Leaving Certificate (2013)

Le Vocabulaire du Comprhension Auditive

Section 1 Un camping-car A camper van

Commencer To start/begin Louer Lou To rent/hire/lease
Un voyage A trip/journey Appartement Apartment
autour around tudiants Students
Le premier The first Partir To leave
Lanne derrire Last Year Pendant During/for
Tout/Toute All Suivre - Suivi To follow
Organiser To organise Tout le monde Everyone
Vendre - Vendu To sell - sold Dire - dit To say-said
La voiture The car Changer To change
Acheter To buy Devenir Devenu To become - became
Moins Less Timide Shy
Se rendre compte To realise Au dbut At the beginning
Parler To speak Inquite Worried
Quitter mes amis To leave my friends Javais peur de mennuyer I was afraid of getting bored
Un pays A country Une exprience inoubliable An unforgettable experience

Section 2 Se plaindre To complain

Agriculteur Farmer Sempcher To keep from/prevent
Mais But Mener To lead/carry out
Quand When Une vie de jeune The life of a young person
Jtais jeune I was young Les autres Others
Passer Je passais To spend I used to spend Des sorties Going out
Tous mes weekends All my weekends Ma petite amie Girlfriend
La ferme Farm Content (e) Happy
Mon Oncle My uncle Car Because
Prs de Close to Prendre - pris To take - taken
Commencer To start/begin Vacances Holidays
Conduire To drive Depuis For/since
Un tracteur A tractor Expliquer To explain
Apprendre To learn Bien sr Of course
Aimer To like/love Sentraider To help each other
Les btes Beasts/animals Lhiver dernier Last winter
Le bac Leaving Cert Lourdes chutes de neige Heavy snowfalls
Maintenant Now La rgion The region
Le mtier Job Un mouton A sheep
Dur Hard/difficult/harsh/tough Les collines Hills
Dabord First of all Rien manger Nothing to eat
Les horaires Hours Mes voisins My neighbours
La rcolte Harvest Ensemble Together
Les champs Fields Sauver mes animaux To save my animals

Section 3 Faire - fait To do/make did/made

Beau/Belle Handsome/beautiful Plus dexercice More exercise
Un berger A sheepdog Promener To walk
Offrir-offert To offer - offered Le chien The dog

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Anniversaire Birthday Tous les jours Every day
Pourquoi ? Why ? Decider dcid To decide - decided
Aimer To loke/love La chasse Hunting
Beaucoup A lot Beau-frre Brother in law
Pas vraiment Not really Aujourdhui Today
Comme Like/as Soccuper To take care of
Fonctionnaire Civil servant Chez toi Your house
Passer To spend Nol Christmas
Toute la journe All day Trouver trouv To find - found
Sasseoir To sit Abandonner To abandon/give up
Le mdecin The doctor Au bord de la rivire Along the river
Conseiller To advise Effray Frightened
Avoir de la chance To be lucky Ramener To bring back
Casser cass To break - broken Plein de fleurs Full of flowers
Dchirer - Dchir To tear/tip - torn Les rideaux dans le salon The curtains in the sitting
room

Section 4 La victoire The victory

Commencer To start/begin Enfin Finally/at last
A lge de At the age of .. Championne du monde World Champion
Parce que Because Du Disappointed
Pratiquer To practice Gagner gagn To win/earn won/earned
Lathltisme Athletics Seulement Only
Tout(e) seul(e) All alone Deux mdailles dargent Two silver medals
Trs vite Very quickly Tellement So much
Devenir - devenu To become - became Dor Gold
Ma passion My passion Sentraner dur To train hard
Blesser To injure Dcrocher Win/unhook
Un accident de moto A motorcycle accident Recevoir - reu To receive - received
Amputer dune jambe To amputate a leg Pleurer pleur To cry - cried
Au-dessous Below Ma vie My life
Genou Knee Aller To go
Aprs ca After that Les coles Schools
La fin de The end of Raconter mon histoire To tell my story
Tous mes rves All my dreams Pour les montrer To show them
En quittant While leaving Vivre To live
Reprendre Restart/resume Oser To dare
Lentranement Training Parler To talk/speak
Dix mois Ten months Le handicap Disability

Section 5 Un nouvel aroport A new airport

Le ministre des The Minister of Foreign Rencontrer - rencontr To meet - met
Franais de ltranger affairs
Visiter visit To visit - visited Selon la police According to the police
La Chine China Quarante mille 40 thousand
Pendant For/during Se rassembler To gather/assemble
La communaut The community Rester To stay
Samedi dernier Last Saturday Tendu Tense

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Une manifestation A strike Un feu dartifice A firework
Runir - runi To reunite - reunited Provoquer To provoke/bring on
Sopposer To oppose Un grand incendie A big fire
La construction Construction Une usine A factory
Hier soir Last night Lincendie The fire
Se declarer To declare oneself Avant minuit Before midnight
Une douzaine de A dozen people Evacuer To evacuate/clear out
personnes
Heureusement Fortunately Hospitalis Hospitalised

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