27.03.2014.écrit Flashcards by Carlos Domingo | Brainscape

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inciter quelqu’un à faire quelque chose

A

To spur somebody on to do something

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c’est d’autant plus intéressant que

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It’s all the more interesting as

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prévaloir

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to prevail

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very elegant (syn) (2)

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very smart

dressed to kill

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ladies’ men (syn) (4)

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They are lady-killers
= womanizers
= heart-breakers
= skirt-chasers

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la parole, le discours

A

the speech

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quelqu’un qui parle bien, facilement

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an easy talker

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Sophistication, rafinement

A

Sophistication

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un escroc (3)

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a rough-neck
a crook
a swindler

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un costard cravate

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A suit and tie

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bien pensant

A

right-thinking

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paraître

A

to appear

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respectueux des lois

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law-abiding

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a goal (syn) (2)

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a purpose

an aim

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en jeu

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at stake

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une énigme

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A puzzle

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un stratagème

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a ploy

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estate (syn)

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property

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bien tenu, soigné

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neat

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c’est d’une grande importance

A

It’s of main importance

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négliger

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neglect

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méchant, diabolique, épouvantable, monstrueux

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wicked

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to be nicknamed (syn)

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to be dubbed

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évasion fiscale

A

Tax evasion

Q

la police était…

A

The police were…

Q

acheter, soudoyer

A

to bribe

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faire ce qu’il nous plait

A

to do whatever we please

Q

Un Cadillac blindée à l’épreuve des balles

A

an armoured bullet-proof Cadillac

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un éclaireur

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A scout

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un fil de fer, cable

A

a wire

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un arriviste, un parvenu

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an upstart

A go-getter

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solennel

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solemn

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énervé

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annoyed

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irrité

A

irritated

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casser les pieds de quelqu’un

A

to get on somebody’s nerves

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des rumeurs (2)

A

rumours

gossip

Q

à sensation

A

lurid

Q

construire un mythe

–>Construction d’un mythe

A

to build a myth

–> myth-building

Q

un puzzle

A

a jigsaw

Q

réveiller

A

to rouse

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marécages

A

Swamps

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être aux antipodes l’un de l’autre

A

to be poles apart