Deck 2 Flashcards

1
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le négoce

A

commerce

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2
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un coup fourré

A

dirty trick

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3
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mettre sur la touche

A

to be sidelined

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4
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depuis que

A

ever since
now that

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5
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enjoindre

A

to enjoin
recommend insistently

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6
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etre tout ouïe

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to be all ears

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7
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marchander

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to haggle

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8
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délaisser

A

to abandon
lose interest

to neglect

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9
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un ressort

A

spring
impulse
area of competence

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10
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la créance

A

debt

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11
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être de parole

A

to be on parole

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12
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revendiquer

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to claim

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13
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fricoter

A

to cook up
have a liaison

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14
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perdurer

A

to continue
last

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15
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sustenter

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to sustain

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16
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un lanceur d’alerte

A

whistleblower

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17
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en catimini

A

on the sly

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18
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un overdose

A

overdose

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19
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mitigera

A

to mitigate

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20
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mitigé (adj)

A

halfhearted

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21
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exténuer

A

to exhaust

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22
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un fourneau

A

furnace
pipe bowl
stove

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23
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se mettre aux fourneaux

A

to get back to one’s chores

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24
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extrapoler

A

to extrapolate

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25
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la cata

A

disaster

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26
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faucher

A

to mow
flatten

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27
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débouler

A

to charge down
descend

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28
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donné (adj)

A

inexpensive

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29
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d’antan

A

of old

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30
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colmater

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to plug

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31
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à foison

A

aplenty

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32
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à la baisse

A

decreased state

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33
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en sous-effectif

A

understaffed

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34
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collaborer avec

A

to collaborate with

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35
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une aile

A

wing (of bird, plane, building)

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36
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une sonde

A

sonde
probe

tube (catheter, feeding tube…)

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37
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détaler

A

to dash off

38
Q

quoique

A

although

39
Q

soudoyer

A

to bribe

40
Q

le pifometre

A

intuition

41
Q

une escarre

A

bedsore

42
Q

mailler

A

to mesh

43
Q

limoger

A

to dismiss

44
Q

décérébrer

A

to decerebrate (remove the brain)

45
Q

une escarcelle

A

purse

46
Q

mirifique (adj)

A

fabulous

47
Q

les starting-blocks

A

starting blocks

48
Q

caler

A

to wedge
set up

49
Q

un caillot

A

clot

50
Q

bichonner

A

to pamper

51
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subtiliser

A

to steal

52
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quitte à

A

even if

53
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invendu (adj)

A

unsold

54
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narrer

A

to relate

55
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spartiate (adj)

A

Spartan

56
Q

la cécité

A

blindness

57
Q

un/une pèquenaud

A

country bumpkin

58
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folâtre

A

to frolic

59
Q

graver

A

to engrave

60
Q

les gravats (mp)

A

rubble

61
Q

un plâtre

A

plaster cast

62
Q

confidentiel (adj)

A

secret

63
Q

cuisant (adj)

A

bitter
burning

64
Q

à tout rompre

A

wildly

65
Q

d’appoint

A

extra
auxiliary

66
Q

un barnum

A

racket
marquee

67
Q

dévouer

A

to devote

68
Q

consigner

A

to consign
write down

69
Q

gruger

A

to dupe

70
Q

un giron

A

lap

71
Q

pervertir

A

to corrupt

72
Q

refourguer

A

pass on
unload

73
Q

en despote

A

as a despot

74
Q

dorloter

A

to pamper

75
Q

découcher

A

to spend the night away from home

76
Q

une exaction

A

extortion
atrocity
barbarism

77
Q

la rafle

A

raid
round-up

78
Q

le trépas

A

demise

79
Q

inexploitable (adj)

A

unworkable

80
Q

rétribuer

A

to remunerate

81
Q

une manne

A

windfall

82
Q

écran (adj)

A

shielding

83
Q

l’estocade (f)

A

death blow
fatal sword thrust

84
Q

une greluche

A

woman

85
Q

ébahir

A

to dumbfound

86
Q

un ponte

A

big shot
punter

87
Q

une casse

A

scrap yard

88
Q

une escale

A

stop over

89
Q

s’incruster

A

to tag along

90
Q

enliser
s’enliser

A

to get stuck

91
Q

inaugurer

A

inaugerate
unveil
open

92
Q

se passer à l’aval

A

to go downstream
bypass