step_37 Flashcards by Laëtitia Kang

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convaincant

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cogent

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frapper de la monnaie

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to coin

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inventer un mot, une expression

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to coin a term/ a phrase

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substituer

commuer

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to commute

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un banlieusard qui utilise les transports en commun pour aller à son travail

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a commuter

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un train de banlieue

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a commuter train

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satisfait de soi

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complacent

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une confiance excessive

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complacency

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escroquer

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to con

to bamboozle

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un escroc

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a conman

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trouver des excuses

fermer les yeux sur

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to condone

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mener à

conduire à

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to conduce to

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être favorable/propice à

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to be conducive to

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une éventualité

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a contingency

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des plans d’urgences

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contingency plans

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dépendre de

être subordonné à

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to be contingent on

to depend on

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un problème inextricable

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a conundrum

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le centre
le noyau
le coeur

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the core

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pourri jusqu’à la moelle

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to be rotten to the core

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il est anglais jusqu’au bout des ongles

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he is english to the xore

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contrebalancer

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to counteract

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intimider

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to cow

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désirer ardemment

avoir soif de

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to crave for

to long for

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un creuset

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a crucible

a melting pot

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une dure épreuve

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a severe test

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une croisière

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a cruise

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tomber en miettes

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to crumble

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un couvre-feu

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a curfew

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une malédiction

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a curse

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maudire

jurer

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to curse

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limiter

freiner

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to curtail

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bête

absurde

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daft

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redoutable

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daunting

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discréditer

démystifier

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to debunk

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pourrir

dégénérer

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to decay

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vaincre

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to defeat

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defeated

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frustrés

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défier

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to defy

to stand up to

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braver la mort

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to defy death

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une attitude de défi

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a defiance

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au mépris de la loi

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in defiance of the law

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une attitude provocante

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a defiant attitude

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une illusion

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a delusion

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réduire

épuiser

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to deplete

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uranium appauvri

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depleted uranium

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diminution de la couche d’ozone

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ozone depletion

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en ruines, abandonné

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derelict

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une maison abandonné

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a derelict house

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désobligeant

vexant

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derogatory

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péjoratif

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derogatory meaning

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risqué

hasardeux

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dicey

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les dés

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dice

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acheter des actions de la Nouvelle Économie reste une affaire risquée

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buying New Economy shares remains a dicey business

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la saleté

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dirt

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se salir les mains

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to get one’s hands dirty

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les handicapés

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the disabled

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handicapé mental

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a mentally disabled child

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une allocation d’invalidité

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disablement benefit

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faire capoter

ruiner

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to dish

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distribuer généreusement

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to dish out

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désorganiser

bouleverser

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to dislocate

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un bouleversement

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a dislocation

a disruption

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lugubre

morose

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dismal

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déformer

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to distort

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idem

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ditto