25 Flashcards

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le piratage de lignes téléphoniques

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phone hacking

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s’embraser, éclater

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to flare up

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se déclencher à nouveau

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to (re)ignite

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le non respect des droits

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lawlessness

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5
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se répandre, imprégner

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to permeate

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indignation

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outrage

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porté disparu

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reported missing

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admettre, laisser faire

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to condone

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irréprochable

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spotless

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10
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être sous les feux de la rampe

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to be in the limelight

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en puissance, qui aspire à

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would-be

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12
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les frasques de qnn

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sb’s antics

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oust, allez

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shoo

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chasser qn

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to shoo sbdy

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passer en vitesse

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to zip along

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aller à toute blinde, courir à toute vitesse

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to belt along

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faire des progès

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to come along

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marcher d’un pas pressé

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to hurry along

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enjôler, amadouer

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to jolly along

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avancer ton bien que mal

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to muddle along

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21
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entrer dans le jeu de

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to play along with

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22
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bringuebaler

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to rattle along

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aller à toute vitesse

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to tear along

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24
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pion

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a pawn

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un pion sur l'échiquier politique
political pawn
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en témoignage d'amour
as a token of love
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allons, allons!
there, there!
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j'ai entièrement confiance en lui
I trust him with my life
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ma puce, mon lapin
pumpkin*
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garder son calme
to say cool
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la magie n'existe pas
there is no such thing as magic
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fichu, désolé (paysage)
blasted
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entrée par effraction
breakin and entering
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atterrir en catastrophe
to crash-land
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la terre ferme
dry earth
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réforme agraire
land reform
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aristocratie terrienne
landed gentry
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kook
crackpot*
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être en retard
to be behind schedule
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crapaud
a toad
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être doué de
to be blessed with
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flotter
to bob
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trucs
bis and bobs*
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plume
a quill
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bégayer
to stutter
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de classe internationale
world-class
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to be very rich
to be as rich as they come*
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comme par hasard
conveniently
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vivre de
to live off
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vivre au crochet de ses parents
to live off one's parents
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bonne nuit
nighty-night *
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bobards
codswallop*
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chercher ses mots
to be stumped for words
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souche, moignon
stump
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sécher ne pas savoir répondre
to be stumped
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discours de campagne
a stump speech
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être fin prêt
to be all set
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crotte de nez
booger
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transmettre
to hand down
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être transmis de père en fils
to be handed down from father to son
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ensorcelé
bewitched
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interdit
to be out-of bounds
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se maintenir au niveau
to keep up
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évalutation
assessment
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pousse toi
move over
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bruisser
to swish
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agiter (une baguette magique)
to flick
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cerceau
hoop
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tomber sur
to happen upon
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si jamais, par hasard, par chance,
exemple : if you happen to meet
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jeter un sort
to put a jinx on sth
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porter la poisse à qqqn
to put a jinx on sbdy
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cligner (des yeux)
to blink
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démon
a fiend
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dépérir
to waste away
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se réfugier dans ses rêves, s'attarder sur le passé
to dwell on dreams
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se promener
to walk about
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colle, punition
a detention
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être composé de
to be compounded with
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aggraver
to compound
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à court de personnel
to be short-handed
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rebondir
to rebounce
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entrer énergétiquement
to bounce in
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sauter sur qqch
to bounce on
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il est plein d'entrain
he's got plenty of bounce
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sortir qch de (avec peine)
to haul sth out
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transporter (en camion)
to haul
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long-courrier
long-haul
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être trainé devant les tribunaux
to be hauled before the court
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escabeau
a steplader
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une lingette
a baby wipe
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dépendre de
to ride on
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cafter qn
to snitch on sby
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péter le feu
to be full of beans*
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comptable (péjorative)
a bean counter
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haricot vert
French bean
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une bouffée
a whiff
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sentir l'odeur de qch
to catch the whiff of sth
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de traviole
skew-whiff*
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aucune idée
not a clue