David Lessons Flashcards

1
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d’oú

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hence

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un rideau

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a shutter, curtain

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au sein de

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within

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redoubté

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feared

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une milice

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a militia

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une colonne

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a column

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rester sans suite

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to not result in anything

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une épouse

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a wife

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bien que

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even though

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une prière

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a prayer

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la genèse

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the basis

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un farouche

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a ‘passionate activist’

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un ancêntre

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an ancestor

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refaire le retard

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to catch up

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dépouiller le vote

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to count the vote

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un acmé

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a peak

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un tribu

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a tribe

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une brouille

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a feud

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un deuil

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mourning

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la poussée

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push

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alimenter

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to feed

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parvenir

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to arrive at, reach

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la dérive

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abuse of power

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il aurait dû être

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it should have been

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d’ailleurs

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by the way

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un piège

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a trap

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le bras droit

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the right-hand man

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la feuille de route

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roadmap

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le marchandage

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haggling

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clore

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to end

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31
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amorcer

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to start

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32
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débuter

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to start

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33
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se dérouler

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to unfold

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34
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la boue

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mud

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s’enliser

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to get stuck

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une réussite

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a success

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un échec

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a failure

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échouer à

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to fail

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le beau-frère

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brother-in-law

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rude

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damaging, tough

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imputer

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to blame

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le cerveau

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the brain, mastermind

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renier

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to deny (s.o.)

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44
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nier

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to deny (sth)

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caritatif (ve)

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charitable

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le sang

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blood

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un échantillon

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a sample

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un realisateur

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a director

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mouillé

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wet

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50
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se rendre compte de

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to realise

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51
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un fouet

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whip

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un bail

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a lease

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déménager

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to move out

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emménager

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to move in

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55
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resoudre

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to solve

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enceinte

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pregnant

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un virage

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a U-turn

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épargner

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to save (e.g. money)

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aiguë

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acute

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mèner

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to lead

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tandis que

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whilst

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62
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to be stopped

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buter

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63
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en revanche

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on the other hand

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conformément à

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according to

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néanmois

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nevertheless

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concernant

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concerning

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or

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but

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naufrage

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drowning

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héberger

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to host

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une otage

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a hostage

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aveugle

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blind

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un solde

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a balance (financial)

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un acompte

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a deposit

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être à court de

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to be short of

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faire fallite

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to go bankrupt

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faire face à

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to face up to

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reporter

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to delay

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une écheance

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a deadline

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le sable

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sand

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hormis

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except

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une séquelle

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a vestige, remain

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une racine

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a root

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83
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un coup de pouce

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a ‘leg up’

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éparpiller

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to spread

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parier

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to bet

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un essor

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boost

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déclancher

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to trigger

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refluer

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to decrease

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en fonction de

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according to

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90
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depuis peu

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recently

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poupin

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childlike

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l’amertume

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sorrow, sadness

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décrocher

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to unhook; obtain

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trancher avec

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to contrast with

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un main-d’oeuvre

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a workforce

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une pénurie de

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a lack of

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97
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mettre un terme à

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to put an end to

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tiré par

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driven by

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une vitrine

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a shop window

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à peine

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barely

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une maison d’edition

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a publishing house

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enchaîner

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to do back to back

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103
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entamer

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to break down, diminish

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104
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‘la monnaie sonnante et trébuchante’

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’ cold, hard cash’

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un creancier

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a lender

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106
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ne… guère…

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not really, hardly

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107
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renchérir

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to add (speaking)

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108
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beau avoir

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despite the fact that

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109
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affoler

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to panic

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un coussin

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a cushion

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armortisseur

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suspension

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l’État-providence

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welfare state

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parier sur

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to bet on

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114
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indolore

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painless

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accuiellant

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welcoming

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reperer

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to spot, locate

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un fossé

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a gap

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un lueur

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a glow

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une pile

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a battery

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une pièce

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a room

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121
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étouffant

