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#6 Challenges Flashcards

1
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Accueillir (+événement)

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To play host to sth (+event) = To host an event

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Intrépide, téméraire, audacieux

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Intrepid (adj) = fearless, bold

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La témérité, l’audace

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Fearlessness = boldness

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4
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La slackine ou “slack”

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Slacklining

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Lâche (pour une corde par exemple)

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Slack (adj): not stretched tight, loose

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6
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funambulisme

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Tightrope walking

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un funambule

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a tightrope walker

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être sur la corde raide

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to walk a tightrope (to be in a difficult situation in which you do not have much freedom & need to be careful what you do)

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Se différencier de, être différent de (+adj, adv, noun)

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To differ from (also “differ to”)

Different (adj), differently (adv), difference (noun)

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Tendu # lâche, mou

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Taut (adj) (“keep the rope taut”)=stretched tightly # slack (adj)

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Tendre, étirer qqch

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To stretch (to pull sth so that it is tight. To make sth longer by pulling it)

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12
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Rebondir

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To bounce (to move up and down)

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Large # étroit

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Wide # narrow

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Participer à, s’adonner à

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To take part in = to participate in

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un flemmard, un fainéant

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A slacker (a person who is lazy and avoids work)

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Faire preuve de laisser-aller

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To be slack (adj) (not putting enough care or energy into sth and so not doing it well enough)

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17
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Se relâcher

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To get slack (to work less hard than you usually do)

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Une cascade (dans un film)

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A stunt (a dangerous and difficult action that sb does to entertain people, especially as part of a film)

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Un cascadeur, une cascadeuse

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A stuntman/a stuntwoman

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un casse-cou, un risque-tout

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A daredevil (a person who enjoys doing dangerous things)

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Oser faire qqch / audacieux

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To dare to do sth (to be brave enough to do sth) / Daring (adj & uncountable noun) (willing to do dangerous things, involving danger or taking risks)

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22
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Marcher à grands pas

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To stride (strode, stridden) (to walk with long steps in a particular direction)

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Faire qqch sans se laisser décontenancer

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To take sth in one’s stride (GB) To take sth in stride (US) (to deal with sth difficult without letting it worry you too much)

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Terminer (un marathon, une tâche…)

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To complete (a marathon, a task)

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La difficulté de…

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The difficulty of +ing

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Avoir des difficultés/problèmes pour faire qqch

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To have difficulty/trouble +ing

27
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Un exploit (personnel)

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A personal achievement / a feat

28
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un compagnon de course, un camarade (d’université)

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A fellow runner / a fellow student

29
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Continuer à / de faire qqch ( il a continué à courir malgré sa fatigue)

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To go on… +ing (he went on running, in spite of his tiredness)

30
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Une course (faire une course)

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A race (to run a race)

31
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Se rappeler/ se souvenir de..

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To recall = to remember

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Rappeler (au téléphone) : “rappelez-moi plus tard”

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To call back (on the phone) : “call me back later”

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Rappeler qqch à qq/ faire pense à qq à faire qqch

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To remind someone of something / to do something

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étirer (pousser, exiger le maximum d’un athlète, d’un étudiant)

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To stretch (to stretch an athlete, a student)

35
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Relever un défi

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To take (took, taken) up a challenge

36
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S’évanouir

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To faint

37
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Souffrir du décalage horaire (être souffrant du décalage horaire)

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To suffer from jet lag / to be jet-lagged

38
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le décalage horaire

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The time difference

39
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Subir une épreuve, une opération, etc

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To undergo (underwent, undergone) a test, a trial, an operation, etc

40
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Collecter de l’argent, des fonds

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To raise money/funds

41
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Lever, relever, élever, augmenter (des prix, sa voix, le bras, un enfant)

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To raise (vt): prices, your voice, your arm, a child

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S’élever, augmenter (pas de COD)

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To rise (rose, risen) (the sun rises)

43
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effectuer, exécuter (un test, un projet)

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To carry out (a test, a project…)

44
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Peur, crainte

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Fear (noun)

45
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Intrépide, qui n’a pas froid aux yeux # peureux, craintif

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Fearless # Fearful

46
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Craindre qq, craindre que…

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To fear sb/ to fear that…

47
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Faire peur à, effrayer

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To frighten sb

48
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La peur, l’effroi (sursauter de peur)

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Fright (to jump with fright)

49
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Effrayant/ effrayé

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Frightening/ frightened

50
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Trop sensible, petite nature

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Faint-hearted

51
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“à déconseiller aux âmes sensibles”

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“not for the faint-hearted”

52
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Confiant (sûr de soi)

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Confident (self-confident) (adj)

53
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Trop sûr de soi

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Over-confident

54
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Effrayer, faire peur à

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To scare

55
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Effrayant (familier : flippant)

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Scary

56
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Regarde la voiture ! Elle va nous dépasser malgré la limite de vitesse / bien qu’il y ait une limite de vitesse.

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Look at the car ! It’s going to overtake us despite (in spite of) the speed limit / although there is a speed limit.

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Quand me rendras-tu l’argent que je t’ai prêté ? - Pas de problème, je vais te rembourser tout de suite.

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When will you give me back the money I lent you ? No problem, I’ll pay you back straightaway (right now).

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Je me sentirai soulagé quand tu me rendras mon argent.

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I’ll feel relieved when you give me my money back.

59
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D’ici la fin de l’année (d’ici 2 ans), elle aura économisé assez d’argent pour pouvoir acheter une voiture.

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By the end of the year (within 2 years), she will have saved enough money to be able to buy a car.

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Quand elle aura économisé assez d’argent, elle pourra louer son propre appartement.

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When she has saved enough money, she will be able to rent her own apartment/flat.

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Prépositions:
Cope+ ? Busy + ? A rise+ ?
Access+ ? A grip+ ? Spend money+ ?

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Cope with noun, busy Ø -ing, a rise in noun, access to noun, a grip on noun, spend money on noun

62
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Vidéo - High wire artists (résumé)

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Have been training for 2 years, Austrian (Reinhard Kleindl - economic science student) & German (Lukas Hirmler - journalist writer) - drop from the slackline to the canyon about 100meters, called “slackers”, 1st Time crossed at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe (daredevils), safety line. 500 million cubic meters of water are carried down the Grange during the raining season
Slacklining differs from tightrope walking : the line is not taut

LA13 (13 decks)

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