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prépa écrite voc F, G Flashcards

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falsifier, inventer de toute pièce

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fabricate, falsify, invent, make up, cook up

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infrastructures, équipements

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facilities, infrastructures, equipment

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faible, léger, vague, peu perceptible

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faint, weak, slight, vague, dim

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s’évanouir

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faint, pass out

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juste, en règle, honnête

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fair, above board, honest, honourable, just

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confiance, loyauté

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faith, trust, confidence, loyalty

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foie

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faith, belief in god

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erreur

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fallacy, error, mistake, falsehood

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connu, célèbre

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famous, celebrated, acclaimed, well-known

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lier, attacher

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fasten, tie, make secure, koin together, bind

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sonder, découvrir, saisir, aller au fond des choses

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fathom, figure out, gauge, get to the bottom, grasp, measure, penetrate, perceive, probe

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effrayé

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fearful, scared, afraid, frightened, panic-striken

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trait, caractéristique

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feature, typical part or quality, trait, characteristic

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feindre, faire semblant

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feign, simulate, pretend

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rivalité, opposition

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feud, argument, fight, rivalry

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comprendre, déceler, déchiffrer

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figure out, understand, decipher, make out

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chiffres, données chiffrées

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figures, number, calculations, data, stats

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virer, renvoyer

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fire, dismiss, sack, give the sack, boot, kick out

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réparer

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fix, repair, mend

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défaut, imperfection

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flaw, defect

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fugace, évanescent

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fleeting, brief, short-lived, passing, transient

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florissant, prospère

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flourishing, thriving, prosperous

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faire fi de qqch

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flout, disregard, mock

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qui s’exprime bien

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fluent, articulate

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être confondu, décontenancé

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flummoxed, perplexed, mystified, baffled, stupefied, nonplused, dumbfounded, beffudied, coufounded

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ennemi, rival

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foe, ennemy, contender, opposer, rival, challenger

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s’abstenir de

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forbear from, abstain from, refrain from

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prévoir

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forecast, predict, foresee

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prédire, prévoir

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foretell, forebod, forecast, predict

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perdre, abandonner, devoir renoncer à un droit, un avantage etc.. pour faute commise

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forfeit, lose, be deprived of sth ( sth lose or given up as a penality for a fault, mistake)

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abandonner, renoncer à qqch

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forgo, abandon, relinquish, give up, do without

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débourser, casquer

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fork out, shell out, lay out

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ancien, précédent

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former, previous, prior, precedent

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encourager, soutenir, favoriser

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foster, help, support, favour

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sale, dégoutant

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foul, dirty, filthy

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fragile

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frail, fragil, delicate, weak

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dans tous ses états, affolé

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frantic, overwrought, panicky, histerical, beside yourself, berserk

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effréné, frénétique

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frantic, wild, mad, worry, be preoccupied

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s’inquiéter

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fret, perquisities, perks, bonus, additionnal benefit, extra

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avantages en nature, a côtés

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fringe benefits

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financer

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fund, finance, support, subsidize

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difficile, délicat, tatillon

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fussy, fastidious, choosy, difficult, finicky, nitpicking

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regarder fixement, rester bouche bée

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gape at, stare at, gawp at, gaze at

44
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ordures, détritus

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garbage, trash, refuse, junk, litter, rubbich, waste

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rassembler, réunir

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gather, assemble, get together

46
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authentique, véritable

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genuine, authentic, real

47
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vivre, connaitre + période, moment, etc…

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get through, go through, live through, experience, undergo

48
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terrible, épouvantable, atroce

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ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome

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en douceur, sans trop brusquer

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gingerly, gently

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l’essentiel, la partie centrale

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gist, core, heart, essential part

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jeter un regard noir

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glare, glower at, look angrily at sb, look daggers at

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jubiler, exulter

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gloat over/ about, crow over/ about

53
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glossaire

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glossary, list of word explained

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sombre

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gloomy, bleak, dull, dim, dreary, dismeal

55
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forcer qqn à faire qqch

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goad sb into doing sth, force, press, push, hurry sb into doing sth

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but, objectif

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goal, aim, objective

57
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extorquer, pratiquer des prix exorbitants

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gouge, fleece, overcharge

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saisir, agripper

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grab, seize, grip, grasp, clutch

59
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gratifiant, qui apporte de la satisfaction

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gratifying, satisfying

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écraser, moudre

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grind, crush, grate, granulate

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terrible, épouvantable, atroce

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grim, grisly, guesome, ghastly

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saisir, agripper

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grip, grap, seize, grasp, clutch

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raisons

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grounds, reasons, justifications, motives

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révolutionnaire et innovant

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ground-breaking, revolutionnary, innovative, pioeering, trailblazing, brand-new, cutting-edge, leading-edge,

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avec ressentiment

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grudgingly, ressentfully

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épuisant, éprouvant

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gruelling, strenuou, arduous, difficult, taxing, tiring

67
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se prémunir, se protéger contre

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guard against sth, protect against, insure against, hedge against sth

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