Anglais Concours Flashcards

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Ainsi que

A

As well as

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Une histoire (faire des histoires )

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A fuss (To make a fuss)

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Petit- déjeuner

Déjeuner

Goûter

Dîner

A

Breakfast

Lunch

Tea time

Dinner

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Le chef de l’Etat

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(The) Head of State

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Annoncer

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To announce (ed/ed)

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À la différence de

Héroïne, cocaïne

A

Unlike

Heroin, cocaine

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Des médicaments

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Medicine/medication

Invariable !!!

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Suffrir d’une dépression

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To suffer from depression

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Entre … Et …% des personnes

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Between … And .. % of people

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Révéler qlq chose

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To reveal/show sth

Ed/ed

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Lors de leur divorce

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As a divorce settlement

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Verser de l’argent à qqn

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To pay (paid/paid) TO sb

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Propriété de campagne (Cme une maison secondaire)

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Holiday house

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Avaliser = appuyer une action, une décision

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To endorse / To support

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D’ici 2010

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By 2010
By the year 2010
Between now and 2010

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Postuler pour un poste de cadre

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To apply for an exécutive position

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Je vous prie Madame, monsieur, de + vb

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Please + vb incomplet

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Ci-joint

Joindre

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Attached
Enclosed

To enclose

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Les démarches

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The procédure

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Le remboursement

Rembourser

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The reiumbursement

To repay / To reiumburse

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Clients

Fournisseurs

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Clients / customers

Suppliers

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Les grandes sociétés

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(Sans article ) large companies

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Récapitulatif

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Recapitulative

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Partenariat

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Partnership

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Mettre un terme à

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To put an end To

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Une équipe

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A team/ crev

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Large / général / vaste / ample

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Broad

Wide

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Brillant / élogieux / lumineux

Un éclat / une lueur

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Glowing

A glow

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Affreux / horrible

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Awful

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Sage

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Wise

Quiet

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Pur et simple / ferme / absolu / total

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Outright

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Répandu / généralisé / fréquent

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Widespread

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Prêter

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To lend (lent,lent)

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Si

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Whether

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Dossier

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An account

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Exactitude

Précision

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Accuracy

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Etrange , mystérieux

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Uncanny

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Insouciant , sans souci

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Carefree

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Admettre reconnaître

Avouer

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To admit

To admit TO

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Mal de tête , migraine

Gros/mauvais rhume

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A headache

A bad cold

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Bien que

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Although

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Prêt , disponible , accessible

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Ready

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Connaissance
Relation
Fréquentation
Familiarité

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Acquaintance

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Occasionnel / décontracté

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Casual

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Tel que / par exemple

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Such as

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Reporter , remettre , ajourner

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To postpone

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Assister à (meeting etc)

S’occuper de qqn

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To attend

To attend TO

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A travers

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Through

Across

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Entre

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Between

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Contre

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Against

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Vis à vis

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Opposite

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À côté de

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By

Beside ( veut aussi dire : auprès de )

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Proche de , près de

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Near

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Loin de

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Far away from

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À côté de

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Next to

Alongside ( qui veut aussi dire : au long de )

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Derrière

Devant

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Behind

In front of

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Au-dessus de

En-dessous de

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above (ou : overhead)

Below

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A travers / au dessus

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Over

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Sous

A

Under

moins courants : beneath

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A l’intérieur

A l’extérieur

A

Inside

Outside

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Autour

A

(A)round

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Au delà de

A

Beyond

63
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À califourchon

A

Astride

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Faire une grève

A

To strike

To go on strike

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Syndicat

A

A trade union

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La direction (entreprise etc)

A

Management (not sure)

67
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Le montant

A

The amount / the result

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Atteindre / avoisiner (rajouter un adv)

A

To reach

To reach (up To)

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A peu près / grossièrement / brutalement / durement

A

Roughly

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Les partenaires sociaux

A

The social partners

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Mettre fin à

A

To (put an) end (To)

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Le marché du travail

A

The work market

The employment market

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Entrée en vigueur

Entrer en vigueur

A

Entry into force

Enter into force/ come into effect

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Rapidement

A

Quickly

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L’interdiction de fumer sur les lieux de travail

A

The smoking ban in the workplace

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Parrainer

A

To sponsor

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Les jeux olympiques de Pékin

A

Olympic Games in Beijing

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Extrêmement / énormément / massivement

Enorme / grand / immense / impressionant

A

Hugely

Huge ( ex : a huge problem)

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Constamment

En permanence

A

Constantly

80
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Le gouvernement

A

The government

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Pour la fin de + durée (ex: fin de la semaine)

A

By the end of the + date (ex: week)

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Pénaliser

A

To penalize (ed /ed )

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Impôts ( pour les sociétés )

