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1
Q

Se passer de , 2

A

Do without

Dispense with

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Un cambrioleur 3

Un cambriolage

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A burglar
Housebreaker
A yegg

A burglary

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Signaler, 3

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Report
Mention
Point out

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Être accompagné de ,3

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To be mentored by
To be chaperoned by
To be under the supervision of

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Divertissement

Simple 4
Simplement

A

Entertainment

Straightforward, mere, unvarnished, easy
Merely

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6
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Impôts

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Taxes

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Un quai

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A wharf

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Un saboot
Une patte
Un talon

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A hoof
A paw
A heel

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Une étagère

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A shelf

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PIB

A

GPD

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IDH

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HDI

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Indice , 2

A

Index

Indication

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Perplexité, 2

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Bewilderment

Puzzlement

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Etonnement 3

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Astonishment
Daze
Bewilderment

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Basculer , 3

A

Toggle
Tumble
Overbalance

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Chic

A

Nifty
Posh
Pushy
Fashionable

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Annuel

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Yearly

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18
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Raidir

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Stiffen

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19
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Une ampoule

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A lightbulb

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20
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Un soupir

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A sigh

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21
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Violon

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Fiddle

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22
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Éclair

“Tu m’as volé la gloire”

A

Lightening, flash of lightening
Thunderbolt
“You stole my thunder!”

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23
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Caissier, 3

Aller à la caisser

A

Cashier
Paymaster
Checker
Go to the cashier

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Fureur, courroux

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Wrath

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25
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Plus modéré

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More measured

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26
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À sa guise, au gré de ses envies

A tel point que

Contenir, réfréner

A

At will

So much that

To curb

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27
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Issu de la classe ouvrière

A

Working class

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28
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Un pays vidé de sa substance

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A hollowed-out country

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29
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Être stupéfait

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To ne bewildered

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30
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Brisé, 3

A

Riven
Torn
Broken

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31
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Un exemple syn

Un signe avant coureur

A

A touchtone

A harbinger

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32
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Exceptionnel
À longue date
Le pays le plus tourné vers l’ext

A

Outstanding
Longstanding
The most outward-looking country

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33
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Répondre, 2

A

Answer back

Reply

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34
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Répandre,5

A 
Spill
Scatter
Circulate
Sprinkle
Peddle
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35
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Contourner, 3

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Skirt
Get around
Circle

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36
Q

Betail

A

Livestock

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37
Q

Il pleut des hallebardes

Miauler

A

It’s raining cats and do

To meow

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38
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Ainsi, donc

A

Thus

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39
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Contrecarrer, 4

A

To thwart
To balk
To interfere
To cross out

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40
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Petits deja studieux

A

Power beakfast

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41
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Docteur en communication pol

A

Spin doctor

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42
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Car tout porte à croire sue

A

Because they are strong signs that/for

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43
Q

Système d’ancienneté

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Seniority system

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44
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Viande traitée

A

Cured meat

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45
Q

Selon les estimations actuelles
Il est tres probable
Meme si force est de constater que
Aussi surprenant que cela puisse paraître

A

By current estimates
Chances are,
Even tough there is no denying that
Surprising as it may seem

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46
Q

Se maintenir

Ex: si les taux de nat se maintiennent au niv actuel

A

Hold up

If today’s birthrates hold up,

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47
Q

À en juger par

Les vagues d’immigrations qui esseient d’entrer le sol

A

Judging from

The waves of im WHO try to set foot on the Am soil

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48
Q

Perdre du terrain

Ex:La perte de terrain de l’anglais s’est acceleree

A

To lose ground

Ex:English has been loosing ground to spanish at a quicker pace

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49
Q

Il est grand temps que

Ex: il est grand temps que l’inegalite des salaires cesse

A

It’s high time + sujet + PRET

Ex: It is high time that the gender gap was put a stop to

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50
Q

Précarité

Emploi subalterne

A

Precariousness

Menial jobs

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51
Q

Les récents
Intensifier
Contrebandiers

A

The further
To step up
Smugglers

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52
Q

Les hommes politiques ont beau jeu de surfer sur la vague anti-immigration tant l’opinion publique s’acharne sur les immigrés

A

Today’s public opinion is so tempted by a backlash of im, that politicians fight it very easy to jump on the anti-immugration band-wagon

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53
Q

Etre au rang de

Ex: les EU ne figurent qu’au 40e rang des mays classes en fonction du nombre de femmes au Parlement

A

Ranks

Ex: the US ranks only 40th worldwide in terms of women representation in parliament

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54
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Meme si, 2
Ex: Meme si les filles ont de meilleurs resultats scolaires que les garcons, ca n’a pas de repercussion sur le amrche du travail. Les vieux prejudices ont la vie dure

A

Altough, even tough
Ex: Even tough girls outperform boys at school, this superiority has no repercussion in the labor marcket. Okd prejudices die hard!

