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2A2 Flashcards

1
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un sergent

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a sergeant

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un tyran

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a tyrant

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3
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en cas de

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in the case of / in the event of

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4
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bien-être

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welfare

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5
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une ouvreuse (ciné)

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an usherette

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une nappe de pétrole

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an oil slick

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7
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être à la hauteur de

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to live up to

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8
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un gros buveur

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a heavy drinker

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9
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par milliers

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by the thousand

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10
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pour l’heure / pour le moment

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for the time being

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une question de goût/de vie ou de mort/temps

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a matter of taste/ life and death/time

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c’est tout autre chose

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that’s quite another matter

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13
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par principe

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as a matter of principle

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14
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l’avenir le dira/ me donnera raison

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time will tell/ will prove me right

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15
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le temps file

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time flies

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16
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jouer du tambour

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to play the drums

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17
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du bétail

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cattle (invar)

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18
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la volaille/ des volailles

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poultry (invar)

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19
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orge

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barley

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20
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maintes fois

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many a time

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21
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un unijambiste

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a one-legged man

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22
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un héritier

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a heir (h muet)

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23
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rouler à 70 miles/h

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to do 70 miles an hour

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24
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non potable

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undrinkable

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25
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un droit imprescriptible/ de naissance

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a birthright

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le mariage homosexuel

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same-sex marriage

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27
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poursuivre en justice

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to prosecute

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28
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faillite

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bankruptcy

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29
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une cage d’escalier

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a staircase

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30
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un bureau (pièce)

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a study

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l’apparition/ la disparition

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(dis)appearance

32
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plaider (non) coupable

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to plead (not) guilty to

33
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en civil

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in plain clothes

34
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un gardien de prison

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a warder

35
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un notaire

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a solicitor

36
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une enquête criminelle

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an inquest

37
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la peine de mort

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death penalty

38
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en garde à vue

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in custody

39
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un étang, une mare

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a pond

40
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une antenne

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an aerial

41
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se pencher en avant

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to lean forward (lean - leant - leant)

42
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crasseux

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grimy

43
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souillé

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soiled

44
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taché, plein de bavures

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smudged

45
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noir de suie

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sooty

46
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éclairer

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to light

47
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aviver

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to brighten

48
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traîner

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hang around/ loiter around

49
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une course folle

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a dash –> to dash

50
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fou, timbré

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nutty

51
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shooté

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strung-out

52
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être dépendant de (drogue)

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to be strung-out on

53
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surveiller ses arrières

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watch your back

54
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espiègle, malicieux

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impish

55
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enquiquiner, turlupiner, assaillir (doute etc)

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to nag at

56
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malfaisant

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wicked

57
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une nectarine

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a nectarine

58
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traiteur, épicerie fine

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deli (cf delicatessen)

59
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faire le guet

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to be the lookout

60
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depuis un bon moment

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for quite a while

61
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un petit salon (salle de réception)

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a parlour

62
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avec agitation

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restlessly

63
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les coulisses

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the wings

64
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théâtral

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theatrical

65
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huissier

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bailiff

66
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replet, boudiné, grassouillet

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podgy

67
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mollement

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sluggishly

68
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visser

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to screw

69
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en proie à

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prey to

70
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une quinte de toux

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a coughing fit

71
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regarder qqun droit dans les yeux

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to look so straight in the eyes

72
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prévoir

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to foresee

73
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lâche

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cowardly

74
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devoir (moral)

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duty

75
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le baron/ la baronne

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the baron / the baroness

76
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venger

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to avenge

Anglais (23 decks)

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