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Février 2014 LeMonde Vocab Flashcards

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1
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une sécheresse (nf)

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drought (prone = only 2 syllables)

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une inondation (nf)

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flood

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charrier

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to carry along, to cart

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le lot (nm)

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  1. prize

2. lot, batch

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humain, -e

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human (pron=U-MA)

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prosaïque

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prosaic (pron = pro-zi-eek)

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les dégâts

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damages (think dagobah on pron, x-wing get damaged for definition)

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se défausser

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to discard, to offload a problem

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étrangler

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to strangle (beg. sounds like être)

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peiner

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to struggle, to grieve (prone = like penne pasta)

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assumer

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  1. to assume, to take on

2. to live with it

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un calcul (nm)

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calculation (3 syllables - kal-ko-la)

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glacial, -e

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icy, frosty

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s’abattre

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to come crashing down, to strike

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un archipel (nm)

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archipelago

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détruire

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to destroy

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endommager

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to damage

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coutier, -ière

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broker

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appartenant

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belonging

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pallier

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to make up for, to compensate, to address (prone = pa - yay)

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une déficience

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deficiency (prone = day-fee-see-unce)

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matière

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matter, material (as in subject matter)

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un emprunt

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a loan or bond

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à haut rendement

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high-yield (pron = AH-O-rond-mont)

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percevoir

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  1. to perceive

2. (finance) to receive, to collect

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plantureux, euse

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copious, lavish

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subventionné par l’État

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state-subsidized

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un sinistre (nm)

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disaster, accident

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une gravité (nf)

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  1. seriousness

2. gravity

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une mise (nf)
Ils perdraient leurs mise...
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  1. stake
  2. attire
    They would loose their stake
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retentissant, -e (adj)

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resounding

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connaître (other definition)

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to experience

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un produit dérivé

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a derivative or by-product

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recourir

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to turn to, to appeal to, to resort to

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confier à

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to entrust to

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une matière première

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a commodity

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tout ce qui…

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everything that…

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entourer

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to surround

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le dédommagement (nm)

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compensation

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une prime (nf)

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premium

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s’imbriquer

tout est imbriquer

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to be linked

everything is linked

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épuisement (nm)

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exhaustion, burn-out

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procurer à

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to get for, to bring to, to give to

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se procurer

je me suis procuré le dernier Barron’s

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to get

I got the latest issue of Barron’s

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à bas prix

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low-priced, at a low price, cheap

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le déchet (nm)
déchets animaux
déchets de la production industrielle

A

waste
animal waste
waste of industrial production

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s’opérer (accent switch in conju)

avoir lieu

A

to occur, to take place

to take place

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gestion (nf)

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management

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49
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faire monter

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to make rise (first verb conjugated, second infinitive)

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le coût

A

the cost (last letter silent)

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lequel, laquelle

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which, who

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exercer

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to practice, to exercise, to exert

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53
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une pression (nf)

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pressure

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54
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une pression à la baisse

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downward pressure

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55
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le taux de profit

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profit level

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le taux

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RATE, LEVEL

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un déclencheur

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trigger, release mechanism, catalyst

58
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paraître

il me paraît que..

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to appear, to come out or publish

it seems to me that

59
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une échappatoire (nf)

Kelly doit une échappatoire

A

a way out

60
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mettre en œuvre

A

to implement (pron = silent on o and u between the first e)

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une façon (nf)

A

a way (as in a manner)

62
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titrisation

A

securitization

63
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météorologique

A

meteorological

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créance (nf)

créance douteuse

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debt, claim

bad debt

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échangeable

A

exchangeable

66
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une cotation (nf)

A

quoted value

67
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procéder

A

to proceed, to behave

68
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renouveler

A

to renew

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les aléas (nm)

A

hazards

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advenir

qu’est-il advenu de…?

A

to happen

what happened to

71
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occasionner

A

to cause

72
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dès lor

A

from then on… (seen frequently at beginning of sentence)

73
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de manière à

A

so as to

74
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se déployer

A

to spread, to open out, to deploy

75
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une échelle (nf)

échelle mondiale

A

ladder or scale

world scale

76
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étalement

A

a fan-out, a spreading, a staggering

77
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un prodige (nm or adj)

A

marvel, wonder, prodigy

78
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un fléau (pl = fléaux)

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a scourge or curse

79
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hors norme (adj)

A

exceptional

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le tremblement de terre (nm)

A

earthquake

81
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émettre (same conj. as mettre)

A

to issue, to transmit

82
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un titre (in finance terms)