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suffocating

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un écran

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a screen

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bourrer

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to stuff, fill

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s’attarder sur

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to take time over

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un meutrier

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a murderer

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bouleversé

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shaken

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taquin

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teasing

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ceint de

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surrounded by

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129
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un coin

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a corner

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une voiture piégée

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a car bomb

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rebrousser chemin

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to go backwards, regress

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le cobaye

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a ‘guinea pig’ (test)

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un double tranchant

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‘a double-edged sword’

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une planche

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a board

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un trou

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a hole, gap

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combler

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to fill in, make up for

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la sagesse

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wisdom

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138
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n’avoir plus guère

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not to have as much

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brandir

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to brandish, wave

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140
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‘écarter du revers de la main’

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‘to brush away’

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141
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un toit

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a roof

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142
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un découvert

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an overdraft

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143
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un relevé bancaire

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a bank statement

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144
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un compte bancaire

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a bank account

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un virement

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a money transfer

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146
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virer sur

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to transfer to

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147
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une devise

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a foreign currency

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un jour férié

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a bank holiday

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149
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sous-sol

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underground

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150
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dégainer

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to draw, unsheath (weapon)

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s’appuyer sur

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to lean on

152
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viser à

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to aim to

153
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assiéger

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to lay seige to

154
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un soulèvement

A

an uprising

155
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la chantage

A

blackmail

156
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acheminer

A

to convey, deliver

157
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ensevelir

A

to bury

158
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agir

A

to act

159
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‘par les fourches caudines’

A

‘through the gauntlet’

160
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au grand dam de

A

to the great disappointment of

161
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s’affranchir de

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to overcome, get free from

162
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l’aval

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agreement, approval

163
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une cargaison

A

cargo

164
Q

déplaire

A

to displease

165
Q

un sursaut

A

a start

166
Q

congédir

A

to dismiss

167
Q

‘faire bouger les choses’

A

‘to make things happen’

168
Q

la montée

A

the rise

169
Q

un créneau horaire

A

a time slot

170
Q

déboucher

A

to unblock, uncork

171
Q

déboucher sur

A

to lead to

172
Q

une brume

A

a mist, fog

173
Q

reprendre

A

to retake

174
Q

une rive

A

a riverbank

175
Q

un prercée

A

a breakthrough

176
Q

precer

A

to breakthrough

177
Q

prêter à

A

to attribute to

178
Q

la malheur

A

misfortune

179
Q

mêler

A

to mix

180
Q

s’épanouir

A

to blossom

181
Q

errer

A

to wander

182
Q

en ce qui concerne

A

concerning

183
Q

chargé

A

hectic (day, week etc.)

184
Q

mettre en relief

A

to emphasise

185
Q

‘compte tenu de’

A

‘taking into consideration’

186
Q

d’une part… d’une autre part

A

on the one hand… on the other

187
Q

afin de + inf.

A

in order to

188
Q

au demeurant

A

‘by the way’, moreover

189
Q

confus

A

embarrassed

190
Q

désorienté

A

confused

191
Q

achever

A

to finish; put down (animal)

192
Q

l’achèvement

A

completion

193
Q

se debarrasser de

A

to get rid of

194
Q

s’enfonçer

A

to go deep, penetrate

195
Q

la lisière

A

the edge

196
Q

un carré

A

a square

197
Q

‘la nuit d’encre’

A

‘the pitch black night’

198
Q

un éclat

A

a fragment, splinter

199
Q

le bassin

A

pelvis

200
Q

le sillage

A

wake, footsteps, trail

201
Q

l’épaule

A

shoulder

202
Q

‘plein à craquer’

A

‘filled to bursting’

203
Q

‘comble de’

A

‘the height of’

204
Q

la réfection

A

rennovation, repair

205
Q

debordé

A

hectic, very busy

206
Q

le secours

A

help

207
Q

une carence

A

a deficiency, lack

208
Q

ecrasant

A

overwhelming, crushing

209
Q

colmater

A

to plug, fill in

210
Q

s’écouler

A

to flow; pass by (time)

211
Q

soulager

A

to relieve

212
Q

le bilan

A

balance sheet; cost (of suffering)

213
Q

clos

A

closed, shut

214
Q

la pommette

A

cheekbone

215
Q

le dépit

A

spite, anger, bitterness

216
Q

emmener q.n.

