Chapter J Flashcards

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En voie de développement

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Developing

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Promoteur (immobilier)

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Developer

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Développé

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Developed

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4
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Personnellement

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Personally

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Proportionnellement

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Proportionally

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De plus, en outre

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Additionally

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Parfois, à l’occasion

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Occasionally

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Au fond

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Basically

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9
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Peu à peu, progressivement

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Gradually

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Théoriquement

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Theoretically

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Totalement

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Totally

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Radicalement

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Radically

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Traditionnellement

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Traditionally

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14
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Économiquement

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Economically

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15
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Finalement, enfin

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Finally

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16
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Paradoxalement

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Paradoxically

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17
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Venir à manquer de qch

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To run out of sth

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18
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Tirer profit de qch

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To cash in on sth

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Se heurter à qch

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To come up against sth

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20
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Céder à qch

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To give in to sth

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21
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Proposer

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To come up with

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22
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Réprimer qch

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To crack down on sth

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23
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Réduire qch

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To cut back on sth

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24
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Abolir qch

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To do away with sth

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Remonter à
To date back to
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Affronter
To face up to sth
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Durcir OU se durcir
To harden
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Amoindrir, diminuer OU s'amoindrir
To lessen
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Redresser OU se redresser
To straighten
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Aggraver, empirer OU s'aggraver, se détériorer
To worsen
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Resserrer OU se resserrer
To tighten
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Relâcher, desserrer OU se relâcher, se desserrer
To slacken
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Affaiblir OU s'affaiblir
To weaken
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Raccourcir
To shorten
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Élargir
To widen, to broaden
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Avouer
To confess
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Discuper, innocenter
To exonerate
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Revendiquer, exiger
To demand
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Blesser
To injure
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Reprendre
To resume
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Approuver, autoriser
To sanction
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Entamer la procédure d'impeachment contre
To impeach
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Muter
To transfer
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Expulser
To deport
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Réagir
To respond
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CIA
Central intelligence agency
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FBI
Federal bureau of investigation
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DEA
Drug enforcement administration
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FDA
Food and drug administration
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SEC
Securities and exchange commission
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IRS
Internal revenue service
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Annonce
Announcement
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Évaluation
Assessment
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Déclaration
Statement
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Emprisonnement
Imprisonment
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Versement (bancaire)
Instalment
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Dotation, fondation
Endowment
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Empiètement
Encroachment, infringement
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Participation, implication
Involvement
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Conditions de logement
Housing conditions
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Langue de travail
Working language
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Zone fumeurs
Smoking area
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Inculper qn pour meurtre, accuser quelqu'un de meurtre
To charge sb with murder
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Faire payer un droit d'entrée à qn
To charge sb an entrance fee
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Réclamer des dommages et intérêts
To claim damages
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Revendiquer (un attentat)
To claim responsibility for sth
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Être favorable à une solution
To favour one solution (over another)
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Favoriser un groupe de personnes
To favour a group of people
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Essayer de faire quelque chose
To try to do sth
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Juger un suspect
To try a suspect in a court
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Abuser de son pouvoir
To abuse one's power
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Faire subir des abus sexuels à qn
To abuse sb sexually
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Produire des résultats
To yield results
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Céder à des pressions
To yield to pressure
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Interroger un suspect
To question a suspect
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Contester, mettre en doute une décision
To question a decision
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S'intituler
To be entitled
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Avoir droit à qch
To be entitled to sth
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Présenter une émission à la télé
To introduce a show on TV
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Instaurer des quotas
To introduce quotas
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Vérifier les papiers (d'identité) de qn
To check sb's ID
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Enrayer une épidémie
To check an epidemic
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Développement
Development