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Vocab Enrichment 4.2 Flashcards

This deck introduces basic words and phrases having to do with weather and business. This roughly covers cards 890-960 of our 9000+ French vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”).

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weather

e.g. What’s the weather like today?

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le temps / la météo

ex. Quel temps fait-il aujourd’hui ?

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a climate

e.g. Costa Rica has a tropical climate

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un climat

ex. Le Costa Rica a un climat tropical

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the sky

e.g. a clear sky

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le ciel

ex. un ciel dégagé

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a star

e.g. There are billions of stars in the galaxy

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une étoile

ex. Il y a des milliards d’étoiles dans la galaxie

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the moon

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la lune

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the sun

e.g. The sun is bright today

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le soleil

ex. Le soleil est éclatant aujourd’hui

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It’s sunny

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Il fait soleil / C’est ensoleillé / Il y a du soleil

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to rain

e.g. It’s raining

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pleuvoir

ex. Il pleut

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rain

e.g. The rain ruined our party

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la pluie

ex. La pluie a gâché notre fête

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an umbrella

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un parapluie

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to snow

e.g. It’s snowing

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neiger

ex. Il neige

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snow

e.g. My dog loves to play in the snow

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la neige

ex. Mon chien adore jouer dans la neige

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the wind

e.g. The wind is strong today

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le vent

ex. Le vent est fort aujourd’hui

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It’s windy

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Il fait du vent / C’est venteux / Il y a du vent

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a cloud

e.g. Look at the pretty clouds in the sky

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un nuage

ex. Regarde les jolis nuages dans le ciel

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cloudy / overcast

e.g. a cloudy day

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nuageux / couvert

ex. un jour nuageux

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to be cold out / to be cold

e.g. It’s cold outside

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faire froid dehors / faire froid

ex. Il fait froid dehors

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to be hot out / to be hot

e.g. It’s hot out

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faire chaud dehors / faire chaud

ex. Il fait chaud dehors

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a storm

e.g. Come inside. There’s a storm coming

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une tempête / un orage

ex. Rentre à l’intérieur. Il y a une tempête qui se prépare

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the air

e.g. We’re breathing dirty air

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l’air (m)

ex. On respire de l’air sale

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to be angry / to be mad / to be pissed off (vulgar)

e.g. Mom was really angry when she got home

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être fâché / être en colère / en avoir plein le dos

ex. Maman était vraiment en colère quand elle est rentrée à la maison

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to get angry / to get mad / to get pissed (vulgar)

e.g. Don’t get mad. I’m just telling the truth

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s’énerver / se fâcher / se mettre en colère

ex. Ne t’énerve pas. Je dis juste la vérité

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to make mad / to make angry / to piss off (vulgar)

e.g. Uh oh, you made the dog mad

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énerver / mettre en colère / irriter

ex. Oh oh, tu as mis le chien en colère

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to get / to become / to feel

