Chap2 Flashcards by Sarah Cabantous

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To attend

A

Assister à

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To auction off

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Vendre aux enchères

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Available

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Disponible

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To avail oneself of

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Saisir l’occasion

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No avail

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Futile

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Average

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Moyenne

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To be adverse to

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Être contre

Répugner à faire qqchose

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To avert

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Prévenir
Éviter
Détourner

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To avoid

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Éviter

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To award

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Décerner un prix, une bourse

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Aware

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Conscient
Informé
Au courant

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Awareness

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Prise de conscience

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Awe

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Sentiment de respect mêlé de crainte et d’admiration

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Awesome

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Impressionnant

Imposant

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Awful

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Affreux

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Awfully

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Très mal
Terriblement
Extrêmement

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Awkward
Clumsy
Uncomfortable

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Maladroit

Embarrassant

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To go awry

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Aller de travers

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To back

To support

A

Soutenir

Appuyer (candidat, politique)

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To back down

To back out

A

Revenir sur ses engagements

Se dérober

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To back up

A

Faire marche arrière
Soutenir, appuyer, épauler
Sauvegarder

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To backfire

A

Faire un raté
Échouer
Avoir l’effet inverse que prévu

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Background

A

Arrière-plan
Milieu
Documentation, contexte
Expérience

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Backlash

A

Retour de bâton, contrecoup

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Backward

A

En arrière, à la traîne

Retardé, arriéré

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To badger

A

Harceler

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To be baffled

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Être dérouté

Confus

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Bail

A

Caution

Q

A lease

A

Un bail

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To balk

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Hésiter
Résister
Refuser
Regimber

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To ban

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Interdire

Proscrire

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Bane

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Fléau, poison, source d’un mal

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To bank on something

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Compter sur qqch

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To bar

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Exclure

Empêcher

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Bare

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Dénudé
Dépouillé
Révélé

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A bare living

A

A peine de quoi vivre

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Barely
Scarcely
Hardly

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À peine

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Barren

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Stérile, improductif

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To baregain

To haggle

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Marchander

Q

To barter

Swap

A

Faire un échange

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On the basis of

A

À partir de

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Batch

A

Fournée
Lot
Paquet
Tas

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Bundle

A

Paquet ou quantité de choses attachées ensemble

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To bear

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Supporter

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To bear up

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Ne pas se laisser abattre

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Bearable

Unbearable

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Supportable

Insupportable

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Bear in mind

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Ne pas oublier

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To beat

A

Battre
Frapper
Vaincre

Q

Upbeat (mood)

Downbeat (mood)

A

Tendance vers le haut
Tendance vers le bas

Optimiste
Pessimiste

Q

To batter

A

Frapper

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On behalf of

In the name of

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De la part de

Au nom de

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To bestow

A

Accorder

Conférer

Q

To betray

A

Trahir

Révéler

Q

To beware of

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Se méfier

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Bewildered

A

Désorienté

Dérouté