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80 Cards in this Set
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favoriser |
(v) to favor, stimulate or foster ("De nouveaux modes de travail pour _________ l'innovation.") |
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la filière |
(n) channel, sector of industry ("____________ djihadiste") |
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le lanceur d'alerte |
(n) whistleblower |
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la Française des Jeux |
(n phrase) name of the government-owned company that operates the French National Lottery, as well as sponsor a national cycling team |
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le bénéfice |
(n) benefit or profit ("____________ record pour la Française des Jeux.") |
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entendu(e) (police) |
(adj) questioned by the police |
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interpeller (police) |
(v) stop or hold someone for questioning concerning an offence
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interpellé(e) (police) |
(adj) stopped or held for questioning ("Un français ___________ en Espagne pour trafic d'armes.") |
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le contrôle (antidopage) |
(n) (drug) test |
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contrôlé positif |
(adj phrase) tested positive for illegal drugs ("Mamadou Sakho, défenseur central, a été ________ _______ lors d'un match de Ligue Europa et mis à l'écart par son club de Liverpool.") |
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le pilier (de l'equipe) |
tower of strength |
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un(e) brûleur(se) de graisse |
(n phrase) "fat-burner," something that helps one lose fatty weight quickly and easily |
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souple |
(adj) flexible, supple ("Dans ce cas, le nouveau code mondial antidopage est relativement _______.") |
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amincissant(e) |
(adj) slimming |
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la bévue |
(n) blunder, error |
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la mue |
(n) sloughing of skin; (fig) metamorphosis ("La _____ du parti islamiste Ennahda.") |
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le diapason |
(n) tuning fork |
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se mettre au diapason |
(v phrase) get oneself up to date, to bring oneself up to date |
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délester |
(v) to remove ballast, unburden ("La mue du parti islamiste Ennahda vers un parti _________é de toute activité religieuse.") |
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dévoiler |
(n) unveil, reveal |
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le ravalement (de façade) |
(n) restoration, facelift |
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régaler |
(v) treat, offer a treat |
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la programmation |
(n) programming, scheduling of TV programs |
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l'homicide volontaire |
(n phrase) voluntary manslaughter |
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l'E.I. |
= ISIS |
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le porte-parole |
(n) spokes-person |
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supplémentaire |
(adj) extra, additional |
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le missile |
(n) missile |
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le plaidoyer (droit) |
(n) plea, defense speech |
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éphémère
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(adj) fleeting, having a very brief existence |
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l'éphémère |
(n) mayfly |
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inattendu(e) |
(adj) = imprévu; unexpected |
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le maquillage (affaires) |
(n) doctoring, falsifying ("_________ des comptes publiques," "_________ des pièces") |
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par défaut |
(prep phrase) by default |
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l'entrave |
(nf) shackle, impediment |
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l'annulation |
(n) cancelation, declaring something to be null and void |
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ronger
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(v) gnaw on, eat into (acid)
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être rongé(e) par
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(v phrase) be tormented by ("Elle ___ ______ ___ par un sentiment de culpabilité") |
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afficher
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(v) post (a bill, results)
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afficher (fig)
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(v) boast, flaunt, stand up proud about ("La societé française a ________é le plus de tolerance.") ("Ce commercial ________ d'excellents résultats.") |
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le communautarisme
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(n) attitude in French culture that holds that one should stick with one's own kind (i.e., Muslims should always live among Muslims, gays among gays, etc.) and avoid "outsiders." In its extremes, it encourages the building of ghettoes and discourages integration in general society.
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la rouille
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(n) rust ("La _______ ronge le fer.") |
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surprenant(e)
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(adj) surprising
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épouser
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(v) marry ("Les Minions seraient prêts à ________ Shrek.") |
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gober
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(v) swallow at a gulp, gulp down ("On mange les huîtres en les _______") |
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figurer
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(v) appear, be featured ("La laïcité _________ dans la nouvelle Constitution turque, assure le premier minister.") |
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rigolo(te)
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(adj) funny, both "ha-ha" and "peculiar"
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le taux
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(n) rate (as in interest rate, rate of conversion between currencies) ("Le prêt à ____ zero"--zero percent loan) |
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le prêt
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(n) loan
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les JO
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(abbreviation) Olympic Games
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le demandeur d'emploi |
(n phrase) job-seeker |
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supplicié(e) |
(adj) tortured |
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rappeller |
(v) recall (an official from his task) ("L'Italie __________ son ambassadeur en Egypte |
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le cafouillage |
(n) mess, mess-up, bungling ("La politique de Drumpf en plein __________") |
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le créancier |
(n) lender of a loan, creditor |
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petit à petit |
(adv phrase) gradually, little by little |
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le solfège |
(n) Music Theory, the study of making music as well as reading it |
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le cafard |
= la blatte (roach) |
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J'aurais dû ___________ |
I should have __________ |
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avant qu'il (ne) fasse |
(adv phrase) before he does __________ |
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le canard (journalisme) |
(n) newspaper lacking useful information, "only good for wrapping fish" |
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une planète naine |
(n phrase) dwarf planet, ranging in size between actual planets, and asteroids. |
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l'exoplanète |
(nf) planet existing outside our solar system |
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inédite |
(adj) unpublished, recently revealed |
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un pâté de maisons |
(n phrase) a city block |
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les César (récompense) |
(n pl) Caesar Awards, France's national film award, given yearly |
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la subvention |
(n) subsidy, grant |
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transi(e) |
(adj) numb with cold, chilled to the bone |
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le plumard |
(n) bed (colloquial) |
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faire un lit/plumard en portefeuille |
(v phrase) short-sheet a bed |
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les maux |
(n pl) illnesses, evils, plural of mal |
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le/la pédiatre |
(n) pediatrician |
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l'étalage |
(nm) shop-window display, display of goods for sale |
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faire étalage de |
(v phrase) flaunt ("Quand on a des atouts, on en _____ ______!") |
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la shoah |
(n) holocaust |
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vêtu(e) |
(adj) = habillé(e); dressed |
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la craie |
(n) chalk |
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l'arbitrage |
(n) arbitration |
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J'ai entendu dire que ____________ |
I heard that ____________ |
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la marne |
(n) marl, a calcium-carbonate (lime) -rich clay, used in gardening |
