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#8 Creativity Flashcards

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Une urgence

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An emergency

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Ressembler à qqch/qq

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To look like = to resemble sth/sb

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Un camion

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A truck = a lorry

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révolutionnaire

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revolutionary

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“c’est une idée si révolutionnaire”

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“It’s such a revolutionary idea”

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Nommer, désigner

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To nominate

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un prix - décerner un prix

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an award - to award a price

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une récompense - récompenser qq pour avoir fait qqch

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a reward - to reward sb for doing sth

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être devant un défi

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To face a challenge

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avoir qqch en tête

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To have sth in mind

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dépenser de l’argent pour qqch, en qqch

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To spend money on sth

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sensible - sensibilité

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Sensitive - sensitivity

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utiliser - un utilisateur

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To use - a user

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Trancher (du pain, de la viande) - une tranche

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To slice (bread, meat) - a slice

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Viser qq/qqch

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To aim at sth/sb

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un champion - se faire le champion de/défendre - un championnat

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A champion - to champion - a championship

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demander à qq de faire qqch

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To ask sb to do sth

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Aider qq à faire qqch

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To help sb (to) do sth

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une proposition

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a proposal

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traiter avec condescendance - condescendant

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To patronize - patronizing

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se concentrer sur qqch

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To focus on sth

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une aptitude, capacité # incapacité, invalidité

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an ability # a disability

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être handicapé

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to be disabled = to be handicapped

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un ruban

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a ribbon

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coller - un autocollant

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To stick (stuck, stuck) - a sticker

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fermer (à clé) # ouvrir (ici libérer) - une serrure

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To lock # to unlock - a lock

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un bulletin d’information

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a news report

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des prévisions météo

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a weather forecast

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“Laisse moi bien comprendre”

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“let me get this straight” (straight = clear dans ce contexte)

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laisser qq faire qqch

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To let someone do sth

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plier # déplier - pliable - une chaise pliante

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To fold # unfold - foldable - a folding chair

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un fauteuil roulant

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a wheelchair

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se replier complètement

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To fold up

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entreposer, stocker - entreposage, stockage

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To store - storage

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35
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Le bien # le mal

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Good (noun) # evil

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Permettre (donner le moyen) à qq de faire qqch

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To enable sb to do sth

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rendre qq plus fort, plus indépendant, plus apte à s’assumer

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To empower (empowering - empowerment)

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par comparaison avec/par rapport à

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compared to/with

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39
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selon

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According to

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un bureau (meuble) - un bureau (pièce)

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A desk - an office

41
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sur le lieu du travail

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In/at the work-place

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faire une tentative (de faire qqch)

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(to make) an attempt (to do something)

to attempt to do something

43
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changer > un changement

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To alter = to change > a change

44
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ça change !

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That makes a change !

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une habitude (de travail/sommeil)

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A (working/sleeping) habit

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une combinaison (d’idées)

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a combination (of ideas)

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de temps en temps

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(every) once in a while

48
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quelque temps - pendant un petit moment

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a while - for a little while

49
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un petit somme - faire un petit somme

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a nap - to take/to have a little nap/ to nap

50
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désigner

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to designate

51
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se reposer

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to rest - to have a rest

52
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réaliste # irréaliste

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realistic # unrealistic

53
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rejeter (une solution, une mesure)

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to dismiss (a solution, a measure) = to reject

54
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licencier qq (d’une entreprise)

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to dismiss a person (from a company)

55
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être bénéfique à…

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to be beneficial (to)

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réaliser son potentiel

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to fulfil one’s potential = to achieve one’s potential

57
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effectuer un sondage/une étude pendant deux ans sur…

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to carry out a two-year survey into…

58
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mener une recherche sur…

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to conduct research (uncountable) into/on…

59
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rattraper (le temps perdu)

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to make up (for) (lost time)

60
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ailleurs

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elsewhere

61
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concevoir (un bâtiment, un objet, un produit)

