Cours 2 Flashcards by Astrid Bvt

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Indemniser

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To compensate

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Hériter

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To inherit, vt

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Contourner

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To circumvent

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Reprendre

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To take over

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Citoyen de second-rang

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Second-tiers citizens

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Un critère

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A criterion

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Plus large

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Wider

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Se débarrasser de

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To get rid of

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Une vocation

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A calling

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Connaître une ascension sociale

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To climb the social ladder

- To experience (upward) social mobility

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Presser

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squeeze

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Les cris de joie et les larmes

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Cheers and sobs

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Avoir les meilleurs arguments

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To have the better of the argument

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Régulièrement

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Steadily

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Arrondissement

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Borough

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Élargir

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To expand

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D’une part, d’autre part

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For one thing, for another thing

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Tenir beaucoup à qqchose

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To be keen on something

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Être rejetté

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To be turned down

- to be rejected

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Collègue

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Fellow

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Aspirer à

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To yearn for

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Avancer, progresser dans quelque chose

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To get ahead

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Un bambin

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A toddler

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Frais

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Fee

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Obligatoire

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Compulsory

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Trier, sélectionner

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Screen

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Bourse d’études

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Scholarship

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Un classement

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A ranking

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Classer

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To rank

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Se classer

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To rank

Ex: I ranked second in the race

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Expliquer clairement

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To spell out

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Un héritier, une héritière

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An heir, an heiress

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Hériter de l’argent

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To inherit money

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Mettre de l’argent hors de portée du fisc

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To place money outside the reaches of the IRS

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Le problème en jeu

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The issue at stake

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Façonner, orienter les débats

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To shape debates

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Donner (de l’argent, des biens, sans contrepartie), faire don de

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To donate

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Une donation

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A donation

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Optimisation fiscale

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Tax optimisation

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Mettre en danger

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To jeopardize

Ex: to jeopardize democracy

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L’oeuvre charitative

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Charity (faux-ami)

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Déclarer ses impôts

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To file one’s taxes

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Être en bourse

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To be publicly traded

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Manquer d’argent

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to want money

- to lack money

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Général, global

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Comprehensive (faux-ami)

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Bénéficier aux riches

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To benefit the rich

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Héritage spirituel

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Legacy

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Héritage financier

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Inheritance

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Reculer

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Recede

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Plus loin

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Further

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inoffensif

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harmless

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partout dans le monde

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throughout the world

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débordés/submergé par

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overwhelmed with

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feuilleton, série

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serial

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simplement, uniquement, seulement

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merely

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disparaître

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to die out

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subtile

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subtle

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déclencher

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to trigger

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un défit de taille

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a tall order

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dans l’intérêt de

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for the sake of something

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paradis fiscal

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fiscal haven

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un bienfait, une bénédiction

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a blessing