A

a security

83
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passer sous les fourches caudines (exp)

A
  1. pass under the yoke
  2. grin and bear it
    (I believe the fourches is pron as fourchés)
84
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une agence de notation (nf)

A

rating agency

85
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fluctuer

A

to fluctuate

86
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en fonction de

A

according to

87
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il arrive que (exp)

A

it happens that…

88
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déroulement (nm)

A

progress, sequence of events, development

89
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lors de

A

DURING

90
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une canicule

A

a heat wave, scorching heat

91
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fournir

A

to supply, to provide

92
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une base de données

A

database

93
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ainsi que

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JUST AS

94
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un dispositif (nm)

A

a system

a device

95
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une modélisation

A

modelling

96
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se livrer à

A

to indulge in, to carry out

97
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indemnité (nf)

indemnité de logement

A

compensation, allowance

housing allowance

98
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versé, -e (adj)

les indemnités versées par les assureurs

A

to be well-versed in, filled

filled allowances by the insurers

99
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“Et, par conséquent…” (exp)

A

And, consequently…

100
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** le milieu **

A

** the middle ** or, “background”

101
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souverain, -e (adj)

A

sovereign

102
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se nouer

A

to form, to come together

103
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un déplacement (nm)

“en déplacement”

A

moving, shifting, a trip

“away” or “away on a trip”

104
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s’avérer

“s’avérer faux”

A

to turn out (to be), to prove (to be)

to prove wrong

105
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assurantiel, -le (adj)

A

insurance-related

106
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c’est-à-dire

c’est-à-dire que

A 
that is (to say)…  
meaning that, which means that…
107
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** l’impôt ** (nm)

A

taxes

108
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  • d’autant moins que *

“Ils le seront d’autant moins que le nombre et la puissance de ces cataclysmes augmentent”

A

even less since…

“They will be it even less since the # and the power of these disasters are increasing”

109
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aux abois (exp)
“il était aux abois”
“Pour des gouvernement aux abois”

A
  1. desperate 2. at bay (pron= au-za-bois)
    “he was desperate”
    “For desperate governments…”
110
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un séisme

A

an earthquake

111
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un glissement de terrain

A

landslide

112
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surplomber

A

to overhang; to project over

113
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cerné (verb = cerner)

A

surrounded, ringed

114
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indemniser

indemnité

A

to compensate

compensation

115
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jusqu’a ce que…

jusqu’a ce qu’une série de…

A

until

until a series of…

116
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alors que

A

WHEN / WHERE AS

117
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conséquence

A

consequence

118
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se concrétiser

A

to materialize

119
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inclure
Veuillez inclure une enveloppe timbrée à votre adresse.
J’inclus, tu inclus, il inclut, nous incluons, vous incluez, ils incluent

A

to include or enclose

Please enclose a stamped addressed envelop.

120
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donner lieu à

A

to give rise to

121
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rien que

Autour de la table des négociations, rien que des gens sérieux.

A

ONLY, or JUST

122
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prenante (adj)

A

fascinating

123
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partie prenante

être partie prenante

A

stakeholder

to be actively involved

124
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de même que…

Il est partie prenante, de même que deux cabinet d’avocats

A

AS WELL AS, or JUST AS

He is actively involved as well as two law firms

125
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le seuil (nm)
seuil de la porte
A

threshold (pron = SOY)

doorstep

126
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au-delà (de)

au-delà duquel

A

beyond

beyond which

127
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élaborer

“L’agence de modélisation a élaboré deux modèles.”

A
  1. to elaborate
  2. to work out, to draft
    The modeling agency drafted two models
128
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enregistrer

A 
to record (music, audio)
to register (administration)
to save (on computers), or to note
129
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au cours de

Il est vendu au cours de tournées de promotion

A

DURING!!

It is sold during promotion rounds

130
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tournée (nf)

La facteur commence sa tournée a 7 heures du matin.

A

round

The postman starts his round at 7 in the morning

131
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contractant, -e

courtier contractant

A

contracting party

listing broker

132
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délimiter

A

to delimit

133
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De même

A

LIKEWISE, JUST AS

134
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les critères

A

criteria (plural all the time)

135
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contraignant

A

restricting, or binding (pron = con-train-yont)

136
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les modalités

A

terms or methods

137
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ignorant , e

être ignorant de…

A

ignorant (EE-YOUR-ON)

to be ignorant of something, to be unaware of something

138
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affronter

A

to confront, to face

139
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le flot (nm)

A

tide, stream, or flood

140
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les flots (pl)

A

the waves

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