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55
Q

Congé sabbatatique
Désapprouvé
Une crèche
Les femmes continuent moins leur carrieres

A

Sabbaticals
Frowned upon
Nursery, childcare
All add up to make Women are less eager to go on with their career

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56
Q

Ascenseur social, de l’entreptise

Marché du travail

A

Social ladder
Corporate ladder
The labor marcket

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57
Q

Salaire, 3

Bourse,4

A

Earning, wage, salary

Stock Exchange, scholarship, grant, stipend

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58
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Aspiration 3

A

Yearning
Breathing
Aspiration

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59
Q

Affirmation, 5

A 
Assertion
Dictum
Predication
Avertment
Affirmation
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Desir, 5

A 
Desire
Will
Craving
Longing
Will
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61
Q

Enclin

A

Eager

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62
Q

Classement

A

Classification

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63
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Dénigrer

Idée fausse

A

Dispraise

Misconception

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64
Q

Cannaliser sls chose

A

To channel smt

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65
Q

Le prg politique democrate

A

The democratic platform

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66
Q

Petrin, situation diff

A

Predicament

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67
Q

Une publicité

A

An ad

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68
Q

Respecter les limitations de vitesse

A

To abife speed limits

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69
Q

Devancer

Hésiter 4

A

Forestall

To doubt, to falter, waver,to crane

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70
Q

” on dit que ca devient”

A

“It is said to be becoming..”

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71
Q

Nombres

A

Figures

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72
Q

Subventions
Frais de scolarité
Appauvri

Rendements , 4
Une grue et du géranium

A

Subsidies
Tuition fees
Impoverished

Yield, efficiency, output, capacity
Crane

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73
Q

Les previsions
Une prevision

Sondages d’opinion 2
Verification des votes

Estimations2

A

The forecasts
A forestation

Surveys, opinion polls
Canvass

Estimates, appreciations

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74
Q

C’est obscur, 2

A

It’s arcane, recondite

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75
Q

Prendre des airs

Faire semblant

A

To posture

Postuting

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76
Q 
Un valet de pied
# cordonnier # cireur de chaussures
A

A foot man
A cobbler
A shoe polisher

77
Q

Oeil poché

A

A shiner

A black eye

78
Q

Si ce n’est, 2

A

Appart from

Except

79
Q

A condition, 2

A

Provided that

On condition

80
Q

Médaille d’argent
Bronze
Medaille en argent

A

Silver medal
Bronze
Golden medal

81
Q

Froncer les sourcils, 3

A

Frown
Scowl
Knit one’s brows

82
Q

Se refrogner
Mal à l’aise
Desapprouvé

Se proliférer
Véhiculer
Se multiplier 2
Se reproduire 2

A

To frown, scowl
Frowned
Frowned upon

To mushroom
To convey
To expand, to multiply,
To spawn, to breed

83
Q

Rechigner , 4

A

Frown
Begrudge
Grudge
Jib

84
Q

Remerciements

Remerciement,3

A

Thanks
Appreciation
Thanking
Aknowledgment

85
Q

Sèchement,3

A

Crisply
Briskly
Curtly

86
Q

Nettement, brusquemment

A

Sharply

87
Q

Prochainement

A

Shortly

88
Q

Je vous écoute

A

I’m all ears

89
Q

Prendre le thé

A

To HAVE tea

90
Q

Il y a quelque chose..

A

There’s ONE thing..

91
Q

Vouloir dire

A

To mean

92
Q

Elle buvait toujours son thé beaucoup rop chaud

A

She always drank her tea too much hot

93
Q

Légèrement incliné3

S’incliner3

A

A little bit curved, benched, barely bended

To bow down, to bend down

94
Q

Reporter

A

To defer
Point out
Report
Mention

95
Q

Pendant quelques temps déjà,2

A

Quite a few time yet

Since many time away

96
Q

Souffler 3

A

To make/sans wind
To blane
To blow out (candles)

97
Q

Refroidir, 6

A 
To freeze
To cold
To chill
To cool down
To quench
To ice
98
Q

Un enfant unique

A

A only child

99
Q

Trébucher, 6

Faux pas

A 
To stumble
To tumble
To strip
To stagger
To totter
A stumble
100
Q

Se tromper,5

A 
To go wrong
To be mistaken
To mistake
To err
To make a mistake
101
Q

Se reprendre

A

To recover
Rally
Get over
Pull oneself together

102
Q

De travers
Un clin d’oeil,2
Une cerrure

A

Askew
A snap, a wink
A lock

103
Q

Potelé, joufflu

A

Chubby

104
Q

Une soirée entre filles, garcons

A

A girl’s boy’s night out

105
Q

Je me depeche d’aller prendre ma douche et nous prendrons le thé

A

I’m going to run and have a showed, then we’ll have tea

106
Q

Moite, mouillé, 2

Mains moites

A

Moist, wet

Sweaty hands

107
Q

If + present
If preterit
If + past perfect

A

Will
Would
Would have + passé

108
Q

Would, 4

A

Conditionnel: i would be happy..
Volonté, formule politesse: would you hand me the salt please
Refus: he wouldnt do..
Frequence, habitude: everyday, we would get up at 6
Futur dans passe: He told me he would be there

