2e année octobre Flashcards

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ostensiblement

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showily

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en apparence

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ostensibly

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une strategie paradoxe

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a counter-intuitive strategy

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faire de l’exercice physique

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to work out

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étirements

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stretches

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des pompes ou des tractions

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push-ups

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faire les abdos

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sit-ups

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retour sur investissement

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return on investment

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feuille de déclaration d’impôts

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a tax return

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produire ou se diriger vers

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to make for

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trimestre (scolaire)

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term (UK)

trimester (US)

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trimestre (finance…)

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a quarter

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un hebdomadaire

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a weekly

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un trimestriel

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a quarterly

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programme de fidélité

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loyalty program

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artisan

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a craftsman

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être radin, avare

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to be stingy (w/ money)
to be miserly
to be mean

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subtilement

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subtly (le b ne se dit pas)

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désirer ardemment

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to yearn for
to pine for
to long for

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professionnel de la vente

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a marketer

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convaincre qn de faire qc

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to get sb to do sg

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être susceptible de

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to be likely to

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spatial

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space

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une pancarte

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a placard

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une brique de lait

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a carton of milk

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du carton

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cardboard

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un hôpital psychiatrique

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a mental hospital

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être assiégé

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to be besieged

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être suffisant

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to be smug

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une offre publique d’achat

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a takeover bid

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vulgaire

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coarse

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un migrant sans papier

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an undocumented migrant

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expulser d’une maison

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to evict sb from a house

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expulser d’une école

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to expel a student from school

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une réaction forte sur

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a backlash against

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bonne volonté

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willingness

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sévir (prendre des mesures coercitives)

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to crack down on

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La police est

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The police are

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Faire respecter une loi

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To enforce a law

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Les forces de police (2)

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Law enforcement forces / agencies

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Agents de police

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Police officers

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Un crime

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An offence

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Une infraction au code de la route (2)

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A driving/traffic offence

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Circulation routière

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Traffic

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Code de la route

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Road safety rules

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En cas de …

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In the event of

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Laxisme (2)

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Laxity

Permissiveness

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Financer

A

To finance

To fund

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Financement (2)

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Financing

Funding

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Abandonner

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To scrap

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Retirer

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To withdraw

52
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Prendre sa rechange

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To take one’s revenge

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Se multiplier

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To multiply

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de façon flagrante

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blatantly

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époustoufler, abasourdir

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flabbergast

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Le fait qu’ils soient tant à voir…, le met en évidence de façon certaine

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So many of them having……. certainly accounts for the strength of the demonstration

57
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inaugurer, annoncer une nouvelle ère

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to usher in a new era

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se lasser de

en avoir assez de

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to grow weary of

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découler de

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stem from

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ciment

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cement

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être divisé selon la traditionnelle séparation gauche-droite

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to be divided along conventional left-right grounds

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déficit

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shortfall

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détresse financière / privations

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financial hardship

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par la suite

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thereafter

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rejeter, annuler

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to quash

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déconcertant

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baffling

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s’effondrer, se désagréger

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crumble

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raison, logique

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rationale

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en pleine forme

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alive and kicking

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inclure, concerner

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encompass

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sujet de plainte

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grievance

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renforcé, intensifié

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heightened

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vb : annoncer, proclamer

nombre : singe avant-coureur

A

herald

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se confier à [qqn]

A

confide in [sb]

75
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confier [qch/qqn] à [qqn]

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entrust [sth/sb] to [sb]

ex. She entrusted her children to me while she was in hospital.

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portefeuille

A

wallet

77
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délicatement (3)

A

gently
tenderly
carefully

78
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pouce

A

thumb

79
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l’index (2)

A

the index finger

the forefinger

80
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du bout des doigts

A

with your fingertips

81
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en aucune manière (2)

A

in no case/ instance

82
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basculer

A

to change dramatically