Abstract notions = obligation Flashcards

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obliger qqn à faire qqch -> une obligation

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to oblige sb to do sth -> an obligation

attention : to oblige sb = faire plaisir à qqn

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forcer/obliger qqn à faire qqch

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to force / compel sb to do sth

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contraindre qqn à faire qqch -> la contrainte

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to constrain sb to do sth -> constraint

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un devoir -> respectueux / consciencieux

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a duty -> dutiful

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soumettre = assujettir -> la sujétion = l’assujétissement

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to subject -> subjection

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obligatoire (3 mots)

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compulsory = obligatory = mandatory

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nécessaire # superflu

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necessary # unnecessary

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essentiel / indispensable / impératif

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essential / indispensable / imperative

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9
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facultatif

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optional

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une option

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an option

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exiger qqch de qqn (2 mots)

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to require / to demand sth of sb

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une exigence préalable

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a requirement

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un devoir moral

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a moral duty

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obligations familiales / militaires

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family / military obligations

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remplir ses obligations

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to fulfil one’s obligations

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honorer ses obligations (4 verbes)

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to meet = honour = shoulder = face one’s obligations

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échapper à ses obligations (2 verbes)

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to escape = to get out of one’s obligations

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fuir ses obligations

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to run away from one’s obligations

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assumer ses obligations (2 verbes)

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to assume / to discharge one’s obligations

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s’acquitter de ses obligations

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to carry out one’s obligations

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le devoir filial / parental

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filial / parental duty

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le devoir de confidentialité

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duty of confidentiality

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faire son devoir (3 verbes)

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to perform = fulfil / to discharge one’s duty

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manquer à son devoir

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to fail in one’s duty

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une obligation légale
a legal requirement
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je me vois dans l'obligation de ... (2 expressions)
I have no choice / no alternative but to ....
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être obligé de faire qqch
to be under (an) obligation to do sth
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accomplir son devoir citoyen
to do one's civil duty
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faire qqch par (sens du) devoir
to do sth out of (a sense of) duty
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faire son devoir envers qqun
to do one's duty by somebody
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avec le sentiment du devoir accompli
with a sense of duty done
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tu ne peux pas me forcer!
You cant' make me!
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il faut que je finisse ce travail pour demain
I've got to finish the job by tomorrow
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Est-ce qu'il faut vraiment que tu fasses ce travail? | Est-ce que tu es obligé de faire ce travail?
Need you do that job? = do you need to do that job? | Do you have to do that job?
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Tu n'es pas obligé de faire ce travail
You needn't do that job = you don't need to do that job = you don't have to do that job
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vous devriez vous excuser
You should apologize = you ought to apologize
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vous ne devriez pas parler comme cela
you shouldn't speak like this
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on l'a obligée à le faire
she was forced into doing it
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il est moralement tenu de ...
he is morally bound to
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alimenter une personne de force / gaver un animal
to force-feed a person / an animal
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par la force des choses
through force of circumstance(s)
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avoir recours à la force (2 verbes)
to resort to force / to use force
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la nouvelle réglementation a force de loi
the new regulations have the force of law
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faire qqch sous la contrainte
to do sth under pressure
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la fréquentation scolaire est obligatoire
school attendance is compulsory