4: Society Flashcards

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un député

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a MP (member of Parliament)

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un siège

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a seat (in parliament)

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les élections législatives

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general election

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un scrutin

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a ballot

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un bureau de vote

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a polling station

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le taux d’abstention

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the abstention rate

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un parti politique

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a political party

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un projet de loi

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a bill

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un groupe de pression

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a pressure group, a lobby

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un fonctionnaire

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a civil servant

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le ministère des affaires étrangères

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the Foreign Office

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Un Etat Policier

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a police state

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le totalitarisme

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totalitarianism

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un tyran

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a tyrant

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les droits de l’homme

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human rights

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l’ONU

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the UN

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L’OTAN

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The NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)

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l’équilibre des forces

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the balance of power

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un embargo

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an embargo

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une force de dissuasion

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a deterrent

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entrer en fonction

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to take office

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un mendat

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a term

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diriger (un pays, un parti)

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to run (ran run)

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renverser un régime

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to overthrow a political regime

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les frère et soeurs

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siblings

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un neveu

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a nephew

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une nièce

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a niece

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les petits-enfants

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grandchildren

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l’arbre généalogique

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the family tree

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par alliance

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in-law

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une belle mère,

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a mother-in-law

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un enfant unique

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an only child

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un PACS

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a civil partnership GB, a civil union US

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une famille désunie

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a broken home

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un orphelin

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an orphan

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une veuve

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a widow

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un veuf

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a widower

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un célibataire

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a bachelor

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un baptême

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a christening

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une marraine

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a godmother, a godfather

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un enterrement

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a funeral

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un mariage

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a wedding

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la mariée

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the bride

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le marié

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the bridegroom

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l’alliance

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the wedding ring

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aîne (de deux enfants)

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elder

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aîné (de plus de deux enfant)

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eldest

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bien élevé/mal élevé

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well brought up/ badly brought up

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élever un enfant

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to bring up a child (bring brought brought)

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gâter un enfant

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to spoil a child

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donner une fssée

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to spank

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52
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C’est de famille.

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it runs in the family

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un maire

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a mayor

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54
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une maire

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a mayoress

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55
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le ramassage des ordures

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refuse collection

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un éboueur

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a dustman

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les pompiers

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the fire brigade

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un pompier

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a fireman

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le logement

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housing

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la Sécurité sociale

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The National Health Service (NHS)

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61
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une ordonnance

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a prescription

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une infirmière

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a nurse

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un cambrioleur

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a burglar

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un agresseur

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a mugger

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un voleur

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a thief

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une amende

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a fine

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un tribunal

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a court of law

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un avocat

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a barrister

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un homme de loi

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a lawyer

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un notaire

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a solicitor

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un procès

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a trial

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72
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un témoin

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a witness

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73
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officiel

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official

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74
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coupable

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guilty

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innocent

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innocent

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poursuivre en justice

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to sue

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77
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déclarer coupable

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to convict

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78
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prononcer une condamnation

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to convict

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79
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une réception/soirée/fête

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a party

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une petite réunion

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a get-together

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81
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un hôte, une hôtesse

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a host, a hostess

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un cocktail

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a cocktail party

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83
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un proche

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a close friend

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un amant

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a lover

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un copain, une copine

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a pal, a mate

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les pairs

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a peer group

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un camarade de classe

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a classmate

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un camarade de travail

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a workmate

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un(e) voisin(e)

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a heighbour

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la classe supérieure

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the upper class

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la classe moyenne, la bourgeoisie

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the middle class

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la classe ouvrière

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the working class

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un aristocrate

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an aristocrat

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un monsieur; un homme bien élevé

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a gentleman

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une dame

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a lady

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un arriviste

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a social climber

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un jeune cadre dynamique

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a yuppie

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98
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le gratin

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the upper crust

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la racaille

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riffraff, un mec de banlieue => a hoodie (capuche)

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obligeant, amical

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neighbourly

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chaleureux

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warm

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fidèle

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loyal

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poli

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polite

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de bonnes moeurs

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respectable

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hautain

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haughty

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chic, huppé

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posh

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snob

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snobbish

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effronté

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cheeky

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vulgaire

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common

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mal élevé

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ill-mannered

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insolent

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insolent

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grossier, fruste

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rough

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113
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donner une réception/une fête

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to give a party

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114
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s’amuser

