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Concours Blanc ECS2 type BCE Flashcards

1
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I didn’t return safely

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ça ne s’est pas bien passé, l’affaire a mal tourné

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s’engager dans l’armée

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to join the forces

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almost 40 years ago

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il y a près de 40 ans

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annoncer qc à qn

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to tell sb sth

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un comte

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a count

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un jour

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one day

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la voyante

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fortune-teller

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aller +V (ex: aller voir qn)

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to go and +V (ex: to go and see)

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ajouter, préciser

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to add

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aller chercher qn

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to pick sb up / to pick up sb

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faire une fugue / fugueur, qui a fugué (adj)

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to run away (from home) / runaway (ex: his runaway daughter)

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12
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sensible

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sensitive

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sensé, raisonnable

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sensible

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s’évanouir

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to faint

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une sorte de +nom (3)

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a sort of / a kind of / a +nom of some sort

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ouvrir la porte à qn (≈ le laisser entrer)

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to let someone in

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conduire qn (≈mener)

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to lead sb

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très vite, immédiatement (sous un bref délai)

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shortly / very soon / presently

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19
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chez le dentiste (2)

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AT the dentist’s (si j’y suis) / TO the dentist’s (si j’y vais)

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on se serait cru chez le dentiste

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it was like being at the dentist’s / it was as if he was/were at the dentist’s

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se trouver qpart, se retrouver qpart (soi-même)

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to found oneself

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22
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le cabinet

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the office

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23
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la petite

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the little girl / the child

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d’à côté / dans la pièce d’à côté, les voisins d’à côté

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next door / in the room next door, the neighbours next door

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25
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oser faire qc (2)

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to dare do sth (s’emploie comme un modal: he dared not speak) / to dare to do sth (he didn’t dare to speak)

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26
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sans âge

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ageless

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27
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énergique

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dynamic

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28
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rondelet

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plump

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29
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fin, mince (3)

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lean, thin, slim

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élancé, mince

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slender

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31
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vif, rapide

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brisk

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32
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se promener (2)

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to go for a walk / to take a walk

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33
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non loin de

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not far from

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34
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une propriété, un domaine

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a property

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35
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reprendre la parole

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to speak again

36
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la lune, la lumière de la lune

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the moonlight

37
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brillant

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bright

38
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tomber sur qc/qn

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to come upon sth/sb

39
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convaincre qn (par la parole)

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to talk sb into doing sth

40
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mourir de froid

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to freeze to death

41
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se donner la peine de faire qc

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to bother doing sth

42
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rassurer

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to reassure

43
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c’est inutile de faire qc

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there is no need for doing sth

44
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attendre (2)

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to wait for sb/sth / to wait until +CC de temps (to wait until the morning)

45
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le dîner / dîner / au dîner

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the dinner / to have/eat dinner / at Ø dinner

46
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comme (2)

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like (devant un nom) / as (devant une proposition infinitive, ex: as I do)

47
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sortir (2)

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to go out / to leave

48
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la forme (condition physique ou morale) / en grande forme

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the shape / a good/great shape

49
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soupirer

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to sigh

50
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froncer les sourcils

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to frown

51
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de quel droit… ?

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what right do you have to… ?

52
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supposer, se douter

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to imagine

53
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embêter, agacer (≈ irriter)

A

to annoy

54
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c’est moi qui

A

I’m the one who

55
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l’explication (2)

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an explanation (expliquer qc à qn) / an argument (s’expliquer avec qn)

56
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au milieu de la nuit

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IN the middle of the night

57
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un rendez-vous

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a date

58
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la stupéfaction / stupéfait

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astonishment / astonished

59
Q

ce n’est pas son genre

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it is not like him/her

60
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être viré, renvoyé / être licencié

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to be sacked / to be layed-off

61
Q

embaucher

A

to hire

62
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virer

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to fire

63
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licencier (2)

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to lay off / to let sb go

64
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within 18 months (2)

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dans 18 mois (futur) / moins de 18 mois après, en moins de 18 mois (passé)

65
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se déshonorer

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to disgrace oneself

66
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un évêque / un prêtre

A

a bishop / a priest

67
Q

shrill

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aigu, violent, strident

68
Q

strident, aigu, violent

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shrill

69
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être proche de qn ≠ être éloigné de qn

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to be closed to sb ≠ to be far from sb

70
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perturber qc

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to disrupt sth

71
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l’attente (s’attendre à)

A

the expectation

72
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estimer, considérer, prendre en compte que

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to reckon

73
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to reckon

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estimer, prendre en compte, considérer

74
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affronter ≠ se confronter à, faire face à (+ actif) ≠ être confronté à (passif)

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to face sth ≠ to face up to ≠ to be faced with

75
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la raison de / c’est pour cette raison

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the reason FOR / for this/that reason

76
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augmenter (intr et tr)

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to rise (intr) ≠ to raise (tr)

77
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une réduction d’impôt

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a tax cut

78
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une aspiration à

A

an aspiration to

79
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aspirer à (2)

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to aspire to sth/to do sth, to yearn for sth/to do sth

80
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s’intéresser à qc, être intéressé par qc

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to be interested IN (doing sth)

81
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entrer dans (figuratif)

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to enter Ø sth

82
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parvenir à un accord

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to reach an agreement

83
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au niveau, à l’échelle de/+adj

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at the level of (the countries) / at the economic level

84
Q

la société de consommation

A

consumer society

85
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être préoccupé par, inquiet de

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to be preoccupied by / to be worried about/by

86
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se préoccuper, s’inquiéter de

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to worry about

87
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plutôt, assez / absolument (1)

A

quite

Anglais VOC (18 decks)

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