Common article vocab Flashcards

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1
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to be supposed to do something

A

être censé faire qqch

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2
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assessment

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le bilan

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3
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partnership

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un binôme

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4
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to dispatch

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dépêcher

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5
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to be about to do something

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s’apprêter à faire qqch

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6
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to maintain/look after

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entretenir

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7
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at half-mast

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en berne

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8
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town councillor

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un édile

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9
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to split

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se cliver

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10
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curfew

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couvre-feu

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11
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The European-Algerians who fled to France

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les pieds-noirs

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12
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Muslim Algerian loyalists who served in France army during Algerian war

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les Harkis

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13
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au ras de

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level with

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14
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un boulet

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cannonball

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15
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loophole/flaw

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une faille

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16
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lovely/rousing

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entraînant

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17
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to get a move on

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se magner

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18
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claim to be

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se vouloir

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19
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excessiveness

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la démesure

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20
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ages ago

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depuis les lustres

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21
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gaping

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béant

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22
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to have at your disposal

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disposer de

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23
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a regime

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le régime (m)

24
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manifesto

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le manifeste

25
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constituency

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la circonscription

26
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the vote

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le vote (m)

27
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a procedure/pathway

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une filière

28
Q

to get on with something

A

s’atteler à qch

29
Q

to advise

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préconiser

30
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certifying/establishing

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constatant

31
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to alienate

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se mettre à dos

32
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outrageousness

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une outrance

33
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louvoyer

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to stagger/take a roundabout route

34
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to refer to sthg/take something back

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renvoyer à qqch

35
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to attribute/award

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décerner

36
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underlying/concealed

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latent

37
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side-lining

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mise à l’écart

38
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opposite

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ci-contre

39
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resort/solution/aid

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le recours

40
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instaurer

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to establish

41
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beforehand/in advance

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en amont

42
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long-standing

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de longue date

43
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a saying

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un adage

44
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entamé

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under way/started

45
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rayonner

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to shine

46
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égrener

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to list

47
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adosser

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to lean against

48
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déferler

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break, crash, erupt

49
Q

benefits

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allocations

50
Q

la rixe

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fight

51
Q

saper qn

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to undermine someone

52
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la concurrence

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competition

53
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déchaîner

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to unleash

54
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réprimer

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to repress

55
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accabler

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to oppress/ to overwhelm

56
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prôner

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to advocate