Abstract notions = obligation

Question 1

obliger qqn à faire qqch -> une obligation

Answer 1

to oblige sb to do sth -> an obligation

attention : to oblige sb = faire plaisir à qqn

Question 2

forcer/obliger qqn à faire qqch

Answer 2

to force / compel sb to do sth

Question 3

contraindre qqn à faire qqch -> la contrainte

Answer 3

to constrain sb to do sth -> constraint

Question 4

un devoir -> respectueux / consciencieux

Answer 4

a duty -> dutiful

Question 5

soumettre = assujettir -> la sujétion = l’assujétissement

Answer 5

to subject -> subjection

Question 6

obligatoire (3 mots)

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compulsory = obligatory = mandatory

Question 7

nécessaire # superflu

Answer 7

necessary # unnecessary

Question 8

essentiel / indispensable / impératif

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essential / indispensable / imperative

Question 9

facultatif

Answer 9

optional

Question 10

une option

Answer 10

an option

Question 11

exiger qqch de qqn (2 mots)

Answer 11

to require / to demand sth of sb

Question 12

une exigence préalable

Answer 12

a requirement

Question 13

un devoir moral

Answer 13

a moral duty

Question 14

obligations familiales / militaires

Answer 14

family / military obligations

Question 15

remplir ses obligations

Answer 15

to fulfil one’s obligations

Question 16

honorer ses obligations (4 verbes)

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

Question 17

échapper à ses obligations (2 verbes)

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to escape = to get out of one’s obligations

Question 18

fuir ses obligations

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to run away from one’s obligations

Question 19

assumer ses obligations (2 verbes)

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to assume / to discharge one’s obligations

Question 20

s’acquitter de ses obligations

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to carry out one’s obligations

Question 21

le devoir filial / parental

Answer 21

filial / parental duty

Question 22

le devoir de confidentialité

Answer 22

duty of confidentiality

Question 23

faire son devoir (3 verbes)

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to perform = fulfil / to discharge one’s duty

Question 24

manquer à son devoir

Answer 24

to fail in one’s duty

Question 25

une obligation légale

Answer 25

a legal requirement

Question 26

je me vois dans l’obligation de … (2 expressions)

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I have no choice / no alternative but to ….

Question 27

être obligé de faire qqch

Answer 27

to be under (an) obligation to do sth

Question 28

accomplir son devoir citoyen

Answer 28

to do one’s civil duty

Question 29

faire qqch par (sens du) devoir

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to do sth out of (a sense of) duty

Question 30

faire son devoir envers qqun

Answer 30

to do one’s duty by somebody

Question 31

avec le sentiment du devoir accompli

Answer 31

with a sense of duty done

Question 32

tu ne peux pas me forcer!

Answer 32

You cant’ make me!

Question 33

il faut que je finisse ce travail pour demain

Answer 33

I’ve got to finish the job by tomorrow

Question 34

Est-ce qu’il faut vraiment que tu fasses ce travail?

Est-ce que tu es obligé de faire ce travail?

Answer 34

Need you do that job? = do you need to do that job?

Do you have to do that job?

Question 35

Tu n’es pas obligé de faire ce travail

Answer 35

You needn’t do that job = you don’t need to do that job = you don’t have to do that job

Question 36

vous devriez vous excuser

Answer 36

You should apologize = you ought to apologize

Question 37

vous ne devriez pas parler comme cela

Answer 37

you shouldn’t speak like this

Question 38

on l’a obligée à le faire

Answer 38

she was forced into doing it

Question 39

il est moralement tenu de …

Answer 39

he is morally bound to

Question 40

alimenter une personne de force / gaver un animal

Answer 40

to force-feed a person / an animal

Question 41

par la force des choses

Answer 41

through force of circumstance(s)

Question 42

avoir recours à la force (2 verbes)

Answer 42

to resort to force / to use force

Question 43

la nouvelle réglementation a force de loi

Answer 43

the new regulations have the force of law

Question 44

faire qqch sous la contrainte

Answer 44

to do sth under pressure

Question 45

la fréquentation scolaire est obligatoire

Answer 45

school attendance is compulsory