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la reticence

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reluctance, hesitation je ne ressens pas de reticence de la part des auteurs francais – I don’t sense any reluctance on behalf of French authors

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le versant

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hillside, mountainside voila succinctement resume un versant de sa nature – there, briefly put, is one side of his nature

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sommaire nadj(f)

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summary, brief, cursory l’examen est certes assez sommaire – the examination is certainly rather cursory

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la provocation

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provocation c’est de la provocation indue, non souhaitable et injustifiee – it’s undeserved, undesirable and unjustified provocation

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prefet nm

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prefect le prefet ne fera rien pour nous – the police commissioner will do nothing for us

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le aval

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downstream, downhill on parle des avantages en aval – we’re talking about downstream benefits

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opposant nadj

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opponent, opposing mais les opposants sont sceptiques – but the opponents are sceptical

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filial adj

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filial; branch office il fallait creer une entreprise filiale – it was necessary to create a subsidiary company

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la controverse

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controversy il y a beaucoup de controverses au sujet des chatiments corporels – there are many

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le gel

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frost, freezing, gel ils ont besoin d’un gel des frais de scolarite – they need a freeze in tuition

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coder v

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to code, encode chaque langue code une culture determinee – each language encodes a particular culture

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contrevenant nadj

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offender, offending cela evite au contrevenant d’aller en prison – this prevents the offender from having to go to prison

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consolider v

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to strengthen, reinforce la societe consolide sa position en matiere de propriete intellectuelle – the company is

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televiser v

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to televise la concurrence des journaux televises est indeniable – competition among TV newscasts is undeniable

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oral nadj

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oral ces histoires constituent le folklore oral moderne – these stories comprise modern oral folklore

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instable adj(f)

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unstable je regardai avec effroi ces etres instables – I watched with fear these unstable beings

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soustraire v

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to substract, remove, shield, escape from nul homme ne peut se soustraire au terme de sa vie – no man can escape from the endpoint of his life

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courbe nadj(f)

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curve, curved la courbe qu’il specifie est une spirale – the curve that it describes is a spiral

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inconscient nadj

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unconscious, thoughtless apres cela, je suis reste inconscient pendant 24 heures – afterwards, I was unconscious for 24 hours

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la equite

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equity, fairly il faudra renforcer l’equite en matiere d’emploi – it will be necessary to strengthen equity in the workplace

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instruire v

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to instruct , teach, educate, inform ils sauront l’instruire sur leurs anciennes pratiques – they know how to teach him their ancient practices

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emerger v

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to emerge, rise up, come out cette facon de penser emerge presque partout – this kind of thinking is emerging almost everywhere

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os nm(pl)

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bone je jette un os a un chien – I toss a bone to a dog

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le sursis nm(pl)

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reprieve, deferment une peine d’emprisonnement avec sursis ne suffirait pas – jail time with remission of sentence would not be enough

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la trahison

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betrayal, treachery, treason c’etait rien, juste une petite trahison – it was nothing, just a little bit of treason

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revers nm(pl)

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back, reverse, setback il y a le revers de la medaille – there is the other side of the coin

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explicitement adv

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explicitly se separer explicitement de l’amour – to separate oneself explicitly from love

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le fantome

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ghost, phantom j’ai encore vu un fantome dans ma maison – I saw a ghost in my house again

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errone adj

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erroneous cette idee est completement erronee – this idea is completely false

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le pasteur

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minister, clergyman, pastor elle aime mieux le pasteur que le Jesuite – she prefers the pastor to the Jesuit

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envoler v

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to fly away, fly off, take off son ame s’envolait, portee par les anges – his soul flew away, carried by the angels

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le serment

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oath, vow tu ne peux pas rompre un serment, c’est sacre – you can’t break an oath – it’s sacred

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voiler v

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to veil les femmes doivent se voiler – women must wear a veil

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sceptique nadj(f)

