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Thème 8 Flashcards

1
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deux mois et demi

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two and a half months

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2
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mort-né

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stillborn

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3
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être la substance du journalisme

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to be the very essence of journalism

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4
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fugace, en coup de vent, très bref

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fleeting

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5
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être heureux de me revoir

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to be glad to see me back

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6
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impopulaire

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unpopular

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7
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une enquête sur (journal)

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an investigation into

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8
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Françoise veut prendre l’avion pour partir en reportage à Nice

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Françoise wants to fly over Nice to cover a story

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9
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est pour l’instant un succès tant auprès des touristes que des Londoniens

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has so far been successful with tourists and Londoners alike

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10
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habitude

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used to + ing !!!!

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11
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les recoins

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the nook and cranny of a city

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12
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des baskets

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a pair of trousers

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13
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faire des études de, étudier

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to read sth

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14
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petits boulots pour subsister

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odd-jobs to make ends meet

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15
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un campagne de nettoyage

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a clean-up campaign

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16
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pour la Terre

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for the planet

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17
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avoir de la suite dans les idées

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to be single-minded

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18
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avec une suite dans les idées rare à cette âge

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with a single-mindedness unusual for her age

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19
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une thèse universitaire

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a doctoral dissertation

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20
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ténacité

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tenacity, unrelenting determination

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21
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gagner sa vie de

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to make a living FROM!

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22
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récupération illégale de déchets

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illegal retrieval

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23
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microentreprise

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micro-businesses

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24
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toutes les bonnes idées

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all good ideas

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25
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every / all

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singulier / pluriel

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26
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une manchette

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a cuff

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27
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à l’improviste

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off the cuff

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28
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une épreuve, un calvaire

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an ordeal

29
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coutumier, habtuel

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customary

30
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comme le veut l’usage

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as is customary

31
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une chaudière

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a boiler

32
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mépris

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contempt, scorn

33
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être tout ce qu’il y a de plus méprisable

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to be beneath contempt

34
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une mésange

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a tit

35
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pour couronner le tout

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to cap it all

36
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savoureux, acceptable (idée)

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to be palatable

37
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jaser, vendre la mèche

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to blab *

38
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donner une fessée à

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to spank

39
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un souillon, un plouc, un flemmard

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a slob*

40
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reculer de peur

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to cringe in terror

41
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une invasion pacifique

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a peaceful invasion

42
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avoir ses propres critères

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to have its own set of criteria

43
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s’installer dans l’intérieur

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to settle down inland

44
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le littoral

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the coast (et pas seashore)

45
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Paradoxalement

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Paradoxically enough

46
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un cadre de vie

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a living environment

47
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une résidence secondaire

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a second home

48
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s’installer définitivement

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to settle for good

49
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la densité démographique

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the population density

50
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confirmer une analyse

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to endorse an analysis

51
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ils peuvent bien nous dire qu’ils aiment la France mais nous ne leurrons pas

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they may go to great lenghts to tell us that they love France but let’s make no mistake

52
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mythique

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mythical

53
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Une Angleterre mythique, certes, une Angleterre rêvée, mais une Angleterre quand même

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a mythical and fantasised England it may be, but England all the same

54
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dans le futur

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down the road

55
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une société de plus en plus dure

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an increasingly harsh society

56
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les espaces libres

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the open spaces

57
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le pays est aujourd’hui deux fois plus peuplé que la France

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the country is today twice as densely populated as France

58
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contrecarrer, éviter

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to balk

59
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soutien

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buy-in

60
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la brume

A

haze

61
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tu connais la sortie

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see yourself out

62
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steeply, quickly

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precipitously

63
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théorie selon laquelle tout employé finit par occuper un poste où il est incompétent

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Peter principle

64
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lire en diagonale, parcourir rapidement

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to skim

65
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un joint

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a reefer

66
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conjointement, main dans la main

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in conjunction

67
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s’accroupir, se tapir

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to squat

68
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trempé, détrempé

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soggy

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