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#4 Communication Flashcards

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Aborder, s’attaquer à un problème

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To tackle a problem

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Charger # décharger - une charge - une surcharge

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To load # unload - a load - an overload

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Prendre un mauvais chemin, aller mal

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To go amiss

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Faire face à l’avenir, confronter un problème

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To face the future, a problem

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Faire une expérience (scientifique)

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To make / do / carry out an experiment

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Connaître une expérience (de vie)

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To have an experience

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Un rapport, des relations - avoir des relations avec qq (= avoir une liaison avec quelqu’un)

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A relationship - to have a relationship with sb

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Désordonné - une pagaille, un gâchis - être en désordre

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Messy - a mess - to be in a mess

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Exiger (de faire qqch) (qqch à qq)

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To demand (to do sth) (sth from sb)

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Exigeant

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demanding

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se cacher de qq

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To hide (hid, hidden) from sb

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12
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S’avérer que

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To turn out (that)

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Grandir (enfant)

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To grow (grew, grown) up

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Pousser, augmenter, grandir (vb intransitif)

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To grow

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Permettre à qq de faire qqch

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To let sb do sth = to allow sb to do sth

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16
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Privé - vie privée, intimité

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Private - privacy

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17
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Intime - intimité

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Intimate - intimacy

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18
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Un dispositif, un appareil

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A device

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Une caisse (de supermarché)

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A check-out

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Je ne supporte pas de faire qqch

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I can’t stand doing / to do sth = I can’t beat doing / to do…

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Arriver à un endroit, atteindre un but

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To reach a place, a goal

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Tendre le bras pour prendre qqch

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To reach for an object

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Être occupé à faire qqch

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To be busy doing sth

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24
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Importer, compter (les choses qui comptent)

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To matter (the things that matter)

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Qu’est-ce qu’il y a ? Qu’est-ce qui ne va pas ?

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What’s the matter ?

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26
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“Avant ce n’était que le courriel”

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“It used to be just email” (rupture avec présent)

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Vérifier, jeter un oeil à qqch

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To check sth

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28
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Doux - douceur

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Gentle - gentleness

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29
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Vouloir que qq fasse qqch

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To want sb to do sth

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30
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Impliquer qq dans qq

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To involve sb (in sth)/(with sb)

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Être impliqué dans qqch - engagement, participation

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To be involved (in sth)/(with sb) - involvement

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Être enthousiasmé par

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To be smitten with sth

33
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Saisir - une prise - prendre qqch en main

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To grip - a grip - to get a grip on sth

34
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Fonctionner

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To work (machine)

35
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Se plaindre de

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To complain about

36
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Une plainte

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A complaint

37
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Faire une réclamation

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To make a complaint / a claim (against someone)

38
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Faire pression sur

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To put pressure on

39
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être stressé (personne)

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To be stressed

40
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être stressant (situation)

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To be stressful

41
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Faire attention à

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To be careful about

42
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Mener une enquête sur

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To conduct an investigation (into)/to investigate

43
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Devenir méchant - la méchanceté

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To turn (get) nasty - nastiness

44
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Une critique, des critiques

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Criticism (countable or uncountable)

45
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Critiquer qq pour avoir fait qqch

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To criticize sb for doing sth

46
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célèbre - la célébrité, renommée, gloire

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Famous - fame

47
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Final - finalement

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Final - Finally

48
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Des excuses

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An apology (or apologies)

49
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S’excuser de

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To apologize for

50
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un remboursement

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a refund

51
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Rembourser qq

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To refund/ to pay someone back

52
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rappeler un produit, retirer un produit de la vente

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To recall a product

53
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un fabriquant - fabriquer

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A manufacturer - to manufacture

54
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une usine

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a factory, a plant

55
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une pile

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a battery

56
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environ

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around / about

57
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un consommateur - consommer

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a consumer - to consume

58
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la société de consommation

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the consumer society

59
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commenter (qqch)

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to comment on something/ to make a comment on

60
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un produit - produire

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a product - to produce

61
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fructueux, productif # improductif

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productive # unproductive

62
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un client

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a customer

63
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un ordinateur portable

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a laptop

64
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défectueux - un défaut

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faulty - a fault / a defect

65
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arriver (l’ingénieur est arrivé à l’heure)

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To turn up (the engineer turned up on time)

66
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ne subir aucune conséquence du fait de…

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to get away with (something/ … + ing)

67
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S’en sortir avec un mensonge, un meurtre

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To get away with a lie, a murder

68
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partager - une part (aussi une action en bourse)

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To share - a share

69
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une préoccupation, un souci

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a concern

70
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Regardez-le ! Depuis combien de temps est-il assis ici ? Depuis combien de temps le connaissez-vous ?

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Look at him ! How long has he been sitting here ? How long have you known him ?

71
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Ecoutez-le ! Il a déjà raconté trois blagues pour faire rire ses collègues.

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Listen to him ! He has already told 3 jokes in order to make his colleagues laugh.

72
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Il bavardait quand son patron est entré dans le bureau

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He was chatting when his boss (entered)(came into)(walked into) the office

73
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Il bavardait depuis quelques minutes quand son patron est entré dans le bureau

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He had been chatting for a few minutes when his boss entered the office.

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