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sceptical, sceptic le monde scientifique reste en majorite sceptique – the scientific world for the most part remains sceptical

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capter v

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to pick up, capture, tap puis ses yeux capterent un mouvement – then her eyes caught a motion

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detecter v

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to detect les fuites sont difficiles a detecter – leaks are difficult to detect

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le abbe

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abbot, priest je vous presente M. l’abbe – may I introduce the abbey

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le noyer nm

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walnut; to drown, flood, blur, water down tous trois ont peri noyes, prisonniers du vehicule – all three of them drowned, trapped in the vehicle

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prelever v

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to impose, levy, withdraw, remove l’argent est preleve sur les cheques toutes les semaines – money is debited against the checks every week

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leguer v

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to bequeath, hand down, pass on il aurait du me leguer la maison tout entiere – he should have bequeathed me the whole house

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pervers nadj(pl)

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pervert, perverse, perverted vous aimez les trucs pervers, hein? – you like perverted stuff, hey?

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la ignorance

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ignorance tu m’as aime par ignorance! – you loved me out of ignorance!

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grossier adj

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unrefined, crude, coarse, rude, rough excusez-moi. j’ai ete grossier – excuse me. I was rude

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pretendu nadj

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so-called, alleged il est impossible d’accepter cette pretendue reponse – it’s impossible to accept this so-called response

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le sou

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penny ils etaient des refugies sans le sou – they were refugees without a single penny

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convaincant adj

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convincing tu as ete convaincant a la tele aujourd’hui – you were convincing on TV today

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la recession

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recession si on parle de recession, les gens n’achetent plus – if there’s talk of a recession, people will stop buying

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la aptitude

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ability ses aptitudes en mathematiques me desesperent – his aptitude for mathematics left me in despair

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tacher v

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to endeavor tachez donc a faire plus simple – so try to simplify

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minime nadj(f)

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minor, minimal beaucoup de ces differences sont minimes – many of these differences are minimal

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la emeute

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riot, rioting c’etait le point zero des emeutes de Los Angeles – it was ground zero for the Los Angeles riots

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marginal nadj

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marginal j’ai jamais pense que j’etais marginal – I never thought of myself as marginal

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efficacement adv

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efficiently, effectively nous avons toujours travaille efficacement ensemble – we have always worked effectively together

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gras adj(pl)

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fatty, fat, greasy il y a 20 % de matieres grasses dedans – it has a 20% fat content

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le remede

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cure, remedy leur herbier fournit des remedes, des tisanes – the herbalist provides remedies, herbal teas

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le exil

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exile elle mourut dans l’exil, dans la pauvrete – she died in exile, in poverty

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carrement adv

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completely, directly, straight out ici, on passe carrement par-dessus la tete des syndicats – here, frankly, we go over the heads of the unions

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dedier v

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to dedicate ce livre est dedie a ma soeur qui est decedee – this book is dedicated to my sister who passed away

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planer v

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to glide, soar un grand oiseau planait – a large bird was soaring

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precoce adj(f)

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early, precocious nous favorisons la detection precoce et la prevention – we support early detection and

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harceler v

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to harass, plague la police des moeurs harcele encore les jeunes – the vice squad is still harassing the youth

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la indemnisation

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indemnification, compensation jamais une periode d’indemnisation n’a ete aussi longue – no period of compensation has ever been this long

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rapporteur nadj

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telltale, rapporteur je vous en informe comme rapporteur – I’m telling you this as a reporter

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sombrer v

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to darken; to sink, lapse je sombrai dans le chaos – I sank into chaos

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la tristesse

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sadness, gloominess, dreariness je n’ai jamais pris leur tristesse au serieux – I never took their sadness seriously

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le suffrage

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vote le suffrage est le court moment du souverain – the popular vote is the beginning of the end for

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le diable intj,

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devil vous croyez que je suis le diable? – you think I’m the devil?

