Set: L'affaire des bijoux #1

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All 61 Terms

Term Definition
Avant de lire Before reading
une bijouterie a jewelry store
les bijoux (m) the jewelry (g)
selon vous, à votre avis, d'après vous Three ways to say "According to you (pl)" (first letter: s,a,d)
une histoire d'amour a love story
évidemment obviously
plus précisément more precisely
le criminel the criminal
un voleur a thief
un vol a theft
la disparition the disappearance
un bijou a jewel
un bijoutier a jeweler (m)
un diamant a diamond
la série des vols the series of thefts
pour la troisième fois en un mois for the third time in one month
audacieux bold
un malfaiteur a wrongdoer
la propriétaire the owner
de grande valeur of great value
une enquête an investigation
un léger accent britannique a light british accent
elle a de jolies chaussures she has pretty shoes
elle a des chaussures laides she has ugly shoes
Quelques jours plus tard a few days later
engager to hire
bien entendu of course
recommander to recommend
être prudent to be careful
être vigilant to be watchful
compter sur to count on
faire attention to pay attention
une medaille a medal
commettre to commit
vers toward
satisfait satisfied
la vitrine the store window
peu après (a) little later
un employé an employee (m)
déclencher to set off
accueillir to welcome
celui-ci the latter (m)
un accent étranger a foreign accent
nerveusement nervously
remarquer que to notice that ..
prudemment cautiously
une bague a ring
jeter un coup d'oeil désespéré to glance desperately
certainement certainly
impassible unshaken (unblinking..)
qu'attendez-vous? What are you (pl) waiting for? (inverted)
une émeraude an emerald
une bague ornée d'émeraudes an emerald ring
un rubis a ruby
un carat a carat
sous la surveillance de under the surveillance of
payer par chèque to pay by check
un traveller's chèque a traveller's check (not wrong here!)
un paquet-cadeau a gift-wrapped package
l'arrière-boutique the back of the store (boutique)
cela n'a pas d'importance that doesn't matter

Set Information

Terms 61
Creator jalenack
Created March 18, 2006
Group AP French Selvin
Tags selvin, french3
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If the adjective precedes the noun, des becomes de. A couple of words are added to the set for that. THIS IS JUST THE FIRST 3 SECTIONS.




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jalenack : ugh god there are like 20 pages of vocab to do..
WillMullaney : it's accueillir, not accueiller
btaller8 : tightest shyit ever, someone should pay you for this... (jeter ... désespéré), i think, instead of déspespéré
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Most Missed Words

  1. jeter un coup d'oeil désespéré → to glance desperately - 48 misses
  2. Quelques jours plus tard → a few days later - 43 misses
  3. la disparition → the disappearance - 37 misses
  4. selon vous, à votre avis, d'après vous → Three ways to say "According to you (pl)" (first letter: s,a,d) - 36 misses
  5. cela n'a pas d'importance → that doesn't matter - 31 misses
  6. plus précisément → more precisely - 30 misses
  7. accueillir → to welcome - 29 misses