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to design (a building, an object, a product)

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un store

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a blind

63
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trouver, avoir l’idée d’(une solution)

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to come up with (a solution)

64
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las - la lassitude - lassant

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weary - weariness - wearisome

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situé - un emplacement

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located - a location

66
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fournir qqch à qq

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to provide somebody with something

67
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une caractéristique

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a feature

68
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impliquer de…

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to involve + ing

69
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être impliqué dans qqch > l’implication

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to be involved in sth > involvement

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avoir tendance à faire qqch

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to tend to do something

71
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avoir de grandes espérances, une grande attente

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to have high expectations

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s’attendre à ce que qq fasse qqch

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to expect sb to do sth

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supposer, présumer (que…)

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to assume (that…)

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faire des suppositions

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to make assumptions

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être conscient de…

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to be aware of…

76
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un chirurgien

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a surgeon

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un avocat

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a lawyer

78
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omettre/manquer de faire qqch

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To fail to do sth

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ne pas arriver à faire qqch

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To manage to do sth

80
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arriver à faire qqch

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to succeed in +ing sth

81
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démanteler

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to dismantle

82
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résoudre, trouver, élaborer

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to work out (a problem, a solution, a plan)

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je n’arrivais pas à trouver celle-là non plus

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I couldn’t work that one out either

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une contrainte

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a constraint

85
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entourer

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to surround

86
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un bord (ici), aussi une limite, une frontière

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a border

87
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un bouchon

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a cork

88
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elle n’est pas assez grande pour atteindre le bouton

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She’s not tall enough to reach the button (enough AFTER adj, BEFORE noun)

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elle n’est pas assez riche pour acheter une voiture

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She isn’t rich enough to buy a car

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elle n’a pas assez d’argent pour acheter une voiture

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She hasn’t enough money to buy a car

91
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Pouvoir passer jusqu’à 6 heures par jour à jouer aux jeux vidéos était le rêve de Nick.

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Being allowed to spend up to 6 hours a day playing video games was Nick’s dream.

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Nick n’a pas pu faire face à toutes les difficultés auxquelles il était confronté. Il n’était pas assez mûr.

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Nick (wasn’t able to handle)(couldn’t cope with) all the difficulties he (was faced with)(had to face). He wasn’t mature enough.

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C’est impossible ! Sa mère n’a pas pu le laisser faire de l’ordinateur pendant des heures et des heures sans se rendre compte qu’il y avait un problème. Elle n’a pas pu être si naïve !

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It’s impossible ! His mother can’t have let him use the computer for hours and hours without realizing there was a problem. She can’t have been so naive.

94
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Selon moi, le comportement de Nick a dû beaucoup effrayer ses parents.

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(I think/feel/believe)(In my opinion,) Nick’s behaviour must have scared/frightened his parents a lot.

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Sa mère n’a pas eu le choix. Elle a dû faire soigner son fils.

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His mother didn’t have a choice. She had to get/have her son treated.

96
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Il a pu penser au début qu’il n’était pas accro à l’ordinateur, mais il avait tort

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(At the beginning,) He may/might have thought he was not addicted to the computer (at first) but he was wrong.

97
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Grâce aux médecins, Nick a pu reprendre une vie normale.

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Thanks to (the) doctors, Nick was able to resume a normal life.

98
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Video - Designers embrace collaborative approach

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Today, designers must design service & products with an old population in mind (the elderly).
Collaborative approach : working with the users to fully understand what they need and what is going to work for them. (bananas : show me what phone you want - simple, practical…) They are often hard of hearing.
Flop : Microsoft Zune MP3 supposed to compete with the iPod, launched in 2006.

99
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0 conditional
1st conditional
2nd conditional

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if + present + present (general truth)
if + present + will (possible)
if + past + would (possible, less likely)
(if + had been + would have been) definite consequence
(if + had been + might/could have been) (possible conseq)

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