Bicycle history Flashcards by Zo Zo | Brainscape

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problème de santé, danger, risque pour la santé

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a health hazard

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un généticien

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a geneticist

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étendre

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to expand

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le patrimoine génétique

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the gene pool

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ne plus

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no longer

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monter sur, sauter sur

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to hop on a bike

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pendant, tout au long de, à travers

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throughout a period of time

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une alternative à quelque chose

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an alternative to sth

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ressembler à qlqch

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to resemble sth

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battre des ailes

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to flap (wings)

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avancer

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to move forward

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façonner, former

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to shape sth

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le sommet, le comble de la mode

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the height of fashion

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une hernie

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a rupture

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lutter / avoir du mal à

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to struggle

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une forgeron

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a blacksmith

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promouvoir

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to advertise sth

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susciter l’intérêt pour qlqch

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to drum up interest in sth

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délimiter avec des cordes

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to rope off sth

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se précipiter, foncer

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to burst through a place

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courageux, téméraire

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undaunted

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partir en trombe

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to speed off

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se mettre à faire quelque chose

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to set about doing sth

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roue à rayons

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a wire-spoked wheel

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un pneu en caoutchouc

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a rubber tyre

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le poids total

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the overall weight

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une vitesse

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a gear

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argent durement gagné

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precarious penny farthing

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évoluer

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to evolve

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lancer un produit

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to launch a product

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précédemment

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previously

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être limité, restreint

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to be restricted

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remettre qlq sur pied, emmener qlq partout

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to get sb out and about

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pousser qlq à faire qlq ch

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to prompt sb to do sth

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outré, scandalisé

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outraged

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sortir de ses gonds, tempêter, fulminer

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to thunder that

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une femme facile, de petite vertu

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loose women

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un effort physique

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exertion

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nuire à

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cause harm to sb

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surpeuplé

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overcrowded

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un building, un immeuble à appartement

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a tenement

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faire la navette vers un endroit

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to commute in

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faire pression pour, faire du lobbying en faveur de

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to lobby for sth

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lisse

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smooth

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ouvrir la voie à

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to pave the way for sth

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relancer l’économie

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to invigorate the economy

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passer à quelque chose

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to move on to sth

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tourner autour du pot

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a roundabout way, to beat around the bush

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obtenir ce qu’on veut

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to get one’s own way

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changer son fusil d’épaule

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to change one’s way

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connaître la maison

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to know one’s way around

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faire tout son possible

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to go out of one’s way

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gravir les échellons

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to work one’s way up to

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lâcher prise à propos de quelque chose

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to give way on sth