Correction CB 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Route nationale

A

Highway

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2
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Autoroute

A

Motorway (BR)

Freeway - expressway (USA)

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3
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Sinueux

Route qui serpente

A

Winding

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4
Q

Code de la route

A

Highway cod

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5
Q

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
Q

Brume

A

Mist

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7
Q

S’étaler

A

Roll in

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8
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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
Q

Jonché

Recouvert de

A

Stewn

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11
Q

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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14
Q

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
Q

Immense

A

Vast

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17
Q

Nègre

A

A ghost writer

To ghost write

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18
Q

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
Q

Ensemencer

A

To seed

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21
Q

Cimetiere

A

Graveyard

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22
Q

Tout au long de la vie

A

From the cradle to the grave

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23
Q

Lièvre

A

Hare

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24
Q

Bec de lièvre

A

A harelipped ghost

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25
Q

Anguille sous roche

A

To smell a rat

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26
Q

LES années folles

A

The roaring twenties

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27
Q

Faire une affaire en or

A

To do a roaring trade

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28
Q

Se noyer

A

To drown

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29
Q

Barboter

Patauger

A

Wade into

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30
Q

Allumer

A

Light lit lit

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31
Q

Doré

A

Golden
Gilded
Gilt

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32
Q

Plaqué or

A

Gold plated

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33
Q

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
Q

Commerciaux

A

Marketer

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39
Q

Commerçant

A

Shopkeeper

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40
Q

Ragots

A

Gossip

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41
Q

Sale gueule

A

An ugly mug/faces
Nasty looking
Ugly looking

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42
Q

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
Q

Cendres

A

Ash

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46
Q

Plateau

A

Tray

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47
Q

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
Q

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
Q

Fondre

A

Melt

64
Q

Mélanger

A

Blend

65
Q

Remuer

A

Stir

66
Q

Provoquer attiser uun débat

Faire sensation

A

Stir up trouble

To cause a stir

67
Q

Semer la pagaille

A

Stir things up (négatif)

68
Q

Faire bouger les choses

A

To shake things up

Positif

69
Q

Un morceau de sucre

A

À lump of sugar

70
Q

Avoir une boule dans la gorge

A

To have a lump in One’s throat

71
Q

Légèrement

A

Lightly

72
Q

Sur le côté

A

On one side

73
Q

Réfléchir profondément

A

To ponder over

74
Q

Gratter une allumette

A

strike a match

75
Q

Vapoter

A

Vape ecigarettes

76
Q

Un berger

A

Sheperd

77
Q

Prairie

A

Meadow

Pasture

78
Q

Pendant ce temps

A

Meanwhile

79
Q

Australie en mode coloqual

A

Down under

80
Q

Être déterminé (mauvais sens)

A

To be bent on sthg

81
Q

Vert difficulté situation

A

Plight

82
Q

Soulager

A

Alleviate

83
Q

Faire de quelque chose un point d’honneur

A

To make a point of doing sthg

84
Q

Traiter examiner un dossier, une candidature

A

To process an application

85
Q

Sordide

A

Squalid

86
Q

Moisissure

A

Mold

87
Q

Impitoyable

Insensible

A

Callous

88
Q

Durs épreuves

A

Severe ordeals

89
Q

Encourager

A

Foster

Promote

90
Q

Alimenter

A

Fuel

91
Q

Apporter de l’eau au moulin

A

To add grist to smdy’s mill

92
Q

Réprimandé

A

Lambast

93
Q

Absurde

Grotesque

A

Preposterous

94
Q

Suivre évolution

Suivre ce sûil se passe

A

Move with the Times

95
Q

Absurde insensé

A

Nonsensical

96
Q

Grave aigu

A

Acute

97
Q

Dénoncer quelqu’un

A

To expose sbdy as

98
Q

Amèrement

Farouchement

A

Bitterly

Fiercely

99
Q

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
Q

Soulager

A

Alleviate

103
Q

Être intraitable

A

To be adamant

104
Q

Détresse

A

Plight

105
Q

Être dans l’incertitude

A

To be in limbo

106
Q

Dans l’attente de

A

Pending + nom

While waiting for something

107
Q

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
Q

Assumer ses responsabilités

A

To face up to

117
Q

Sévir

A

To be rife

118
Q

Ferme

A

Hardline

119
Q

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 !!!