tout et rien Flashcards

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une devise

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a currency (the British national currency is the pound-sterling : 100 pence = 1 pound)

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un avocat (4)

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a solicitor (UK) 
a barrister (UK) 
a lawyer 
an attorney(-at-law) (US)
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un voyou (3)

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a thug / a hoodlum / a rogue

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4
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lieux historiques

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historical sights

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5
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faire du tourisme

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to go sightseeing

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lourds frais d’inscription

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hefty tuition fees

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à l’inverse

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conversely

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8
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Certes, … / il faut l’avouer…

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Granted, …

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9
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inutile de préciser que

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needless to say that

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entrer en territoire inconnu

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to enter uncharted waters

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jeter un pavé dans la marre

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to set the cats among the pigeons

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être sous les feux de l’actualité

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to come under the spotlight

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tirer le meilleur parti de qc

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to take the most of stg

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on ne sait pas ce l’avenir réserve à qn

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we do not no what the future holds in store for sb

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faire un referendum

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to hold a referendum

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16
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du jour au lendemain

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overnight

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17
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être chauvin

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to be chauvinistic

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être informé/instruit de qc (2)

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to be informed/apprised of sg

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être impoli,sans manière

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to be ill-mannered

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peu judicieux

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to be ill-advised

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mal-intentionné

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ill-intentioned

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désaffecté, abandonné

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maltraité (2)

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mistreated / ill-treated

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malavisé

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éclater de rire
to burst out laughing
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les couverts (couteau, fourchette, cuillère)
cutlery (a knife / a fork / a spoon)
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amortir, étouffer
to deaden
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abrutissant, amortissant
deadening
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propriété / possession
ownership
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renier qn
to disown sb
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codifier
to codify
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baisser
to drop
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mûr
ripe
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murir, faire murir
to ripen
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lawfully
légalement
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un hors la loi
an outlaw
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interdire
to outlaw
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ordonner à qn de faire qc
to bid sb to do sg | When your mother bids you to tidy your room, do so.
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surenchérir
to outbid
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prendre le relais, remplacer qn
to take over from sb
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reprendre un magasin
to take over a shop/firm
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une offre publique d'achat
a takeover bid
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être influençable
to be easily-influenced
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être soumis (2)
to be submissive / biddable
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dévouer sa vie à faire qc
to devote one's life to DOING sth
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réfuter
to disprove
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prédire
to foretell
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insensé ou sans connaissance
senseless
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absurde
nonsensical
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Instabilité, inconstance (personnalité changeante)
fickleness
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Cadre / structure
Framework
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Toujours aussi intense
unabated → to continue/remain unabated The battle continued throughout the day with unabated fury.
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Éphémère
Faddish
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Ronfler
Snore