French vocab

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la plongée
scuba diving
1 of 112
l'ambiance
atmosphere
2 of 112
vibrante/dynamique
exciting
3 of 112
ca montre..
it shows..
4 of 112
ivre/saoul(e)
drunk
5 of 112
se souvenir de
to remember
6 of 112
l'Hexagon
France
7 of 112
issu(e) de
from
8 of 112
aisé
well off
9 of 112
élever
to raise
10 of 112
renvoyer (de)
to be expelled (from)
11 of 112
farce
joke/ stuffing
12 of 112
dissimuler
to hide
13 of 112
cartable
school bag
14 of 112
une incartable
argument
15 of 112
le manque de
the lack of
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échouer
to fail
17 of 112
rater
to fail
18 of 112
réussir
to succeed
19 of 112
houlette de
watchful eye
20 of 112
côtoyer
to rub
21 of 112
notamment
in particular
22 of 112
grâce à
thanks to
23 of 112
à cause de
because of
24 of 112
s'inscrire
to register/enrol/join
25 of 112
se révéler
to be revealed
26 of 112
infatigable
never tired
27 of 112
une demeure
mansion
28 of 112
demeurer
to stay/loge
29 of 112
un demeuré
dumb
30 of 112
une lectrice
reader
31 of 112
averti(e)
in the know/warning
32 of 112
rédiger
to write
33 of 112
proposer
to offer
34 of 112
l'éditeur
publisher
35 of 112
monteur
editor
36 of 112
feuillet
page
37 of 112
dès que
as soon as
38 of 112
souligner
to underline
39 of 112
un nom d'emprunt
an alias
40 of 112
une réputation sulfureuse
a dodgy reputation
41 of 112
d'éloges
praise
42 of 112
murmurer
to whisper
43 of 112
savoir
to know something
44 of 112
savoir que
to know that
45 of 112
un air
tune/melody
46 of 112
le mensonge
lie
47 of 112
la filature
mill/shadowing
48 of 112
égarer
to lose
49 of 112
le rassemblemet
gathering/union
50 of 112
prisé
appreciated
51 of 112
la partimoire
heritage/inheritance
52 of 112
se flatter de
to claim to (be able to)
53 of 112
s'entreprendre de
to undertake to
54 of 112
s'empresser de
to hurry/rush to
55 of 112
se charger de
to make sure to
56 of 112
se dépêcher de
to hurry to
57 of 112
brûler de
to be dying to
58 of 112
songer à
to be thinking of (doing something)
59 of 112
se mettre à
to begin to
60 of 112
consentir à
to consent to
61 of 112
chercher à
to try to
62 of 112
s'attendre à
to expect to
63 of 112
arriver à
to manage to
64 of 112
compter
to intend to
65 of 112
avoir beau
to do something in vain
66 of 112
oser
to dare
67 of 112
de nouveau
again
68 of 112
au-déla
beyond
69 of 112
contraindre qn à
to compel sb to
70 of 112
subvenir à
to meet
71 of 112
parvenir à
to reach/manage to
72 of 112
s'entretenir (qn de)
to converse/ speak (to sb about)
73 of 112
entretenir
to maintain/support
74 of 112
démarrer
to start up
75 of 112
la déception
disappointment
76 of 112
bouche-bée
open mouthed
77 of 112
selon son rythme
at his/her own pace
78 of 112
pédagoique
educational
79 of 112
faillir (+inf)
to nearly
80 of 112
craidre
to fear
81 of 112
béat
open mouthed with admiration
82 of 112
se mettre à dos
to have sb against you or on your back
83 of 112
accorder
to grant/match
84 of 112
le repos
rest/peace
85 of 112
journalier (ière)
daily
86 of 112
la prestation
benefit/performance
87 of 112
la peine
sorrow/trouble/difficulty/punishment
88 of 112
animateur
leacer/organiser
89 of 112
un cagibi
shed
90 of 112
alimenter (en)
to feed/supply
91 of 112
agrandir
to enlarge/extend
92 of 112
le frais de scolarité
school fees
93 of 112
la subvention
subsidy/grant
94 of 112
le don
talent/donation
95 of 112
le trajet
journey/path
96 of 112
le rouage
cog wheel/part
97 of 112
l'élan
moose/surge/run up
98 of 112
accroître
to increase
99 of 112
peupler
to populate
100 of 112
décoller
to take off/unstick
101 of 112
une quinzaine
a fortnight
102 of 112
la jouissance
pleasure
103 of 112
jouir de
to enjoy
104 of 112
d'occasion
second hand
105 of 112
se payer
to treat oneself
106 of 112
homme d'affaires
businessman
107 of 112
certes
admittedly/indeed/of course
108 of 112
dès lors que
from the moment that
109 of 112
débrouillard(e)
smart/resourceful
110 of 112
éprouver
to test/distress/experience
111 of 112
bureau d'embauche
labour office
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atmosphere

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l'ambiance

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exciting

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Card 4

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it shows..

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Card 5

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drunk

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TheDreadedDuck

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This is great - how on earth do you know all this vocab?! Don't you think it would be a good idea to organise it into topics for more specifc revision, though? I personally find it a bit confusing when "fortnight" is next to "pleasure"... 

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