Deck 2 Flashcards

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le négoce

A

commerce

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2
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un coup fourré

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dirty trick

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3
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mettre sur la touche

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to be sidelined

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4
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depuis que

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ever since
now that

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5
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enjoindre

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to enjoin
recommend insistently

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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

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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

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debt

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11
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être de parole

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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

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to cook up
have a liaison

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14
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perdurer

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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

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whistleblower

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17
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en catimini

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on the sly

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18
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un overdose

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overdose

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19
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mitigera

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to mitigate

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20
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mitigé (adj)

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halfhearted

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21
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exténuer

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to exhaust

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22
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un fourneau

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furnace
pipe bowl
stove

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23
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se mettre aux fourneaux

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to get back to one’s chores

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24
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extrapoler

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to extrapolate

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la cata
disaster
26
faucher
to mow flatten
27
débouler
to charge down descend
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donné (adj)
inexpensive
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d’antan
of old
30
colmater
to plug
31
à foison
aplenty
32
à la baisse
decreased state
33
en sous-effectif
understaffed
34
collaborer avec
to collaborate with
35
une aile
wing (of bird, plane, building)
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une sonde
sonde probe tube (catheter, feeding tube…)
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détaler
to dash off
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quoique
although
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soudoyer
to bribe
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le pifometre
intuition
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une escarre
bedsore
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mailler
to mesh
43
limoger
to dismiss
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décérébrer
to decerebrate (remove the brain)
45
une escarcelle
purse
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mirifique (adj)
fabulous
47
les starting-blocks
starting blocks
48
caler
to wedge set up
49
un caillot
clot
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bichonner
to pamper
51
subtiliser
to steal
52
quitte à
even if
53
invendu (adj)
unsold
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narrer
to relate
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spartiate (adj)
Spartan
56
la cécité
blindness
57
un/une pèquenaud
country bumpkin
58
folâtre
to frolic
59
graver
to engrave
60
les gravats (mp)
rubble
61
un plâtre
plaster cast
62
confidentiel (adj)
secret
63
cuisant (adj)
bitter burning
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à tout rompre
wildly
65
d’appoint
extra auxiliary
66
un barnum
racket marquee
67
dévouer
to devote
68
consigner
to consign write down
69
gruger
to dupe
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un giron
lap
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pervertir
to corrupt
72
refourguer
pass on unload
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en despote
as a despot
74
dorloter
to pamper
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découcher
to spend the night away from home
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une exaction
extortion atrocity barbarism
77
la rafle
raid round-up
78
le trépas
demise
79
inexploitable (adj)
unworkable
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rétribuer
to remunerate
81
une manne
windfall
82
écran (adj)
shielding
83
l’estocade (f)
death blow fatal sword thrust
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une greluche
woman
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ébahir
to dumbfound
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un ponte
big shot punter
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une casse
scrap yard
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une escale
stop over
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s’incruster
to tag along
90
enliser s’enliser
to get stuck
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inaugurer
inaugerate unveil open
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se passer à l’aval
to go downstream bypass