Le Monde vocab: medical marijuana Flashcards

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Jar

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Un bocal, des bocaux

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To meet the requirements, and therefore be eligible

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Être admissible

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To be eligible for something

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Avoir droit à

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To take note of

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Prendre acte de

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To crack down on

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Sévir contre

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On the expense account

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Sur la note de frais

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Law enforcement

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Les forces de l’ordre

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To take first action, to prepatory action

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Prendre les devants

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To take advance measures, to strike first

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Prendre les devants

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There are more … than

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Il y a d’avantage de … que

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Official report

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Le compte rendu

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To meet a deadline

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Tenir un délai

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To put down

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Déposer

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To file

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Déposer

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A complaint

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Une plainte

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In light of

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Vu

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Intended, outcome

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Visé

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Highlighted by

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Visé par

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Intentions, aims

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Les visées

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To reproach somebody for

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Reprocher à quelqu’un de faire quelquechose

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Planned for

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Prévu pour

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Deficiency

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La carence

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Manipulative

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De la manipulation

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An affair

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Un liaison

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To swear blind

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Jurer ses grands dieux

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To break the rules, skip over, flout

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Franchir

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To bring all your influence to bear on sth

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Peser de tout son poids sur qch

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As long as

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Dans la mesure où

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The taxpayer

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Le contribuable

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To lean sth up against sth

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Adosser quelquechose à quelquechose

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Branch, chain store

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La succursale, Le magasin à succursales

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Threshold

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Le seuil

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To reach an agreement

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Aboutir à un accord

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Close friends

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Les proches

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Media coverage

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Le reportage

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Reason to rejoice

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La matière à se réjouir

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Held hostage

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Retenu en ôtage

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To seize, take hold of

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S’emparer de

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To get high

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Se défoncer

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Worthy of

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Digne de

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To lack

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Faire defaut à quelqu’un (“Ce n’est pas son intelligence qui lui fait defaut”)

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To contradict

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Contredire

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To go bankrupt

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Faire faillite

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To get around

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Contourner

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The lesser evil

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Le choix du moindre mal

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Doomed to fail

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Voué à l’échec

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To x’s benefit, advantage

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Au profit de

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To turn out to be, to prove (wrong, valuable etc.)

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S’avérer

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The collapse

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L’effondrement

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To have somebody believe

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Vouloir le faire croire (je voudrais le faire croire)

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To let someone know

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Faire part à quelqu’un de (“On lui en a fait part”)

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Catalyst

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Un catalyseur

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Tiny, minuscule

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Infime

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To link up, to join

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Relier

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Way, route

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La voie

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An inn

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Un relais

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To be x wide

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Faire de x largeur

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To stretch, be the length of

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S’étirer

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The recovery

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La guérison

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To run the length of

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Longer

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Motive

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Le motif

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Maintenance, upkeep

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L’entretien

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Lifespan

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La durante de vie

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To give an interview

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Accorder un entretien à quelqu’un

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A sample

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Un échantillon

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At random, unpredictable, uncertain

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Aléatoire

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To go into a shop, library, etc.

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Se rendre dans

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To copy from

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Copier sur

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Commendable, praiseworthy

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Louable

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To covet

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Convoiter

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Driving test

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L’examen de permis de conduire

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Corridor

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Le corridor

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To go off on a tangent

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Partir dans une digression

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To exceed, surpass

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Dépasser

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To catch up

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Rattrapper son retard

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Far from it

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Loin de là

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The latest fad

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La dernière lubie

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To scorn, be contemptuous of

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Mépriser

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Horror movie

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film d’horreur

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Slope, gradient (literal or figurative)

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La pente

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Hardly

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Guère

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Haunted house

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La maison hantée

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Notice, detect, spot, mark

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Repérer

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Count, tally, tell

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Dénombrer

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To be on a slippery slope

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Être sur la mauvaise piste

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The shape of, x-shaped

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En forme de x

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An instance

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Une reprise de

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To be taken aback

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Être interloqué

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Out of the ordinary

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Hors du commun

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The lack

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Le manque

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Survival

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La survie

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Flaw, fault

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La faille

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Of your own volition

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De votre plein gré

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Facial features

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Les traits

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To twist, deform, wring

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Tordre

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Spearheaded

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Piloter

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A wish, desire

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La volonté

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To take off, gain momentum

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Prendre son envol

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Lease

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Un bail

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Without reservation, without question

