Feuille 7 Flashcards

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Un roturier

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A commoner

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Piller, saccager

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To loot

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Tenter sa chance

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To try one’s luck

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Poignarder

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To stab

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Fétide

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Foul

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S’attaquer à

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To take on

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D’une humeur de chien

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Like a bear with a sore head

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Poussé par

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To spur

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Échauffourées

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Clashes

Skirmishes

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Un détroit, une situation difficile

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A strait

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Les élus locaux

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The city fathers

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Conseil municipal

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The city council

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Les arrivants

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Newcomers

Incommers

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Nouveau record

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A broken record

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En un temps record

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In record time

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Refléter

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To mirror

To reflect

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Être attirer par

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To be attracted to
To be drawn to
To be pulled to

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Des taudis

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Slums

Hovels

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Un bidonville

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Shanty town

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Sordide

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Squalid

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Être blotti les uns contre les autres

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Huddled together

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Campement insalubre

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Insalubrious camps

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Des relents de scandales

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It smacks of scandal

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Un associé

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Associate

Partner

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Ne pas avoir l’air suicidaire

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Do not look suicide prone

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Les retombées

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Fallout

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Se réjouir

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To gloat over

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Carrément

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Downright

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Déloger

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Dislodge

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Être miné par

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To be riven by

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Tireur d’élite

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A sharpeshooter

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Un bon tireur

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A good shot

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Prendre au piège

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To ensnare

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S’embraser

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To flare up

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Le Pas-de-calais

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The straits of Dover

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Aller au barreau

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To go to the Bar

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Une mort délibérée

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Self-inflicted death

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Expérimenté, chevronné

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Seasoned

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Faire beaucoup de victimes

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To claim lives

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La poule aux œufs d’or

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The golden goose

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Un beignet

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A doughnut

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Une émission de télé

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A program

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Une émission de gaz

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An emision

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Le bipartisme

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A two-party system

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Le président sortant

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The incumbent president