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16 Flashcards

1
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To blur

A

Flouter

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2
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Idleness

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L’oisiveté

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3
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Inflexible/ uncompromising

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Intransigeant

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Poor/destitute

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Indigent

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5
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Deist

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Déiste

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Wary/ distrustful

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Méfiant

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7
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Second hand

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D’occasion

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8
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Vegetable garden

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Le potager

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9
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To beg (for)

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Mendier

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10
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Apostle/ advocate

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L’apôtre

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11
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Groove/ furrow

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Le sillon

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12
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Specialist/ point of contact

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Le référent

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13
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District

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La circonscription

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14
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Bash/ party

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La teuf

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15
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To give pride of place to sth

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Mettre qqc à l’honneur

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16
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Cornerstone / keystone

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La clé de voûte

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17
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Plea

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Le recours

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18
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Enactment/ promulgation

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La promulgation

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19
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Check

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Le pointage

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20
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Sprain/ infringement

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Une entorse

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21
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To plough into/ charge at

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Foncer sur

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22
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Dregs

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La scone

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23
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Barrel

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Le tonneau/ fût

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24
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To trade/ swap

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Troquer

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25
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Whole grain

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Complet

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26
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Blueberry

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La myrtille

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27
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As/while

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À mesure que

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28
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Hot water bottle

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Une bouillotte

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29
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Lazybones

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La feignasse

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30
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Money machine/maker

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La planche à billets

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31
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Brain storming

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Un remue-méninges

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32
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Around/about

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À peu près

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33
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To rage

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Faire rage

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34
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In order to / in preparation for

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En vue de

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35
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To make safe

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Sanctuariser

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36
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Fasting

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Le jeûne

37
Q

Nativity scene

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La crèche

38
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To braid/ plait

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Tresser/ natter

39
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Rich

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Nanti

40
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Lazy/ idle

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Fainéant

41
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To wonder

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Se demander

42
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To absorb/ rescue

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Résorber

43
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A draw

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Un match nul

44
Q

Landslide

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Un raz-de-marée

45
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To stimulate/boost

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Doper

46
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Slide

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La diapositive

47
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Ballot box

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L’urne

48
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Takeaway

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Un plat à emporter

49
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Sweet and sour

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La sauce aigre-douce

50
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Outside

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En Marge de

51
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Enamoured with/ peppered with

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Émaillé de

52
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Vandalised/ wrecked

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Saccagé

53
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Excise duty/ granting

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L’octroi

54
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To be marginalised

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Vivre en marge de la société

55
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Hooded

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Encagoulé

56
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To join

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Se greffer

57
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Little help

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Le coup de pouce

58
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To fall like a ton of bricks

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Tomber comme un couperet

59
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5 year presidential term

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Le quinquennat

60
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Steel industry

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La sidérurgie

61
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To rush to

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Se presser sur

62
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Tendency

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La propension

63
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Stars

A

Les astres

64
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Network

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Un maillage

65
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Length

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Le longueur

66
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In absentia

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Par contumace

67
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Worm

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Le ver

68
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Dormitory

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Le dortoir

69
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Poppy

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Le coquelicot

70
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Blunder

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L’impair

71
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Annoying/ disturbing

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Dérangeant

72
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Lightning/ swift/ searing

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Fulgurant

73
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To stimulate

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Doper

74
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Public baths (Roman?

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Les thermes

75
Q

Advised/ recommended

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Préconisé

76
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To spice sth up

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pimenter qqc

77
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Hatching/ blooming

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L’éclosion

78
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Breathless / on its last legs

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À bout de souffle

79
Q

To dismiss

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Écarter

80
Q

Sensitive

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Névralgique

81
Q

To go off at a tangent

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Sauter du coq-à-l’âne

82
Q

To criss-cross

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S’entrecroiser

83
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To interfere

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Parasiter

84
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Hasty

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Hâtif

85
Q

To be more likely to

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Être plus à même de

86
Q

That favours/ conducive to

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Propice à

87
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A boost

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Un coup de fouet

88
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To revitalise oneself

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Se ressourcer

French adv (20 decks)

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