Chap 3 Flashcards by Sarah Cabantous

Q

Bias

A

Inclination
Tendance
Parti pris

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Biased

A

Qui n’est pas impartial

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Tendentious

A

Tendancieux

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To bicker
To quibble
To squabble

A

Se chamailler

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To quarrel

A

Se disputer

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Bid/bid or bade/ bidden

Make a bid for

A

Ordonner
Enjoindre
(Faire une offre)

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Takeover bid

A

Offre publique d’achat

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Bill

A

Projet de loi
Facture
Addition
Billet de banque

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To draw up a bill

A

Rédiger un projet de loi

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Billboard

Hoarding (GB)

A

Panneau d’affichage

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To bind

A

Lier

Unir

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To be in a bind

A

Être dans une situation difficile

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Bonds

Ties

A

Liens

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To bond

A

Créer des liens forts

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Bondage

A

Servitude
Esclavage

Bons
Obligations

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To issue a bond

A

Émettre un titre

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Binge
Spree
Fling

A

Faire quelque chose à l’excès

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Bishop

A

Évêque

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Priest

A

Prêtre

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Preacher

Clergyman

A

Pasteur

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Nun

A

Religieuse

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Parish

A

Paroisse

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Rabbi

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Rabbin

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To blackmail

A

Faire du chantage

Q

Blast

A

Explosion

Q

Blast-off

Takeoff

A

Lancement d’un véhicule spatial

Q

Blatant

A

Criant

Flagrant

Q

To blaze

A

Flamber
Flamboyer
S’emporter

Q

To blaze a path, a trail

A

Frayer un chemin, innover

Q

Trailblazing

A

Innovateur

Q

Bleak
Gloomy
Dreary
Dismal

A

Désolé
Désert
Sombre
Peu prometteur

Q

To bleed

A

Saigner

Q

Blood

A

Le sang

Q

Bloodshed

Bloodletting

A

Effusion de sang

Q

To bless

A

Bénir

Q

Blessing

A

Bénédiction

Q

Blessed

A

Bienheureux

Saint

Q

Blesser

A

To wound

Q

Blizzard

A

Tempête de neige

Rafale

Q

Block

A

Bloc

Rues (US)

Q

To block prices

A

Bloquer les prix

Q

Blockade

A

Blocus

Barrage

Q

To blow

A

Souffler

Q

A blow

A

Un coup

Q

Blow-out

Puncture (GB)

A

Éclatement de pneu

Q

Blowback

A

Contre coup

Q

To blow over

A

Calmer

S’apaiser

Q

To bludgeon

A

Matraquer, forcer la main à qqun

Q

Blunder
Error
Mistake

A

Faute

Gaffe

Q

Slip-up

A

Gaffe

Cafouillage

Q

Blunt

A

Émoussé, mal taillé

Être brusque, direct, sans mâcher ses mots (to be outspoken/ to the point)

Q

To blur

A

Brouiller

Estomper

Q

Board

A

Planche
Comité, Conseil
Ouvert, honnête
Systématiquement, à tous les niveaux

Q

To boast

A

Se vanter

Être fier de posséder qqchose

Q

To brag

A

Se targuer

Q

To bode

To portend

A

Présager, augurer, annoncer

Q

To be, get bogged down

A

S’embourber, s’enliser

Q

Bog

A

Marécage