Buzz N8 Flashcards

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Autoritaire

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Bossy

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En avoir assez de

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To be bored with

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Un goulet d’etranglement

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A bottleneck

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Entierement

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From top to bottom

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Le resultat

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The bottom line

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To bottom out

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Toucher son niveau le plus bas

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Demolir un argument

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To knock the bottom out of an argument

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Des limites

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Bounds

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A boundary

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Une frontiere, une limite

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Une crise, une poussée

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A bout

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S’incliner devant l’inevitable/ la majorite

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To bow to the inevitable/ majority

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Bowing to pressure of

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S’inclinant face a la pression de

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Se preparer pour une epreuve

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To brace oneself for

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Assimiler a

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To bracket with

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Etre (rester) entre parenthese

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To be (remain) between brackets

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Brain drain

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La fuite des cerveaux

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Avoir une idee geniale

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To have a brainwave

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Lever le pied

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To release the brakes

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Une breche, un infraction

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A breach

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Rompre l’equilibre ( fragile ) ( entre )

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To break ( upset ) the ( delicate ) balance ( between )

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Le point de rupture

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The breaking-point

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To break into a market

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Penetrer un marché

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Palpitant, magnifique, extraordinaire

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A breathtaking

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A breakthrough

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Une percée, une decouverte capitale

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Corrompre

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To bribe

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Combler un “fossé”

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To bridge (close) a gap

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To bring havoc (to)

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Desorganiser, creer des ravages

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Mettre fin a qqch

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To bring something to an end

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Provoquer un bouleversement

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To bring about an upheaval

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Mettre qqch en lumiere

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To bring something to light

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The brink

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Le bord

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Elargir, s’elarger

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To broaden

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Largement

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Broadly

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Bouger, changer d’avis

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To budge