LANG1862 Flashcards by Mathieu Rousseau

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barely

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à peine

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intricate

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compliqué

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landmark

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point de repère

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lingering

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persistant

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phase out

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supprimer graduellement

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prior to

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au préalable

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put forward

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suggérer / mettre en avant

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shortcomings

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lacunes

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sort out

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régler / arranger

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undermine

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saper / ébranler

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unforeseen

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imprévu

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utterly

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totalement

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withstand

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résister à

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unravel

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démêler / déchiffrer

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endeavoured

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s’efforçait

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endeavour

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effort / initiative

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exhibit

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exposer

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outline

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souligner (dans les grandes lignes)

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mitigate

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atténuer

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rule out

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exclure / écarter

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prone to

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sujet à / susceptible de

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scarcely

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à peine

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settle

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régler

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shortage

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pénurie

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tantalising

tentant

address (the problem)

aborder (le problème)

overlooked

négligé

extent

ampleur / étendue

overwhelmingly

massivement

startling

surprenant

dead-end

impasse

merely

simplement

definite (simplicity)

définitive / précise (simplicité)

overlapped

chevauché

striking

frappant / remarquable

entail

involve

discrepancies

disparités / incohérences

peculiar

particulier

pinpoint

épingler / identifier

refine

affiner / améliorer

deplete

épuiser

dry up

s'assécher

shallow

peu profond

sparse

clairsemé

steadily

régulièrement

bogus

fictif

carry out

effectuer

cut back on

faire des économies sur

drifting

à la dérive

glimpse

aperçu

hazard

danger

hindering

faisant obstacle à

wealth

richesse

curb

limiter

reluctance

réticence

build up

s'accumuler

scarcity

rareté

molten

fondu / en fusion

spike

pointe / pic

spawned

(frayé) / donné naissance à

grind

broyer

twisted

tordu

cautioned

avertis

readily

easily

virtually

quasi

blow up

exploser / faire sauter

account for

expliquer

hampered

gêné / entravé

momentous

capitale

offset

contre balancer

swelling

gonflant

coin

inventer

convey

transmettre (un message)

hint

sous-entendre

lend

prêter

squeezed

serré / pressé

keen

enthousiaste

splits out

divise

dubbed

surnomé