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11.04.06.2014 Flashcards

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1
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démoli par

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plagued by

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la peste

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the Plague

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souffrir de

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To suffer from

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inconnu de

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Unknown to

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un durcicement

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A toughening

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sans precedent

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Unprecedented

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le berceau (sens figué aussi)

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le berceau (sens figué aussi)

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affaibli par

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Crippled by

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9
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FBI

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

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Investigation (syn)

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inquest

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11
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la progéniture

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The offspring

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être attire par

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To be attracted to

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= le propriétaire d’un bien ou d’une maison qu’on loue

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the landlord / the landlady

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14
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un témoignage

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A testimony

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15
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qui rend fou furieux

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Infuriating

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16
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présentatrice

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anchor-woman

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avec la complicité de (2)

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With the complicity of …

=With … as accomplice

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18
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les budgets marketing

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Marketing appropriations

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to woo (syn)

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To court

20
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des perspectives de marché

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Market prospects

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commercialiser

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to merchandise

22
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dynamiser le marché

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and to energize the market.

23
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présentateur, présentatrice (2)

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The host = the compere

24
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ça vous coupe l’appétit

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It spoils your appetite / it takes your appetite away.

25
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poursuivre (en justice)

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To sue

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imposer quelque chose à … (idium métaphorique)

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To force something down the throat of …

27
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faire une percée aux USA

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to make a push into the USA

28
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faire son entrée dans

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To make an inroad into

29
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un lit de bébé

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a cot

30
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une couveuse

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an incubator

31
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un biberon

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a baby bottle

32
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une couverture

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a blanket

33
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jeté, rejeté

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discarded

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des laissés pour comptes

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Cast-offs

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rumeurs malintentionnées

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Malicious gossips

36
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le couronnement

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The coronation ceremony

37
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espèces en voie de disparition

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endangered species

38
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évasion fiscale

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tax evasion

39
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Un prétendant au trône (2)

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a claimant to the throne

= a contender to the throne.

40
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il tira sur autant de gens qu’il pu

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he shot at as many people as he could.

41
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a gangster (syn) (2)

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a crook

a hoodlum

42
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un détenu

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an inmate

43
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prosélytisme

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Proselytism

44
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lavage de cerveau

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Brain-washing

45
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New kind of terrorists : Terrorists alone, acting alone, telling nobody (syn) (2)

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= travelling terrorists

= terrorists itinerants

46
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Les douaniers français ont eu du bol

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customs officers got a lucky break there / were lucky dogs

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