Fifth week Flashcards

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gronder/ réprimander

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to chide

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une corvée

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a chore

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un beau morceau

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chunk

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employé de l’Etat/(haut) fonctionnaire

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(hight) civil servant

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un civil

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a civilian

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revendiquer (un assasinat) / réclamer un droit / détruire

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to claim

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demandeur (prestation social)

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claimant

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déclarer/prétendre que

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to claim that

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désavouer/ nier

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to disclaim

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serrer la vis / freiner (abus)

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to clamp down on

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un durcissement

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a clamp down

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dégager/ nettoyer / disculper

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to clear

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tenir à l’écart de

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to keep clear of

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expliquer / préciser

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to clarify

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boucher / obstruer

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to clog

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claquer

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clout

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avoir de l’influence

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to have clout

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indice

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clue

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charbon

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coal

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mines de charbon

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coal mines

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mineurs

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miners

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fer

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iron

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acier

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steel

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plomb

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lead

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s’effondrer / s’écrouler

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to collapse

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éditorialiste

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columnist

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rubrique/ chronique

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column

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rencontrer quelqu’un par hasard

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to come across

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obtenir par hasard / rendre visite

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to come by

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être l’objet de / subir

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to come in for

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changer d’avis / se laisser persuader

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to come round

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s’en tirer

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to come through

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revenir à / aboutir à

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to come to

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se poser / se soulever

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to come up

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se heurter à

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to come up against

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to come up with

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inventer/ trouver

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être égal à

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to be commensurate with

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commettre

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to commit

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s’engager à faire qch

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to commit oneself to sth

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être engagé

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to be committed to sth

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matière premiere

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commodities

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denrées alimentaires

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foodstuffs

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faire un trajet journalier

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to commute

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train de banlieue

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commuter train

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contraindre / obliger / forcer

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to compel

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compenser

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to compensate for

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faire concurrence à

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to compete with

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passer, faire un concours

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to contest

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se plaindre

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to complain

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obéir à/ se plier à

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to comply with

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ajouter à / aggraver

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to compound

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mélange

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compound

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composant

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component

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remords / scrupule

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compunction

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sans scrupules

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unscrupulous

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cacher / dissimuler

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to conceal

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une préoccupation / une société

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concern

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être préoccupé par

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to be concerned with

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béton / concret

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concrete

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excuser

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to condone

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se faire remarquer

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conspicuous

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circonscription électorale

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constituency

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électorat / électeurs

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electorate

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détruire/dissiper/consumer

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consume

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consumer

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consommateur

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société de consommation

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consumption society

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soutenir que

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to contend that

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faire face à

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to contend with

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adversaire

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contender

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avis/argument

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contention

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inventer / combiner

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to contrive

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artificiel

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contrived

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maitriser/dominer/ surveiller / contrôler

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to control

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commode

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convenient

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commodités

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conveniences

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communiquer/ transporter

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to convey

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tapis roulant

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a conveyor belt

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un moyen de transport

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a means of conveyance

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déclarer coupable

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to convict

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condamnation

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condamnation

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faire face à une difficulté

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to cope with

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cuivre

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copper

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étain

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pewter

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coeur / trognon

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core

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mettre quelqu’un au pied du mur/coincer

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to corner

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accaparer le marché

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to corner the market

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Se détériorer/se décomposer

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To decay

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Tromper

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To deceive

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Trompeur

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Deceptive

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Tromperie

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Deception

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Malhonnête

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Deceit

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Action

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Deed

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Méfait

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Misdeed

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Juger

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To deem

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Désamorcer

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To defuse

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Un fusible

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A fuse

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Retarder

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To delay

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Exiger / revendiquer

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To demand

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Exigeant

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Demanding

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Mort/échec d’un entreprise

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Demise

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Nier / démentir (+ing)

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To deny

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Réduire / épuiser

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To deplete

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Déposer / mettre

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To deposit

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Désapprouver

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To deprecate