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111 Cards in this Set
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suburbs
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la banlieue
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country dweller
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un campagnard
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countryside
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la campagne
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in the country
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à la campagne
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city dweller
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un citadin / une citadine
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bedroom community
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une cité-dortoir
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roommate
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un(e) colocotaire
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home, hearth
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le foyer
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apartment complex
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un grand ensemble
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subsidized housing
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une HLM (habitation à loyer modére)
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multi-family dwelling
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un immeuble collectif
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renter
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un(e) locotaire
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public housing
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un logement social
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to rent
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louer
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single family house
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une maison individuelle
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household
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ménage
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owner
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un(e) propriétaire
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ground floor
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le rez-de-chausée
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breaking and entering
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le cambriolage
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unemployment
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le chômage
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delinquency
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la délinquance
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lack of security
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l'insécurité (f)
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robbery
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le vol
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music video
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un clip
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e-mail
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le courrier électronique
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fax machine
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le fax (le télécopieur)
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fax
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le fax (la télécopie)
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news
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les informations (f. pl.)
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World Wide Web
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le Web
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se coiffer (reflexive verb)
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to fix one's hair
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se coucher (reflexive verb)
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to go to bed
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se dépêcher (reflexive verb)
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to hurry
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se détendre (reflexive verb)
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to relax
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s'en aller
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to leave
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être de retour
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to be back
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être en retard
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to be late
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s'habiller (reflexive verb)
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to get dressed
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se laver (reflexive verb)
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to wash oneself
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se lever (reflexive verb)
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to get up
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se peigner (reflexive verb)
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to comb one's hair
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se raser (reflexive verb)
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to shave
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rentrer
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to come home
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se réveiller (reflexive verb)
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to wake up
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avoir besoin de
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to need
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avoir envie de
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to feel like
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avoir faim
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to be hungry
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avoir l'air
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to seem
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avoir le trac
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to be afraid, to be nervous
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avoir mal à...
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to have an ache
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avoir peur
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to be afraid
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avoir raison
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to be right
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avoir sommeil
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to be sleepy
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bachoter
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to prepare for an exam
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bouquiner
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to read
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se débrouiller
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to manage
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être reçu(e)
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to pass
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passer un examen
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to take an exam
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présenter sa candidature
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to be a candidate
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rater (un examer)
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to fail (an exam)
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recevoir (irregular)
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to receive
Je reçois | Nous recevons Tu reçois | Vous recevez Il/elle/on reçoit | Ils,elles reçoivent |
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recevoir un diplôme
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to graduate
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redoubler
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to repeat
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rêussir à
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to succeed; to pass (an exam)
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le baccalauréat (le bac)
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diploma based on a series of exams taken at the end of secondary education
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le bachotage
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studying for an exam
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un boulot
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job
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du boulet
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work
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un bouquin
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book
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une carrière
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career
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un cours
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course, class
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un devoir
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written assignment
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un diplôme
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diploma
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une dissertation
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an essay
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un exposé
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classroom presentation
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la fac
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the university
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la faculté
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university division
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le lycée
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last three years of secondary school
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la premiére lycée
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second year of lycée
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la seconde
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first year of lycée
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la terminale
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last year of lycée
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-[IR] verbs
finir |
to finish
je finis / tu finis/ il,elle,on finit / nous finissons / vous finissez / ils,elles finissent |
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form the imperative
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To form the imperative of a regular -[IR] verb, simply use the present tense TU, NOUS, or VOUS form and omit the subject pronoun.
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Imperative of FINIR
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-FINIS ton travail, Bruno. (familiar)
-FINISSONS notre boulot. (collective) -FINISSEZ le devoir pour demain. (formal or plural) |
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CONJUGATE:
Bâtir |
to build
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CONJUGATE:
choisir |
to choose
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CONJUGATE:
finir |
to finish
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CONJUGATE:
grandir |
to grow up
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CONJUGATE:
nourrir |
to nourish, to feed
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CONJUGATE:
obéir |
to obey
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CONJUGATE:
punir |
to punish
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CONJUGATE:
réfléchir |
to think
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CONJUGATE:
remplir |
to fill
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CONJUGATE:
réussir (à) |
to succeed (in); to pass
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-[RE] VERBS
répondre |
to answer
je réponds / tu réponds / il,elle,on répond / nous répondons / vous répondez / ils,elles répondent |
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CONJUGATE:
attendre |
to wait for
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CONJUGATE:
dépendre |
to depend
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CONJUGATE:
descendre |
to go down
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CONJUGATE:
entendre |
to hear
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CONJUGATE:
perdre |
to lose
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CONJUGATE:
rendre |
to give back
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CONJUGATE:
répondre |
to answer
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vendre
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to sell
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ne... pas (du tout)
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not (at all)
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ne ... plus
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no longer
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ne...jamais
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never
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ne...rien
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nothing
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ne...personne
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no one
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ne...pas encore
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not yet
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ne...ni...ni...
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neither...nor...
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ne...que
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only
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ne...nulle part
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nowhere
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