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b-c Flashcards

1
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un don

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a bent/gift

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2
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avoir le don des langues

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to have a bent for languages

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3
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suivre son penchant

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to follow one’s bent

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être décidé absolument

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to be bent on doing smtg
to be intent of V+ing
to be determined

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5
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un gros bonnet
un grand ponte
une huile

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a big shot

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un briseur de grève

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a blackleg

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une tache, une souillure, une honte

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a blemish

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une aubaine

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a blessing

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9
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un blocus

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a blockade

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10
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un film/livre à grand succès

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a blockbuster

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11
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un avant-projet

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a blueprint

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12
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une gaffe, une bavure

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a blunder

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13
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faux, bidon

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bogus

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14
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des faux demandeurs d’asile

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bogus asylum-seekers

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15
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un mariage blanc

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a bogus marriage

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16
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soutenir

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to bolster

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17
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un os

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a bone

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18
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une pomme de discorde

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a bone of contention

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19
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un bon, un titre

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a bond

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20
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le marché obligataire

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a bond market

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21
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haussier, optimiste

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buoyant, bullish

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22
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une marché actif, porteur

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a buoyant market

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23
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enterrer

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to bury

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24
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pratiquer la politique de l’autruche

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to bury one’s hand in the sand

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25
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enterrer la hache de guerre

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to bury the hatchet

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être plongé dans son travail

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to be buried in one’s work

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27
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être plongé dans ses pensées

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to be buried in one’s thoughts

28
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une expression à la mode

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a buzz word

29
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une élection partielle

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a by-election

30
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contourner

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to bypass

31
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un spectateur (dans la rue)

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a bystander

32
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une limite, une frontière

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a boundary

33
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une crise, une poussée

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a bout (of fever, of inflation)

34
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une rupture

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a breach

35
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un abus de confiance

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a breach of trust

36
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palpitant

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breathtaking

37
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être fauché, sans le sou

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to be bust/broke

38
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un courtier

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a broker (Stock Exchange)

39
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un butoir, un tampon

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a buffer

40
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une zone tampon

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a buffer zone

41
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un taureau

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a bull

42
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un marché à la hausse

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a bull market

43
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persécuter, maltraiter

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to bully

44
Q

contraindre qqn par la menace à faire qqc

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to bully sbd into doing smtg

45
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rater, boussiller

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to bungle/to botch

46
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faire faillite

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to bust

to go bust/bankrupt

47
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faire du démarchage électoral, solliciter des votes

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to canvas

48
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sonder l’opinion

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to canvas opinions

49
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se renverser/chavirer (au sens propre et fig)

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to capsize

50
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pourvoir aux besoins de

satisfaire, répondre à

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to cater for (people, opinions)

51
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un concierge, un gardien

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a caretaker

52
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un gouvernement provisoire

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a caretaker government

53
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un catalyseur

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a catalytic converter

54
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une situation inextricable

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a catch-22 (situation)

55
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le plafond

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the ceiling

56
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toucher le plafond (fig)

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to hit the ceiling

57
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un graphique/une courbe

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a chart

58
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fustiger, critiquer sévèrement

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to chastise, to castigate

59
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impertinent

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cheeky

60
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une corvée

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a chore/drudgery

61
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un cours

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a class (faux-ami)

62
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sécher les cours

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to skip classes

63
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une situation à suspens, un moment d’angoisse

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a cliffhanger

64
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un apogée, un point culminant

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a climax

65
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maladroit

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clumsy

66
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grossier, ordinaire

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coarse

67
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un comportement vulgaire

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a coarse behavior

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