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19.02.2014 Flashcards

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1
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qui a le vertige

A

Dizzy

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2
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l’URSS

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The USSR

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3
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les USA

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The USA

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4
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surnommer (2)

A

To dub

to nickname

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5
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piller, saccager

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To loot

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6
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garde à vue

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Police custody

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7
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trompeur

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Deceitful

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8
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dans une pauvreté extrême

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In dire poverty

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9
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hardly (synonyme)

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Barely

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10
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dans une situation désespérée

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In dire straits

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11
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être opéré de

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To be operated on

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12
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un labyrinthe

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a maze

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13
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faire une grève de la faim

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to go on an anger strike

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14
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céder

A

to yield

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15
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en charge de…

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in charge of…

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une étincelle

faire des étincelles, provoquer (2)

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a spark
to spark (ou to trigger = déclencher)
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17
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un tumulte, vacarme, une tempête de protestation

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an uproar

18
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critiquer

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to find fault with

19
Q

Ça fait du grabuge (argot)

A

it kicks up a stink

20
Q

du foin, du grabuge

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Hullabaloo

21
Q

une vague de panique

A

a ripple of panic

22
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passer à la vitesse supérieure

A

to move into high gear

23
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faire montre d’un optimisme sans faille

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to be displaying unfaltery optimism

24
Q

avoir de nombreux supporters, partisants

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to have a large following

25
Q

supporter quelqu’un

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to support someone

to back someone

26
Q

un raz-de-marée

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a groundswell

27
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une aubaine

A

godsend

28
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faire tâche

A

to stain

29
Q

nikel, irréprochable

A

Spotless

30
Q

“Les comptes rendus durant nos réunions était toujours oraux.”

A

“the reports of our meetings were always oral / verbal”

31
Q

un grand jour (2)

A

a great day

a field day

32
Q

pulvériser un record

A

to smash a record

33
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approximativement, vaguement

A

Loosely

34
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ridicule, absurde

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Preposterous

35
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sur le déclin

A

on the wane

36
Q

saut à la perche

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pole vaulting

37
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faire la court (3)

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to woo
to court
to pay court

38
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loyauté

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loyalty

39
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fraternité

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brotherhood

40
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confiance

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faithfulness

41
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amitié

A

friendship

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