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20 ) Prépositions Et Particules Flashcards

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Entrer

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Come in

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Avancer

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Move along

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Par dessus, au dessus

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Over

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Être à la hauteur de qqch

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Be up to sth

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Élever

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Bring up

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Près de

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Near

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Traverser

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Walk across

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Avoir recours à qqch

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Fall back on sth

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Dans

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In

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Le long de

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Along

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À travers

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Through

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Mouvement vers une surface

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On

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Bring back

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Rapporter, ramener

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Idée de séparation

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Off

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Emporter

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Take away

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Rendre

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Give back

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Se lever

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Get up

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Résister à qqch / qqn

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Stand up to sth / sb

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Derrière

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Behind

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Idée d’avancer le long de quelques chose

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Along

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Idée d’éloignement

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Away

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À, dans

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At

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Vider son verre

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Drink up

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Among

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Parmi

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Quant à

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As for

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Enfiler (un vetement)

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Put on

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Traverser (une situation)

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Go through

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Entre

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Between

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Venir à manquer de

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Run out of sth

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Étant donnée

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Considering/ given

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À propos de

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About

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Noter

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Take down

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À coté de

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Next to

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Revenir

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Come back

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Lever les yeux

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Look up

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À travers

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Through

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Éclater (pdnt la guerre)

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Break out

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À coté de

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Beside

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Au dessus de

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Above

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Entrer

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Get in

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Autour de

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Round

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Contrairement à

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Contrary to/ unlike

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S’entendre avec quelqu’un

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Get on with sb

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Abandonner, arreter

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Give up

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Dans différentes directions

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About

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Vers le haut/ idée d’achèvement

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Up

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Mouvement vers l’ext

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Out

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À cause de

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Because of

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Dans (sens dynamique)

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Into

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Idée de l’intérieur

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In

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Essayer des habits

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Try clothes on

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De l’autre coté de, à travers

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Across

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En face de

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Opposite

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Héberger quelqu’un

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Put sb up

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Devant

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In front of

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Regarder autour de soi

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Look around

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Remettre à plus tard

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Put off

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Sous

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Under

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Idée de retour

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Back

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Décoller

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Take off

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À l’intérieur de

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Inside

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En raison de

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Owing to

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Descendre

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Go down

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Se débarrasser de qqch

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Go away with sth

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Idée de circularité

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Around/ round

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Faire attention à qqch

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Watch up for sth

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Hors de

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Out of

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Se promener

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Walk about

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Tolerer qqch/ quelqu’un

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Put up with sth/ sb

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En ce qui concerne

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As regards/ regarding

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Rattraper quelqu’un

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Catch up with sb

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À l’extérieure de

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Outside

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Reprendre

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Take back

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Sur

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On

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Près de

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By

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Revenir

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Get back

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S’éloigner

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Move away

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En haut de

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Up

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Au lieu de

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Instead of

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En bas de

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Down

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Continuer qqch

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Go on with

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Tout près de

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Close to

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À,en

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To (sens dynamique)

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Enlever qqch

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Take sth off

91
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Déménager

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Move out

92
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Tomber en panne

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Break down

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Au large de, séparé de

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Off

93
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De (points de départ)

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From

94
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Mouvement vers le bas

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Down

94
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Se sentir le courage de faire qqch

A

Feel up to sth

95
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Vers

A

Towards

96
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Movement au-dessus de qqch

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Over

96
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Mépriser qqch/ qqn

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Look down on sth / sb

97
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À travers

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Across

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Au-dessous de

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Below

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Devant

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Past

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Malgré

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In spite of/ despite

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Être déterminé/ être parti pour

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Be out to

he is out to win at all costs

99
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Être fini

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Be (all) over

It was all over in a flash

100
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En avoir fini avec

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Be through with

He is not yet through with his work

101
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Être au courant de

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Be up on

Donald Trump isn’t really up on the situation in Europe

102
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Manigancer/ être à la hauteur de

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Be up to

103
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Confirmer

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Bear out

What happened bore out the journalist’s prediction

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Faire face/ tenir bon

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Bear up

he’s bearing up well/to bear up in the face of adversity

105
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Tomber en panne

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Break down

106
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Entrer par effraction

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Break into

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Rompre (relations)/ enlever (en cassant)

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Break off

He broke off the handles

108
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Éclater/ s’évader

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Break out

109
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Provoquer

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Bring about

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Convertir à

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Bring around to

Rich countries want to bring others around to the idea of CO2 reduction

111
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Renverser/ abattre

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Bring down

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Faire ressortir

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Bring out

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Soulever (une question)/ élever

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Bring up

114
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Demander

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Call for

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Annuler

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Call off

116
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Rendre visite à quelqu’un

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Call on

117
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Réussir / emporter

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Carry off

it is a risky plan and I wonder if they can carry it off

118
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Exécuter

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Carry out

To carry out a plan

119
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Arriver / se produire

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Come about

nobody knows how this situation came about

120
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Tomber sur/ trouver par hasard

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Come across

121
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Se ranger à l’opinion de / retrouver ses esprits

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Come around

They finally came round to our point of view

122
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Se réduire à/ se résumer à

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Come down to

in the end it all comes down to what Obama decides to do

123
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Se ranger du coté de

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Come over to

A top Labour minister has come over to the Conservatives

124
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Surgir/ apparaître

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Come up

a new question has come up

125
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Se retrouver face à face avec / se heurter à

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To come up against

the government has come up against difficulties

126
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Arriver à/ s’approcher de

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Come up to

the new President may not come up to expectations/my ex-girlfriend came up to me in the street