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souscrire v

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to subscribe elle ne souscrit pas completement a nos principes – she doesn’t altogether subscribe to our principles

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la maree

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tide c’est a maree haute qu’il faut venir – you must come at high tide

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la restauration

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restoration; catering la restauration emploie beaucoup de jeunes – catering employs many young people

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le deploiement

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deployment, spreading, unfurling, display il s’agirait du premier deploiement de missiles sol-air – it would be the first deployment of surface-to-air missiles

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le confrere

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colleague mes confreres de classe ont beneficie de ces bourses – my classmates benefited from those scholarships

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le adieu intj

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goodbye, farewell, adieu je ne t’aime plus. adieu – I don’t love you any more. farewell

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la panne

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breakdown, failure ton telephone est en panne – your telephone doesn’t work

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fonctionnel adj

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functional vous savez, tout est fonctionnel – you know, everything works

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authentique adj(f)

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genuine, authentic mon objectif premier : rester authentique – my main objective: to remain authentic

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la occurrence

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instance, case, occurrence nous pourrions compter sur les doigts de la main les occurrences du mot – we could count on

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fondre v

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to melt, merge quel pudding exquis, il fond dans la bouche – what exquisite pudding–it melts in the mouth

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le echelon

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rung, step, grade, echelon j’ai tente de grimper encore un echelon, pour lui echapper – I tried to crawl up one more rung to escape him

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le apport

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supply, contribution cite-moi un seul apport positif de la technologie – name me one positive contribution from technology

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le heritier

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heir il n’a pas d’heritiers directs – he has no direct heirs

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le fardeau

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burden le gouvernement doit alleger le fardeau des entreprises – the government must lighten the load of companies

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helas intj

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alas helas, je ne pourrai pas – alas, I won’t be able to

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la defaillance

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fault, failure, breakdown, blackout, weakness je connaissais mes defaillances et je les regrettais – I knew my shortcomings and I regretted them

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tardif adj

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late je vous prie d’excuser mon arrivee tardive – I beg you to excuse my late arrival

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transitoire adj(f)

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transient, interim, provisional il y a installe l’administration transitoire – there he set up the transitional administration

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planifier v

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to plan plus nous planifions longtemps d’avance, mieux c’est – the longer ahead we plan, the better

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patte nf

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paw, foot, leg elles marchaient de cote avec des pattes de crabe – they walked sideways crab-style

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eriger v

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to erect, set up Hitler avait erige un vieux symbole hindou – Hitler had erected an ancient Hindu symbol

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bousculer v

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to knock over, knock into je voulais bousculer les habitudes des gens – I wanted to shake up people’s habits

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autrui pro

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others vous ne pouvez pas les louer a autrui – you’re not allowed to rent them to others

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reconduire v

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to renew, drive back je te reconduis a l’aeroport – I’ll drive you back to the airport

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etaler v

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to spread, display, apply j’ai etale mon manteau sur votre lit – I spread out my coat on your bed

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exporter v

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to export le Canada exporte un certain nombre de produits alimentaires – Canada exports some food products

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la joue

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cheek des larmes coulaient sur mes joues, sans arret – tears rolled down my cheeks continually

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subit adj

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sudden une chaleur subite l’envahissait – a sudden heat overcame him

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desesperer v

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to despair il faut desesperer de ce peuple et le subjuguer – you must lose hope in this people and take

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concerter v

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to devise, consult l’occasion de nous concerter avec nos groupes – the chance to consult together in our groups

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le loup

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wolf ce n’etait pas un loup, ce n’en etait que l’ombre – it wasn’t a wolf, just the shadow of one

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flagrant adj

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blatant, glaring c’est une contradiction flagrante – it’s a blatant contradiction

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le soupcon

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suspicion elle l’examina avec soupcon – she examined it with suspicion

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debloquer v

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to free, unfreeze, unjam, release, unblock le premier ministre cherchait sans doute a debloquer le projet – the prime minister clearly sought to unblock the project

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incorporer v

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to incorporate, insert, merge ce texte a ete incorpore eventuellement dans le chapitre – this text was eventually merged into the chapter

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attester v

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to attest, confirm comme l’attesteront les amis qui me connaissent bien – as those friends who know me well will attest

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le poing

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fist, punch je vais t’envoyer mon poing dans la figure! – I’m gonna give you a fist in the mug!