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Sans aucune réserve

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Sheltered from, protected from

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À l’abri de

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To restore one’s image

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Redorer son blason (regild one’s coat of arms)

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At your convenience

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Quand cela vous convient

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Allocated to

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Alloué à

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The take-off, development, rise of

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L’essor

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Taxes

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Les impôts

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The standardization

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La mise aux normes

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To burn calories

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Brûler des calories

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To spoil

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Gâcher

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What’s happening between us

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Ce qui se passe entre nous

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A story (journalism)

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Une histoire

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I’m not looking for anything easy

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Je ne cherche rien de facile

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To publicly repent

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Battre leur coulpe

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To vouch for

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Se porter garant de

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You think I would do such a thing

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Tu me crois capable de faire ça

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It doesn’t happen overnight

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Ça n’arrive pas tout d’un coup

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Period

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Point final

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To conspire

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Manigancer

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Upstairs

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À l’étage

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To run away

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Faire une fugue

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To hold it against, be mad at, blame somebody

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En vouloir à qq’n

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To offer reassurance, comfort, solace

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Apporter du réconfort à qq’n

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To go at furiously, struggle, work hard

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S’acharner

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To roll one’s eyes

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Lever les yeux au ciel

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To get someone’s voicemail

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Tomber sur la messagerie

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Riddle

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La devinette

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To work like a charm

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Se porter comme une charme

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Stingy, cheap

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Avare

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To flee

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Prendre la fuite

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Tough, tenacious/tough, leathery (steak)

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Coriace

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Pettiness

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La mesquinerie

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To take it out on somebody

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Se défouler sur quelqu’un

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Rumours, gossip

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Des ragots/potins

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At least as far as x is concerned

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Du moins en ce qui concerne x

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To be stuck in the 20th century

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Être bloqué dans le vingtième siècle

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To not care

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S’en ficher

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To beat, break down, crush, defeat

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Enfoncer

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Carefully, maturely considered, thought through

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Mûrement réfléchi

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To be sorry

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Navré

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To chicken out

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Se dégonfler

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That works out well

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Ça tombe bien

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To sink/dig one’s own grave

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S’enfoncer

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Why wasn’t I invited?

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Pourquoi je n’y ai pas participé?

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If it was up to me

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S’il n’en tenait qu’à moi

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To feel like an idiot

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Se sentir débile

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To be overflowing (with work, water)

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Débordé

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To do research

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Faire des recherches

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To rub shoulders with

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Côtoyer

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Pride

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L’orgueil

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To have a fit, blow your top

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Piquer sa crise

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It’s a gutless, coward, quitter move

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C’est un maneouvre de dégonflé

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To take care of something (task)

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S’occuper de OU regler quelquechose

153
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A shortage

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Une pénurie

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To have the wrong number

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Se tromper de numéro

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To quote

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Citer

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To be in bed with (corruption)

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La collusion

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A time bomb

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Une bombe à retardement

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Word-of-mouth

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Bouche à oreille

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A road sign, beacon, guide

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Une balise

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Press release

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Communiqué de presse

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Preceding

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Précédent

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Top-down

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Du sommet à la base

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Tardy

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Tardif

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To cover, include

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S’occuper de

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To come from

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Se rattacher à

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Live broadcast

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En direct

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To dig up, bring to light

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Mettre à jour

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Ongoing

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En cours

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To have under control

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Avoir la situation à main

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Columnist

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Chroniquer

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Financing

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Le financement

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Above

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Au-dessus de

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Biker

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Le motard

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Locked up

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Sous les verrous

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It’s the last word in, the best in

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C’est le dernier cri en

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Plugged in (electric), connected

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Branché

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To kneel

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S’agenouiller

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To take a look at

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Jeter un oeil sur

179
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To cost an arm and a leg

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Ça coûte la peau des fesses

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It’s the last word in, the best in

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C’est le dernier cri en

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Plugged in (electric), connected

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Branché

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To kneel

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S’agenouiller