Sports & Leisure Flashcards

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1
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Fancing

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Escrime

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Discus

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Lancer de disque

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Fishing

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Pêche

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Track

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Piste (d’athlétisme)

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Sportsmanship

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L’esprit sportif

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A workhout = a drill

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Une séance d’entraînement

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A routine

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Un enchaînement

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A heat

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Une manche = une épreuve éliminatoire

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A contestant = a competitor

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Un adversaire = un concurrent

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A reigning champion

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Un champion en titre

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The outcome

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L’issue

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12
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Leisure time = spare time

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Le temps libre

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13
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Crafts

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Activités manuelles

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14
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Heurts
Diamonds
Spades
Clubs

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Cœurs
Carreaux
Piques
Trèfles

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Archery

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Tir à l’arc

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16
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Dive

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Plongeon

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17
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Scuba diving

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Plongée sous-marine

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18
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Hiking, trekking

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Randonnée pédestre

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19
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Hunting

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Chasse

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20
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Push-ups = press-ups

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Des pompes

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21
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Grit = guts

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Le cran

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Balance

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L’équilibre

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Stamina = endurance

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Endurance

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24
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A contest = a meeting

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Une rencontre

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Competition

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Une compétition

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A challenger

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Un prétendant au titre

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A holiday (GB & US)
A vacation (US)
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Des vacances

28
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Arts and crafts

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Travaux manuels = artisanat

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A trump

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Un atout

30
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Indoor

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En salle

31
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Resilient

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Résistant

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Light

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Léger

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Outdoor

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En plein air

34
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Fast = quick

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Rapide

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Gifted = skilled

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Doué

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To stretch

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S’étirer / étirer

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To sway

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Se balancer, influencer, chanceler

38
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To challenge somebody

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Défier = lancer un défi

39
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To compete in

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Participer à

40
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To withdraw

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Déclarer forfait

41
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To defeat = to beat

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Battre = vaincre

42
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To confront

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Faire face à = affronter

43
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To set = to break = to smash a record

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Établir = battre = pulvériser un record

44
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To shuffle

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Mélanger (battre les cartes)

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To compete with

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Être en compétition avec

46
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To have the edge over

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Avoir l’avantage sur

47
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To overpower

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Dominer

48
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A race against time

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Une course contre la montre

49
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To race through

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Faire quelque chose rapidement

50
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My mind started to race

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Je me suis mis à imaginer toutes sortes de choses

51
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This is no a picnic

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C’est pas de la tarte = ça c’est du sport

52
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To be a good sport / a bad sport

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Être bon joueur / mauvais joueur

53
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To match up to

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Être à la hauteur

54
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Draw (GB) / tie (US)

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Match nul

55
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First leg / second leg

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Match aller / match retour

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Off the beaten track

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Hors des sentiers battus

57
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To be one jump ahead of somebody

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Avoir une longueur d’avance

58
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Win some, lose some

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On ne peut pas gagner à tous les coups

59
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To jump to conclusions

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Tirer des conclusions hâtives

60
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The drawback = the other side of the coin

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Le revers de la médaille

61
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To be at the height of one’s power

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Être au sommet de son art

62
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To be fit for purpose

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Être adapté aux besoins