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Chapitres 1 - Vocabulary Flashcards

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Boundary

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Limite, frontière

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Ringlet

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Boucle (de cheveu)

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To shrink

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Rétrécir, rapetisser

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my savings have shrunk (away) to nothing

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mes économies ont complètement fondu

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shrine

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Haut lieu, mausolée, tombe

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array

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Ensemble, impressionnant.

a distinguished array of people : une assemblée de gens distingués

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In battle array

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en ordre de bataille

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In close array

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En rang serré

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To overtake

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Dépasser, doubler

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Overtaken by events

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Dépassé par les événements

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Pris de panic

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Overtaken with OR by panic

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Sorely

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Grandement, grièvement

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She will be sorely missed

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Elle nous manquera cruellement

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j’ai été très tenté d’accepter sa proposition

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I was sorely tempted to accept her offer

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Plaie

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Sore

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Saisir quelque chose

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To grasp

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Têtu, obstiné

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Stubborn

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Stubborn

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Têtu, obstiné

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she maintained a stubborn silence

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Elle garda obstinément le silence

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Leapfrog

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Saute mouton

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Débarrasser

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Rid, rid, ridden

you should rid yourself of such illusions!

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Hurdle

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  1. Haie
  2. (figurative) obstacle m
    the next hurdle will be getting funding for the project : la prochaine difficulté sera d’obtenir des fonds pour le projet
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thresold

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seuil,
to cross the thresold : franchir le seuil
We are on the threshold of new discoveries

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bienveillant

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benevolent, kindly

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to share out

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répartir

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springboard

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tremplin

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to deserve

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mériter

the book, though controversial, didn’t deserve to be banned

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dull

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  1. assomant, ennuyeux
  2. Peu intelligent, ralenti. To grow dull : s’affaiblir, décliner
  3. Terne, fade
  4. Maussade (temps)
  5. Sourd étouffé (son)
  6. Abattu (personne)
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Qui vaut la peine

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worthwhile

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mériter

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to deserve

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répartir

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to share out

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Assomant, ennuyeux

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dull

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benevolant

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bienveillant

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Seuil

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Thresold

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Dépasser

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to overtake

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Worthwhile

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Qui vaut la peine

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outing

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Sortie, Excursion

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Faire une sortie

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To go on an outing

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to ease

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calmer, soulager

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Rassurer quelqu’un

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To ease somebody’s mind

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Pousser quelqu’un vers la sortie (figuratif)

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To ease somebody out

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Etre à l’aise

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To be at ease

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Mettre quelqu’un à l’aise

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To put somebody at ease

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To oversee

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Surveiller, contrôler, superviser

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Superviser

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To oversee

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overtimes

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heures supplémentaires

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licencier, congédier

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To dismiss

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Etre licencié

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to be made redundant

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redondant

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redundant

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Une demande d’emploi

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A job application

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Soutien de famille

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Breadwinner

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Grant

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  1. Subvention
  2. Cession (of property)
  3. Concession (of land)
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Se battre, lutter

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To struggle

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Une idée préconçue

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A preconcieved idea

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faint

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faible, léger, sans conviction

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Il n’a pas la moindre chance de gagner

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He hasn’t the faintest chance of winning

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rehearse

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répéter, réciter, énumérer

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Qui connait son rôle parfaitement

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well rehearse

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momentum

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vitesse, élan

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Atteindre sa vitesse de croisière

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to gain momentum

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perdre de la vitesse, s’essouffler

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to lose momentum

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clumsily

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maladroitement, sans tact

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maladroitement

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clumsily

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sans tact

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clumsily

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backlog

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accumulation, arriéré

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Des commandes en souffrance

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a backlog of orders

66
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couch

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canapé

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un canapé

A

a couch

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