22/04/'13

Question 0

les actualités

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current affairs, the news

Question 1

un témoignage

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1. DROIT [action de témoigner] testimony, evidence
2. [preuve] gesture, expression
3. (eyewitness) account

Question 2

à la une

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at the page one, on the front page

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Le canard enchaîné

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Le journal à droit,

‘Violent et très critiqué du gouvernement

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enchaîner

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to chain, to link

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rhinocéros [rinoceros]

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rhinoceros, rhino

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une pièce de théâtre

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theatre piece, play

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un fait-divers

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[événement] news story, news item

[rubrique] news in brief

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Ils parlent d’un fait-divers.

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They talk about a news story.

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une rubrique

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[dans la presse] column

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La rubrique scientifique

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The science column

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La rubrique nécrologique

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The obituaries

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écraser

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to crush, to mash, to run over

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un espoir

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hope

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un témoin

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witness

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témoigner

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to testify, to give evidence

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les nouvelles

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f. pl.

news

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pertinent

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pertinent, relevant

Question 18

rabâcher

tu n’arrêtes pas de rabâcher la même chose.

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to keep (on) repeating

toujours répéter qqch

Question 19

une opinion

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un avis, (opinion, view point)

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s’informer

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to ask

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informer

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to inform

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Je me suis informé auprès de mon avocat.

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I asked my lawyer.

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un mépris

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contempt, disdain, scorn

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fouler

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[ecraser-raisin] to press

[marcher sur] to tread ou walk on

Question 25

Il s’agit de-
je voudrais te parler.
- de quoi s’agit-il?

De quel pachyderme s’agit-il?

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I’d like to talk to you.
- What about?

Of which pachyderm is it?

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sceptique

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sceptical

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pédant

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pedantic (marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects)

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pointilleux

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fussy, fastidious (difficult to please, giving careful attention to detail)

Question 29

un pachyderm

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hippo, rhino or elephant

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autoritaire

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authoritarian

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un / une imbécile

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idiot

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naïf (naïve)

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innocent

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disparu

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disparaître , mort

dead

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blessé

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injured

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submergé

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submerged, flooded

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enlever

Il a été enlevé à son domicile.

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kidnapper

He was kidnapped from his home.

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Interroger

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to question, to interrogate

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un soupçon

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suspicion

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soupçonner

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to suspect

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un menteur, une menteuse

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lier

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un rédacteur, une rédactrice

le rédacteur de la rubrique des chats écrasés

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writer

the writer of the column on the cats crushed

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en l’occurrence

un rhinocéros en l’occurrence

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in this case (dans ce cas précis)

A rhinoceros in this case!

Question 43

Il s’agit tout simplement d’un chat écrasé par un pachyderme.

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It’s simply about a cat crushed by a pachyderm.

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Les Méridionaux

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Southerner ( du Sud de la France)

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Venez à 19 h pour l’apéritif.

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Come around at 7 pm for aperitif (drinks)