``` It was only to provide conversation.
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Parlons de façon hypothétique
Let's talk hypothetically.
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ça serait faire d'ouvre de philanthropie.
That would be an act of philantropy.
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On se ressemble beaucoup plus que vous ne le pensez.
We're much more alike than you think.
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avoir pour principe de
As a matter of principle
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étant donné que...
given that...
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ne donner pas cher de la peau de qqn (idiom) Je ne donnerai pas cher de ta peau!
to think someone's in big trouble, to doubt their chances of success, to be glad not to be in their shoes You're dead meat!
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un fier à bras
a hired thug
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aller tout faire pour Le SCRS va tout faire pour arrêter le meutrier
to do everything to CSIS will do everything to arrest the murderer.
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encombrant (adj)
cumbersome
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un amortisseur
shock absorber (automobile)
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le supplice
torture
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une halte
stop
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un coup de main
assistance
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le ou les responsables
the one or those responsable
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enfouir enfouir à jamais
to bury buried for ever
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je suis venue aux nouvelles (colloquial)
I came to see what's happening
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Aux frais de la maison
on the house
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un entremetteur
go between | matchmaker
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je le suis des yeux jusqu'à la porte de la cuisine.
My eyes follow him up to the kitchen door.
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mettre qqn à contribution
to call on someone's services
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une frasque
escapade | prank
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se charger de Elle propose spontanément de s'en charger.
to take responsibility for Spontaneously, she offers to look after it.
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une tuile Tu parles d'une tuile!
``` a tile a blow (colloquial) ``` What a blow!
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Elle quitte l'écran des yeux.
She turned away from the screen.
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sentencieux (adj)
sanctimonious
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la traçabilité
traceability
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à mesure qu'elle parle
while she is speaking
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la plage plage de prix plage de choix plage de disque plage horaire
beach, riverside price range range of choices track time slot
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un contrat de location
tenancy agreement
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affaler s'affaler affalé sur le lit
to lower to collapse slumped on the bed
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une armature
framework
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un trépied
tripod
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la bravade
bravado
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la raillerie
mockery
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désinvolte (adj)
casual | flippant
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de près (adv)
closely
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une bribe par bribes
scrap fragment bit by bit
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barrer les cicatrices lui barrait le dos dans tous les sens
to block cross the scars crossed her back in every direction.
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les points de presse
talking points
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un drogué
a drugie
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un habitacle
cockpit (aero) cabin (aero, auto) interior (auto)
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le gyrophare
rotating, flashing light on emergency vehicles
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un perron
flight of steps
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la bordure en bordure de
border edge bordering on
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avant de partir pour...
before leaving for...
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un passe-droit
special privilege
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depuis quand est-ce qu'on faire...
since when do we...
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un auto-patrouille
cruiser (police)
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un local
place
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un motif
motive reason repeating pattern
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égarer
to misplace | lead astray
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par inadvertance
inadvertently