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le suspens nm(pl)

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suspension, abeyance trop de questions vont rester en suspens – too many questions will remain unresolved

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la confession

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confession la confession de mes fautes me permet de recommencer – confessing my faults allows me to start afresh

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le rapprochement

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bringing together, coming closer, parallel nous cherchons un rapprochement entre les deux extremes – we’re seeking a consensus

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alleger v

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to lighten, alleviate, il est temps d’alleger les impots – it’s time to reduce taxes

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le reduit

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reduced, scaled-down, cut-down, tiny room, hideout nous avions une equipe tres reduite – we had a team that had been greatly reduced

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emouvoir v

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to move, touch j’ai ete profondement emu par la ceremonie – I was deeply moved by the ceremony

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la vengeance

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revenge le desir de vengeance est bon pour la sante – the desire for revenge is healthy

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rectifier v

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to rectify, correct nul n’osa l’interrompre pour rectifier – nobody dared interrupt her to correct her

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propager v

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to propagate, spread vous propagez le malheur des gens au monde entier – you’re spreading people’s misery througout the world

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axer v

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to center sa morale privee etait axee sur le culte de la famille – her private morals centered on family worship

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ulterieur adj

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later, subsequent sauvegardez-la pour un traitement ulterieur – save it for subsequent processing

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proner v

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to laud, extol, advocate, commend l’evangile prone la pauvrete – the gospel preaches poverty

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dorenavant adv

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from now on, henceforth j’ecrirai dorenavant sur les deux cotes de la page – from now on I will write on both sides of the page

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le masque

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mask je voudrais voir le visage derriere ce masque – I would like to see the face behind that mask

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masquer v

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to mask, conceal, put on a mask le brouillard descendit des montagnes, masquant le coucher de soleil – the fog rolled down the mountains, masking the sunset

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le char

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Tank j’entends vaguement les chars qui s’approchent – I barely hear the tanks as they approach

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le manifestant

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protester, demonstrator les manifestants ont fait monter la pression – the protesters increased the pressure

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credible adj(f)

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credible notre systeme est credible, reconnu mondialement – our system is credible, recognized worldwide

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la amende

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fine il devra payer l’amende – he’ll have to pay the fine

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le trone

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throne nous sommes des auxiliaires du trone pontifical – we are assistants to the pontifical throne

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precaire adj(f)

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precarious, makeshift le futur de leurs fils devient precaire – their son’s future was becoming precarious

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la audition

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hearing, examination, audition on a assiste aux auditions – we attended the hearings

128
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brandir v

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to brandish, wield, wave il brandit longuement les poings sous l’ovation – he pumped his fists as the crowd cheered

129
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le noyau

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core, nucleus, pit il recracha le noyau d’une olive – he spat out an olive pit

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favori nadj

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favorite le favori a gagne. nous le felicitons – the faorite won. we congratulated him

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effrayer v

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to frighten, scare le futur m’attirait et m’effrayait a la fois – the future both attracted me and scared me

132
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torturer v

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to torture elle m’a torturee mentalement toute l’annee – she tortured me mentally all year long

133
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consultatif adj

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advisory ils seront reduits a un role consultatif – they will be relegated to an advisory role

134
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flou adj

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blurred, fuzzy, vague tout dans la piece lui sembla flou, deforme – everything in the room seemed blurred to him

135
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la boucle

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loop, buckle, curl ils sont si mignons avec leurs boucles blondes – they are so cute with their blond curls

