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Sport (liste 7) Flashcards

1
Q

accueillir

organiser les JO

A

to host

to stage the Games

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2
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la cérémonie d’ouverture/ de cloture

A

the opening / closing ceremony

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3
Q

participer à

A

to take part in / to participate in

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4
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un camp

être du côté de …

A

a side

to side with

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5
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une épreuve

A

a contest / an event

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6
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un concurrent / adversaire

A

a competitor / contestant / opponent / contender

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7
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les médailles d’or / d’argent / de bronze

A

gold / silver / bronze medals

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8
Q

l’issue, le dénouement

A

the outcome

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9
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avoir le dessus / avantage

A

have the edge on / the advantage / upper hand

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10
Q

égaliser

A

to even up / equalize

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11
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réduire l’écart

A

to narrow a lead

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12
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battre / vaincre

A

to defeat / beat

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13
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écraser

distancer

A

crush / overwhelm

outrun

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14
Q

déclarer forfait

A

withdraw

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15
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rapporter des millions de …

A

to generate millions of €/£/$

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16
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jouer de l’argent

corrompre

A

to gamble

to bribe

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17
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le filet

A

the net (tennis)

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18
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l’arbitre

un tournoi

A

the umpire

a tournament

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19
Q

une course

la piste

A

athletics : a race

the track

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20
Q

l’arbitre

marquer un but

A 
the referee (football)
to score a goal
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21
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un match nul

une faute

A

a draw

a foul [au]

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22
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être expulsé

A

to be sent off

23
Q

faire le concours des pronostics

A

to do the pools

24
Q 
le hooligan(isme)
un fauteur de troubles
A

hooligan(ism)

a trouble maker

25
Q

être une honte

A

to be a disgrace

26
Q

réprimer la violence

A

to crack down on violence

27
Q

le goût de l’aventure

A

extreme sports : a taste for adventure

28
Q

risquer sa vie

A

to risk one’s life

29
Q

se donner des sensations fortes

A

get a thrill / a kick out of …

30
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braver le danger

A

to court danger

31
Q

le saut à l’élastique

A

bungee jumping

32
Q

l’escalade

la plongée

A

rock climbing [klaimin]

diving

33
Q

la spéléologie

A

caving / potholing

34
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dépendre de la technologie

A

technology : to be reliant on tech.

35
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dernier cri, ce qui se fait de mieux

A

state-of-the-art

36
Q

le montant d’un transfert

A

transfer fees

37
Q

un produit dopant

A

a performance-enhancing drug

38
Q

accroître l’endurance

A

to increase stamina

39
Q

un complément alimentaire

A

a dietary supplement

40
Q

être contrôlé positif

A

to test positive

41
Q

être suspendu à vie

des accusations de dopage

A

to be banned for life

doping charges

42
Q

des piqûres

un echantillon

A

injections

a sample

43
Q

un contrôle infaillible

un contrôle inopiné

A

a foolproof test

a random check/test

44
Q

se faire prendre (la main dans le sac)

A

to be nailed / caught out (red handed)

45
Q

être blanchi

A

to have one’s name cleared

46
Q

la masse musculaire

A

muscle bulk

47
Q

priver / confisquer (une médaille)

A

to strip ( a medal )

48
Q

sévère

A

harsh

49
Q

(im)mérité

A

(un)deserved

50
Q

un(e) sportif/ve

A

a sports (wo)man

51
Q

l’effort

A

exertion (==> to exert on s.)

52
Q

un effort, tentative

tenter de faire son mieux

A

an endeavour

to endeavour

53
Q

résistant / qui récupère bien

A

resilient

54
Q

audacieux

téméraire

A

daring

bold

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