e.g. He got very excited

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devenir / se sentir

ex. Il est devenu très excité

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# Translate to French: to become / to achieve the position of ## Footnote e.g. She became an actress
devenir / obtenir le titre de ## Footnote ex. Elle est devenue actrice
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# Translate to French: to become / to turn into ## Footnote e.g. The storm became a hurricane
devenir / se transformer en ## Footnote ex. La tempête est devenue un ouragan
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# Translate to French: to pay ## Footnote e.g. to pay twenty dollars
payer ## Footnote ex. payer vingt dollars
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# Translate to French: to count / to count up ## Footnote e.g. Count these pennies for me, please
compter ## Footnote ex. Compte ces pennies pour moi, s'il te plaît
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# Translate to French: a bank ## Footnote e.g. I have to go to the bank to withdraw some money
une banque ## Footnote ex. Je dois aller à la banque pour retirer de l'argent
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# Translate to French: currency ## Footnote e.g. What is the currency used in Denmark?
la monnaie ## Footnote ex. Quelle est la monnaie du Danemark ?
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# Translate to French: cash ## Footnote e.g. We only accept cash
le liquide / les espèces / le cash ## Footnote ex. Nous n'acceptons que du liquide
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# Translate to French: a coin ## Footnote e.g. bills and coins
une pièce ## Footnote ex. les billets et les pièces
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# Translate to French: change ## Footnote e.g. Here's your change. It's 3 dollars
la monnaie ## Footnote ex. Voici ta monnaie. C'est 3 dollars
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# Translate to French: change / coins ## Footnote e.g. Do you have any change? I want a soda from the vending machine
de la monnaie / des pièces ## Footnote ex. Est-ce que tu as de la monnaie ? Je veux un soda de la machine
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# Translate to French: a credit card
une carte de crédit
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# Translate to French: a cent ## Footnote e.g. 25 cents
un cent / un centime ## Footnote ex. 25 cents
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# Translate to French: the price / the cost ## Footnote e.g. The price is too high for me
le prix / le coût ## Footnote ex. Le prix est trop élevé pour moi
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# Translate to French: to cost ## Footnote e.g. This one costs five dollars
coûter / valoir ## Footnote ex. Celui-ci coûte cinq dollars
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# Translate to French: to earn / to make / to bring in ## Footnote e.g. She earns $65,000 a year
gagner / rapporter ## Footnote ex. Elle gagne 65 000 dollars à l'année
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# Translate to French: a bill ## Footnote e.g. a dollar bill
un billet ## Footnote ex. un billet d'un dollar
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# Translate to French: a bill / an invoice ## Footnote e.g. a phone bill
une facture ## Footnote ex. une facture de téléphone
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# Translate to French: a receipt ## Footnote e.g. If you want to return the product, you'll need to bring your receipt
un reçu ## Footnote ex. Si tu veux retourner le produit, tu vas avoir besoin de ton reçu
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# Translate to French: to bill / to invoice ## Footnote e.g. They billed me for the consultation
facturer / faire une facture ## Footnote ex. Ils m'ont facturé pour la consultation
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# Translate to French: a boss ## Footnote e.g. My boss is very strict
un patron / un boss / un chef ## Footnote ex. Mon patron est très strict
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# Translate to French: business ## Footnote e.g. He's studying business and hopes to get his MBA
le commerce / les affaires / le business ## Footnote ex. Il fait des études de commerce et espère décrocher une maîtrise en administration des affaires (MBA)
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# Translate to French: a company / a business ## Footnote e.g. a construction company
une compagnie / une entreprise ## Footnote ex. une entreprise de construction
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# Translate to French: a business ## Footnote e.g. Selling fruit is a good business
un commerce / une activité commerciale ## Footnote ex. Vendre des fruits est un bon commerce
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# Translate to French: commerce ## Footnote e.g. electronic commerce
le commerce ## Footnote ex. le commerce électronique
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# Translate to French: a fortune / a lot of money ## Footnote e.g. He earned his fortune during the dot-com bubble
une fortune / beaucoup d'argent ## Footnote ex. Il a obtenu sa fortune lors de la bulle internet
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# Translate to French: an internship ## Footnote e.g. I have an internship at Google this summer
un stage ## Footnote ex. Je vais faire un stage chez Google cet été
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# Translate to French: an intern ## Footnote e.g. Brainscape likes to hire summer interns to work on short-term projects
un stagiaire ## Footnote ex. Brainscape aime embaucher des stagiaires l'été pour travailler sur des projets à court terme
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# Translate to French: a professional ## Footnote e.g. Trust me, I'm a professional
un professionnel ## Footnote ex. Ayez confiance, je suis un professionnel
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# Translate to French: a secretary / a receptionist ## Footnote e.g. She works as a receptionist at a bank
une secrétaire / un réceptionniste ## Footnote ex. Elle travaille comme réceptionniste dans une banque
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# Translate to French: a store / a shop
un magasin / une boutique
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# Translate to French: a businessman / an executive
un homme d'affaires / un cadre
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# Translate to French: a customer / a client ## Footnote e.g. Amazon treats its customers very well
un client ## Footnote ex. Amazon traite très bien ses clients
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# Translate to French: debt ## Footnote e.g. Debt is destroying our country
la dette ## Footnote ex. La dette est en train de détruire notre pays
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# Translate to French: a job / a task ## Footnote e.g. I have a job for you
un travail / une tâche ## Footnote ex. J'ai un travail pour toi
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# Translate to French: a position / a job ## Footnote e.g. What is his position at that company?
un poste ## Footnote ex. Quelle est son poste dans cette entreprise ?
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# Translate to French: an occupation / a profession ## Footnote e.g. This form asks me to write my occupation. What should I write? Student?
une profession / un métier ## Footnote ex. Ce formulaire me demande de mettre ma profession. Qu'est-ce que je devrais écrire ? Étudiant ?
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# Translate to French: a career ## Footnote e.g. He cares more about his career than his family
une carrière ## Footnote ex. Il se préoccupe plus de sa carrière que de sa famille
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# Translate to French: a resume / a CV / a Curriculum Vitae
un curriculum vitae / un CV
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# Translate to French: a cashier ## Footnote e.g. The cashier didn't have any bills, so she gave me all my change in coins
un caissier ## Footnote ex. La caissière n'avait pas de billets, donc elle m'a donné ma monnaie en pièces
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# Translate to French: a tip / gratuity ## Footnote e.g. She was a great waitress. Let's leave her a huge tip
un pourboire ## Footnote ex. Elle a été une très bonne serveuse. Laissons-lui un très gros pourboire
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# Translate to French: to tip / to give a tip ## Footnote e.g. You should tip your waiter at least 15% of the price of the meal
donner un pourboire / laisser un pourboire ## Footnote ex. Vous devez laisser un pourboire au serveur d'au moins 15% du prix du repas
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# Translate to French: an ATM / a cash machine
un distributeur / un distributeur automatique / un distributeur de billets
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# Translate to French: an office ## Footnote e.g. The executive has a huge office with a window
un bureau ## Footnote ex. Le cadre a un bureau immense avec une fenêtre
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# Translate to French: a payment ## Footnote e.g. She received a payment for her services
un paiement ## Footnote ex. Elle a reçu un paiement pour ses services
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# Translate to French: payment / compensation ## Footnote e.g. What will be the required payment for the damages?
le paiement / la compensation ## Footnote ex. Quel sera le paiement nécessaire pour les dégâts ?
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# Translate to French: pay / wage / salary ## Footnote e.g. My wage is $10/hr. Her salary is $85,000/yr
le salaire / la paie ## Footnote ex. Mon salaire est de 10 dollars de l'heure. Son salaire est de 85 000 dollars par an
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# Translate to French: to pay for / pay the bill ## Footnote e.g. My grandfather paid for my sister's wedding
payer pour / payer la note ## Footnote ex. Mon grand-père a payé pour le mariage de ma soeur

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