A

to take s.o.

217
Q

quérir

A

to ask for

218
Q

les soins

A

care, treatment

219
Q

prendre soin de

A

to take care of

220
Q

la grogne

A

discontent

221
Q

hurler

A

to scream

222
Q

claudiquer

A

to limp

223
Q

digne

A

worthy, dignified

224
Q

gronder

A

to scold, tell off

225
Q

le charivari

A

commotion, pandemonium

226
Q

amer

A

bitter

227
Q

‘revenir sur ses pas’

A

‘to retrace one’s steps’

228
Q

échapper à

A

to escape from

229
Q

bercer

A

to rock

230
Q

un balançoire

A

a swing

231
Q

vide

A

empty

232
Q

se faufiler entre

A

to sneak between

233
Q

accrochér

A

to hang, hook

234
Q

la renommée

A

fame

235
Q

un matelas

A

a mattress

236
Q

le sol

A

the ground

237
Q

un tapis

A

a carpet

238
Q

un drap

A

a sheet

239
Q

dejouer

A

to evade, avoid

240
Q

la Cisjordanie

A

the West Bank

241
Q

une clôture

A

a fence

242
Q

rouiller

A

to rust

243
Q

les brousailles

A

scrub, brushwood

244
Q

un bélier

A

a ram

245
Q

détenir

A

to hold, own

246
Q

un brancard

A

a stretcher

247
Q

crispé

A

tense

248
Q

une foule

A

a crowd

249
Q

pianoter

A

to drum one’s fingers, tap

250
Q

le clavier

A

the keyboard

251
Q

prier de

A

to ask to

252
Q

les obsèques

A

the funeral

253
Q

décrier

A

to criticise, decry

254
Q

un tayau

A

a pipe

255
Q

un engin

A

a device, machine

256
Q

un blindé

A

a tank

257
Q

livrer

A

to deliver, hand over

258
Q

auparavant

A

previously

259
Q

epauler

A

to support

260
Q

s’efforcer de

A

to strive to, endeavour to

261
Q

ravitailler

A

to resupply

262
Q

Qu’en pensez-vous?

A

What do you think about this?

263
Q

un chameau

A

a camel

264
Q

Qu’en ditez-vous?

A

What do you say to that?

265
Q

sur le plan politique

A

on a political level

266
Q

un mensonage

A

a lie

267
Q

même si

A

even if

268
Q

deviner

A

to guess

269
Q

brouillé

A

blurred

270
Q

moucheté

A

mottled, speckled

271
Q

meridional

A

southern

272
Q

une branchage

A

pile of branchs

273
Q

hérissé

A

bristling

274
Q

une mitrailleuse

A

a machine gun

275
Q

une bâche

A

a tarpauline

276
Q

cinglé

A

crazy; battered

277
Q

un maillon

A

a link

278
Q

un char

A

a tank

279
Q

un creux

A

a hollow

280
Q

une feuille

A

a leaf

281
Q

une panache

A

a plume

282
Q

balayer

A

to sweep away

283
Q

une bourrasque

A

a gust

284
Q

être censé +INF

A

to be supposed to

285
Q

à defaut de

A

failing…

286
Q

s’adosser à

A

to lean on

287
Q

désormais

A

from now on

288
Q

acculé

A

cornered

289
Q

s’échapper

A

to flee

290
Q

surplomber

A

to overlook

291
Q

se rendre

A

to surrunder

292
Q

le bout

A

the end

293
Q

une remoqueur

A

a tugboat

294
Q

un enjeu

A

a stake; issue

295
Q

l’amertume

A

bitterness

296
Q

Qu’avez bous en tête?

