Phrasal Verbs Flashcards

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Confirmer, corroborer

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To bear out

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Éclater, se déclarer (war)

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To break out

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3
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Provoquer, entraîner

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To bring about

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4
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Aller rendre visite à qqun

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To call on someone

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5
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Rattraper qqchose en retard

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To catch up with something

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6
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Se débarrasser de

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To dispose of

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7
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S’étendre sur un sujet

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To dwell on a subject

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S’habituer à faire qqchose

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To get used to DOING smg

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9
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S’adonner à

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To indulge in

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10
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S’abstenir de faire qqchose

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To keep from doing smg

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11
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Licencier

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To lay off

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12
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Décevoir, faire faux bon à qqun

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To let someone down

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13
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Mépriser qqun

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To look down on someone

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14
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Perdre son temps

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To much around

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15
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Fouiner

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To nose around

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Minimiser, dédramatiser un événement

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To play down an event

17
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S’enorgueillir de

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To pride oneself on doing smg

18
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Réchapper à, se sortir de qqc

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To pull through from smg

19
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Ranger

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To put away

20
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Reprocher qqc à qqun

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To reproach someone for smg

21
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Exclure, écarter

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To rule out

22
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Se heurter à un pb

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To run up against a pb

23
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Résoudre, venir à bout de

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To sort out

24
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Tenir tête à

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To stand up to

25
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Se désister

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To step down

26
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Susciter, stimuler

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To stir up

27
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Venir à bout de ses peines, s’en sortir

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To struggle through

28
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Rejeter, repousser une idée

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To toss aside

29
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Friser, frôler

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To verge on

30
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S’effacer, s’apaiser

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To wear off

31
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Connaître qqun

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To be acquainted with sb

32
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En avoir assez de qqun

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To be fed up with sb

33
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Entre nous

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Between you and me and the lamp post

34
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Avoir d’autres chats à fouetter

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To have other fish to fry

35
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Cache ton enthousiasme

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Curb your enthusiasm