Journal'Ease - Week 6 To 10 Flashcards by Hortense Fromaget | Brainscape

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A crop

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Produit agricole, culture, récolte

Bumper crop : une très bonne récolte

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To crop up (problems, issues)

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Surgir

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Crooked

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Tordu, malhonnête

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A crunch

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Un moment critique, de vérité, une crise,

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Cunning

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Rusé / La ruse

Synonyme : Slyness

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To curb

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Réduire, limiter, se restreindre

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Custody

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1) (police) en garde à vue, en détention provisoire
2) garde
Custodians : gardiens

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To cut back

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Réduire (expenses, personnel)

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To slash

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Trancher, couper net

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To dash

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Se précipiter, foncer

2. Lancer violemment

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Our hopes were dashed

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Nos espoirs étaient anéantis

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To daunt

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Intimider, démonter, décourager

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To dazzle

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Eblouir, aveugler

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To decay

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Se détériorer, se décomposer, pourrir

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To deceive

Deceptive advertising

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Tromper

Publicité mensogère

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A misdeed

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Un méfait, un écart de conduite

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To deem

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Juger, décider après reflexion

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To defuse

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Désamorcer (une bombe)

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To delay

A delay

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Retarder

Un retard

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To demand

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Exiger, revendiquer

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Demanding, exacting

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Exigeant

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To deny

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Nier, démentir

Refuser

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To deplete

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Réduire, épuiser

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To deprecate

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Désapprouver

Dénigrer, déprécier

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To deprive

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Priver de

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Derelict

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Abandonné, délaissé

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To despise

Despicable

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Mépriser

Méprisable

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To deter

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Détourner, dissuader

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To devolve

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Transférer, déléguer

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To devote oneself

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Se consacrer à

Être consacré à

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To die down

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Diminuer, s’apaiser

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Dim

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Faible, sombre, vague

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By dint of doing smt

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A force de

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To discard

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Se débarrasser de

Écarter (une idée)

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To disclose smt

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Révéler, porter à la connaissance

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Dismay

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Consternation

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To dismiss

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Renvoyer, licencier

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To be at sb’s disposal

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Être à disposition de qqn

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To disregard

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Ne tenir aucun compte de, négliger

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To distort

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Déformer

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To be dizze

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Être pris de vertige

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To dodge

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Esquiver (taxes, an issue…)

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To be on the dole

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Être au chômage

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To be on the downswing

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Être en baisse

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To draw up

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Elaborer, rédiger

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Dreary

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Sombre, morne, ennuyeux

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A driving necessity

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Un besoin impérieux

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Drudgery

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Travail pénible et ingrat

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To be dubious

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Être douteux

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To dwell on

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S’étendre sur un sujet

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To dwindle (down, away)

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S’affaiblir, diminuer

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To be eager to

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Être désireux de

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To edge forward

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Avancer petit à petit

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To have an edge on sb

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Avoir un avantage sur qn

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Egregious

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Gros, flagrant, choquant (péjoratif)

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To elapse

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S’écouler (time)

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To embezzle

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Escroquer, détourner des fonds

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To embody

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Incarner

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To emphasize

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Souliger, insister sur

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To encroach on

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Empiéter sur

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To endeavor to do sth

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S’efforcer de, s’appliquer à

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To enroll

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S’inscrire, inscrire qqn

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To entail

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Comporter, nécessiter

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To entice

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Séduire, leurrer

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To live on a large estate

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Sur une grosse fortune

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To evict from

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Expulser qqn d’un logement

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To exert pressure, influence on sb

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Exercer une pression, une influence

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Government expenditure

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Dépenses du gouvernement

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To what extent

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Dans quelle mesure

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A fair

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Une foire, exposition

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A fall in prices

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Une chute des prix

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To fall out with

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Se brouiller avec qqn

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To fall short of expectations

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Ne pas atteindre le niveau attendu

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To fall through

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Tomber à l’eau

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A feat

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Un exploit, une prouesse, une réussite

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Fickle

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Changeant, inconstant

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To get into a fix

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Se mettre dans de beaux draps

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To flaunt

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S’étaler, faire étalage de

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To flourish

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Prospérer, être en plein essor

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To flout

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Bafouer

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To foil

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Déjouer, contrecarrer

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To forecast

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Prévoir

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Foremost

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Le plus en vue, le principal

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The forerunner

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Avant-coureur, précurseur

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To forestall

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Empêcher qqc en l’anticipant

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Frantic

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Frénétique, effréné

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Fraught with

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Chargé de (qqc d’indésirable comme danger)

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Frenzy

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Frénésie

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To fret

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Se tracasser, se tourmenter

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To further

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Promouvoir (paix, une cause, …)

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It’s a gamble

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C’est risqué

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Discrepancy

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Divergence