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75 Cards in this Set
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language (of a people)
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la langue
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native language
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la langue maternelle
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a living (dead) language
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une langue vivante (morte)
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a foreign language
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une langue étrangère
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language (of an individual; vocabulary)
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le langage
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slang
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l'argot
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jargon
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le jargon
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a cultivated, vulgar, popular (ie common) language
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un langage cultivé, vulgaire, populaire
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idiom
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l'idiotisme (M)
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commonplace
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le lieu commun
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proverb
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le proverbe
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neologism
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le néologisme
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joke
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la plaisanterie
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barbarism
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le barbarisme
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anglicism
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l'anglicisme (m)
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to express oneself
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s'exprimer
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to get along with
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s'entendre avec
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to murder french (literally: to speak french like a spanish cow)
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parler français comme une vache espagnole
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to speak softly (loudly)
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parler bas (fort)
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to quarrel
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se disputer
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quarrel
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la dispute
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to insult
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insulter
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an insult
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l'insulte (f)
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to be quiet
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se taire
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to improve one's accent (one's french)
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perfectionner son accent (son français)
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to speak fluently
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parler couramment
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to be bilingual
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être bilingue
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to be a polyglot, to speak many languages
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être polyglotte
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to use the familiar tu with someone
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tutoyer
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to use vous with someone
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vouvoyer
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television
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la télévision
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VCR
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le magnétoscope
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mass media
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les mass media (M)
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screen
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l'écran (m)
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channel
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la chaîne
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program, telecast
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l'émission
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to turn on (off) the set
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allumer (éteindre) le poste
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to broadcast
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diffuser
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(TV) news report
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le journal télévisé
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cartoon
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le dessin animé
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television viewer
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le téléspectateur(-trice)
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commentator, speaker
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le speaker, la speakerine
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internet
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L'Internet (m)
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to visit a site
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visiter un site
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to surf the net
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surfer le net
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to download a file
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télécharger un fichier
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to chat
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discuter
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advertising, advertisement
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la publicité
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to advertise
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faire la publicité
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press
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la presse
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newspaper
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le journal
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magazine
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le magazine
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to subscribe to
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s'abonner à
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news
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les nouvelles (f), les actualités (f)
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article
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l'article
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heading
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le rubrique
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editorial
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l'éditorial (m)
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horoscope
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l'horoscope (m)
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weather report
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la météo(rologie)
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crossword puzzle
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les mots (m) croisés
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classified ads
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les petites annonces
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sports
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les sports (m)
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lonley hearts column
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le courrier du coeur
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obituary
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le rubrique nécrologique
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cartoon, comics
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la bande dessinée
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daily
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quotidien(ne)
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weekly
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hebdomadaire
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monthly
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mensuel(le)
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journalist
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le, la journaliste
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reporter
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le reporter
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reader
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le lecteur(-trice)
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radio
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la radio
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radio news
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le journal radiophonique
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music
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la musique
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listener
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l'auditeur(-trice)
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