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serreadj,adv

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tight, packed, crowded le budget est serre cette annee – the budget is tight this year

137
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deceder v

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to die, pass away, pass on une vieille dame est decedee pendant qu’elle dormait – an elderly woman died in her sleep

138
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la speculation

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speculation la fievre de la speculation a produit les mariages d’argent – speculation madness led to money marriages

139
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la allocation

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allocation, granting, allotment, allowance il dirigeait l’allocation des ressources – he directed the allocation of resources

140
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la portion

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portion, share les pannes ont frappe de larges portions du sud de Moscou – blackouts hit large portions of southern Moscow

141
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enfuir v

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to run away, flee je voudrais m’enfuir, mais je suis comme paralysee – I wanted to escape but it’s like I’m paralyzed

142
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tailler v

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to cut, carve, engrave, sharpen, trim le resultat fut une cote mal taillee – the result was a badly tailored quote

143
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le quota

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quota il ne peut justifier une hausse des quotas de phoques – he can’t justify raising the seal quota

144
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par-dessus adv

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over elle voulait un enfant par-dessus tout – she wanted a child more than anything

145
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le comte

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county, earldom c’est un des plus beaux comtes au Canada – it’s one of the most beautiful counties in Canada

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explicite adj(f)

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explicitly c’etaient des imperatifs assez explicites – they were rather explicit requirements

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le differend

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disagreement, controversy nous venons de regler le differend qui nous opposait – we have just resolved the disagreement that separated us

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tcheque nadj(f)

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Czech la Republique tcheque est l’une des grandes democraties – the Czech Republic is one of the great democracies

149
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recolter v

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to harvest, gather je recolte en permanence les histoires des gens – I gather for posterity people’s stories

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expose nadj

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account, statement, talk j’en ai parle dans mon expose – I spoke of it in my statement

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divin adj,nm

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divine, heavenly vous etes divine, adorable – you’re divine, adorable

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le hote

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host, guest je sais accueillir mes hotes – I know how to welcome my guests

153
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externe nadj(f)

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external, outer les problemes externes se revelent aussi importants – the external problems prove as

154
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le acheminement

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routing, shipment il aurait organise l’acheminement des explosifs – he allegedly organized the shipment of explosives

155
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la touche

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button, key, touch, touchline elle appuie sur une touche. allo? – she pushes a button. hello?

156
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la envergure

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wingspan, breadth, scope quel projet d’envergure se fait instantanement? – what large-scale project happens in an instant?

157
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apte adj(f)

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capable la France est parfaitement apte a s’adapter – France is perfectly able to adapt

158
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confus adj(pl)

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confused, embarrassed je suis tres confus, je ne sais pas pourquoi – I’m very confused – I don’t know why

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refermer v

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to close again, shut again, close up j’entends la porte se refermer derriere moi – I hear the door close behind me

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rival nadj

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rival ils ne peuvent pas tuer leur rival – they can’t kill their rival

161
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decliner v

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to decline, refuse, turn down vous avez decline notre offre – you have declined our offer

162
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la requete

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request, petition la requete iranienne bloque les negociations – the Iranian request has stalled negotiations

163
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primordial adj

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primordial, basic, vital, primary la citoyennete revet une importance primordiale – citizenship assumes primary importance

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embaucher v

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to hire en onze mois, il a embauche sept personnes – in eleven months he hired seven people

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imiter v

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to imitate j’imitais les gestes de mes voisins – I imitated the gestures of my neghbors

166
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la propagation

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propagation, spreading vous vous acheminez vers une propagation de votre theorie? – you’re making progress

167
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vraisemblablement adv

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most probably les prix resteront vraisemblablement stables – the prices will likely remain stable

168
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arbitraire nadj(f)

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arbitrary la police se livre a des activites arbitraires – the police are prone to arbitrary activities

