Chapter 38 Flashcards by Hervé GAUTHIER | Brainscape

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Malheur, infortune, souci

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Woe

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Malheur à toi

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Woe betide you

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Pauvre de moi

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Woe is me

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Jeune prodige

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Wunderkind

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Loupe

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Magnifying glass

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Louper (rater)

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To mess up, to screw up, to flunk

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Rappel au règlement (mise au point)

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Point of order

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Céder (passage, parole) - produire (agriculture)

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To yield

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Faire feu

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To fire away

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Info, tuyau

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Heads-up

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Poignée de porte

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Doorknob

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Concierge, gardien

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Janitor

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Sans circonstance atténuante - véritable, pur, total

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Unmitigated

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(S’)atténuer, (se) réduire

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To mitigate

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Possibilité infime

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Remote possibility

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Draguer, faire du rentre dedans

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To hit on

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Entrailles

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Loins

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Tache de rousseur

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Freckle

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Lumière vive, éblouissante, aveuglante

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Glare

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Passade

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Fling

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Courant d’air

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Draft

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Cracher

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To spit out

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Piètre, bidon, boiteux, foireux

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Lame

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Improviser

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To wing

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Chercher la petit bête

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To nitpick

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Ruse et tromperie

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Trickery and deceit

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Mot barré

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Struck-out word

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Ne pas avoir ce qu’on voulait, ne pas décrocher

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To strike out

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Je ne suis pas d’accord

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I beg to differ

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Céder (capituler)

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To knuckle under

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Grand max

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Tops

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Entendement

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Ken

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(Laissé) sans surveillance

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Unattended

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Casser,annuler, abroger, rescinder

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To rescind