45 Flashcards

1
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examiner

A

to look into

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2
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compter sur qn/qch pour qch

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to look to sb for sth

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3
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considérer

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to look on

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4
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être à la recherche de

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to look out for

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5
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repecter

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to look up to one’s parents

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6
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contacter qnn pendant un voyage

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to look sb up

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7
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apparaître distinctement

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to loom

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8
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un point faible

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a loophole

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9
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un forfait

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a lup sum, a flat rate

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10
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faire un mouvement brusque en avant

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to lunge

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11
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vaciller, tituber

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to lurch

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12
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laisser qqn le bec dans l’eau

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to leave sb in the lurch

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13
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une déception

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a letdown

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14
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attirer, leurrer

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to lure sb (into a shop)

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15
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rôder, menacer

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to lurk

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16
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un pilier

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a mainstay (organization, family)

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17
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avoir comme résultat

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to make for (A high unemployment rate makes for social unrest)

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18
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se précipiter vers

A

to make for (When the fire broke out everybody made for the nearest exit)

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19
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se débrouiller

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to make out

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20
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comprendre, déchiffrer

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to make out

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21
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prétendre

A

to make out (The thief made out to be a student looking for a job)

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22
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se réconcilier

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to make up (They laughed about the misunderstanding and made up)

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23
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se décider

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to make up one’s mind

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24
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compenser

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to make up for

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25
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compléter, compenser

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to make up the difference (To encourage private entreprise, the government makes up the difference between the capital you have and what you need to start up your company)

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26
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être composé

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to be made up of

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27
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malveillant

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malicious

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28
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malicieux

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mischievous

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29
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maniable

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manageable

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30
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mauvaise gestion

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a mismanagement

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31
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gâcher

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to mar

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32
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étude de marché

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a market Survey, research

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33
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une part de marché

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a market share

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34
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vendable

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marketable

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35
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marché à la hausse

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a bull market

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36
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un marché en baisse

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a bear market

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37
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l’économie de marché

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free market economy

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38
Q

égaler

A

to match

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39
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Peu importe!

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No matter!

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40
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le juste milieu

A

the golden mean

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41
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avoir l’intention de

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to mean to

42
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plein de sens

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meaningful

43
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dénué de sens

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meaningless

44
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bon sens

A

common sense

45
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bien sûr

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by all means

46
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en aucun cas

A

by no means

47
Q

se mêler, s’ingérer

A

to meddle in

48
Q

fondu, en fusion

A

molten

49
Q

une chute rapide des prix et des marchés

A

a meltdown

50
Q

la fonte, le dégel

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the melting, the thaw

51
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Il n’est qu’un enfant

A

He’s a mere child

52
Q

une fusion d’entreprise

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a merger

53
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traîner, faire l’idiot

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to mess around, about

54
Q

gâcher, se planter

A

to mess up

55
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désordonné, peu soigné

A

messy

56
Q

une puce électronique

A

a microchip

57
Q

minuscule, infime

A

a minute difference

58
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minutieusement

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minutely, in minute detail

59
Q

un compte rendu, procès-verbal

A

minutes of a meeting

60
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dénigrer, dévaloriser

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to demean

61
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un doute, une incompréhension

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a misgivings

62
Q

une mésaventure, un contretemps

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a mishap

63
Q

induire en erreur

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to mislead

64
Q

trompeur

A

misleading

65
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deceptive advertising

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misleading advertising

66
Q

confondre

A

to mix up

67
Q

être impliqué

A

to be, get mixed up in

68
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une foule, masse, cohue

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a mob

69
Q

Il y avait une foule de gens à l’exposition

A

The exhibit was mobbed

70
Q

la mafia

A

the mob

71
Q

très important, capital

A

momentous

72
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de grande importance

A

of great moment

73
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Ce n’est pas un problème important

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It’s a problem of no great moment

74
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élan, vitesse acquise

A

momentum

75
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prendre de la vitesse

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to gather momentum

76
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Je n’ai pas le moral

A

My morale is low

77
Q

remonter le moral

A

to boost the morale

78
Q

une moralité relâchée

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a loose morals, little morality

79
Q

les mœurs d’une époque

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the morals, customs way of life of an age

80
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faire un emprunt (logement)

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to take out a mortgage

81
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rembourser un emprunt

A

to pay off a mortgage

82
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agresser pour voler

A

to mug

83
Q

un agresseur

A

a mugger

84
Q

une agression

A

a mugging

85
Q

rassembler suffisamment de monde pour gagner une élection

A

to muster up enough votes to win an elction

86
Q

nu, dépouillé

A

naked

87
Q

un nu (peinture)

A

a nude

88
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prononciation de naked

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nake - id

89
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réduire, rétrécir

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to narrow down

90
Q

échapper de justesse

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to have a narrow escape

91
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un pays natal

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a native country

92
Q

un Français de naissance

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a native of France

93
Q

les autochtones

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the natives

94
Q

inné

A

native intelligence, talent

95
Q

environ 5 litres

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in the neighborhood of five liters

96
Q

chaîne de télévision, station de radio

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TV, radio network

97
Q

progresser dans l’échelle sociale

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to move up a notch/rung/echelon on the social ladder

98
Q

un créneau horaire

A

a time slot

99
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donner un préavis d’une semaine

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to give a week’s notice

100
Q

qch qui est nouveau, inconnu jusqu’à présent

A

a novel idea