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to enjoy oneself

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bien s’amuser

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to have a good time

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respecter qq

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to look up to someone

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mépriser qq

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to look down on someone

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mépriser qq

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to despise someone

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le ciel

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heaven

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le paradis

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paradise

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l’enfer

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hell

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un diablz

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a devil

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le mal

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evil

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le bien

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good

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un péché

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a sin

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une âme

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a soul

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la foi

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faith

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une croyance

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a belief

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le christianisme

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Christianity

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le judaïsme

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Judaism

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le bouddhisme

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Buddhism

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l’islam

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Islam

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un laïque

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a layman

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un pélerinage

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a pilgrimage

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un pélerin

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a pilgrim

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un lieu saint

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a shrine

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une mosquée

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a mosque

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la sagesse

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wisdom

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l’esprit

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the mind

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140
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rendre un culte à, adorer

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to worship

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141
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bénir

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to bless (god bless america)

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prédire, phrophétiser

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to prophesy

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la marine

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the navy

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144
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l’armée de l’air

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the air force

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un aviateur

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an airman

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un ancien combattant

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a veteran

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une lutte

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a struggle

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une trève

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a truce

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un cessez-le-feu

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a ceasefire

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le désarmement

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disarmament

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une victime de guerre

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a casualty

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une grenade

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a hand grenade

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un obus

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a shell

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un gaz toxique

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a poison gas

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la guerre biologique

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biological warfare

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les armes chimiques

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chemical weapons

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un couvre feu

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a curfew

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un manifestant

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a protester

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un militant

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a campaigner

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un réfugié

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a refugee

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l’effusion de sang

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bloodshed

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des mesures de répression

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a crackdown ( to put a crackdown on something)

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la guérilla, un guérillero

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guerrilla warfare, a guerrilla

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un piège

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a booby trap

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un colis piégé

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a parcel bomb

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civil

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civilian

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meurtier

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murderous

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impitoyable

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pitiless/ruthless

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sanguinaire

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bloodthirsty

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mobiliser

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to call up, to draft

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éclater, se déclarer

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to break out

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viser

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to aim, to target

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gagner

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to win won won

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perdre

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to lose lost lost

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opprimer

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to oppress

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manifester

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to demonstrate

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faire une émeute

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to riot, a rioter

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faire sauter qq chose

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to blow something up ( blow blew blown)

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détourner un avion

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to hijack a plane

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prendre qq en otage

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to take someone hostage

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181
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une garderie

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a play school

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une maternelle

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a nursery school

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une école primaire

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a primary school

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une école secondaire

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a secondary school

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un lycée

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a high school (am), a grammar school (bg)

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une école privée

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a public school

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une école publique

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a state school

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un élève

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a pupil

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189
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un écolier

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a schoolboy, a school girl

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un bûcheur

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a swot

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un chouchou

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a teacher’s pet

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un cancre

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a dunce

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une brute

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a bully

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le directeur

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the headmaster

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195
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la classe de sixième

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the first form

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la première

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the lower sixth

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la terminale

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the upper sixth

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un bulletin de notes

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a report

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la salle des professeurs

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the staff room

200
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une bibliothque

A

a library

201
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le gymnase

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the gymnasium

202
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la cour de récréation

A

the playground

203
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un emploi du temps

A

a timetable

204
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un cours

A

a period

205
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les vacances scolaires

A

the school holidays

206
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intelligent

A

intelligent, clever

207
Q

doué

A

gifted

208
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chahuteur

A

rowdy

209
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peu soigneux

A

untidy

210
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payer des frais de scolarités

A

to pay fees

211
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commencer les vacances

A

to break up

212
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redoubler

A

to repeat a year

213
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quitter l’école

A

to drop out from school

214
Q

faire l’école buissonière

A

to play truant

215
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le programme scolaire

A

the curriculum

216
Q

une matière

A

a subject

217
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les sciences naturelles

A

biology

218
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la chimie

A

chemistry

219
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l’informatique

A

computer science

220
Q

les travaux manuels

A

craft

221
Q

la physique

A

physics

222
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l’orthographe

A

spelling

223
Q

le côntrole continu

A

continuous assessment

224
Q

un concours d’entrée

A

an entrance exam

225
Q

une table, un bureau, un plateau de tv

A

a desk

226
Q

la craie

A

chalk

227
Q

un chiffon

A

a duster

228
Q

une carte

A

a map

229
Q

un rétroprojecteur

A

an overhead projector

230
Q

un cahier

A

an exercise book

231
Q

un livre de classe

A

a textbook

232
Q

une trousse

A

a pencil case

233
Q

un stylo à plume

A

a fountain pen

234
Q

encre

A

ink

235
Q

un trombone

A

a paperclip

236
Q

illetré, analphabète

A

illiterate

237
Q

passer un examen

A

to take an exam (took taken)

238
Q

réussir un examen

A

to pass an exam

239
Q

obtenir une bourse

A

to win a scholarship

240
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l’enseignement supérieur

A

higher education

241
Q

une université

A

a university, a college !

