tout et rien Flashcards

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1
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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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faire du tourisme

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to go sightseeing

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6
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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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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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13
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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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15
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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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19
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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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disused

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maltraité (2)

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mistreated / ill-treated

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malavisé

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misguided

25
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éclater de rire

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to burst out laughing

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les couverts (couteau, fourchette, cuillère)

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cutlery (a knife / a fork / a spoon)

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amortir, étouffer

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to deaden

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abrutissant, amortissant

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deadening

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propriété / possession

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ownership

30
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renier qn

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to disown sb

31
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codifier

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to codify

32
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baisser

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to drop

33
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mûr

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ripe

34
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murir, faire murir

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to ripen

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lawfully

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légalement

36
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un hors la loi

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an outlaw

37
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interdire

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to outlaw

38
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ordonner à qn de faire qc

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to bid sb to do sg

When your mother bids you to tidy your room, do so.

39
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surenchérir

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to outbid

40
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prendre le relais, remplacer qn

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to take over from sb

41
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reprendre un magasin

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to take over a shop/firm

42
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une offre publique d’achat

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a takeover bid

43
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être influençable

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to be easily-influenced

44
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être soumis (2)

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to be submissive / biddable

45
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dévouer sa vie à faire qc

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to devote one’s life to DOING sth

46
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réfuter

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to disprove

47
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prédire

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to foretell

48
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insensé ou sans connaissance

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senseless

49
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absurde

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nonsensical

50
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Instabilité, inconstance (personnalité changeante)

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fickleness

51
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Cadre / structure

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Framework

52
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Toujours aussi intense

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unabated
→ to continue/remain unabated
The battle continued throughout the day with unabated fury.

53
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Éphémère

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Faddish

54
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Ronfler

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Snore