Step 4 Flashcards by Léa Orsini | Brainscape

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Dissuader

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To deter from

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Un moyen de dissuasion

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A deterrent

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Exercer un effet de dissuasion

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To act as a deterrent

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Décevoir

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To disappoint

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Décevant

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Disappointing

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De manière décevante

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Disappointingly

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Déception

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Disappointment

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Licencier, renvoyer

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To dismiss

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Rejeter une idée

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To dismiss an idea

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Un licenciement

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A dismissal

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Déranger

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To disturb

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Des troubles, des incidents, des émeutes

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A disturbance

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Troublant, inquiétant

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Disturbing

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Minimiser

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To downplay, to play down

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Laisser tomber

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To drop

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Quitter l’école, laisser tomber ses études

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To drop out of school

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Un jeune qui abandonne ses études ou un marginal, un laissé-pour-compte

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A drop-out

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Augmenter progressivement

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To edge up

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Diminuer progressivement

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To edge down

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Faire de légers progrès

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To edge forward

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Un bord

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An edge

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Avoir une légère supériorité sur

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To have an edge on

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Crispé, stressé, énervé

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Edgy

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Apparaître, émerger, surgir

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To emerge.. from

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Il en résulte que

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It emerges from this that

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La naissance, L’émergence

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The emergence of

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Émergent

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Emergent

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L’urgence

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The emergency

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En cas de nécessité

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In case of emergency

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Un état d’urgence

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To declare a state of emergency

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Une sortie de secours

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An emergency exit

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Un atterrissage forcé

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An emergency landing

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Le service des urgences (hôpital)

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The emergency service/ward

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Englober

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To encompass

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S’efforcer

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To endeavour

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Faire appliquer la loi

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To enforce the law

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Imposer

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To enforce on/upon

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L’application

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The enforcement

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Entraîner, provoquer

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To entail

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Éradiquer, supprimer

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To eradicate

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L’éradication

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The eradication

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Un événement

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a event

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L’actualité

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Current events / current affairs

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Au cas où

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In the event of

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Dans tous les cas, quoi qu’il arrive

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In any event

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Expulser

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To evict

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Dépasser

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To exceed

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Extrêmement

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Exceedingly

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Un excès

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An excess

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Boire à l’excès

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To drink to excess

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Pousser à l’excès

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To carry to excess

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Attendre, s’attendre à

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To expect

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Une attente, une espérance

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An expectation

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Dans l’attente de, en prévision de

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In expectation of

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Vivre dans l’expectative

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To live in expectation

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Répondre aux attentes de quelqu’un

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To come up to somebody’s expectation

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Au-delà de toute attente

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Beyond expectations

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Une future mère

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An expectant mother

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L’espérance de vie

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Life expectancy

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Agrandir
Prolonger, lancer, offrir
S’étendre, s’appliquer

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To extend

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Le degré, la mesure, l’ampleur l’étendue

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The extent

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La disparition

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The extinction

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Disparu

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Extinct

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Estimer, penser, croire

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To reckon/deem/consider/suppose/believe

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Supposer

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To surmise/to assume

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Critiquer ou fustiger

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To criticize ou to castigate/ to chastise

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Prétendre que

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To content that

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Adhérer à une opinion générale

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To endorse a common opinion

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Souligner

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To emphasize/ to lay emphasis on

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Ne pas tenir compte

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To ignore, to disregard

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Rester sur le terrain des faits

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To stick to the facts

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Prendre au pied de la lettre

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To take something at face value

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Prendre le parti de

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To speak for
To defend
To take a stand on behalf of
To be committed to

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Plaider en faveur de.. / contre …

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To make a peal for,

to plead for/against

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Avancer des arguments irréfutables en faveur/contre

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To make compelling case for/against

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Défendre une cause perdue, une opinion

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To support a lost cause/an opinion

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Porter une accusation contre

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To level an accusation against

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Être à côté de la question

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To be beside the point

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Être pertinent

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To be to the point

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Être considéré comme acquis, comme allant de soi

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To be taken for granted

To be in sharp contrast with

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Établir un lien entre

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To set up a connection between

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Citer un exemple

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To cite ou to quote

A case of/an example of

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Mettre en évidence

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To bring to the fore

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Se résumer à, se réduire à

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To boil down to

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Souffrir d’une crise

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To undergo a crisis

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Avoir de la chance

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To be lucky

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Une exposition

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An exhibition

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Le succès

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The succeed

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Le niveau de vie

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The standard of living

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Produire

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To produce

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Sensibiliser

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To make aware

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Aller dans les rues (manifestants)

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To take to the streets