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Anglais - Collocations Flashcards

1
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une mure réflexion

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a careful consideration

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une question litigieuse

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a contentious issue

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une idée reçue

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a conventional wisdom

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4
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des impôts écrasants

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crippling taxes

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l’actualité

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current events

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être fauché comme les blés

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to be dead broke

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être absolument certain

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to be dead certain

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être facile comme bonjour

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to be dead easy

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un coup décisif

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a decisive blow

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10
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profondément enraciné

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deeply ingrained / deeply entrenched / deep-rooted

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résister fortement à

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to be deeply resistant

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12
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profondément affecté

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deeply affected / deeply concerned

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un besoin urgent

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a dire need / a dire necessity

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une situation désespérée (€)

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a dire straits

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un remède radical

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a drastic remedy

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16
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un effondrement spectaculaire

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a dramatic drop

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17
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ruisselant

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dripping wet

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18
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une gaffe énorme

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an egregious blunder

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une erreur énorme

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an egregious error

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20
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par tous les moyens

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by fair means or foul

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21
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il a de bonnes chances de réussir

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he stands a fair chance of succeed

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des conséquences d’une grande portée

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far-reaching consequences

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23
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tiré par les cheveux

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far-fetched

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tenir bon

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to stand fast

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un coup fatal

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a fatal blow

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une issue prévisible

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a foregone conclusion

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27
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une affaire florissante

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a going concern

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28
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l’âge d’or

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the golden age

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29
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une baisse croissante

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a growing decline

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30
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un sujet rebattu

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a hackneyed subject

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31
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un cliché

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a hackneyed expression

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32
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les rares privilégiés

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the happy few

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33
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de nombreuses victimes

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heavy casualties

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34
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du blablabla

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hot hair / waffle

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35
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un grand favori

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a hot favourite

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36
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une priorité à l’ordre du jour

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high on the agenda

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37
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des nouvelles de dernière heure

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hot news

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38
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attendu avec impatience

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keenly awaited

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une victoire écrasante / un raz de marée

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a landslide victory

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un personnage important

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a leading figure

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être à la pointe de la technologie

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to be at the leading edge of technology

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un danger menaçant

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a looming danger

43
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un coup bas

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a low blow

44
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des marchandises de mauvaise qualité

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low quality goods

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en grande partie

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for the / a major part

46
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un bond considérable

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a marked jump

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un changement sensible

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a marked change

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un contraste frappant

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a marked contrast

49
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à très grande échelle

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on a massive scale

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une décision capitale

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a momentous decision

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être fermé d’esprit

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to be narrow-minded

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un sacré bazar

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a nasty mess

53
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juste à temps / à la dernière seconde

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in the nick of time

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un souci constant

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a prevailing concern

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un problème de haute importance

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a matter of prime importance

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un mauvais prétexte (diversion)

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a red herring

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une règle générale

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a rule of thumb

58
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un refuge

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a safe heaven

59
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un bon choix

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a safe bet

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un cadre supérieur

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a senior executive

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un haut responsable

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a senior official

62
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une forte augmentation

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a sharp rise

63
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une forte chute

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a sharp fall

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être rare

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to be in short supply

65
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un effet secondaire

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a side effect

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un pas / changement important

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a significant step / change

67
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de maigres ressources

A

slender means

68
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une faible variation

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a slight variation

69
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avoir grandement besoin

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to be in sore need of

70
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un point délicat

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a sore point

71
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un business solide

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a sound business

72
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une action sensée

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a sound move

73
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dernier cri

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state-of-the-art

74
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une augmentation régulière

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a steady rise

75
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une féroce opposition

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a stiff opposition

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une défaite cuisante

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a stinging defeat

77
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strictement interdit

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strictly forbidden

78
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une mesure / règle sévère

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a stringent measure / regulation

79
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un choix difficile

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a tough choice

80
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une société à deux vitesses

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a two-tier society

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un fossé insurmontable

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an unbridgeable gap

82
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une tendance à la hausse / à la baisse

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an upward / downward trend

83
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une ascension sociale

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an upward mobility

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une idée / opinion très répandue

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a widespread idea / opinion

85
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un large fossé

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a yawning gap

86
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une première version (de qqch)

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a blueprint

87
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respecter

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to abide by

88
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réaliser / atteindre

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to achieve

89
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reconnaître (une erreur)

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to acknowledge

90
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prôner

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to advocate

91
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éveiller

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to arouse

92
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être diamétralement opposés

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to be poles apart

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être en difficulté

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to be in deep water

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être en cause

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to be at issue

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