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Liste 12 Flashcards

1
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Financer (verbe)

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To finance

To bankroll

Eric financed his new car throug the bank

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Sécheresse

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Drought

A drought is a period of below-average precipitation in a given region

Drought often leads to famine: la sécheresse entraine souvent la famine

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Congé maternité

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Maternity leave

Paternity leave

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Etre en congé

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To be on leave

Peter is on leave for two weeks

Be on vacation
Be on holiday
Be off

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Prendre un jour de congé

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Take a day off

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Etre en arrêt maladie

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To be on sick leave

To be off sick

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Une émeute

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A riot

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8
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Beau-frère

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Brother-in-law

El cuñado

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Belle-mère

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Mother-in-law

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Gendre

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Son-in-law

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Beau-fils (en Espanol)

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Yerno

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Belle-fille

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Nuera

Mi nuera y mi hijo se casaron en 1989

Daughter-in-law

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13
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Kate a dû rentrer en avion pour assister a l’enterrement de son ami

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Kate had to fly home to attend her friend’s funeral

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14
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C’est un cas désespéré

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I tried to help her, but she is a hopeless case

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J’ai bien aimé mon séjour à Rome, mais il est temps pour moi de passer a autre chose

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I’ve really enjoyed my time in Rome, but now it’s time for me to move on.

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16
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Passer à autre chose

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To move on

Let’s move on

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17
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Fourrure (animal)

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Fur

Fur coat = manteau de fourrure

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Démission

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Resignation

To tender your resignation

To hand in your resignation

I am writing to tender my resignation from my position of…

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19
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Représailles
Riposte
Vengeance

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Retaliation

President vows retaliation

The Government expelled several diplomatic representatives in retaliation= par représailles, le Gouvernement a renvoyé plusieurs représentants diplomatiques

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Les médias se sont procurés des images de l’incident

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The media acquired some footage of the incident

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21
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Volant d’une voiture

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Steering wheel

22
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Les banques prêtent de l’argent

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Banks lend money

23
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Je vais faire un emprunt a la banque

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I am going to take out a loan at the bank

24
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J’ai besoin d’emprunter de l’argent

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I need to borrow some money

25
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Les banques prêtent de l’argent

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Banks lend money

26
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Je vais faire un emprunt a la banque

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I am going to take out a loan at the bank

27
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J’ai besoin d’emprunter de l’argent

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I need to borrow some money

28
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Ils ont remporté les élections par une victoire écrasante

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They ended up winning the election by a landslide

A landslide = une victoire écrasante

He won that election in a landslide victory; his nearest rival only took fifteen percent of the votes

29
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Les deux candidats sont au coude à coude

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These two candidates are neck and neck or the job

30
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Papier toilette

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Toilet paper

31
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Bon rétablissement

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Get well soon !

Hope you feel better soon

32
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La haine

Ce vieil homme est rempli de haine

Donald Trump: D’où vient cette haine ?

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Hatred

The old man is full of hatred

Donald Trump: where does this hatred come from ?

33
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Chaque équipe doit designer un porte-parole

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Each team must designate one spokesperson

34
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Nous avons hâte de partir pour les vacances d’été

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We look forward to our summer holiday

35
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J’ai hâte de partir a la retraite

J’attends avec impatience le jour oú je pourrai partir a la retraite

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I look forward to the day when I can afford to retire

36
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Fenouil

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Hinojo

Fennel

Fennel requires a lot of water to grow

37
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Mettre la clé sous la porte

Fermer son business

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To shut down

I plan to shut down the business next month

For lack of sales, he had to shut it down

38
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Un contretemps

Le projet a connu un contretemps

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A setback

The project suffered a setback

39
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L’économie est sur le point de s’effondrer

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The economy is on the verge of collapse

40
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Un magnat

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A tycoon

It’s a wealthy and powerful business person

41
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Jeb Bush a abandonné sa campagne électorale

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Jeb Bush dropped out

To drop out = se retirer, abandonner

42
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Le taux de crime a connu une hausse au cours des dernières années

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There has been a surge in the crime rate over the last year

43
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Les troubles au Moyen-Orient ont causé une hausse des prix du pétrole

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Unrest in the Middle East caused a surge in oil prices

44
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A surge

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Une hausse

45
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Imiter

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Impersonate
Imitate

Hilary clinton impersonates trump

46
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Discrimination positive

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Affirmative action

Positive discrimination

47
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Salut
-Est-ce que Bob est là ?

-non il est allé chez le dentiste

A

Hi ! Is Bob here ?

No I am sorry he has gone to the dentist

48
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Une laverie

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Una lavanderia

A launderette

A laundromat

A coin laundry

49
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Un jardinier

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A gardener

50
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Est-ce que tu as remarqué qu’il était saoul ?

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Did you notice that he was drunk ?

51
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“Terminator 2” est la suite de “The Terminator”.

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“Terminator 2” is the sequel to “The Terminator”

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