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65 Cards in this Set
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à la page
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up to date
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actualités (f pl)
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current affairs
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actuel, actuelle (adj)
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current, present-day
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actuellement (adv)
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currently (not actually)
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effectivement (adv)
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actually
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assister (à)
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to attend, to be present (at)
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chair (f)
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flesh
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chose (f )
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thing (not choice: le choix)
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cloche (f )
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bell
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conférence (f)
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lecture (possibly at a conference)
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crayon (m)
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pencil
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critique (f )
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criticism, review
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curieux/ -ieuse (adj)
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careful; odd; curious
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défendre (vtr) (à qn)
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to forbid (s.o.); defend
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demander (vtr)
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to ask (to demand is too strong)
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éditeur (mf)
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publisher (also applies to a woman)
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rédacteur (mf )
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editor
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embarras (m)
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difficulty, trouble
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errer (v.int)
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to wander
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éventuel, éventuelle (adj)
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possible, potential
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évidemment (adv)
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obviously
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évident, évidente (adj)
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obvious
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figure (f)
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face; figure
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formation (f)
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training
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front (m)
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forehead
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ignorer (vtr)
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to be unaware of, not to know
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inconvénient (m)
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disadvantage
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interroger (vtr)
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to question (not interrogate)
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journal (m)
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newspaper; but journal as ‘diary’
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journée (f)
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day (considered qualitatively)
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large (adj)
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wide
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lecteur (nm), lectrice (nf)
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reader (teacher in European universities)
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lecture (nf)
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reading (not a lecture)
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librairie (nf)
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bookstore
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bibliothèque (nf)
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library
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magasin (nm)
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store
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misère (nf)
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poverty
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misères (nf pl)
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woes,
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occasion (f)
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opportunity; occasion
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parent (m)
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relative
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relation (f )
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relationship
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personnage (m)
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character (in a play, etc)
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phrase (nf)
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sentence (more often than phrase)
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pièce (f)
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room; coin; play; & in idioms
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prétendre (vtr)
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to claim
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propre (adj)
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own (before the n.); clean (after)
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recherche de (nf)
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search of/for (not research)
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régime (nm)
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system of government, system; diet
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regretter (vtr)
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to miss, long for
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remarquer (vtr)
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notice, observe
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répétition (f)
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rehearsal
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rester (vi)
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to remain
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résumer (vtr)
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to summarize
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revue (nf)
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academic journal as ‘review’
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roman (m)
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novel
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sensible (adj)
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sensitive
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sensibilité (nf)
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sensitivity
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sensibiliser (vtr)
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to make sensitive
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sentence (nf )
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maxim < sententia (Lat.)
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sort (m)
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fate
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supporter (vtr)
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to endure, bear
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sympathique (adj)
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likeable
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travailler (vi)
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to work (i.e. travail)
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voyager (vi)
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to travel car
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wagon (m)
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car (on a train or subway)
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