Correction CB 1 Flashcards

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1
Q

Route nationale

A

Highway

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Autoroute

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Motorway (BR)

Freeway - expressway (USA)

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Sinueux

Route qui serpente

A

Winding

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4
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Code de la route

A

Highway cod

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5
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Wind

A
Enrouler 
Remonter (mécanisme)
Finir par faire quelque chose : wind up 
Fermer une entreprise : wind up 
Se relaxer : wind
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6
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Brume

A

Mist

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S’étaler

A

Roll in

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A l’aube

A

At dawn

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9
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LE crepuscule

A

Dusk

Twilight

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10
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Jonché

Recouvert de

A

Stewn

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11
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Comment as tu pu arriver si bas ?

A

How could You sink so low ?

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12
Q

Ça passe ou ça casse

A

It’s sink or swim

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13
Q

Il se dégarni

A

His hair is receding

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Se retirer

S’éloigner

A

To recede from

To move away

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15
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Enfouir

Enfoncer

A

Sink

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16
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Immense

A

Vast

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17
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Nègre

A

A ghost writer

To ghost write

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18
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Poser une bombe

A

Plant a bomb

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19
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Graine/grain pépin

Semance

A

Seed

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20
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Ensemencer

A

To seed

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21
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Cimetiere

A

Graveyard

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22
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Tout au long de la vie

A

From the cradle to the grave

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23
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Lièvre

A

Hare

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24
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Bec de lièvre

A

A harelipped ghost

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25
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Anguille sous roche

A

To smell a rat

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26
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LES années folles

A

The roaring twenties

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27
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Faire une affaire en or

A

To do a roaring trade

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28
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Se noyer

A

To drown

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29
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Barboter

Patauger

A

Wade into

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30
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Allumer

A

Light lit lit

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31
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Doré

A

Golden
Gilded
Gilt

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32
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Plaqué or

A

Gold plated

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33
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Éclairer

Expliquer

A

Enlighten

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34
Q

Siècle des lumières

A

The Enlightenment

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35
Q

Alléger
Éclaircir une pièce
Illuminer
Détendre l’atmosphère

A

To lighten

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36
Q

Briquet

A

Lighter

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37
Q

En avoir assez

A

To be done with sthg
To be fed up with
To be sick and tires of
To have had enough of

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38
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Commerciaux

A

Marketer

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39
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Commerçant

A

Shopkeeper

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40
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Ragots

A

Gossip

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41
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Sale gueule

A

An ugly mug/faces
Nasty looking
Ugly looking

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42
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Avoir le begin pour

A

To have the crush on smdy

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43
Q

Concasser

Écraser

A

To crush

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44
Q

Cendrier

A

Ashtray

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45
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Cendres

A

Ash

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46
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Plateau

A

Tray

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47
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Percuter

Avoir un accident

A

To crash

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48
Q

Scratch

A

Se gratter

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49
Q

Tirer

A

Draw

Pull

50
Q

Clope

A

Cig(gie)

51
Q

Tirer sur une cigarette

A

To take a puff on

To puff on

52
Q

Que je ne lui connaissais pas

A

I didn’t know was hers

I didn’t know she belongs

53
Q

Débarrasser la table

A

Clear the table

54
Q

Aimer le mieux faire

A

To like doing best

55
Q

Contrejour

A

Backlight

56
Q

Collier

A

Necklace

57
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Refléter

Capter les reflets

A

Reflect

Catch the raise of light

58
Q

Insectes grouillants

A

Creepy?crawlies

59
Q

Disputes

A

Row (aw)

60
Q

L’aviron

A

Rowing

61
Q

À la suite

D’affilé

A

5 days in a row

62
Q

Scarabée

A

Beetle

63
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Fondre

A

Melt

64
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Mélanger

A

Blend

65
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Remuer

A

Stir

66
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Provoquer attiser uun débat

Faire sensation

A

Stir up trouble

To cause a stir

67
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Semer la pagaille

A

Stir things up (négatif)

68
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Faire bouger les choses

A

To shake things up

Positif

69
Q

Un morceau de sucre

A

À lump of sugar

70
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Avoir une boule dans la gorge

A

To have a lump in One’s throat

71
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Légèrement

A

Lightly

72
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Sur le côté

A

On one side

73
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Réfléchir profondément

A

To ponder over

74
Q

Gratter une allumette

A

strike a match

75
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Vapoter

A

Vape ecigarettes

76
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Un berger

A

Sheperd

77
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Prairie

A

Meadow

Pasture

78
Q

Pendant ce temps

A

Meanwhile

79
Q

Australie en mode coloqual

A

Down under

80
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Être déterminé (mauvais sens)

A

To be bent on sthg

81
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Vert difficulté situation

A

Plight

82
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Soulager

A

Alleviate

83
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Faire de quelque chose un point d’honneur

A

To make a point of doing sthg

84
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Traiter examiner un dossier, une candidature

A

To process an application

85
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Sordide

A

Squalid

86
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Moisissure

A

Mold

87
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Impitoyable

Insensible

A

Callous

88
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Durs épreuves

A

Severe ordeals

89
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Encourager

A

Foster

Promote

90
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Alimenter

A

Fuel

91
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Apporter de l’eau au moulin

A

To add grist to smdy’s mill

92
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Réprimandé

A

Lambast

93
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Absurde

Grotesque

A

Preposterous

94
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Suivre évolution

Suivre ce sûil se passe

A

Move with the Times

95
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Absurde insensé

A

Nonsensical

96
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Grave aigu

A

Acute

97
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Dénoncer quelqu’un

A

To expose sbdy as

98
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Amèrement

Farouchement

A

Bitterly

Fiercely

99
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Sévir

Prendre des mesures coercitives

A

Crack down on

100
Q

Être éligible pour

A

To qualify

To be eligible for

101
Q

Flagrant

Éhonté

A

Blatant

102
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Soulager

A

Alleviate

103
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Être intraitable

A

To be adamant

104
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Détresse

A

Plight

105
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Être dans l’incertitude

A

To be in limbo

106
Q

Dans l’attente de

A

Pending + nom

While waiting for something

107
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Infliger

Imposer

A

Mete out

Inflict …on

108
Q

Endiguer

A

Stem

109
Q

Ancre enraciné

A

Ingrained

110
Q

Être de connivence

Complice

A

To collude with smdy

111
Q

Très tenace
Inexorable
Borné

A

Obdurate

Blinker

112
Q

Et pire encore

A

Even worse

113
Q

Refuser à quelqu’un le droit de

A

To deny somebody the right to do sthg

114
Q

Ne voit pas le mal dans

A

It sees nothing wrong with

115
Q

Déshonneur

A

Disgrace

116
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Assumer ses responsabilités

A

To face up to

117
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Sévir

A

To be rife

118
Q

Ferme

A

Hardline

119
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À peine

A

Hardly

Scarcely

120
Q

Travailler durement

A

Hard

121
Q

En fin de compte

A

At the end of the day

Pas neutre !!!