Abstract notions - ways and means Flashcards

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la manière et le moyen

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ways and means

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trouver le moyen de faire qqch

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to manage to do sth = to contrive to do sth

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un stratagème / une manigance (1 mot)

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a contrivance

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combiner / manigancer qqch (1 mot)

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to devise sth

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un dispositif / une ruse (1 mot)

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a device

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un expédient (un moyen)

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an expedient

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de fortune = improvisé

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makeshift

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8
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une stratégie -> stratégique

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a strategy -> strategic

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la tactique -> un tacticien/ ne

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tactics -> a tactician

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une politique -> sage / judicieux

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a policy -> politic

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une méthode

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a method

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un moyen de s’en sortir

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a means of escape = away out

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un plan / dessein / projet

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a plan / scheme / design

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avoir recours à qqch

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to resort to sth

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un atout

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a trump card

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un complot -> comploter -> un conspirateur

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to plot -> a plot -> a plotter

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tirer des ficelles

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to pull wires

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un coup monté

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a frame-up

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prévoir (2 mots)

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to think ahead = to look ahead

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coopérer (avec qqn à qqch) -> la collaboration

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to collaborate (with sb on sth) -> cooperation

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un collaborateur

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a collaborator

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se débrouiller / faire face (à une situation)

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to cope (with)

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il n’y a qu’un seul moyen

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there’s only one way

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il n’y a pas d’autre moyen

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ther’s no other way

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je me débrouillerai = je trouverai un moyen
I'll manage = I'll find a way = I'll work out sth
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en dernier recours
in the / as a last resort
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il est victime d'un coup monté
he has been framed
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c'est à dessein qu'il l'a fait
he did it by design
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il l'a fait exprès
He did it on purpose
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c'est un moyen d'arriver au but
it's a means to an end
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au moyen de
by means of
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y-a-t-il un moyen de le faire?
Is there any means of doing it?
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y-a-t-il des moyens de le faire
Are there any means of doing it?
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avoir recours à des moyens douteux
to resort to dubious means
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qu'est-ce qui se prépare?
What's up?
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il manigance qqch
he is up to sth