Genral Vocabulary Flashcards

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Incitations

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Inventives

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Doubler

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To double

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Moitié

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Half

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Habitants

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Inhabitants

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A peu près

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Roughly

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Soudain

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Sudden

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People who are travelling to/for work

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Commuters

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Sécheresse

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Drought

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Assez (enough)

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Sufficient

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Les travailleurs sont en grève

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The workers are on strike

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Être pressé

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Be in a hurry

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12
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Volontairement

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On purpose

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Il y a 2 millions de chômeurs

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There are 2 million out of work

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À l’heure / avant l’heure

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On time / in time

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Intimidant / décourageant

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Daunting

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Être déterminé

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To be resolute / to be bend on

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17
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Cambriolage

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Burglary

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18
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Un coupable

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A culprit

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19
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Un potentiel…

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A would be…

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20
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À la pointe / première ligne

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Frontline

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21
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Dépasser

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Outnumber / outpace

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22
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Soudoyer / un pot de vin

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To bribe / a bribe

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Être plus malin / plus intelligent

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Outsmart

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Se débarrasser de

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To get rid of

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Dénoncer
To expose
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Rendement / rapporter, produire
Yield / to yield
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Saper / ébranler
To undermine
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Rapport
Account
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Épais
Thick
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Être noté
To be graded
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Proche de
Near to
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À l'intérieur des terres
Deep inside the land
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Sévère
Harsh
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Partialité, préjugé / influencer
Bias / to bias
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Doux / modéré
Mild (ex : mild winter)
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Annuler
To call off
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Admirer / respecter qqun
To look up to sb
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Fiable
Reliable
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Avoir un effet négatif sur
To impinge on
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Présence / en présence de
Attendance / in attendance of
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La participation / participer
The attendance / to attend
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Un cours ( 3 mots)
A course / a class / a subject (=une matière)
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Préparer qqch
Tu run up smth
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Un serment
An oath
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Principal / traditionnel
Mainstream
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Nourrir
To nuture / to feed
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Foule
Crowd
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Mensonge
Falsehood
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Fléau
Scourge
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Faire cesser quelque chose
To squeeze smthg = to stop it from happening
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Ancré
Ingrained / entrenched
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Précurseur
Forerunner
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Provoquer / causer
To stir
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Imprudent
Reckless
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Durée / longueur
Length
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Le dossier
The record / file
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Suivre le pas
To keep the Pace
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Abandonné / en piteux état / falling appart
Derelict
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Athlétisme
Track and field
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Exhausteur de saveur
Flavour enhancer
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Minutieux / très détaillé
Thorough
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Réprimer (start dealing with smthg much more strictly)
To crack down on
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Passer au premier plan (ex : un débat)
To come to the fore
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Remettre en question
To call into question
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Assister / constater
To witness
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Bien être
Welfare
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Lourd
Heavy
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Alimenter
To fuel
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Fierté
Pride
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Incendie criminel
Arson
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Criminel
Perpetrator
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Omniprésence
Ubiquity
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Remarquable / en suspens ou non résolu (ex : pbm)
Outstanding
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Appareil
Device
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Épuisant
Gruelling
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Peu peuplé
Sparsely populated
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Deux fois plus
Twice as many
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Corvée
Chore (pronounce tch)
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Obstacle / difficulté
Hurdle
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Déclencher / provoquer
To trigger
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Démantèlement
Dismantling
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Nuire / causer des dommages
To take a toll on
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Prospérer / se développer
To thrive
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Empêcher
To prevent
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Plus loin
Further afield
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Mentionné
Muted / mentionned
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S'inscrire
To enroll
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Améliorer / augmenter
Enhance
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Caractéristique
Feature
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Quelqu'un qui ne boit pas d'alcool
Teetotaller
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Réduire
To cut down
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Éliminer
To cut out
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Saignant
Rare
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Temps libre
Spare time
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S'abstenir
To refrain
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Être perplexe / pas très bien comprendre
To be puzzled
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Très insuffisant
Far too short
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Ennemis
Foes
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Raisonnable
Sensible / reasonable
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Au début
At the onset
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Soutenir / affirmer
To contend
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Au hasard
At random / by chance
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0
Love / naught
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Lancer, initier, déclencher
To launch
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Breveté
Patended
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Stupéfait / abasourdi
Stunned
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Desagreable / mauvais
Nasty
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Victimes
Casualties
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Fonctionnaire
Official
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Douane
Customs
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Laïque
Secular
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Bizarrerie
Oddity
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Injustifié / excessif
Undue
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En fonction de (graphiques)
As a function of time
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Comme pourcentage du budget
As a per cent of the budget
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Inconvénient
Drowback
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Moyen
Means (of transport) / way
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De pire en pire
From bad to worse
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Personal opinion (3)
It seems to me that / i cannot deny that / I am convinced that
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Ce fait est prouvé par...
This fact is evidenced/endorsed/ supported by
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Point de vue général
It is generally thought that / a popular belief is that / a common opinion is that
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Généralité
Generally speaking / on the whole (dans l'ensemble)
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Conclusion
To summarise / overall /taking everything into consideration
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Négliger
Neglect
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Par mon expérience de tout les jours, je peux dire...
From my everyday experience I can claim that
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Enrichissant / gratifiant
Rewarding
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Langue maternelle
Mother tongue
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