Dérivation Flashcards by Erin L

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Avoir de l’esprit

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To be witty

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Aussi rusé qu’un renard

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As sky as a fox

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Trop mettre de parfum

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To overdo the perfume

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Adjoint

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Deputy

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Avantage

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Benefit

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Mal à l’aise

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Ill-at-ease

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Une polémique

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A controversy

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En continue/cours

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Ongoing

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Insurmontable

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Uphill

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Trop en faire

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To overdo

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Cela causera ta perte

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That’ll be your undoing

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Inspirant

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Uplifting

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Sureffectif

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Overmanned

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Le précurseur

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Forerunner

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Un aïeul

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A forefather

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Prévoir

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To forecast

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Un homme averti en vaut deux

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Forewarned is forearmed

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Être plus performant

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To outperform
To outdo
To outstrip

Q

Surcharger

Submerger

A

Overwhelm

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Faire payer … de trop

A

To be overcharged ….

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En faire trop

A

To overrate

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La célébrité

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Stardom

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Multipliée par 10

A

Increase tenfold

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Un retraité

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A retiree

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Double

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Twofold

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Chance

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Likelihood

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Selon toute vraisemblance

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In all likelihood…

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Plein de culpabilité

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Guiltladen

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Éphémère/ de courte durée

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To be short-lived

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Beaucoup de volonté

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Strong-minded

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Contre toute attente

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Against all odds

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Une vingtaine

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Twenty-odd

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Être conscient des dangers de la rue

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To be street-wise

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Ne pas savoir traiter ….

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Mishandle

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Sangloter

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To sob

Q

Sans retenue

A

Unrestrainedly