Volume 5 Flashcards

(109 cards)

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suite à

A

following

further to

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un appel téléphonique

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‘phone call

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passer par

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to go through

use the serves of

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une auto-école

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driving school

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une formule

avoir le sens de la formule

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formula
option
phrase
form

to have a way with words

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par rappport à

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with regard to
compared with
in relation to

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un topo

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rundown

explanation

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le code de la route

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highway code

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assidu (adj)

assidu auprès qn

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diligent
with a good attendance record

attentive towards sb

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oui et bien…

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yes, well…

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de toute façon

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in any case

anyway

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prendre la route

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set off

hit the road

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tabler sur

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to count on

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apte (adj)

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capable

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refiare

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to do again

redo

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16
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le clignotant

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signal (car)

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le rétroviseur

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rear view mirror

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une pédale

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pedal

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vice-versa

…ou vice-versa

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vice versa

…or vice versa

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grand-chose (m,f inv)

pas grand-chose

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a big deal

not much

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un forfait

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fixed price
all-in-one package
contract

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Voilà et bien

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Okay, well…

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et cetera

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et cetera

and so on

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au niveau de…

au niveau de la mer
au niveau de l’oeil

au niveau de qc

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at the level of…
concerning

sea level
eye level

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un acompte
deposit | down payment
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transparent (adj)
transparent
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le solde
balnce due
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la répartition
sharing out | distribution
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échelonner
to spread out | space out
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échelonné
by instalments
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par contre
however | on the other hand
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Bien écoutez
well, listen...
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apporter
to bring
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après bon
then, okay...
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grossièrement
roughly (not in detail) crudely boorishly
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l’orthographe (f)
spelling
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tout rond
exactly
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un tampon
pad | stamp
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furtivement
furtively | in secret
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se maintenir Espérons que le beau temps va se maintenir pour le week-end. se maintenir en forme
to persist remain stable Let’s hope the good weather holds over the weekend. to stay in shape
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faire partie de faire partie du décor faire partie du sérail (fig)
to be part of to be a member of to belong to to be part of the furniture to be one of the happy few
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une notion | les notions
notion (idea) | rudiments
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un mécanicien
mechanic
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par la suite
afterward(s)
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une roue
wheel
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la pression faire pression sur relâcher la pression
pressure to put pressure on to relax the pressure
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être apte à apte au service
to be capable of fit for service
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être en sécurité
to be safe
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un organe organes de commande organes de transmission organe de presse
organ component controls transmission system newspaper
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se lancer
to start a challenging task
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une boule au ventre
knot in the stomach
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la circulation
traffic
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basique (adj)
basic
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le réglage
adjustment tuning setting
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le désembuage
defogging
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la buée
mist vapor steam condensation
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un poste
post | position
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les essuie-glace (m) une barre d’essuie-glace
windshield wipers windshield wiper arm
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le klaxon
horn
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tendu (adj)
tight | tense
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l’accélérateur
accelerator
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le frein le frein à main
brake hand brake
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l’embrayage (m)
clutch
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la marche arrière
reverse
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mettre le contact
engage the starter
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la ceinture de sécurité
seat belt
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un virage
corner
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appréhender appréhender + noun appréhender + de + verb appréhender que
to dread arrest comprehend assess to be afraid of st to dread doing... to be afraid that...
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un défaut
fault flaw failing
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un débriefing
debriefing
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les vitesses
speeds | gears
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enlever enlever les vitesses
to remove take out of gear
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serein (adj)
serence (person) | dispassionate (judgement)
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avec le temps
in time
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le jour J
D-day
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concrètement
in concrete terms
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un examinateur | une examinatrice
examiner
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tout bêtement (exp)
quite simply
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la voie rapide
freeway
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un créneau créneau horaire faire un créneau
slot time slot reverse into a parking space
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se préciser
to become clearer
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insister insister pour faire qc insister sur
to insist stree to insist on doing st to stress
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traverser
to cross | go through
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revérifier
to double-check
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se planter se planter dans qc
to crash be wrong to det sb wrong
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à la rigueur
if need be possibly at a pinch
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se revoir
to see each other again
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s’entretenir s’entretenir avec qn
to speak to have a conversation with sb
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enfin
finally
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se rater
to miss each other
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tant que en tant que
as long as as much as as while
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une fois que
when | once
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en plus
more | in addition
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du rentre-dedans
sweet talk | seduction but with some aggressivfity
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Les doigts dans le nez (id)
piece of cake
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en travers
across
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excédé (adj) excédé de
exasperated exhausted
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faire abstraction de abstraction faite de...
to leave aside... leaving aside...
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recaler qn se faire recaler
to fail sb to fail
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au pire en pire
in the worst case for the worse
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assimiler s’assimiler
to assimilate have learned to be assimilated
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cacher un œil
to cover one eye
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tâter tâter de
to feel out sound out have a taste of try one’s at
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de première main
with only one previous owner
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revendre
to sell on
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un break (auto)
station wagon
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brader
to sell at a low price | have a clearance sale
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la motorisation
motorization
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du moment que à partir du moment où... au moment que
seeing that since given from the the moment when... at the moment that...