127
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Réduire

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Cut back

The government have had to cut back on health spending recently

128
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Couper/ interrompre

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To cut off

The storm cut off all communications with remote regions

129
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Éliminer/ découper

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Cut out

We must cut out all that is not completely necessary

130
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Une part des bénéfices

Ne pas confondre

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A cut of the profits

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Une baisse des bénéfices

Pas confondre

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A cut in profits

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Une réduction

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A cutback

133
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Abolir

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Do away with

It will take time to do away with the vestiges of the old regime

134
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Se passer de

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Do without

They had to do without water for 3 days

135
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Faire face à

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Face up to

everyone will soon have to face up to environmental issues

136
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Avoir recours à/ se rabattre sur

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Fall back on

They’ll have to fall back on the original plan

137
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Se disputer au sujet de

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Fall out over

The Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer fell out over the question of the bank bailout

138
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Échouer

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Fall through

plans for a new stadium in London have fallen through

139
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Suivre

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Follow up

his declaration was not followed up by any concrete measures

140
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Révéler

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To give away

I promise not to give away your secret

141
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Céder

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Give in

The government promised to never give in to terrorrists

142
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S’accrocher/ tenir bon

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To hold on

hold on! I’ll save you!

143
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Résister/ tenir

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Hold out

They won’t be able to hold out till spring without more help

144
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Licencier

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Lay off

thousands of workers were laid off because of the recession

145
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Décevoir, laisser en plan

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Let down 
(After all his promises, he has let us down very badly)
146
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Relâcher

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Let off

the judge let him off with a surprisingly light sentence

147
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Laisser entendre

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Let on

if the government has a plan, nobody is letting on

148
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Libérer

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Let out

(prisoners in Britain are often let out early)

149
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Se nourrir de / vivre de

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Live off

Lots of French towns live off tourism

150
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Être à la hauteur de

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Live up to

The tyrant had no difficulty living up to his reputation for cruelty

151
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Regarder de haut

A

Look down on

Rolls Royce owners tend to look down on Mr Appleton’s car

152
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Attendre avec impatience

A

Look Forward to

Mr Appleton is looking forward to all the presents his students will give him on his birthday

153
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Examiner/ étudier de près

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Look into

A special commission was appointed to look into the issue

154
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Compter sur

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To look to

Former communist countries are looking to the EEC for help

155
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Chercher (dans une liste) / s’améliorer/ lever les yeux

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Look up

he looked up the number in the telephone directory/After a bad spell, things are looking up

156
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Avoir du respect pour

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To look up to

The students look up to Mr Appleton as a model of virtue

157
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Se faire passer pour

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To pass oneself off as

Obama didn’t try to pass himself off as the Saviour of the planet

158
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Entrer dans le jeu de

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To play along with

what you propose is dishonest and I refuse to play along with you

159
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Minimiser

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Play down

the government will try and play down the scandal

160
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Prendre de l’avance

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Pull ahead

towards the end of the campaign, Obama started pulling ahead

161
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Réussir

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Pull off

They pulled off the robbery by bribing the guards

162
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Faire passer de force

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Push through

the government pushed through the law on foxhunting

163
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Répandre

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Put about

the popular press is always putting about false rumours

164
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Mettre au compte de/ expliquer

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Put down to

One could put the result down to Trump’s charisma

165
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Ériger/ héberger

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Put up
(a statue has been put up in his honour)

We would be happy to put you up when you next come to London.

166
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Tolérer

A

Put up with

Trump is not likely to put up with criticism lightly

167
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Écarter (une hypothèse/ une possibilité)

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Rule out (military intervention cannot be ruled out )

168
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Être à court de

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Run out of

169
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Accumuler/ totaliser

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Run up

The company has run up a huge deficit recently

170
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Se mettre à

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To set about

Obama has set about dealing with the problem of CO2 emissions

171
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Déclencher/ partir

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Set off

the event set off a diplomatic incident

172
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Attacher de l’importance à

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Set store by

the public sets little store by what is promised by candidates

173
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Établir/ créer

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Set up (they set up a new compagny)

174
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Compenser/ équilibrer

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Offset sth

to offset his losses in the City, he was forced to take out a loan

175
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Revers

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A setback

after several setbacks they had to close the factory

176
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Organisation/ structure

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A setup

many people criticised the government setup under Blair

177
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Démissionner

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Stand down

he was obliged to stand down as President after the scandal broke out

178
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Ressortir

A

Stand out

Trump stood out from other Republican candidates thanks to his dynamism

179
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Résister à / défier

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Stand up to

it takes courage to stand up to dictators

180
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Tenir de

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Take after (he takes after his father)

181
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Prendre le contrôle de

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Take over (the invaders took over the planet in a matter of ours)

182
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Refuser

A

To turn down

183
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Se transformer

A

To turn into

184
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S’avérer/ participer

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To turn out

the policy turned out to be a failure/the evangelical community failed to turn out en masse for the election

185
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Baisse

A

Downturn

a downturn in inflation

186
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Assistance/ participation

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Turnout

the turnout for the concert was greater than predicted

187
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Relance

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Upturn

we are all waiting eagerly for the upturn in the economy

188
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Passer/ s’atténuer

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Wear off

the novelty of Barack Obama will wear off in time

189
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User/ fatiguer

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Wear out

I’m worn out with marking my students’ papers

190
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Faire une croix sur/ passer par pertes et profits

A

Write off

(Corbyn’s chances of winning the next election have been written off in some quarters/some experts recommend writing off Third World Debt)

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