2nde week Flashcards

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assiter à

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to attend

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s’occuper de

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to attend to

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vendre aux encheres

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to auction off

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vente aux encheres

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auction

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de bon augure / prometteur

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auspicious

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disponible

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available

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disponibilité

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availability

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saisir l’occasion

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to avail oneself of

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futile

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no avail

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en moyenne

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on (the) average

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etre contre / repugner à faire qqch

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to be averse to

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prevenir / eviter / detourner

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to avert

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eviter qqch / de faire qqch

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to avoid

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eviter à qq de faire qqch

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to avoid sb doing sth

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decerner / attribuer un prix / une bourse

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to award

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un prix

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award

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une recompense

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reward

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cnscient / informé / au courant

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aware

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prise de conscience

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awareness

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sensibiliser

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to raise awareness

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sentiment de respect avec crainte + admira°

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awe

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impressionnant / imposant

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awesome

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affreux

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awful

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tres mal

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awfully

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terriblement / extremement

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awfully

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maladroit / genant / embrassant

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awkward

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aller de travers

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to go awry

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soutenir / appuyer

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to back

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supporters

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backers

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soutien

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backing

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revenir sur ses engagements / se derober

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to back down / to back out

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faire marche arriere (voiture) / soutenir / appuyer / epauler / sauvegarder

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to back up

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faire un raté (moteur) / echouer / avoir effet inverse que prevu

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to backfire

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arrière plan / milieu / documentation / experience

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background

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retour de baton / contre coup

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backlash

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frapper / fouetter violemment

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to lash

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critiquer fortement

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to lash out at / against

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effets pervers

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unexpected consequences

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en arriere / à la traine / retardé

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backward

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harceler qq (jusqu’à ce qu’il fasse qqch)

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to badger

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être dérouté / confus

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to be baffled

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déroutant / déconcertant

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baffling

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caution (prison)

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bail

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leurrer / appater / provoquer / tourmenter

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to bait

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equilibre

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balance

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balance commerciale

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trade balance

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trouver le juste milieu

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to strike a balance

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hesiter / résister / refuser de fR qqch

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to balk

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interdire / proscrire

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to ban

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une interdiction

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a ban

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fléau / poison / source d’un mal

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a bane

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compter sur (qqch)

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to bank on (sth)

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faire faillite

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to go bankrupt

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la faillite

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bankruptcy

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exlure / empecher

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to bar

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sauf / excepté

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bar

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le barreau (droit)

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the bar

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dénudé / dépouillé

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bare

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à peine

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barely

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sterile / improductif

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barren

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marchander

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to bargain

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une bonne affaire

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a bargain

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marchander

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to haggle

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faire un echange / troc

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swap

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de base / fondamental

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basic

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à la base

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basically

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base

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basis

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à partir de

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on the basis of

69
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fournée / lot / paquet

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batch

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une grappe de raisin

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a bunch of grapes

71
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un bouquet de fleurs

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a bunch of flowers

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supporter / rapporter

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to bear

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ne pas se laisser abattre

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to bear up

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ne pas oublier

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bear in mind

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battre / frapper / vaincre

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to beat

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de la part de / au nom de

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on behalf of

77
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comportement

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behavior

78
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se comporter

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to behave

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assiégé

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beleaguered

80
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se courber / se pencher / flechir

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to bend

81
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etre resolu de fR qqch

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to be bent on

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se plier en quatre

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to bend over backwards

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beneficier de

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to benefit from

84
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recevoir des alloc

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to be on benefits

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faire du bien à qq

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to benefit sb

86
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bienveillant / plein de bonté

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benevolent

87
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etre assailli / accablé par

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to be beset by / with

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accorder / conferer

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to bestow

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parier

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to bet

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trahir / reveler

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to betray

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trahision

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betrayal

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se mefier de / etre sur ses gardes

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to beware of

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désorienté / dérouté

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bewildered