A

Taxes / rac payments

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Les principaux acteurs

A

The main players

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Le ministère de l’Ecologie

A

The Minister for the Environment

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Concrétiser

A

To finalise

To achieve / realise/ accomplish

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Engager / commettre / investir / faire interner

Les engagements

A

To commit

The commitments

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Engager (qqn)

Engager (qqn - qch)

A

To engage / hire/ retain

To commit / To bind

89
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L’indicateur conjoncturel de fécondité

A

The fertility rate

The birth rate

90
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2,0 enfants par femme

A

2.0 per woman

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Le taux de chômage

A

The unemployment rate

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Q

Un entretien d’embauche

A

An interview
A job interview
An employment interview

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Q

Baisser

A

To drop (ped /ped)
To fall
To decrease
To bring down

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Empêcher qqn qch
Eviter
Prevenir

A

To prevent

Attention : To prevent sb from doigt sth (empêcher qqn de faire qch )

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Inscrire 
S'inscrire 
Enregistrer qqn qch 
Déposer qch 
Déclarer (a birth)
A

To register

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Inscrire (graver/ dédicacer / inscrire une chose sur une liste etc )

A

To inscribe

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Souscrire qqch
S’abandonner
S’inscrire

A

To subscribe

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Exhaustif / complet

Epuisant / exténuant

A

Exhaustive

Exhausting

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Monter / grimper/ escalader / gravir / augmenter

Une ascension

A

To climb

A climb

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Profond / intense/ foncé / grave / viscéral/ important

A

A deep

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Goûter/déguster

Un goût/ un penchant

A

To taste

A taste

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Rapporter / signaler / déclarer / dénoncer

Un rapport/ une rédaction / une étude/ un reportage

A

To report

A report

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Impliquer / engendrer / entraîner

A

To entail sth

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Mettre qqn qch
Rester / se lever /reposer (la pâte à pain doit reposer)
Tolérer / supporter qqn qch

A

To stand (stood stood)

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A condition que

A

Provided that

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Prospérer , s’épanouir , fleurir , reussir , se developper

A

To thrive (ed/ed)

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Chuter, plonger , s’éffondrer (prices etc.)

Une dégringolade

A

To plummet (ed/ed)

A plummet

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Q

Monter en flèche , augmenter, s’envoler , exploser

A

To sky-rocket (ed/ed)

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Freiner, réduire , limiter , restreindre

A

To curb (ed/ed)

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S’effondrer, faire faillite

Effondrement , chute , disparition

A

To collapse (ed)

A collapse

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Pointe , pic, sommet, maximum , apogée

Culminer , plafonner

A

A peak

To peak (ed)

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Récupérer , se remettre, se rétablir

Reprise, récupération, rétablissement

A

To recover (ed)

A recovery

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Q

Monter, déferler , augmenter fortement

Hausse, afflux , déferlement , bond

A

To surge (ed)

A surge

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Q

Augmenter, élever, aborder ou soulever qqn (an issue)

A

To raise (ed)

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Surgir / faire surface

A

To crop up

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Apprécier énormément

A

To greatly appreciate

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Au total

A

All in all

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Tout d’un coup/ soudain

A

All of a sudden

119
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Au fond (ex: au fond c’est pas gentil )

A

At heart

120
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Une goutte d’eau dans l’océan (= c’est “rien”)

A

A drop in the ocean

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Lumière du jour, plein jour , lumiere du soleil

A

Daylight

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Journée

A

Daytime

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Aisance, maîtrise , facilité , fluidité

A

Fluency

124
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Couramment / avec aisance

Parfaitement bilingue

A

Fluently

Fluently bilingual

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Librement , en toute liberté

A

Freely

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Couler / se noigner

A

To sink (sank sunk)

127
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Vacanciers

A

Holiday-makers (gb)

Vacationers

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Côte/ rive / rivage

A

The shore

129
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Economiser

A

To save money

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Incapable

A

Unable

131
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Ancien

A

Former

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Parti conservateur

A

Conservatrice party

133
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Premier ministre

A

Prime Minister

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Un escroc

Escroquer

A

A crook

To rip sb off (ped ped)

135
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Ne pas se faire prendre

A

I was not taken in

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Tout de suite

A

Straight away

137
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Se tirer ( d’une situation compromettante)

Laisser partir

A

To let off

138
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Une amende

A

A fine

139
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Vive tension

A

Sharp tension

140
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La source (d’un pb)

A

The source

141
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Faire attebdre qqn

A

To keep someone waiting

142
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Faire payer

A

To charge

143
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Faire démarrer

A

To start

144
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A multiples reprises

A

Time and again

145
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Avoir l’air

A

To look

To appear

146
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Misogynes

A

Women-haters

147
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Chercher

A

To look for

148
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Une polémique

A

A controversy