RECAP 2 Flashcards

1
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une manifestation

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a demonstration

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2
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une alerte à la bombe

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a bomb scare

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3
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un fauteur de trouble

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a troublemaker

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4
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un couvre-feu

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a curfew

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5
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être pris en otage

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to be taken hostage

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6
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garde à vue

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custody

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passer les menottes à qqn

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to handcuff sby

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8
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un douanier

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a custom officier

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9
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intervenir

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to intefere

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10
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l’offre et la demande

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supply and demand

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11
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la concurrence

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competition

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12
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un brevet

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a patent

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13
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rentable

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profitable

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14
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emprunter

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to borrow

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15
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des économies

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savings

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16
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une devise

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curency

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17
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évoluer

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to evolve

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18
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nuisible

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harmful

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19
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ronger

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to gnaw

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20
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les produits chimiques

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chemicals

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21
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une grue

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a crane

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22
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délocaliser

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to relocate

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23
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concevoir

A

to design

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24
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le fer

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iron

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une centrale nucléaire
a nuclear plant
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un baril
a barrel
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un passeur
a smuggler
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un ressortissant
a national
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un atout
an asset
30
déraciné
uprooted
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le fric
dough
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précaire
precarious
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le strict nécessité
the bare necessity
34
une grossesse
a pregnancy
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une corvée
a chore
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plafond de verre
glass ceiling
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réduire les subvention
to curb subsidies
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pulvériser
to spray
39
savoureux
tasty
40
une race
a breed
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un atelier
a workshop
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le savoir-faire
know-how
43
creuser une tranchée
to dig a rench
44
l'acier
steel
45
une centrale électrique
a power station
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une revendication
a demand
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gaz lacrymogène
tear gas
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un gardien d'immeuble
a caretaker
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être pris la main dans le sac
to be caught red-handed
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faire une ronde
to be on the beat
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dénoncer
to give sb away
52
trafiquer
to tramper with
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augmenter le rendement
to enhance yield
54
le gel
frost
55
une situation difficile
a plight
56
un échafaudage
a scaffolding
57
innovant
groundbreaking
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vendre à bas prix
to dump
59
une plate-forme pétrolière
an oil-rig
60
un oléoduc
a pipe line
61
vivoter
to scrape by
62
pourrir
to rot
63
sain
wholesome
64
criblé de dettes
debpt-ridden
65
le rendement
the output
66
un chantier naval
a shipyard
67
mal en point
ailing
68
exploiter / domestiquer
to harness
69
le forage en mer
offshore drilling
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la fracturation hydraulique
fracking
71
une récession
a downswing
72
florissant / prospère
thriving
73
dégringoler
to plummet
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accaparer le marché
to corner the market
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une facture
an invoice
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un débouché
an outlet
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cupide
greed
78
renflouer
to bail out
79
spectaculaire
dramatic
80
une percée
a breakthrough
81
pénétrer un marché
to tap into a market
82
la morosité
gloom
83
un marché baissier
a bear market
84
dépensier / imprévoyant
thriftless