A

What do you have in mind?

297
Q

Puis-je suggérer quelque chose?

A

May I suggest something?

298
Q

avoit tort

A

to be wrong

299
Q

avoir raison

A

to be right

300
Q

être en désaccord avec

A

to disagree with

301
Q

émettre

A

to express

302
Q

l’ampleur

A

the importance

303
Q

un menton

A

a chin

304
Q

une pièce (de tèatre)

A

a play

305
Q

agréer

A

to receive, accept

306
Q

prétendre

A

to allege

307
Q

alléger

A

to lighten

308
Q

faire une demande

A

to apply

309
Q

poser la candidature pour

A

to apply for (job)

310
Q

encadrer

A

to supervise, limit

311
Q

une grève

A

a strike

312
Q

dilapider

A

to squander

313
Q

les notes frais

A

expenses

314
Q

douteux

A

dodgy, doubtful

315
Q

rentable

A

profitable

316
Q

insolvable

A

insolvent

317
Q

un neveu

A

a nephew

318
Q

une tâche

A

a task

319
Q

repartir

A

to divide, split up

320
Q

nul

A

incompetent

321
Q

une dépense

A

an expenditure

322
Q

péricliter

A

to collapse

323
Q

suffire

A

to be enough

324
Q

s’occuper de

A

to take care of

325
Q

délocaliser

A

to outsource

326
Q

les raills

A

the lines, train tracks

327
Q

recenser

A

to count, number

328
Q

abriter

A

to house, shelter

329
Q

convoquer

A

to summon

330
Q

en panne

A

stuck, broken down

331
Q

un mouchoir

A

a tissue, handkerchief

332
Q

huer

A

to boo

333
Q

un daim

A

a deer

334
Q

un loup

A

a wolf

335
Q

advenir

A

to happen, take place

336
Q

vraisemblablement

A

probably, most likely

337
Q

outre-Manche

A

England, ‘over the Channel’

338
Q

aboutir à

A

to result in, lead to

339
Q

une donnée

A

a fact

340
Q

s’effondre

A

to collapse

341
Q

monter en flèche

A

to skyrocket

342
Q

chambouler

A

to shake up, upset, mess up

343
Q

busculer

A

to switch

344
Q

empêcher

A

to prevent

345
Q

une envie

A

a desire, wish

346
Q

endiguer

A

to stop, block

347
Q

‘jouer leur va-tout’

A

‘to play their last card’

348
Q

‘faire la part du feu’

A

‘to put out the flames’

349
Q

la marasme

A

stagnation

350
Q

prendre le chemin

A

to take the path

351
Q

‘ubuesque’

A

ridiculous, outrageous

352
Q

une fusion

A

a merger

353
Q

une absorption

A

a takeover, acquisition

354
Q

s’emparer

A

to take

355
Q

s’ingérer dans

A

to interfere in

356
Q

pser

A

to dare

357
Q

s’insurger contre

A

to fight against

358
Q

demeurer

A

to stay, remain

359
Q

fulgarant

A

lightening quick

360
Q

se tarisser

A

to dry up

361
Q

conforter

A

to strengthen

362
Q

traquer

A

to hunt down

363
Q

un abus

A

a shell

364
Q

accaprer

A

to monopolise

365
Q

aux abois

A

beleaguered, desperate

366
Q

‘pris en tenailles’

A

‘caught in the pincers’

367
Q

un chrétien

A

a christian

368
Q

fer de lance

A

spearhead

369
Q

briser

A

to break, shatter

370
Q

l’effroi

A

terror, despair

371
Q

un cessez le feu

A

a ceasefire

372
Q

un clairon

A

a bugle, trumpet

373
Q

un comptoir

A

a desk, office

374
Q

un affidé

A

a supporter, affiliate

375
Q

noyer

A

to flood, drown

376
Q

le ressentiment

A

resentment