Robots Flashcards by Lilian Augustin | Brainscape

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to reach out to sth/sb

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atteindre qlqch/qlqun

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outstretched

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tendu/étendu

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a caption

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une légende

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a ceiling

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un plafond

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to be reminiscent of

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rappeler qlqch

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a reminiscence

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un souvenir

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a stance

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une position/une posture

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livelihood

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subsistance/gagne-pain

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to bring about

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provoquer/entraîner

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to convey

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transmettre

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to make up for

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compenser/rattraper

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an omen

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augure/présage

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to be on th march

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être en marche

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to be bound to do smth

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être tenu de faire qlch

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ineluctable

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inévitable

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to ensure/to make sure/to see to

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veiller à/garantir/s’assurer que

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to usher in

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inaugurer/introduire

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to increase two fold

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doubler

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book keeping/accountency

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comptabilité

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to keep the books

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faire la comptabilité

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to soar/to skyrocket

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monter en flèche

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to curve

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courber

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to skirk/to shun/to avoid

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esquiver/éviter/fuir

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a downwood/upwood curve

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une courbe décroissante/croissante

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a bell-shaped curve

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une courbe en forme de cloche

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to be unemployed/to be on the dole

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être au chômage

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to lay off/to fire/to make smn redundant

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licencier

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a divide

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une fracture/une séparation

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digital divide

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la fracture numérique

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to be mandatary/compulsary/required

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être obligatoire

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a requirement

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une obligation

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to master

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maîtriser

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breakthroughts/advances

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progrès/avancées

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fluency

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maîtrise/aisance

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technological upheavels

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bouleversements technologiques

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to look in to/to review/to highlight/to examine

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analyser/se pencher sur

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to have trust in/belief in/faith in/confidence in

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avoir foi/confiance en …

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more or less obvious

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+ ou - évident

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to be straightforward

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être direct/clair/franc

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subterranean/underground

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souterrain

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to undermine

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détruire/ébranler/affaiblir

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an ackknowledgement

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une confirmation

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sharply

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brutalement/brusquement

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concerns

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préoccupations/craintes/inquiétudes

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individual liberties/rights

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libertés individuelles

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to impinge on smth/to encroach on smth

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entamer/grignoter/rogner/empiéter

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an inpingement/an encroachment

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un impact/empiétement

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to erode smth

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éroder

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to corroder

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corroder

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to make profit

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faire des bénéfices

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to be wishful thinking

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être illusoire/prendre ses désirs pour la réalité

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an outrage

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une indignation/outrage

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the wisdom

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la sagesse

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to polarize

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diviser

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to wield

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exercer (un pouvoir)/manier

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to split

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partager/diviser/fractionner

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to channel/to contain

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canaliser

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a social dispute

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un conflit social

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to stem flow

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endiguer

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enlightenment

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une illumination/un développent

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to enlight

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éclairer

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biases

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préjugés

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to aggravate

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aggraver

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to deny smn smth

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refuser qlqch à qlqun

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to spy on/to peep on/to listen in on/to eavesdrop on/to monitor (moves)/to track

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idées d’espionnage

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a monitor

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un écran de contrôle

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to slander

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diffamer/dire du mal de qlqch

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to foster

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favoriser/encourager

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to nourish

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nourrir

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to get rid of

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se débarrasser de qlqlch/éliminer

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to be irelevant

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sans pertinence

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to keep a pace with smth

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suivre l’allure de qlqch

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to influence/to shape/to mold

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façonner/mouler

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a peer

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un pair/camarade

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an adage

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un proverbe

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to keep up

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maintenir/poursuivre

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() likemindedness

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commun/communauté

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the advent

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avènement

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the commodity/the product

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marchandise/denrée

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to be consistent with smth

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être (en) cohérence(ce) avec qlqch

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a seam

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une coutume

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seamlessly

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“sans couture”/uniforme

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to trust in/to rely on

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avoir confience en qlqch/compter sur qlqch

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reliance

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dépendance