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74 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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un editeur
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a publisher
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un tour de reins
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a backache
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un passe-temps
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a hobby
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une maquette
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a model
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une allumette
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a match
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un repondeur telephonique
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an answering maching
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un stratageme
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a stratagem
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la betise
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stupidity
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une meprise
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a mistake
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un coltroleur fiscal
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a tax auditor or fiscal auditor
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les impots
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taxes
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un tableau
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a painting
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une cabine telephonique
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a phone booth
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le vainqueur
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the winner
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l'intrigue
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the plot
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un quiproquo
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a mistake
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un coup de theatre
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a dramatic turn of events
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amener qq'un
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to bring s.o.
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quitter qq'un
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to leave someone
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annuler
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to cancel
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faire une gaffe
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to blunder
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etre sur le point de + verb
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to be on the verge of (doing something)
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rendre service a qq'un
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to do s.o. a favor
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humilier qq'un
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to humiliate s.o.
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tendre un piege a qq'un
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to set a trap for s.o.
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mentir (a qq'un)
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to lie (to s.o.)
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avouer qqch
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to confess/admnit sth.
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reveler qqch a qq'un
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to reveal sth to s.o.
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coucher avec qq'un
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to sleep w/ s.o.
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se sentir coupable
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to feel guilty
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avoir du coeur
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to have a good heart
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hebdomadaire
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weekly
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mechant(e)
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mean
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meprisant-e
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contemptuous/despicable
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degoute-e
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disgusted
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envahissant-e
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intrusive
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bienveillant-e
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benevolent
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hebete-e
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bewildered
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leger-e
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light
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divertissant-e
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entertaining
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par erreur
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by mistake
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a son insu
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without him knowing
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allo
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hello
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telephoner a qq'un or appeler
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to call s.o.
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decrocher
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to pick up
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raccrocher
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to hang up
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laisser un message
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to leave a message
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rappeler
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to call back
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un coup de fil/telephone
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a phone call
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un numero de tele.
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a phone number
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composer
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to dial
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la ligne est occupee
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the line is busy
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un numero vert
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a 1-800 number
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l'annuaire
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the phone book
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etre sur la liste rouge
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to be unlisted
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les pages blanches/jaunes
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white/yellow pages
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un sans fil
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a wireless phone
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un portable / un mobile
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a cell hopne
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un dialecte
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a dialect
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l'argot
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slang
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un idiome
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an idiom
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une langue
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a language
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vivante/morte
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modern/dead
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nationale
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national
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maternelle
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mother tongue
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etrangere
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foreign
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parle-e/ecrite
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spoken/written
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litteraire
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literary
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soutenue
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sustained
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familiere
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colloquial
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courante
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general/everyday
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grossiere
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coarse
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vulgaire
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vulgar
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chatiee
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polished
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