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Fort en version: anglais Flashcards

1
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indeed après un adjectif ou un adverbe précédé de very =

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vraiment très (indeed renforce l’idée de l’adjectif ou de l’adverbe –> he was rich indeed: il était vraiment très riche)

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to prove a point

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démontrer quelque chose

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“much to” suivi d’un nom avec un possessif exprime une notion d’intensité ou de quantité abstraite –> much to my surprise =

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à ma grande surprise

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to top somebody/something

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faire mieux que/coiffer au poteau

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a review

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critique de livre

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I proceeded to make

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je me suis mis à faire (to proceed to do something = se mettre à faire quelque chose)

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7
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a bonfire

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un bûcher

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boisterous (adj)

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tapageur, tumultueux

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9
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annoyance

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contrariété/mécontentement

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hectic (adj)

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trépidant/mouvementé/fiévreux (médecine)

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11
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to seethe

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bouillonner

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12
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self-consciously

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de façon empruntée (= timidement) / volontairement

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blunder

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bévue/gaffe/faute

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14
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stumble

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trébucher

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15
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folks

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les gens

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16
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the silver lining and the cloud

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les bons et les mauvais côtés des choses

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17
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to pound

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battre (le cœur)

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18
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to grow

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devenir (parfois) –> to grow damp = devenir moite)

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19
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the jaw

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la mâchoire

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I fall under the spell

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je tombe sous le charme/on me jette un sort

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21
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to loom

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menacer, se profiler à l’horizon

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22
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to tip the scales

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faire pencher la balance

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23
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ingrained in sby

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enraciné chez quelqu’un (des mauvaises habitudes par ex)

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24
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to gibber

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baragouiner

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25
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tins

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boîtes de conserve

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26
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a sheet

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un drap

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27
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to wallow

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se vautrer (animal ou se vautrer dans le pêché)

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28
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the output

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la production

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29
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another = this + a second one

an other= not this, a different one

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I’d like another bottle, please.

I want an other gift, I don’t like this one.

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30
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zigzaguer

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to zigzag along

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31
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de même que

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as well as

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32
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trouver son chemin/ se retrouver

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to find one’s way

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33
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a feature

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une particularité/une caractéristique

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34
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même en négligeant…

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even not taking account of

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35
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pour une raison ou pour une autre

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somehow

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36
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gaping

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béant, grand ouvert donc to gape = bailler/rester bouche bée

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un tuyau

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a pipe

38
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un destinataire

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an addressee

39
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faire faire

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get sby to do (aussi)

40
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poultry

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la volaille

41
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une terrasse

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a terrace

42
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une balustrade

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a balustrade

43
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un maçon

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a bricklayer

44
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plus souvent

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more often than not

45
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to attain

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atteindre/parvenir à

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en échange de

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in exchange for

47
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bâtir/construire

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to erect

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entreprenant

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enterprising

49
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bord

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side/edge

50
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aligné

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lined up

51
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disponible

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available

52
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au-dessus/ en-dessous

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above/below

53
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se lancer dans (un projet)

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to launch into

54
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le rez-de-chaussée/le premier étage

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the ground floor/the upper floor

55
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être attaché à (sentiment)

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to be attached to

56
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4 km/h

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four kilometres per hour

57
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Le verbe lie,lay,lain est intransitif et le verbe lay,laid,laid est transitif (il demande un complément d’objet)

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She lay motionless on her bed = elle était allongée sur son lit, immobile
The problem lies with society itself = le problème réside dans la société elle-même
to lay the table = mettre le couvert

58
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asseyez-vous donc

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take a seat

59
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cum (préposition)

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used between two nouns to designate an object of a combined nature –> a kitchen-cum-dining room

60
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aller chercher

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to go and fetch

61
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une serviette

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a towel

62
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le regard vide

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to stare blankly

63
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être las de faire quelque chose

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to be weary of doing something

64
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il ne peut pas rester sans rien faire

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he can’t keep still

65
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tenter sa chance

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try one’s luck

66
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les stigmates

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the marks, the scars

67
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il a les traits tirés

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he looks gaunt

68
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to droop

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s’affaisser (corps)

69
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inestimable/très précieux

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invaluable

70
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bâiller

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to yawn

71
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s’évanouir (personne)

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to faint/ to pass out (vanish pour autre chose)

72
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de même

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in the same way/ likewise

73
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faire [quelque chose] avec du retard

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to be tardy in doing [something]

74
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convict

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prisonnier, détenu

75
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amid

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au milieu de

76
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removal

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déménagement/déplacement

77
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ship

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un bateau

78
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le seuil de

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the threshold of

79
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à force de (faire) [quelque chose]

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by dint of (doing) [something]

80
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marchés financiers

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money/capital markets

81
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réduction d’effectif

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downsizing/ streamlining

82
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les métiers de financements et d’investissement

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finance and investment-related jobs

83
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suppression de postes

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job cuts

84
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to stall

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être en perte de vitesse

85
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performant

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performing

86
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s’échapper

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get away with

87
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à l’intérieur de

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within/ inside

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au niveau mondial

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on a word scale

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