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Mise en scene Chapter 1 vocab
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Language - French
Undergraduate 4
09/01/2009
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Term
Il faut se faire une raison.
 Definition
You/we have to accept it.
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altruiste
 Definition
altruistic, selfless
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aveugle
 Definition
blind
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bon/bonne
 Definition
good
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bouleverse
 Definition
to overwhelm, distress, disrupt
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compatir
 Definition
to empathize
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compréhensif/ve
 Definition
understanding
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croiser quelqu'un
 Definition
to pass by someone (in the street)
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crétin/e
 Definition
stupid, idiotic
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des jumelles (f. pl.)
 Definition
binoculars
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divaguer
 Definition
to ramble (while talking)
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enregistrer
 Definition
to record (on a tape recorder, CD)
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excentrique
 Definition
eccentric
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faire plaisir/peur à quelqu'un
 Definition
to please/scare someone
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fauché/e
 Definition
broke (out of money)
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hostile
 Definition
hostile
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l'ingérence (f.)
 Definition
interference
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la foire du Trône
 Definition
amusement park/fair held just outside Paris for two months each spring
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la nostalife
 Definition
nostalgia
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la poisse
 Definition
bad luck
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la retraite, prendre sa retraite ou être à la retraite
 Definition
retirement, to take retirement, be retired
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le destin
 Definition
destiny
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le hasard
 Definition
chance
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le train fantôme de la chenille des Carpates
 Definition
Phantom Train of the Carpathians, train ride in an amusement park
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livrer
 Definition
to deliver
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narrer
 Definition
to narrate
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nerveux/se
 Definition
nervous/high-strung
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observer
 Definition
to observe
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obsédé/e
 Definition
obsessed
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raté/e
 Definition
failed
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rendre + adjectif; e.g. rendre fou/nerveux/hereux
 Definition
to make [a person] crazy/upset/happy
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réalise un rêve/un project
 Definition
to carry out, realize a dream/project
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rêvasser
 Definition
to daydream
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rêver
 Definition
to dream
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sarcastique
 Definition
sarcastic
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se mêler de la vie des autres
 Definition
to get mixed up in other people's lives
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se réfugier
 Definition
to take refuge
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sensible
 Definition
sensitive
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seul/e
 Definition
alone, lonely (depending on context)
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surveiller
 Definition
to keep an eye on, watch
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timbré/e
 Definition
nuts, crazy
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traquer
 Definition
to track down
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un album de photos ou un album-photos
 Definition
photo album
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un appareil-photo
 Definition
camera
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un cafouillage
 Definition
muddle, shambles, mess
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un coup de foudre
 Definition
love at first sight
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un drame
 Definition
drama, tragedy
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un déclic
 Definition
a click, a trigger
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un fait divers
 Definition
short news item
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un flashback
 Definition
flashback
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un magétophone, un mini-magnétophone, un dictaphone
 Definition
tape recorder, dictaphone
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un nain de jardin
 Definition
garden gnome
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un photomaton
 Definition
photobook, photomat
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un ricochet, faire des ricochet
 Definition
to skip pebbles on water
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un risque, prendre un risque
 Definition
a risk, to take a risk
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un service, rendre service à quelqu'un
 Definition
a favor, to do a favor for someone
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un strategème
 Definition
strategy
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un tableau
 Definition
painting
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un télescope
 Definition
telescope
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un épicer/une épicière
 Definition
grocer, green grocer
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un/e buraliste
 Definition
tabacconist, person who sells cigarettes and other tabacco products
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un/e concierge
 Definition
concierge, caretaker of an apartment building
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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
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un/e raté/e
 Definition
failutre; failed writer, artist
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un/e réparateur/trice
 Definition
repairman, repairwoman
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un/e rêveur/euse
 Definition
dreamer
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un/e serveur/euse
 Definition
waiter, waitress
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une affiche
 Definition
poster
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une basket
 Definition
sneaker
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une bonne action, faire une bonne action
 Definition
good deed, do a good deed
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une cachette
 Definition
hiding place
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une caméra (vidéo)
 Definition
video camera
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une carte d'identité
 Definition
I.D. card
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une chasee au trésor
 Definition
treasure hunt
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une horloge
 Definition
clock
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une piste
 Definition
trail, track
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une vue (panoramique)
 Definition
view, panoramic view
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une énigme
 Definition
enigma, mystery
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épier
 Definition
to spy
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être dans les vapes
 Definition
to be daydreaming, not paying attention, spacey
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