TBI3 Flashcards

1
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Le centre ville

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The city centre

The downtown

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Un citadin

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A city dweller

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Une métropole

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A metropolis

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Une agglomération

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A built-up area

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5
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Un lotissement/ une cité

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A housing estate/ a housing development

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6
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Un HLM

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A council house

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7
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Une tour

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A Tower block

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Un pâté de maison

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A block of flats

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9
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Un trottoir

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A pavement (GB)
A sidewalk (US)
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10
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Un gratte ciel

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A skyscraper

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11
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Exode rural

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Rural depopulation

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12
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Une zone industrielle

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An industrial estate/park

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13
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Un urbaniste

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A town planner

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14
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Un paysage urbain

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A cityscape

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15
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A programme de rénovation urbaine

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An urban renewal programme

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16
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Rénover/ réhabiliter

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To renovate

To rehabilitate

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17
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Démolir un bâtiment

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To pull down a building

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18
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Expansion urbaine

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Urban sprawl

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19
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Un quartier chaud

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A hot spot

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20
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Une banlieue

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A suburb

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21
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Un quartier

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A neighborhood

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22
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Un centre commercial

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A shopping centre

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23
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La grande banlieue

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The commuter belt

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24
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Se loger

A

To find accommodation

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25
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Louer un appartement

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To rent a flat

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26
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Louer un appartement ( en tant que propriétaire)

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To rent out a flat

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27
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Payer un loyer

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To pay a rent

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28
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Un locataire

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A tenant

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29
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Un propriétaire

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The owner

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30
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La crise de l’immobilier

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The housing shortage/crisis

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31
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Augmenter en flèche (prix)

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To (sky)rocket
To shoot up
To soar

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32
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Des prix exorbitants

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Sky-high prices

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33
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Logements sociaux

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Social housing

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34
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Une agence immobilière

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Estate agency

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35
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Un studio

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A bedsit

A studio

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36
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Les impôts locaux

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The council tax

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37
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Respirer de l’air pollué

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To breath polluted air

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38
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Le bruit

A

Noise

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39
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Etre bruyant

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To be noisy

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40
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Un voisin

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A neighbour

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41
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Le manque de sommeil

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Sleep deprivation

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42
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Une agression

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A mugging

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43
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Saccager

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To vandalize

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44
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La circulation automobile

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Car traffic

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45
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Un carrefour

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A crossroads

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46
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Un rond point

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A roundabout (GB)
A traffic circle (US)
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47
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Des feux de signalisation

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Traffic lights

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48
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Feu orange

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Amber light

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49
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Un couloir de bus

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A bus lane

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50
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Un passage pour piéton

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A pedestrian crossing (GB)
A crosswalk (US)
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51
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Les embouteillages

A

Traffic congestion

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52
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Aux heures de pointe

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At rush hour

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53
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Un embouteillage

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A traffic jam

54
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Un bouchon de 5km

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A five-mile tailback

55
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Une rue encombre

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A busy street

56
Q

Un parking

A

A car park

57
Q

Se garer

A

To park

58
Q

Emmener une voiture à la fourrière

A

To tow away a car

59
Q

Auto-partage

A

Car-sharing

60
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Covoiturage

A

Car-pooling

61
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La politique des transports

A

Transport policy

62
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Le métro

A

The underground

63
Q

Prendre le métro

A

To take the tube

64
Q

Monter dans le bus

A

To get on the bus

65
Q

Descendre du bus

A

To get off

66
Q

Une gare

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A railway station

67
Q

Un train de banlieue

A

A commuter train

68
Q

Une biller aller retour

A

A return ticket

69
Q

Le TGV

A

The high speed train

70
Q

Déposer quelqu’un à la gare

A

To drop sbdy off at the station

71
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Aller chercher quelqu’un à la gare

A

To pick up sb up at the station

72
Q

Un accident de la route

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A car crash/accident

73
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Des victimes de la route

A

Road casualties

74
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Les accidents mortels

A

Road fatalities

75
Q

Etre grièvement blessé

A

To be critically injured

76
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Rentrer dans une voiture

A

To run into a car

77
Q

La délinquance routière

A

Reckless driving

78
Q

Un conducteur imprudent

A

A careless driver

79
Q

Un chauffard

A

A roadhog

80
Q

Brûler un feu (route)

A

To jump the lights

81
Q

Céder le passage

A

To give way

82
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Avoir la priorité

A

To have right of way

83
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Attacher sa ceinture de sécurité

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To fasten one’s seat belt

84
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Dépasser une voiture

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To overtake a car

85
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Un contrôle radar

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A speed trap

86
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Passer un contrôle technique

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To have an MOT

87
Q

Un Alcootest

A

A breathalyzer

88
Q

Conduire sous l’emprise de l’alcool

A

To drive under the influence

89
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Conduire en état d’ébriété

A

A drunk driver

90
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Un ralentisseur

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A sleeping policeman

A speed bump

91
Q

Une amende pour excès de vitesse

A

A speeding ticket

92
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Se faire contrôler

A

To get caught

93
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Le respect des droits de l’homme

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The observance of human rights

94
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Les nations unies

A

The United Nations

95
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Un militant des droits de l’homme

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A human rights activist

96
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L’égalité des droits

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Equal rights

97
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Égalité des chances

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Equal opportunities

98
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Le droit de travail/ éducation

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The right to work/education

99
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La liberté individuelle

A

Individual freedom

100
Q

Faire une demande d’asile politique

A

To apply for political asylum

101
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Les violations des doits de l’homme

A

Humans rights violations/abuses

102
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Bafouer les droits

A

To trample the rights

103
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Etre opprimé

A

To be downtrodden

104
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Persécuter

A

To persecute

105
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Terroriser

A

To terrorize

106
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La censure

A

Censorship

107
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Un crime contre l’humanité

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A crime against humanity

108
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Massacrer

A

To massacre/ to slaughter

109
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La SPA (animaux)

A

The R.S.P.C.A

110
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La protection des animaux

A

Animal welfare

111
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Une expérience

A

An experiment

112
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Interdire la chasse au renard

A

To ban fox hunting

113
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Une baleine

A

A whale

114
Q

Le massacre des phoques

A

To seal cull

115
Q

Le commerce de la fourrure

A

The fur trade

116
Q

Gaver une oie

A

To forced-feed a goose

117
Q

Une poule

A

A hen

118
Q

L’euthanasie

A

Mercy killing

119
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Le droit de mourir dignement

A

The right to a dignified death

120
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Un docteur qui pratique l’euthanasie

A

A suicide Doctor

121
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Etre en phase terminale

A

To be terminally ill

122
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Etre sous assistance respiratoire

A

To be on a life support system

123
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Etre maintenu en vie artificiellement

A

To be kept alive artificially

124
Q

Inutilement

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Needlessly

125
Q

Abréger les souffrances de quelqu’un

A

To put an end to sb’s suffering

126
Q

Soulager

A

To alleviate

127
Q

Un calmant

A

A pain killer

128
Q

Mourir sans souffrir

A

To die a painless death

129
Q

Un testament à vie

A

A living will

130
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Etre dans le coma

A

To be in a coma