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le assaut

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assault, attack, bout vous menerez la 1ere vague d’assaut – you will lead the first wave of attack

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contrer v

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to counter heureusement, je sais comment contrer ca – happily, I know how to counter this

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intervenant nadj

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contributor, intervener j’ai ete un intervenant de notre systeme de justice – I was an intervener in our justice system

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releguer v

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to relegate ils sont relegues aux banquettes arrieres – they have been relegated to the back bench

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la assise

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basis, foundation l’equite est l’une des assises fondamentales – equity is one of the fundamental bases

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le banc

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bench, workbench, pew il alla s’asseoir sur le banc – he went to sit on the bench

175
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le carnet

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notebook, notepad j’inscrivais les rendez-vous sur mon carnet – I wrote the meetings in my notebook

176
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tiens nadjpl,intj

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ah, well tiens, je te rends tes 5 livres – here, I’m returning your 5 books

177
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la entendue

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area, expanse, duration, extent, range il fut surpris de l’etendue de son savoir – he was surprised at the extent of her knowledge

178
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la recompense

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reward, award ton courage merite recompense – your courage should be rewarded

179
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la esperance

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hope je pars donc dans l’esperance de vous revoir – so I’m leaving in the hopes of seeing you again

180
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deduire v

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to deduct, deduce, infer, figure out j’en ai deduit de facon certaine que je l’avais perdue – I figured out for sure that I had lost it

181
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encaisser v

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to receive, collect, cash j’encaisserai son cheque dans la matinee – I will cash her check in the morning

182
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le effondrement

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collapse, caving-in, falling-in, breaking-down on va assister a l’effondrement de l’histoire de la finance – we’ll witness a collapse of financial

183
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le neant

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nothingness vous reduisez ma vie a neant – you’re reducing my life to oblivion

184
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le barrage

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barrier, obstruction, dam, roadblock de nombreux barrages ont ete eriges par la police – many barricades were erected by the police

185
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le plancher

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floor il entendit la clef tomber sur le plancher – he heard the key fall onto the floor

186
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la descente

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descent, raid, downward slope le PCF poursuit sa descente aux enfers – the French Communist Party continues its descent into hell

187
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la compassion

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compassion nous avons toujours reagi avec compassion – we have always reacted with compassion

188
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resserrer v

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to tighten up, strengthen nous devrions nous voir plus souvent, resserrer nos relations – we should see each other more often, strengthen our relations

189
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expulser v

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to expel, evict, deport, throw out les policiers l’expulseront legalement de la propriete – the police will evict her legally from the property

190
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le affrontement

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clash, confrontation il y a eu des affrontements dans les rues – there were confrontations in the streets

191
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abstenir v

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to abstain, refrain vous feriez mieux de vous abstenir – you would do better to abstain

192
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le ballon

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ball l’usage de tout autre ballon est strictement interdit – use of any other ball is strictly forbidden

193
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la venue

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coming une grande nouveaute recente est la venue des nouveaux depanneurs – a big recent trend is the arrival of new convenience stores

194
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penible adj(f)

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hard, difficult, painful, tiresome ton incompetence devient extremement penible – your incompetence is becoming extremely bothersome

195
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le cauchemar

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nightmare, bad dream toute cette affaire est un vrai cauchemar – this whole affair is a real nightmare

196
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peupler v

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to populate, inhabit l’enfer est peuple d’anges – hell is populated by angels

197
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le atout

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trump, asset l’Oscar est un atout commercial de calibre mondial – the Oscar is a worldwide commercial asset

198
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le prejuge

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prejudice, bias il est moins facile de desintegrer un prejuge qu’un atome – it’s harder to smash a prejudice than an atom

199
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apaiser v

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to calm, appease, calm down officiellement, les tensions s’apaisent – officially, tensions are cooling

200
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la tribu

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tribe nous sommes une tribu, une communaute – we’re a tribe, a community

most frequent french vocabularies (8 decks)

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