26 - Human Being (2) Flashcards

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débuter, le début

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to start, the start

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le début

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the onset, the outset

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initial, initialement

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initial, initially

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initialement

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originally

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s’occuper de qqc

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to attend / to see to sth

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entreprendre qqc

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to undertake sth

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entreprendre de faire qqc

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to set about doing sth

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se mettre à qqc

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to take sth up

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s’adonner à qqc

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to go in for sth

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prendre le relais de qqn

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to take over from sby

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agir

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act

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un acte

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a deed

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fabriquer, faire

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to make

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être occupé à faire qqc

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to be busy doing sth

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occupé à qqch

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engaged in sth / doing sth

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inlassablement

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tirelessly

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accomplir qqc

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to carry sth out

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exécuter qqhc

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to execute sth

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prendre une mesure

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to take a measure

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une stratégie

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a strategy

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une politique

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a policy

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recourir à

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to resort to sth

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improviser

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improvise

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de fortune / improvisé

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makeshift

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un expédient
an expedient
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un truc, un prcédé
a trick, a device
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facile à utiliser
handy for sth
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commode
convenient
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avec commodité
conveniently
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méthodique
methodical
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tirer le meilleur parti possible de qqn
to make the most of sth
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(des)avantage
(dis)advantage
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faire face à qqc
to cope with sth
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se contenter de qqc
to make the best of sth
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se passer de qqc
to do without sth
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se dispenser de qqc
to dispense with sth
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se trouver sans qqc
to go without sth
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se débrouiller avec qqc
to make do with sth
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vérifier qqc
to check sth
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échouer
failing
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ne pas parvenir à
to fail to do sth
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un échec
a failure
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eviter de faire qqc
to avoid doing sth
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évitable, inévitable
avoidable, unavoidable
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éviter qqc
to shun sth
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compromettre qqc
to jeopardize
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un bide
a washout
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se tromper
to be mistaken / to err
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mal utiliser qqc
to misuse sth
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se retirer de qqc
to drop out of sth / to withdraw from sth
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se dédire
to back out of sth
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renoncer à (faire) qqc
to give sth up (to give up doing sth)
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un désavantage
a disadvantage
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empirer
to get worse
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un revers
a setback
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s'ameliorer
to get better
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(s') améliorer, une amélioration
to improve, an improvement
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parvenir à faire qqc *2
to succeed in doing sth, to manage doing sth
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terminer une tâche
to complete a task
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accomplir qqc
to achieve sth
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une réussite
an achievement
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une grande réussite
an accomplishment
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un exploit
a feat
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un triomphe
a triumph
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triompher de qqc
to triumph over sth
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faciliter qqc
to facilitate sth
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surmonter une difficulté
to get over a difficulty
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surmonter, vaincre
to overcome sth
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résoudre, régler
to work sth out
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un moyen de s'en sortir
a way out
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coopérer avec qqn à qqc
to cooperate with sby on sth
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collaborer
to collaborate
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gagner
to win
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sûr, en toute sécurité
safe, safely
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aisé, sans heurts
smooth, smoothly
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un bénéfice
a profit
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tirer avantage de qqc
to profit from sth
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recommencer (depuis le début)
to begin (all over) again
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commencer sous peu
to begin shortly
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être prévu pour commencer à
to be due to begin at
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être sur le point de commencer
to be about to begin
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un vrai débutant
an absolute beginner
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des débuts prometteurs
a promising beginning
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marquer / annoncer le début
to mark/herald a beginning
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d'emblée
from the very beginning
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occuper qqn
to keep sby busy
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être pris par qqc
to be busy with sth
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une politique zéro tolérance
a zero-tolerance policy
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une politique controversée
a controversial policy
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échouer lamentablement
to fail miserably
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être voué à l'échec
to be bound to fail
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un échec total
a complete failure
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se terminer par un echec
to end in failure
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avoir toutes ses chances de réussir
to be likely to succeed
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réussir à qqc
to succeed at sth
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être un succès mitigé/limité
to be a mixed/limited success
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un succès inattendu
to be an unexpected success
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avoir un certain succès
to have some success in +ing
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une chance/un espoir de succès
a chance / a hope of success
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être capable de gagner
to be capable of winning