242
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un étudiant de 1 er cycle

A

an undergraduate

243
Q

un universitaire

A

an academic

244
Q

un diplôme universitaire

A

a degree

245
Q

un demandeur d’emploi

A

a job-seeker

246
Q

un candidat

A

an applicant

247
Q

un éboueur

A

a dustman

248
Q

distrait

A

absent-minded

249
Q

ambitieux

A

ambitious

250
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enthousiaste

A

enthusiactic

251
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obtenir son diplôme

A

to graduate

252
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poser sa candidature

A

to apply for a job

253
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remplir un formulaire

A

to fill in a form

254
Q

embrasser une carrière

A

to take (took taken) up a career as

255
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Que faites vous dans la vie ?

A

What do you do for a living ?

256
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la langue

A

the tongue

257
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un moulin à paroles

A

a chatterbox

258
Q

les ragots

A

gossip

259
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l’argot

A

slang

260
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une langue maternelle

A

a mother tongue

261
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une langue étrangère

A

a foreign language

262
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taciturne

A

taciturn

263
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muet

A

dumb

264
Q

bavard

A

talkative

265
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qui parle bien

A

well-spoken

266
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éloquent

A

eloquent

267
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(voix) aigüe

A

high

268
Q

(voix) perçante

A

shrill

269
Q

profond, grave

A

deep

270
Q

fort

A

loud

271
Q

(voix) basse

A

low

272
Q

(voix) enrouée

A

husky

273
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(voix) rauque

A

hoarse

274
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monocorde

A

monotonous

275
Q

dire qq à qq

A

to say smth to somebody

276
Q

raconter qq chose à qq

A

to tell somebody something

277
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dire à qq de faire qq chose

A

to tell somebody to do something

278
Q

raconter une histoire

A

to tell (told told ) a tale

279
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bavarder

A

to chat

280
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débattre

A

to debate

281
Q

se disputer

A

to quarrel

282
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zézayer

A

to lisp

283
Q

bégayer

A

to stammer

284
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chuchoter

A

to whisper

285
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pleurnicher

A

to whine

286
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crier

A

to shout

287
Q

pousser un cri

A

to cry out

288
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pousser un cri perçant

A

to scream

289
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je l’ai sur le bout de la langue

A

it’s on the tip of my tongue

290
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un abonné

A

a subscriber

291
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un annuaire

A

a directory, a phone book

292
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la tonalité

A

the dialling tone

293
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une cabine téléphonique

A

a call box/ a phone box

294
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un téléphone fixe

A

a land line

295
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les prospectus

A

junk mail

296
Q

un timbre

A

a stamp

297
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le courrier

A

the post (br), the mail (am)

298
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le facteur

A

the postman, the mailman

299
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un bureau de poste

A

a post office

300
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une boite aux lettres

A

a post box (br) a mail box (am)

301
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un sms

A

a text message

302
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l’écriture

A

handwriting

303
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(l’écriture) nette, soignée

A

neat

304
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lisible (écriture)

A

legible

305
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téléphoner à qq

A

to telephone /phone someone

306
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téléphoner à qq

A

to ring someone

307
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passer un coup de fil

A

to call someone

308
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chercher un numéro

A

to look up a number

309
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faire un numéro (composer)

A

to dial a number

310
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décrocher raccrocher

A

to pick up, to hang up the phone

311
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gribouiller

A

to scribble

312
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orthographier

A

to spell

313
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garder le contact

A

to keep in touch

314
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C’est occupé.

A

The line is engaged

315
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Restez en ligne.

A

Hold on

316
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Qui est à l’appareil ?

A

Who’s speaking ?

