preparation Concours Flashcards

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Une annonce

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An annoucement

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Prévoir (dans le sens prédire)

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To anticipate, to expect, to foresee

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3
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Être remboursé par la sécu

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To be on the NHS

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4
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Valoir la peine

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To be worth the trouble

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5
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Bénédiction/malédiction

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Blessing/curse

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6
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Avoir une dent contre

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To bear a grunge against

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Être au bord de

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To be on the brinck/edge/verge of

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Être considéré comme

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To be regarded/seen/viewed AS

To be considered

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9
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Être trafiqué

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To be rigged

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10
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Un jour férié

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A bank holiday

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11
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Être à la une

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To be on the front page

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Militer pour/contre

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To campaign for/against

To stand up against/for

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13
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Monnaie

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Currency

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14
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Consacrer

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To devote

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15
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Pas un jour ne passé sans que je

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Not a day goes by when I do not

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16
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Plus facile à dire qu’à faire

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Easier said than done

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17
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Sauf/excepté

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Except

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18
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Ce dernier

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The former/latter

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19
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La frénésie

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Frenzy

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20
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S’impatienter

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To get very tired

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Inutile

22
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Mettre en œuvre

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To implement

23
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Doubler, tripler, quadrupler

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To increase twofold, threefold, fourfold

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Des tracts

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De fausses idées
Misconceptions
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Un fabricant
A manufacturer
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Mobiliser
To mobilize
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Couches
Nappies
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Jeter un regard furtif sur
To peep into
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Affiches
Placards
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Prévoir (projeter)
To plan
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Inscription
Registration
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Frais d'inscription
Registration/tuition fees
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Rarement
Seldom/spoilt/rarely
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Afficher
To stick on
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Presse à scandale
Scandal sheet
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Examiner attentivement
Scrutinize
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La moindre chance/danger/espoir
The slightest chance...
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Déchaîner (violence, colère)
To unleash
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Le seuil le plus bas/haut
An all time low/high
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Se voiler la face
To turn a blind eye to
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Une école privée
A public school
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Une école publique
A state school
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Un diplômé
A graduate
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Un stage
An internship
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Un stagiaire
An intern
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Gagner sa vie
To earn living
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Être à la traine/en retard
To lag behind
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Un changement radical
An overhaul
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Presse à scandale
Gutter press