Deck 2 Flashcards by Ken Wodlinger

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influent (adj)

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influential

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le dénouement

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conclusion
finale

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un écrasement

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crushing

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ensevelir

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to bury

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un étalon

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stallion
stud
standard (as in gold standard)

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un redoux

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mild spell (weather)

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la reddition

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surrender

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omnibulé (adj)

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obsessed

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un retournement

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reversal

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un convoi

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convoy
train
heavy truck (eg, semi)

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écourter

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to cut short

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la rougeole

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measles

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l’attente (f)

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wait
expectation

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rabaisser

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to lower
reduce
depreciate

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une excuse

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excuse

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un marchepied

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step
stepping stone

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bouder

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to avoid

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le désistement

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withdrawal
cessation

l’action de désister

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une subvention

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grant
subsidy

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prisé (adj)

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appreciated
enjoyed

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l’initié (m)
l’initiée (f)

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insider trading

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sévir

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to clamp down
become more severe
rage

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un consommateur
une consommatrice

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consumer

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chétif (adj)

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puny
weak

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fictif (adj)

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fictitious
invented

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un créancier
une créancière

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creditor

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terrasser

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to knock down
strike down

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déchanter

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to become disenchanted

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capituler

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to capitulate

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sauter le pas

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move to action
take the plunge

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à la cuillère

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stirred

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réclamer

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to ask insistently

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intimider

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to intimidate

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assiéger

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to besiege

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un breuvage

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in France: brew (derogatory)
in Quebec: beverage

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un liqueur

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in France: an alcoholic drink
in Quebec: soda

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pondérer

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to weight

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invendu (adj)

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unsold

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parer (à, contre)
parer

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to ward off
to adorn

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