13.02.14.écrit Flashcards

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spontané

A

spontaneous

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2
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un fonceur (ex : domaine professionnel)

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a go-ahead

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3
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un cadre

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an executive

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4
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franc, direct, qui dit les choses clairement (2)

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a straight-forward, an outspoken

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5
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tourner autour du pot

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to beat about the bush

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bien élevé (2)

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well-educated, well-bred

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élever (des enfants) (2)

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to breed (bred bred), to raise

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grandir

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to grow up

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9
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un adulte (qui a grandit)

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a grown ups

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spirituel, plein d’esprit

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witty

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un témoin

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a witness

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12
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être témoin de

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to witness *

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13
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un témoin oculaire

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an eye-witness

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14
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rafiné

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refined

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15
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minuscule, tout petit

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tiny

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16
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sensible à

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sensitive to

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17
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sensé, raisonnable

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sensible

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18
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sage

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wise

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19
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la sagesse

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wisdom

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20
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pourvu de

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endowed with

21
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délicat, fin

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fine

22
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faire des études de *

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to read * (ex : to read History)

23
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exagérer

A

to exaggerate

24
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une propriété, un domaine

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an eastate

25
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succéder à quelqu’un

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to succeed somebody

26
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réussir à faire quelque chose

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to succeed in doing something

27
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être en 1ère/2ème… année

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to be in one’s 1st/2nd/… year

28
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rendre justice à quelqu’un (2)

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to do somebody justice

to do the justice to somebody

29
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parmis (4)

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among(st)

amid(st)

30
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être à l’antène

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to be on air

31
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jouer la comédie (2)

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to put on an air

to put on an act

32
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exprimer (ses opinion…)

A

to air

33
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le gratin (sens propre et figuré)

A

the upper crust

34
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le gratin estudiantin d’Oxford et Cambrige (en un mot)

A

“Oxbrige”

35
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Tenir quelqu’un en haute estime

Tenir quelqu’un en basse estime/mépriser quelqu’un

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to hold somebody in hight esteem

to hold somebody in contempt

36
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maigrichon, maigre

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scrawny

37
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“trop comme il faut”

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over-bred (=trop éduqué)

38
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ceux qui sont “nés avec une cuillère en argent dans la bouche”

A

the silver spoon beginnings

39
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sang bleu (=origines aristocratiques)

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blue bloodline

40
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jusqu’à la moelle (de la tête au talon)

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from head to heal

41
Q

un comté

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a county

42
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détester

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to loath

43
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se réfugier auprès de

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to take refuge with

44
Q

la dot

A

the dowry

45
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endurci

A

hardened

46
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en sucre, fragile

A

gossamer

47
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prendre la peine de

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to trouble to

48
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toqué, fou (familier)

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besotted