Chapter 15 Flashcards

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Hip hip hip hourra

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Hip hip hip hooray

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Prendre part à, participer à

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To partake in

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Émancipation

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Empowerment

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Dépendre de

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To hinge on

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Illumination, soudaine révélation, fulguration

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Epiphany

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Mercerie
Rayon pour hommes
Magasin de vêtements pour hommes

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Haberdashery

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Ronchon, quelqu’un de négatif, défaitiste

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Naysayer

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Ressaisis-toi, reprends-toi

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Get a grip

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Allusions ostensibles à des gens connus

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Name-dropping

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En montée, qui monte, plus haut

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Uphill

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Ardu, pénible, rude

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Uphill

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Bleu (novice)

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Rookie

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Capacités scéniques

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Stagecraft

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Burin

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Chisel

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Paperasserie

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Red tape

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Frotter, brosser, récurer

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To scrub

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Bon décrassage

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Good scrub

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Saut à l’élastique

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Bungee jumping

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Partir du principe que

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To assume

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Mettre en désordre, en pagaille

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To clutter

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Directeur financier

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CFO = Chief Financial Officer

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Directeur Général

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CEO = Chief Executive Officer

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Loquace

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Talkative

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Franc parler

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Straight talking, outspokenness

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Écraser un mégot
To grind out a stub of cigarette
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Servir, pondre, resservir
To grind out
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Peaufiner
To refine
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Projet, plan, bleu (plan architecte)
Blueprint
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Faire l'idiot, l'imbécile, l'andouille
To fool around
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Querelle, dispute, conflit, lutte
Strife
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Espérance de vie
Life expectancy
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Vocation
Calling
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Insultes
Name-calling
33
Légende, sous-titre
Caption
34
Film parlant
Talkie
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Dingue, fou-fou, farfelu
Wacky
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Indice, piste, astuce, truc
Hint
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Façonner
To inform
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Rediffusion
Rerun
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Arranger, imaginer, inventer, planifier
To contrive
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Jugeote
Savvy, street smarts
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Qui s'y connaît (en)
Savvy, -savvy
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Fil de coton
Cotton thread
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Lien
Common thread
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Qui s'achève à chaque épisode
Episodic
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Qui continue d'épisode en épisode
Serialized
46
Simple, franc, direct
Straightforward
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Déclenchement
Outbreak
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Excentrique
Outlandish, eccentric
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Du jour au lendemain
Overnight
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Dans la nuit
Overnight
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D'une nuit
Overnight
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En 24 h
Overnight
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Instantané
Overnight
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Rester soi-même
To keep it real
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Rester en tête
To keep a leg up
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Tenir une promesse
To keep a promise
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Se tenir au courant de
To keep abreast of
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Rester à distance
To keep back
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Empêcher de s'approcher
To keep back
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Fers
Shackles
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Pronostic (méd.)
Prognosis
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Offrande, sacrifice
Offering
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Charabia
Gobbledygook
64
Couvre-feu
Curfew
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Parent proche
Next of kin
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Concis, incisif, lapidaire
Pithy
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Saleté, crasse, cochonnerie
Filth
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Parc d'attractions, parc de loisirs
Amusement park
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Nombril
Navel
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Nombrilisme
Navel-gazing
71
Échoué, bloqué
Stranded
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Aborder, se présenter
To come up (to)
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Répandu, généralisé Omniprésent, Envahissant, pénétrant
Pervasive
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En son nom
On his behalf
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Phosphorescent
Glow-in-the-dark
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Bonne mine
Healthy glow
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Être rayonnant
To glow
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Arriver à quelqu'un
To befall sbdy
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Menus détails
Minutiae
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Deuil
Bereavement
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Retourner, mettre à l'envers | Tournebouler, bouleverser, chambouler
To upend
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Incursion, tentative, essai | Incursion, razzia
Foray
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Porteur d'un message de vie
Life-affirming
84
Gâcher
To mar
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Indigent, sans ressource, démuni
Destitute
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Tomber par hasard sur quelque chose
To stumble across
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Mastodonte, monstre, géant, créature gigantesque
Behemoth
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Admirer
To look up to
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Pur, simple
Sheer
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À pic, abrupt
Sheer
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Démarrer à la manivelle
To crank
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Gros morceau, grosse tranche
Chunk
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Mijoter, faire mijoter
To simmer
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Robuste, solide, résistant
Rugged
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Rude, accidenté
Rugged
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Confus, embrouillé
Muddy
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Boueux
Muddy
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Ultra moderne
Newfangled
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Dans un état de délabrement avancé
In disrepair
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Se préparer, s'équiper pour
To gear up for
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Levier de vitesse
Gear lever, gear stick, gear shift
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Tenue habillée, tenue de soirée
Party gear
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Lourd, indigeste, écœurant
Stodgy
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Rassembler, regrouper (militaire, berger)
To muster
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Impasse | Confrontation
Stand-off
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Entremetteur, marieur
Matchmaker
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Endormi, drogué, comateux, | Abruti, idiot
Dopey
108
Timide, pudique
Bashful
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Grincheux, ronchon, grognon
Grumpy
110
Trébucher
To stumble
111
Titulaire, en place, en fonction
Incumbent
112
Blême, cendreux
Ashen
113
Déclin
Waning
114
Défraîchi, abîmé, sali
Shopworn