317
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Un poste de télévision

A

a TV set

318
Q

la télé (familier)

A

the telly

319
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une télécommande

A

a remote control

320
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un lecteur de DVD

A

a DVD player

321
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une antenne

A

an aerial

322
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une antenne parabolique

A

a satellite dish

323
Q

une chaîne

A

a channel

324
Q

la redevance TV

A

licence fee

325
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un feuilleton comique

A

a sitcom

326
Q

un feuilleton

A

a serial

327
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un épisode

A

an episode

328
Q

une publicité

A

a commercial

329
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une page de pub

A

a commercial break

330
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un téléspectateur

A

a viewer

331
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le public

A

the audience

332
Q

l’audimat

A

the ratings

333
Q

un prsentateur

A

a compere

334
Q

un présentateur de journal télévisé

A

a newsreader (br), a newscaster

335
Q

en direct

A

live

336
Q

en différé

A

recorded

337
Q

débattu, controversé

A

controversial

338
Q

inadapté, déconseillé

A

unsuitable

339
Q

prenant, palpitant

A

gripping

340
Q

émettre

A

to broadcast (chercher)

341
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je l’ai vu à la télé hier soir

A

i saw him on telly last night

342
Q

Qu’est ce qu’il y a à la télé ?

A

What’s on the box ?

343
Q

un journal du matin /du soir

A

a morning paper, an evening paper

344
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un journal du dimanche

A

a Sunday paper

345
Q

un quotidien populaire

A

a tabloid

346
Q

un journal sérieux

A

a quality newspaper

347
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un quotidien

A

a daily

348
Q

un hebdomadaire

A

a weekly

349
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un mensuel

A

a monthly

350
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une revue

A

a magazine

351
Q

la presse à scandales

A

the gutter press

352
Q

un éditeur

A

a publisher, an editor

353
Q

un chroniqueur

A

a columnist

354
Q

une agence de presse

A

a news agency

355
Q

un marchant de journeaux

A

a newsagent

356
Q

un titre

A

a headline

357
Q

les titres

A

the headlines

358
Q

les informations importantes

A

front-page news

359
Q

un éditorial

A

an editorial

360
Q

une critique

A

a review

361
Q

une coquille

A

a misprint

362
Q

la calomnie

A

slander

363
Q

un haut-parleur

A

a loudspeaker

364
Q

une longueur d’onde

A

a wavelength

365
Q

à sensation

A

sensational

366
Q

médisant

A

mudslinging

367
Q

censurer

A

to censor

368
Q

éditer

A

to publish

369
Q

sur les ondes, à l’antenne

A

on the air

370
Q

un passe-temps favori

A

a hobby

371
Q

le temps libre

A

free time, spare time

372
Q

le bricolage

A

DYT= do-it-yourself

373
Q

la couture

A

sewing

374
Q

une aiguille

A

a needle

375
Q

le fil

A

thread

376
Q

le tricot

A

knitting

377
Q

le jardinage

A

gardening

378
Q

une serre

A

a greenhouse, a glasshouse

379
Q

un parterre

A

a flowerbeb

380
Q

un philatéliste ( collectionneur de timbre)

A

a stamp collector

381
Q

le modélisme

A

model-making

382
Q

un appareil photo

A

a camera

383
Q

un camescope

A

a camcorder

384
Q

une poupée

A

a doll

385
Q

un puzzle

A

a jigsaw puzzle

386
Q

le jeu de billes

A

marbles

387
Q

s’intéresser à qq

A

to be interested in something

388
Q

bricoler

A

to do odd jobs

389
Q

avoir la main verte

A

to have green fingers

390
Q

tondre la pelouse

A

to mow the lawn

391
Q

semer des graines

A

to sow seeds ( chercher irrégulier)

392
Q

la lecture

A

reading

393
Q

un livre de poche

A

a paperback

394
Q

la poésie

A

poetry

395
Q

une nouvelle

A

a short story

396
Q

l’intrigue

A

the plot

397
Q

un méchant

A

a villain

398
Q

un choeur

A

a choir

399
Q

un chef d’orchestre

A

a conductor

400
Q

les instruments à cordes

A

the strings

401
Q

les cuivres

A

the brass

402
Q

un hautbois

A

an oboe

403
Q

un violoncelle

A

a cello

404
Q

un orgue, un organe

A

an organ

405
Q

les paroles

A

the lyrics

406
Q

un orchestre

A

an orchestra

407
Q

un nouveau disque

A

a new release

408
Q

un synthétizeur

A

a synthesizer

409
Q

un microphone

A

a microphone, a mike

410
Q

humoristique

A

humorous

411
Q

mélodieux

A

tuneful

412
Q

feuilleter un livre

A

to browse (through a book)

