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69 Cards in this Set
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quelqu'un
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someone
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quelque chose
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something
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réchauffer
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to reheat, to warm up
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une haleine
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breath
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un ange
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angel
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pendre
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to hang, to suspend
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mettre au point
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to adjust, to perfect
(i.e., to put something to just the right point) |
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se mettre à
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to begin
(i.e., to put oneself to something) |
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faire remarquer
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to remark, observe
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faire voir
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to show
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faire savoir
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to inform
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faire arriver
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to deliver
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faire intervenir
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to involve
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faire semblant de
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to pretend
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faire venir
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to summon
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faire visiter
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to show someone a place, to take on a tour
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faire ressortir
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to emphasize, to bring out
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se faire couper les cheveux
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to get one's hair cut
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se faire avoir
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to let oneself be taken in
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la mise à mort
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execution
(the putting to death) |
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accentuer
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to accentuate, to emphasize
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faire valoir
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to cause to seem important, to emphasize
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faire ressortir
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to bring out, to emphasize
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mettre en lumière
mettre en vedette |
to place in the light
to place in the spotlight |
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mettre au jour
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to bring to light (daylight)
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mettre à jour
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to bring up to date
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le néant
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nothingness
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la hardiesse
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boldness
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sensé, sensée
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sensible
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ne sauraient
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they could never
they couldn't possibly |
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mériter
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to deserve
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décevoir
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to disappoint
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recevoir
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to receive
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percevoir
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to perceive, be aware of, hear
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apercevoir
s'apercevoir |
to see, catch sight of
to notice, realize, perceive |
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la joie
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joy
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jouer
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to play
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jouir de
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to enjoy
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la jouissance
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enjoyment
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tout le livre
vs. tout livre |
the whole book
vs. any/every book |
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remonter
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to climb back up, to trace back
(like tracing a stream to its source) |
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l'emporter sur
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to prevail over
("to carry away the trophy over the defeated") |
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s'emparer de
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to take possession of, to take control of
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mener
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to lead, guide
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amener
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to take, bring; to lead to
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emmener
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to take, to lead away from
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emporter
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to remove, to carry away, to take away
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porter
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to carry, to wear
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apporter
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to carry to, to bring
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de sorte que
+ indicative + subjunctive |
so that
de sorte que + indic = result clause de sorte que + subj = purpose clause |
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en
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replaces a noun phrase beginning with "de"
either a prepositional phrase (of/from something) or a noun clause beginning with a partitive article (de la oiseau, du roseau) |
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bien que
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although
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avoir à
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to have to, must
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la contrée
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land, region
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entrevoir
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to glimpse, to foresee
(i.e., seeing through a crack in the doors) |
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peut-être
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perhaps
--causes inverted word order |
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aussi
(at head of a clause) |
therefore, consequently
--causes inverted word order |
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toujours
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always, still
--causes inverted word order |
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adverbs that cause inverted word order
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peut-être (perhaps)
aussi (therefore) toujours (still) |
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admettre
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to admit
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commettre
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to commit
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émettre
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to emit
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omettre
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to omit
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permettre
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to permit
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promettre
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to promise
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soumettre
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to submit
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transmettre
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to transmit
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revoir
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to see again
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prévoir
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to foresee, to predict
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