English 5 Flashcards

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1
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tenir à distance, éloigner

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to ward off

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instaurer

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to implement

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démolir

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to pull down

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réhabiliter

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to rehabilitate

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une zone piétonne

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a pedestrian precinct

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une liste électorale

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an electoral roll

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susceptible de + conséquence

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likely to

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rejeter une candidature (pour un travail)

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to turn down an application

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qualifié *2

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qualified skilled

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10
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l’accusé

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the defendant

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porter (conjuguer)

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bear bore born

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s’allonger (conjuguer)

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lie lay lain

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être allongé, poser à plat (conjuguer)

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lay laid laid

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14
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une robe de chambre

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a dressing gown

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un gilet *2

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a waistcoat a vest

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des chaussures de sport

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sneakers

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17
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fermer une veste

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to fasten up a waistcoat

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s’habiller à la dernière mode

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to dress in the latest fashion

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un bracelet

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a bracelet

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20
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des boucles d’oreilles

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earrings noter le double r

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21
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une cane

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a walking stick a cane

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22
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l’automatisation

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automation

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23
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l’industrie informatique

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the computing industry

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facile à utiliser

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user-friendly

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nous vivons dans un monde mû par la technologie

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we live in a technology driven world

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un abonné

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a subscriber

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27
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souffrir d’une maladie

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to suffer from an illness

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28
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une oie (+ pl)

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a goose 2 geese

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29
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la volaille

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poultry

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30
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diminuer fortement

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to plummet

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31
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être obèse

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to be obese

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32
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les boissons gazeuses

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fizzy drinks

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33
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les boissons sucrées

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sugary drinks

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34
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être rejeté par la société

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to be ostracized by society

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35
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être en état de manque

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to go cold turkey

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36
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l’industrie du tabac

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the tobacco industry

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37
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une boite d’allumettes

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a matchbox

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38
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être chauve

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to be bald

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39
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Alzheimer

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Alzheimer’s

40
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une ride

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a wrinkle

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brocoli

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broccoli

42
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harreng

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herring

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maquereau

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mackerel

44
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participer à *2

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to participate in to take part in

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un prétendant, un compétiteur

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a contender

46
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un prestige incalculable

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untold prestige

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dernier cri

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state-of-the-art

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un panneau publicitaire *2

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a billboard, a hoarding

49
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un produit dopant

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a performance-enhancing product/drug

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la masse musculaire

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muscle bulk

51
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l’endurance

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stamina

52
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des accusations de dopage *2

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doping allegations, doping charges

53
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une station balnéaire

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a seaside resort

54
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bronzer

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to sunbathe

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un vacancier

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a holiday-goer

56
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all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

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<3 <3

57
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la forêt tropicale

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the rainforest

58
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irrespirable

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unbreathable

59
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polluer

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to pollute

60
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un égout

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a sewer

61
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un espèce menacée

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an endangered species

62
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l’empreinte écologique

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the carbon footprint

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respectueux de l’environnement

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environmentally-friendly

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biodégradable

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biodegradable

65
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tomber en panne

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to break down

66
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des engagements contraignants

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binding commitments

67
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un critère

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a criterion

68
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la campagne

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the countryside

69
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mariage *2

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marriage wedding noter le double r

70
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adamant

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inflexible, intransigeant

71
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hunched

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courbé

72
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le voyage aller

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the outward journey

73
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un accro à la drogue

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a drug addict

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sans pareil

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second to none

75
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partir de rien

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to start from scratch

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un colosse aux pieds d’argile

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a giant with feet of clay

77
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la RPC

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the PRC people’s rep of China

78
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protectionnisme

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protectionism avec un seul n

79
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faire candidature à l’adhésion à l’UE

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to apply for membership of the EU

80
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le Cachemire

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Kashmir

81
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le Gange

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the Ganges

82
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un usage répandu

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a widespread use

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délocaliser

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to outsource

84
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réaliser une promesse

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to deliver on a promise

85
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sers-toi

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help yourself to et pas with

86
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séance

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session

87
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romancier *2

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novelist novel writer

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peste

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plague

89
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nappe

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tablecloth

90
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pare-brise

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windshield

91
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salle de concert

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concert-hall

92
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douanes

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customs

93
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provoquer la peur *3

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to cause, to inspire, to instill fear

94
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alimenter la peur

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to fuel, to highten fear

95
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frapper (déccliner)

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strike struck struck