set 2 Flashcards by julie nauts

Q

braconnier

A

poachers , illegal hunter

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glissement , petite avalanche / glisser

A

slide / to slide

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coiffer au poteau

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pip sb at the post / defeat at the last moment

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concour / contester

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a contest ≠ to contest

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Q

faire grimper , relever ( informal)

A

hike smth up

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battre à plate couture , écraser ( notamment défaite en sport ou compétition)

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trounced smb

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jusqu’à présent

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hitherto

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evasif ( -> ou regard fuyant )

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shifty

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éternuement , éternuer

A

sneeze

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voter

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to vote / to cast a ballot

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jetter un coups d’oeuil

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to cast a glance at smth

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figuratif -> envouter , ensorceler / jeter un sort

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to cast a spell on sb/smth

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de façon menacante , inquietante

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ominiously

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déjouer , faire echouer , contrecarrer

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to foil smth

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non méfiant

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unwary

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fugaratif caché / ou qui observe en silence

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lurking

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soutenu -> piètre

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skimpy

Q

compenser / contrebalancer

A

offset

Q

ampleur / largeur

A

breadth

Q

genre , acabit ( = kind)

A

ilk

Q

soulager une peine

A

alleviate

Q

remplacer

A

supersede

Q

mutiler

A

maim

Q

double / multiplié par deux

A

twofold

Q

doter qq1 de qqch

A

endow sb with smth

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accorder à qq1 / accorder i.e decerner conférer

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bestowed upon sb / bestow

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dissuasion

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deterrence

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destiné à

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geared toward

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s’entrecroiser / s’entremêler avec

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intertwine / with

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hypocrite / deloyal

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desingenuous

Q

exagérer

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overstate

Q

franchement , sans ménager ses mots

A

bluntly -> to put it bluntly