20 fev Flashcards

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franc, sincère

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frank

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poli

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well-mannered

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esprit / présence d’esprit

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wit

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charmant

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charming

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spontané

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spontaneous

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aller de l’avant

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go-ahead

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bourse d’étude

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scolarship

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un cadre (d’entreprise)

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an executive

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direct, franc

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straight-forward / outspoken

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tourner autour du pot

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to beat about the bush

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bien élevé

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well-educated / well-bred

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élever (des enfants)

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to raise

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grandir

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grow up

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les adultes

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the grown-ups

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fin, spirituel

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witty

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un témoin

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a witness

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être témoin de

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to witness something

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témoin oculaire

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an eye-witness

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raffiné

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refined

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minuscule

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tiny

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sensible à qqchose

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sensitive to

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sensé / raisonnable

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sensible

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sage

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wise

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sagesse

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wisdom

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être doté de
be endowed with
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vivant / gai
lively
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Faire des études de
to read + history, English
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majuscule
Capital letter
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Accorder (une bourse)
to grant
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se donner des airs
to give oneself air
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se le péter
to show off
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se la péter (argot)
to brag
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prendre qqun de haut
to look down on someone
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être condescendant
to be patronizing
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méprisant
Disdainful / scornful / contemptuous
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Se prendre au sérieux
to take oneself seriously
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Tenir qqun en haute estime
To hold somebody in high esteem
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se donner des airs
to acquire affectations
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avoir du mépris pr qqun
to hold somebody in contempt
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exagéré
exaggerated
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Le gratin des étudiants de
Oxbridge (Oxford/Cambridge)
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le gratin (parisien)
The upper crust
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exprimer
to air
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être à l'antenne
to be on air
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au sein de l'union
within the union
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parmi
among / amongst / amidst
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Rendre justice à qqun
To do somebody justice
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Rendre justice à qqun
to do somebody the justice to
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traiter avec condescendance
to patronise
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hérité d'un titre
to succeed to a tittle
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réussir qqchose
to succeed in doing something
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une propriété / un domaine
an estate
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décharné / maigre ++
scrawny
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prude
prude
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trop comme il faut
over-bred
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né avec une cuillère en argent dans la bouche
silver spoon beginnings
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origines aristocratiques / sang bleu
blue bloodline
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jusqu'à la moelle
from head to heel
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comté / département
county
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détester / se détester
loathe
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se réfugier auprès de
to take refuge with
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ce qu'on a en héritage (dot)
dowry
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endurci
hardened
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dépravation
depravity
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léger / transparent / tissu très fin
gossamer
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immédiatement
instantly
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jouer la comédie
to put on an air/act