A Billion Shade Of Grey Flashcards

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Un actionnaire

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A shareholder

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Le simbole même

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The epitomy

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3
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Choquant

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Staggering

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4
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Un changement

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A shift

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5
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Gonfler

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To swell

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6
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Décrocher des cours

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To drop out of school

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7
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Pessimiste

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Grim; Gloomy; Pessimistic

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Fatigué

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Tired; Deadbeat

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9
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S’efforcer de faire qq chose

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To strice on doing sthg

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10
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Prospérer

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To thrive; To prosper; To be sucessful

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Etre réticent

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To be loth to do sthg; To be reluctant; To be unwilling to do sthg

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12
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Abandonner une politique

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To scrap a policy

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13
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Un projet; Une politique

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A scheme

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14
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Etre enclin a faire qq chose

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To be prone to do sthg

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15
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Subir

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To undergo

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Suivre une formation

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To undergo vocational vocation

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Etre multiplié par 2; Avoir doublé

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To hzve increased two fold

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Repousser

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To postpone; To put off

19
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Ses semblables

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One’s peers; One’s contemporaries

20
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Etre avare

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To be stingy; To be miserly

21
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Une charge

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A burden

22
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Un bouc-émissaire

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A scapegoat

23
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Un parasite (du système)

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A freeloader

24
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Un profiteur (du système)

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A welfare scrounger

25
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Empécher

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To hinder; To harper

26
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Influence

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Clout

27
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Exercer

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To exert; To wield

28
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Une personne dure

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A hard- hearted person

29
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Une personne coléreuse

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A quick tempered person

30
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S’occuper de qq un

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To look after sbdy

31
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Imprudent

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Reckless