413
Q

déchiffrer

A

to sight-read (to read read read)

414
Q

chanter juste/faux

A

to sing in/out of tune (to sing sang sung)

415
Q

le théâtre

A

the theatre (gb) the theater (am)

416
Q

une pièce

A

a play

417
Q

la distribution

A

the cast

418
Q

un acteur, une actrice

A

an actor, an actress

419
Q

le public

A

the audience

420
Q

la scène

A

the stage

421
Q

les coulisses

A

the wings

422
Q

une loge d’artiste

A

a dressing room

423
Q

le rideau

A

the curtain (curtain call éminem, l’appel du rideau => de la scène)

424
Q

un bide, un four

A

a flop

425
Q

une représentation

A

a performance

426
Q

le cinéma

A

the cinema, the pictures

427
Q

une affiche

A

a poster

428
Q

un dessin animé

A

a cartoon

429
Q

un film à grand succés

A

a blockbuster

430
Q

un gros plan

A

a close-up

431
Q

une prise de vues

A

a shot

432
Q

un rôle de figurant

A

a walk-on part

433
Q

doublé

A

dubbed

434
Q

primé

A

award-winning

435
Q

avoir le trac

A

to suffer from stage fright

436
Q

applaudir

A

to clap, to applaud

437
Q

huer, siffler

A

to boo

438
Q

tourner un film

A

to shoot a film

439
Q

en extérieur

A

on location

440
Q

un château fort

A

a castle

441
Q

un musée

A

a museum

442
Q

une galerie d’art

A

an art gallery

443
Q

une exposition

A

an exhibition

444
Q

un objet exposé

A

an exhibit

445
Q

un tableau

A

a painting

446
Q

une nature morte

A

a still life

447
Q

un paysage

A

a landscape

448
Q

un chef-d’oeuvre

A

a masterpiece

449
Q

un petit plaisir

A

a treat

450
Q

un voyage

A

a journey

451
Q

une excursion

A

a trip

452
Q

les vacances

A

the holidays

453
Q

un vacancier

A

a holiday-maker

454
Q

une station balnéaire

A

a seaside resort

455
Q

un phare

A

a lighthouse

456
Q

marée haute, marée basse

A

high/low tide

457
Q

agréable

A

enjoyable

458
Q

impressionnant

A

impressive

459
Q

plein d’imagination

A

imaginative

460
Q

figuratif

A

figurative

461
Q

esquisser

A

to sketch

462
Q

sculpter

A

to carve

463
Q

visiter

A

to tour

464
Q

visiter les monuments

A

to see (saw seen) the sights

465
Q

faire du stop

A

to hitchhike

466
Q

bronzer

A

to tan

467
Q

avoir un coup de soleil

A

to be sunburnt

468
Q

La marée est haute /basse.

A

The tide is in/out.

469
Q

un adversaire

A

an opponent

470
Q

le dopage

A

doping

471
Q

les anabolisants

A

steroids

472
Q

une médailler d’or/argent/bronze

A

a gold/silver/bronze medal

473
Q

le foot

A

soccer

474
Q

un arbitre

A

a referee

475
Q

un terrain de football

A

a football pitch

476
Q

le ski de piste

A

downhill skiing

477
Q

le ski de fond

A

cross-country skiing

478
Q

la natation

A

swimming

479
Q

un surveillant de plage (baignade)

A

a lifeguard

480
Q

l’athlétisme

A

athletics

481
Q

un survêtement

A

a tracksuit

482
Q

les courses de chevaux

A

horse-racing

483
Q

le jeu de dames

A

draughts (bg), checkers (am)

484
Q

échec et mat

A

checkmate

485
Q

les dés

A

dice

486
Q

trèfle

A

clubs

487
Q

carreau

A

diamonds

488
Q

coeur

A

hearts

489
Q

pique

A

spades

490
Q

les atouts

A

trumps

491
Q

plonger

A

to dive

492
Q

faire de la voile

A

to sail, to go sailing

493
Q

faire du vélo

A

to cycle

494
Q

faire de la lutte

A

to wrestle

495
Q

parier

A

to bet bet bet

496
Q

jouer de l’argent

A

to gamble

497
Q

battre les cartes

A

to shuffle