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Details Title Mise en scene Chapter 1 vocab Description N/A Total Cards 80 Subject Language - French Created 09/01/2009

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Term Il faut se faire une raison.	Definition You/we have to accept it.
Term altruiste	Definition altruistic, selfless
Term aveugle	Definition blind
Term bon/bonne	Definition good
Term bouleverse	Definition to overwhelm, distress, disrupt
Term compatir	Definition to empathize
Term compréhensif/ve	Definition understanding
Term croiser quelqu'un	Definition to pass by someone (in the street)
Term crétin/e	Definition stupid, idiotic
Term des jumelles (f. pl.)	Definition binoculars
Term divaguer	Definition to ramble (while talking)
Term enregistrer	Definition to record (on a tape recorder, CD)
Term excentrique	Definition eccentric
Term faire plaisir/peur à quelqu'un	Definition to please/scare someone
Term fauché/e	Definition broke (out of money)
Term hostile	Definition hostile
Term l'ingérence (f.)	Definition interference
Term la foire du Trône	Definition amusement park/fair held just outside Paris for two months each spring
Term la nostalife	Definition nostalgia
Term la poisse	Definition bad luck
Term la retraite, prendre sa retraite ou être à la retraite	Definition retirement, to take retirement, be retired
Term le destin	Definition destiny
Term le hasard	Definition chance
Term le train fantôme de la chenille des Carpates	Definition Phantom Train of the Carpathians, train ride in an amusement park
Term livrer	Definition to deliver
Term narrer	Definition to narrate
Term nerveux/se	Definition nervous/high-strung
Term observer	Definition to observe
Term obsédé/e	Definition obsessed
Term raté/e	Definition failed
Term rendre + adjectif; e.g. rendre fou/nerveux/hereux	Definition to make [a person] crazy/upset/happy
Term réalise un rêve/un project	Definition to carry out, realize a dream/project
Term rêvasser	Definition to daydream
Term rêver	Definition to dream
Term sarcastique	Definition sarcastic
Term se mêler de la vie des autres	Definition to get mixed up in other people's lives
Term se réfugier	Definition to take refuge
Term sensible	Definition sensitive
Term seul/e	Definition alone, lonely (depending on context)
Term surveiller	Definition to keep an eye on, watch
Term timbré/e	Definition nuts, crazy
Term traquer	Definition to track down
Term un album de photos ou un album-photos	Definition photo album
Term un appareil-photo	Definition camera
Term un cafouillage	Definition muddle, shambles, mess
Term un coup de foudre	Definition love at first sight
Term un drame	Definition drama, tragedy
Term un déclic	Definition a click, a trigger
Term un fait divers	Definition short news item
Term un flashback	Definition flashback
Term un magétophone, un mini-magnétophone, un dictaphone	Definition tape recorder, dictaphone
Term un nain de jardin	Definition garden gnome
Term un photomaton	Definition photobook, photomat
Term un ricochet, faire des ricochet	Definition to skip pebbles on water
Term un risque, prendre un risque	Definition a risk, to take a risk
Term un service, rendre service à quelqu'un	Definition a favor, to do a favor for someone
Term un strategème	Definition strategy
Term un tableau	Definition painting
Term un télescope	Definition telescope
Term un épicer/une épicière	Definition grocer, green grocer
Term un/e buraliste	Definition tabacconist, person who sells cigarettes and other tabacco products
Term un/e concierge	Definition concierge, caretaker of an apartment building
Term un/e habitué/e (d'un café)	Definition habitué, person who regularly goes to a certain place; someone who always goes to the same café
Term un/e raté/e	Definition failutre; failed writer, artist
Term un/e réparateur/trice	Definition repairman, repairwoman
Term un/e rêveur/euse	Definition dreamer
Term un/e serveur/euse	Definition waiter, waitress
Term une affiche	Definition poster
Term une basket	Definition sneaker
Term une bonne action, faire une bonne action	Definition good deed, do a good deed
Term une cachette	Definition hiding place
Term une caméra (vidéo)	Definition video camera
Term une carte d'identité	Definition I.D. card
Term une chasee au trésor	Definition treasure hunt
Term une horloge	Definition clock
Term une piste	Definition trail, track
Term une vue (panoramique)	Definition view, panoramic view
Term une énigme	Definition enigma, mystery
Term épier	Definition to spy
Term être dans les vapes	Definition to be daydreaming, not paying attention, spacey

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