Step 7 Flashcards

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lâcher/ relâcher

lâcher son chien son chien

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loose

to let the dog loose

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ne pas savoir que faire

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to be at a loose end

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couper les amarres

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to cut loose

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une ceinture desserrée

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a loose belt

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relâché, peu stricte

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a loose discipline

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libre, approximative

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a loose translation/interpretation

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mener une vie dissolue

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to lead a loose life

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perdre

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to lose
to lose money
to lose a battle

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être perdu en mer

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to be lost at sea

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se désintéresser de

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to lose interest in

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une perte

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a loss

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vendre à perte

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to sell at a loss

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des pertes d’emploi

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job losses

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être perplexe

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to be at a loss

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ne pas trouver ses mots

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to be at a loss for words

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le courant de pensée dominant

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the mainstream

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suivre la tendance politique générale

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to be in the mainstream of politics

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vivre en marge de la société

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to live outside the mainstream of society

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vivre en marge de la société

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to live on the margin of society

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maintenir

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to maintain

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soutenir (une opinion)

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to maintain

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l’entretien

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maintenance

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importer

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to matter

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une question

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a matter

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c'est une question de temps
it's a matter of time
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ce n'est pas drôle
it's not laughing matter
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une question de vie ou de mort
a matter of life and death
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rencontrer
to meet
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rencontrer
to meet
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être conforme à
to meet
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répondre aux attentes (3)
to meet standards, to meet expectations, to meet norms
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une réunion, une assemblée
a meeting
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une assemblée politique
a political meeting
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une réunion professionnelle
a business meeting
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un désordre, une pagaille
a mess
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être sens dessus dessous
to be in a mess
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se mettre dans de beaux draps
to get oneself in a mess
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gâcher
to make a mess of one's life/career
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faire des bêtises
to mess about
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semer la pagaille, tout gâcher
to mess up a situation, a plan
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désordonné
messy
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un tournant (fig)
a milestone
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un évènement marquant
a milestone
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induire en erreur
to mislead
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qui induit en erreur
misleading
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déroutant
misleading
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un point discutable
a moot point
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bouger, remuer
to move
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déménager
to move
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une mesure
a move
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être en mouvement
to be on the move
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etre en marche
to be on the move
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un besoin
a need
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une obligation
a need
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avoir un besoin urgent de nourriture
to be badly in need of food
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subvenir aux besoins de quelqu'un
to supply somebody's needs
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avoir besoin de
to need
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les indigents
the needy
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les nécessiteux
the needy
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une annonce
a notice
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tout de suite
at a moment's notice
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sans préavis
at a moment's notice
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peu de temps à l'avance
at short notice
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jusqu'à nouvel ordre
until further notice
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recevoir un préavis de licenciement
to be given one's notice
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donner sa démission
to give one's notice
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perceptible
noticeable
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sensible
noticeable
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avoir lieu
to occur
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se produire
to occur
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un évènement
an occurrence
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un fait journalier
an everyday/a daily occurrence
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une perspective
an outlook
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surpasser en nombre
to outnumber
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la production
output
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dépasser
to overtake
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dépasser, venir à bout
to overcome
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écrasant
overwhelming
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renversant
overwhelming
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posséder
to own
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reconnaitre
to own
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s'avouer vaincu
to own oneself defeated
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propriétaire
an owner
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la propriété
ownership
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exécuter
to perform
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accomplir
to perform
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pratiquer... (2)
to perform one's duty | to perform an operation
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interpréter un rôle
to perform a part
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interpréter un morceau de musique
to perform a piece of music
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une interprétation
a performance
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une prestation
a performance
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un piège
a pitfall
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faire souffrir
to plague
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harceler
to plague
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devoir supporter
to be plagued with
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un fléau
a plague
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quelconque
plain
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ordinaire
plain
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évident
plain
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simple
plain
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prévaloir
to prevail over...
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l'emporter sur
to prevail over....
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persuader quelqu'un de faire quelque chose
to prevail on somebody to do something
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dominant
prevalent
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répandu
prevalent
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en premier lieu (4)
``` first first of all to begin with in the first place for a start ```
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d'abord et avant tout
first and foremost
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tout d'abord
for one thing
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en premier lieu
in the first instance
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on peut avancer que
arguably
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d'autre part
for another thing (apres for one thing)
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de même... (2)
similarly | in the same way
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de même
likewise
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quant à (2)
as for | as regards
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de plus... (5)
``` besides moreover furthermore in addition what's more ```
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d'autre part ...
in other respects
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incidemment (2)
incidentally | by the way
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sans parler de...
not to mention
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sans parler de... encore moins... (contexte négatif)
let alone
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en fait...
as a matter of fact
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en plus de...
in addition to...
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à l'inverse
conversely
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cependant (4)
however nevertheless and yet still
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en revanche
in return
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au contraire
by contrast
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quand même
all the same
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en dépit de (néanmoins
notwithstanding
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cependant (après le verbe)
though
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paradoxalement (en début de phrase) (3)
paradoxically oddly enough surprisingly enough
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alors que (2)
whereas | while
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nous savons pertinemment que..
we know for a fact that...
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en fait... (3)
indeed actually as a matter of fact
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il est évident que
it is abundantly clear that...
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il est indéniable que...
there is no denying that
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il va sans dire que (2)
needless to say that.. | it goes without saying that...
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de toute manière (3)
at any rate anyway in any case
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pour ainsi dire (2)
so to speak | so to say
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d'une certaine manière
in a way
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il n'est guère surprenant que ...
it is scarcely surprising that...
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dans une certaine mesure (2)
to a certain extent | to some extent
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dans une grande mesure
to a large extent
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jusqu'à un certain point
up to a point
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contrairement à
unlike + nom
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d'autant plus que (3)
as as much as all the more...as
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d'autant moins que
all the less... as
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c'est à dire (3)
namely that is to say that is
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en l'occurrence
in the case in point
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pourvu que (3)
provided that providing that so long as..
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selon que.... ou non
depending on whether (or not)
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de peur que
for fear that +might/should
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à cause de...
on account of