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85 Cards in this Set
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le PIB (Produit intérieur brut)
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(acronym) GDP
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le déclin
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(n) decline
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se prononcer pour
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= prendre une decision (in favor of)
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se prononcer sur
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= prendre une decision (about)
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les sévices
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(n) physical abuse
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le gel
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(n) frost;
a "freezing" (eg: of prices, of the peace process) |
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vieillir
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(v) grow old
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redoutable
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(adj) formidable (in the English meaning, not "Great!")
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le sens
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(n) sense, meaning (as in a translation)
Less rhetorical than "signification" (as in, the "meaning" of life) |
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parvenir à _____ (verbe)
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(verb phrase) manage to _____
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parvenir à _____ (nom)
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(verb phrase) arrive at s.t.; reach something
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réclamer
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(v) call for or demand (eg, Khilafah)
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réclamé(e)
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(adj) requested, called-for
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sévir
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(v) rage (like a fléau)
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déchirer
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(v) tear (s.t.)
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l'emprunt
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(nm) loan
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au petit bonheur
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(adv phrase) haphazardly
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le pou(-x)
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(n) louse (pl?)
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la mise au point (2 sens)
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(noun phrase) clarification (of a political position or statement);
adjustment (to a machine) |
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la demeure
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(n) residence
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qualifier (de)
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(v) describe (as);
qualify (a verb) call s.o. a name |
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la preuve
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(n) evidence, proof
(do not confuse with "l'é_____," meaning "a test (eg, of one's love) |
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la quincaillerie
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(n) iron-monger's or hardware store
(not quite the same as a "droguerie," that specializes in paints, cleaning products, glues, and other household potions) |
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l'Alena
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=NAFTA countries:
USA, Canada, Mexico |
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obéir à
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(v) to obey (s.o.)
= obtempérer |
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gratter
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(v) to scratch (eg, an itch)
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la cervelle
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(n) brains (culinary)=sesos
also=cerveau |
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mots retirés de leur contexte
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(n phrase) words taken out of context
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la coquille
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(n) eggshell
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tempérer
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(v) moderate, temper
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la dose
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(n) dose
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incitatif(ve)
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(adj) encouraging
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admettre
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(v) admit
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le titre
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(n) book title or that of an officeholder or nobility member
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dédaigner
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(v) =mépriser
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l'éclatement
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(n) bursting
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traîner (2 sens)
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(v trans) drag
(v intrans) trail |
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se hâter
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(v ref) make haste
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le panneau de signalisation
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(n phrase) road sign
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empiler
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(v) pile up something
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s'empiler
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(v) get piled up
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faire grève
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(v phrase) be on strike
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élire (comme "lire")
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to elect
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faire l'andouille
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(v phrase) to fool around
="faire le zouave" |
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l'andouille
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(nf) smoked sausage made entirely from pork chitterlings;
a stupid or useless person |
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le cartable
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= valise (briefcase)
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accorder (2 sens)
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(v) = donner (grant);
match (eg, colors) |
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le lâcheté
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(n) cowardice
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effréné(e)
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(adj) wild, out of control (like Mr. Toad's motor car ride)
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tenter de
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(v) try to
"_____ tempérer ses propos" "_____ faire" NOT "essayer," which means, "testing something not done before." |
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la bagarre
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(n) =lutte (fight, brawl)
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se plaindre de
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(v ref, phrase) to complain about (like craindre)
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particulièrement
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(adv) particularly
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"Ne t'en fais pas!"
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="Ne t'inquiète pas!"
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le conseiller(ère)
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(n) adviser
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mêlé(e) à
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(adj) mixed with
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l'intimité
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(n) privacy, intimacy
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se dévouer pour
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(v phrase) devote oneself to, sacrifice oneself for
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le secourisme
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(n) first aid
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faire courses
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(v phrase) go shopping
=faire les boutiques =faire les magasins |
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le Diplôme d'études universitaires générales
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(n phrase) the two-year pre-batchelor degree given by French universities
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la cruauté
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(n) cruelty
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l'expérience (2 sens)
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(nf) experiment;
experience |
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l'étau
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(nm) vise (tool)
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le récit
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(n) account, story
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prolonger (comme "manger")
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(v) prolong, to extend
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soumettre
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(v) submit
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escompté(e) |
(adj) = attendu(e), expected |
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épeler
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(v) spell
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l'avortement
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(nm) abortion
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éblouir
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(v) dazzle
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ébloui(e)
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(adj) dazzled
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l'habitation à loyer modéré (HLM)
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(n phrase) low-income housing
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narguer |
(v) = mépriser, se moquer de |
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le coût |
(n) the cost |
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la dette |
(n) debt |
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le décès |
(n) = mort; death, decease |
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Il a piqué la mienne |
My (pocket) has been picked. |
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Bob = 100% sobre |
Refers to a campaign in Belgium encouraging the use of designated drivers to reduce drunk driving at the end of the year holidays |
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le clergé |
(n) clergy |
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maîtriser |
(v) master a subject |
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contrairement à |
(adv phrase) unlike |
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se substituer à |
(v phrase) replace, substitute for |
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détourner (rivière) |
(v) divert waters |
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détourner (avion) |
(v) hijack |
