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AQA A Level French

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une démission

a resignation

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secouer

to shake/ mix

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décoller

to take off, get moving

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une fusée

a rocket

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un seuil

a threshold, entrance

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un fossé

a ditch, moat

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se creuser

to grow gaunt/ to grow larger/ to dig, hollow out

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épargner

to save up, set aside

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appuyer

to lean against, rest

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lamentable

pathetic, sad

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déclencher

to trigger, start

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un lourd bilan

a heavy toll

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un chauffeur poids lourd

a HGV driver

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l’entraide

mutual aid

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un aiguiseur de couteaux

a knife sharpener

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un comptoir

a counter/ factory

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avec brio

with brilliance, panache

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nettement

clearly

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ruer

to rush towards

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gratter

to scrub/ to scratch

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épuisé

exhausted

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la progéniture

offspring, young

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une facture

a bill

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étouffer

to suffocate

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accabler

to overwhelm

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le carburant

fuel

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le ras-le-bol

gloominess, bleakness

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ému

moved, touched

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la couture

sewing

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une noce/ un mariage

a wedding

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sangloter

to cry, weep

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anéantir, détruire

to destroy

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saluer

to greet, acknowledge

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plébisciter

to vote, elect

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sous peu, bientôt

shortly

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le cerveau

the brain

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néfaste

harmful

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le pillage

pillaging, plundering

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ancrer

to anchor, fix

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les hommages

compliments, regards

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un zénith

peak, height

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lasser

to bore/ tire

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sauter

to jump/to miss

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épatant

marvellous, generous

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une pénurie

a shortage

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un verrou

a barrier

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la cherté

the high price

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aigu

sharp, intense

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aux abords de

on the edges of

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aux alentours de

in the area around

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être en proie à

to be prey to/ plagued by

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une sécheresse

a drought

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s’en ficher

to not care

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trier

to sort

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épauler

to help/ to shoulder (a weapon)

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une étape

a stage, step

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abouti

completed, finished

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angoissant

worrying, stressful

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angoissé

anxious, stressed

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prendre à la légère

to take lightly

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boudeur

sulky, sullen

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intempestif

untimely, unwelcome

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voire

even, indeed

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ça va de soi

it goes without saying

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un affrontement

a clash, confrontation

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répandu

widespread, common

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une bougie

a candle