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#2 Achievement Flashcards

1
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Partir en voyage

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To go on a journey

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Balayer - un balayeur

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To sweep (swept, swept) - a sweeper

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Être las de…

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To be weary of (+ing) sth

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Lassant, fatiguant

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Wearisome (=tiring & boring)

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Faire une sieste

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To take / have a nap (to nap)

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S’endormir

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To fall asleep

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Se réveiller

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To awake = to wake (woke, woken) up

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être éveillé # être endormi

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To be awake # to be asleep

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Faire peur à quelqu’un

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To scare sb

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Effrayant / effrayé

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Scary / scared

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Laisser quelqu’un faire quelque chose

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To let someone do something

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Haut / hauteur

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High / height

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Chercher

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To seek (sought, sought) = look for

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Chercher un abri

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To seek shelter

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Se noyer

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To drown

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Echapper à

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To escape from someone, something

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Etre à l’abri de (du danger…)

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To be safe from (danger…)

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En toute sécurité, sans risque

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Safely (adverbe) : “he walked home safely”

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En sécurité

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In safety (nom)

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20
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Un orphelinat, un orphelin

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An orphanage, an orphan

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Tomber amoureux de…

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To fall (fell, fallen) in love with someone

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Errer, vagabonder

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To wander

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Un souvenir

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A memory

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Se rappeler quelque chose ou quelqu’un/ Se souvenir de…

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To remember sth/sb

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Rappeler quelque chose à quelqu’un

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To remind sb of sth

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Fouiller le secteur à la recherche de…

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To scour the area in search of…

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27
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C’est une copie conforme ou portrait tout craché de…

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It is a spitting image of…

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Chasser, pourchasser

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To hunt (= to seek, to pursue)

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Compter sur (se fier à) - fiable - la fiabilité

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To rely on - reliable - reliability

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La foi

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Faith

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31
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Être fidèle à

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To be faithful to somebody

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32
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La fidélité, la loyauté

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Faithfulness

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Être reconnaissant (envers quelqu’un de) (pour quelque chose)

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To be grateful to sb for sth

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34
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La reconnaissance

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Gratefulness

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35
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accomplir quelque chose d’important

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To make a significant achievement

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36
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Lancer

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To launch (a rocket, a shuttle, a missile, a product, an offensive)

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Un lancement

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A launch (of a ship, spacecraft, product)

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38
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Porter, transporter

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To carry (this ship carries passengers)

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39
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Aller dans l’espace

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To go into space (uncountable, no article)

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explorer

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To explore

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un explorateur

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An explorer

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un passager

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A passenger

43
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Déménager dans un autre pays

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To move to another country

44
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Fonder, créer une société

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To set up a company

45
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S’inscrire (pour un vol dans l’espace, un cours)

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To sign up for (a space flight, a course)

46
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Participer à

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To take part in / to participate in

47
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Voler (birds/plane), voyager en avion

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To fly (flew, flown)

48
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Annuler un vol

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To cancel a flight

49
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Avoir un rêve, faire un rêve

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To have a dream

50
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Réaliser son rêve

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To achieve (realize) one’s dream

51
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Réaliser son rêve (make)

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To make one’s dream come true

52
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Il a réalisé son rêve

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He made his dream come true

53
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L’entreprise s’est développée rapidement

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The company grew rapidly (to grow, grew, grown)

54
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La croissance

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Growth

55
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un nombre croissant

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A growing number

56
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un compte en banque

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A bank account

57
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Programmer, prévoir

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To schedule (a class, a meeting)

58
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Tirer, retirer

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To withdraw (irreg.) (vt) (+money, accusation, troops)

59
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Se retirer, se désister

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To withdraw (withdrew, withdrawn) from (vi)

60
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Retirer de l’argent à un compte en banque

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To withdraw money from a bank account

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à un distributeur

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from an ATM / a cash dispenser

62
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former quelqu’un

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To train (vt) (+ person, player, employee)

63
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S’entraîner, recevoir une formation de…

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To train (vi) as a…

64
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Formation, entraînement, préparation

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Training (generally uncountable)

65
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suivre une formation (cours)

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To do a training session / training course

