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19 Flashcards

1
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spirited, hot headed, lively

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fougueux

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2
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to study something in detail, bring something under scrutiny

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passer qqc au crible

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3
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drawback

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bémol

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4
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to get the upper hand over

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prendre le dessus sur

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5
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To drag on

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S’éterniser

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6
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Illegal immigrants

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En situation irrégulière

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7
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Against a backdrop of

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Sur fond de

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8
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The wish

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Le vœu

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9
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Iron making

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Sidérurgique

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10
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Iron ore

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Le minerai de fer

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11
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To develop/establish

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Roder

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12
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To announce sth to sb

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Faire part de qqc à qqn

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13
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pram

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le landau

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14
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wound, cut

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la plaie

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15
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withdrawal

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le retrait

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16
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Staggered, astonished

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Sidéré

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17
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Violence breeds violence

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La violence appelle la violence

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18
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With a bladed weapon

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À l’arme blanche

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19
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To aspire to, seek, crave

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Briguer

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20
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To refloat, bail out

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Reflouer

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21
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board of directors

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le conseil d’administration

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22
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to fray

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s’effilocher

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23
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blunder, error

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le couac

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24
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to get bored

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se lasser

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25
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to supplant

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prendre le pas sur qqc

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26
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to dare to, work up the courage to

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s’enhardir à faire qqc

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27
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to call for, plead

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plaider

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28
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work, task

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la besogne

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29
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thoughtfully, deliberately

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posément

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30
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to call for

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requérir

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31
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to sweat

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suer

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32
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enraged

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fou de rage

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33
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to be frightened of one’s life

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avoir une peur bleue

34
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To be on the lookout for/ lie in wait

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Être à l’affût de

35
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To try to do

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S’ingénier

36
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To lose ones temper

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S’emporter

37
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Without failure, error

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Sans défaillance

38
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common preconception, stereotype

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l’idée reçue

39
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to make sure that

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s’assurer

40
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to sell sth off, give sth away

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brader qqc

41
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to mark with arros, signpost

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flécher

42
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dressing room, theatre box

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la loge

43
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to row

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ramer

44
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daffodil

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la jonquille

45
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To bully, torment

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Brimer

46
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State handouts

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L’assistanat

47
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Illicit work

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Le travail au noir

48
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Benefits

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Prestations

49
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To be stingy with

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Lésiner sur

50
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HLM

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Habitation à loyer modéré

Council estate

51
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Discrepancy

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Le décalage

52
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to pamper, make a fuss about

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dorloter

53
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drawback, flaw

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un bémol

54
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shift, change, eb and flow

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une valse

55
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from now on

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dorénavant

56
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formerly, long ago

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jadis

57
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in the context of

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dans le cadre de

58
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on the whole

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dans l’ensemble, en somme

59
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the same goes for

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il en est même pour

60
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at first sight, on the face of it

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de prime abord

61
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with a view to doing sth, from the point of view of doing sth

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dans l’optique de

62
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consequently

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par voie de conséquence, par conséquent

63
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overnight

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du jour au lendemain

64
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to drag on

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traîner en longueur

65
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sensitivity to the cold, faint-heartedness

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la frilosité

66
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to tame, domesticate

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apprivoiser

67
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in the making

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en puissance

68
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dismissed plaintiff

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débouté

69
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to crash (technology)

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planter

70
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stoned

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défoncé

71
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to come or fall under

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relever de

72
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to get in touch with

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se mettre en rapport avec qqn

73
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sustained, intense

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nourri

74
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vague hope

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la velléité

75
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to elucidate; make sth clear

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expliciter

76
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at the expense of

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aux dépens de

77
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to indicate; highlight

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pointer

78
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drift

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une dérive

79
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to pay into

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abonder

80
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cliched, trite

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galvaudé

81
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to fit in with, be part of

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s’inscrire dans

82
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to stir up, arouse

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attiser

French adv (20 decks)

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