66
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Faire un stage (en entreprise)

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To do a training period / a work placement / an internship

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un stagiaire

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a trainee

68
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un voyage, une excursion

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a trip

69
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faire un voyage

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To go on a trip, to make a trip

70
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un équipage

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a crew

71
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un membre d’équipage

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a crew member

72
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être en stage (2)

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To be on a placement

To be on a training period / internship

73
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un stage d’un an

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A year’s placement = a one-year placement

74
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un ingénieur

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an engineer

75
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faire des études d’ingénieur

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to study engineering

76
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elle est allée à B pour faire des études d’ingénieur

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She went to B to study engineering (or in order to study)

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être ennuyeux

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To be boring

78
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S’ennuyer

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To be bored (-ing active, -ed passive)

79
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L’ennui

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Boredom

80
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Passer un très bon moment (à faire qqch)

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To have a great/good time (doing sth)

81
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Perdre du temps à faire qqch

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To waste time (doing sth)

82
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Passer du temps à faire qqch

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To spend time (doing sth)

83
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être passionné de…

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To be keen (on sth, on doing sth)

84
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Occuper quelqu’un

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To keep someone busy

85
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être occupé à faire qqch

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To be busy (doing sth)

86
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être en retard / à l’heure

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To run late / on time (trains, buses)

87
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retarder (un train, une arrivée, un départ)

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To delay (a train, an arrival # a departure)

88
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un retard

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a delay

89
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sembler (quand on entend qqch)

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to sound

90
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ça, on connait !

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it sounds familiar

91
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elle me semble assez intelligente

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she sounds pretty bright

92
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améliorer

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to upgrade

93
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les voies ont besoin d’être améliorées

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The tracks needed upgrading (to need+ ing)

94
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trouver, découvrir qqch

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To find out something

95
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être en haut (# en bas) de la hiérarchie (“échelle”) du travail

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To be at the top (#at the bottom) of the job ladder

96
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accomplir, réaliser

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To achieve (>achievement)

97
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un gagneur, quelqu’un de très performant

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an achiever (a successful person)

98
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Je vous écris pour vous informer que je ne pourrai pas assister à la conférence jeudi 2 mars à 14h15 à moins que je n’arrive à prendre un train tôt le matin

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I’m writing to inform you that I won’t be able to attend the conference on Thursday March 2nd at quarter past two unless I manage to take/get/catch a train early morning

99
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Suite à votre dernier mail, je vous contacte pour vous expliquer pourquoi j’ai été absent pendant 2 semaines. Veuillez trouver mon certificat médical en pièce jointe.

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Further to your last e-mail, I’m contacting you to explain to you why I was absent for two weeks. Please find attached my medical certificate/sick note.

100
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Je vous serais reconnaissant de bien vouloir demander à votre collègue de reporter la réunion sinon je ne pourrai pas y assister

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I’d be grateful if you could ask yout colleague to put off the meeting otherwise I (won’t be able)(will be unable) to attend it.

101
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Je vous prie de bien vouloir m’excuser de ne pas avoir fourni les produits que vous avez commandés il y a deux mois.

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I apologize (Sorry…) for not supplying products you ordered 2 months ago.

102
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J’ai le regret de vous dire qu’il n’est pas d’accord avec vous malgré tous vos conseils. Ne vous donnez pas la peine d’essayer de le convaincre. (conseiller qq de…)

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I’m sorry to (inform/tell you)(let you know) he doesn’t agree with you despite all your advice. Don’t bother trying to convince him. (to advise sb of sth)

103
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Verbs : to understand, to succeed, to annoy, to care, to save - Nouns, adj & adv ?

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Nouns : understanding, success, annoyance, care, safety
Adj : understandable, successful, annoyed/ing, careful, safe
Adv : understandably, successfully, annoyingly, carefully, safely
/!\ UNsuccessful, MISunderstanding

104
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Video - lost boy (resume)

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followed his brother - got tired and fell asleep - jumped on a train - almost drowned twice in the Ganges - was threatened by a man - found safety in an orphanage - met his new family - arrived in Tasmania - started scouring Google Maps - showed a picture of himself as a child - was taken to his mother

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