109
Q

Augmenter,

A

Croitre : to raise, to rise, to increase/ on the increase

Ameliorer, intensifier: to enhance, to heighten, to step up

110
Q

La Floride, la Californie..

key West, Là où commece et finit la Floride

A

The State of Florida, Californie

X inversion sujet/verbe : When Florida ends and begins

111
Q

Éliminer qlq chose 3
Se soumettre, céder 2
Abandonner 3

A

To do away with smt
To bow, to back away, to give away
To back down, to surrender

112
Q 
Passer une loi, 2
"La loi devrait passer.."
Projet de loi
Imposer
Un élu
A 
To enact a law
To pass a law
"The law is to come into effect.. "
A bill
To require
An elected official
113
Q

Pourquoi attendre?

A

Why should one wait?

114
Q

Aller à la chasse
Un gibier
Des enfants de 11 ans
À l’arrivée

A

Go hunting
A game
Eleven-year old children
Upon arrival

115
Q

Preterit/ present perfect
Qd separé par since
Qd les 2

A

Recuse, date, a la place passé compo/ bilan, qlq chose qui doit se passer
Partie qui a deja commencé: p perfect, l’autre: preterit

La plus reculee: past p
La plus proche: preterit

116
Q 
To take over from
L'usine
Fabriquer
Appareils domestiques 2
Faire faillite 3
Fournir
A 
To take over from
The factory
To manufacture
Domestic appliances, household
To go bankrupt, go bust, go into liquidation
Supply
117
Q

Nourriture , ferme biologique..
Viande traitée
Produit alimentaire

A

ORGANIC food, farm
Cured meat
Foodstuff

118
Q

Dont, 4 cas

A

Qd relie deux noms: whose
Qd “un parmi d’autres”: of which pour objet, of whom pour personne
Qd relié a verbe, adjectif, phrase : which, that ou tien
Qd quantité: quantificateur + of + whom/ which
Ex: some, many of

119
Q 
Les siens H/F
Le lendemain
Avoir lieu
La semaine de travail
Guère, à peine
A 
HerS/ gus
The following day
To ocurre
The working week
Hardly
120
Q

Au milieu d’un débat croissant au sujet de..
Siège, OG
Logiciel ( exceptionnel/ déficient

A

In the midst of a growing debate about..
Head office
Oustanding/ faulty software

121
Q 
Juger: morale 
# considerer qlq chose 3
# to: nuancer qq chose
# declarer
# protester
# se rendre compte
# se confier
A 
To judge 
# to consider, to come to the conclusion, to conclude
To qualify
To state
To object, to protest
To realise
to confide, to tell a secret
122
Q

Fuir
Esquiver
Partir en courant
Surveillance

A

To flee
To run away, to run off
To escape

To shun, to avoid

To cut and run

Oversight

123
Q

Les opposants à la loi

A

XXX law-opponents!! Or law’s opponents ( la loi de possede personne)
“Those who oppose the law” slmt qd generalités: Gun violence, Climate change..

124
Q

Interdiction
Proscription hors la loi

Autorisation
Acquittement
Une garantie

A

A prohibition
Banning
Forbidding

A outlawry

A consent, allowance
A clearance, discharge
A warranty

125
Q

Quelques : nb , 40, 30aine d’eleves

A

Some forty, some thirty.. pupils

126
Q

Comparatifs
De superioté

D’inferiorité

D’egalité

A

Tj than:

Ajd et adverbes:
er ou ier pour sjd courts, more pour long (3 syllabes ou plus)
G verbal + more, more + G nominal

Less + than pour adj, verbes, advers mais nom: less + than avec indenombrables et fewer + than avec denombrables

Ajd: as + ajd + as , nom: as much + ind + as ou manh pour den

127
Q

Superlatif

A

Nom: the least + indenombrable

The fewest + denombrable

128
Q

Quantité:
Grande

Noms

La plupart de

Petite

Insuffisante

Nulle

A

A lot/ lots of not phrases aff

Much (ind) / many (den) nit phrase int/ negatives

Most of

A few + den, a litt + inf
Rien + few ou little

Aucune quantité: no ou not any
Ensemble vide: none of…

129
Q

Grâce presidentielle

A

Presidential pardon

130
Q

Avoir quelque chose de
Sur le bord de mer
D’ici là
Se mettre à faire qlq chose ss s’en rendre compte

A

To have a ….. quality
On the sea front/side
By that time
To lapse into smt

131
Q 
Enflammer 2
Embraser 3
Enflammé
Transformer qlq chose
Faire office de

Attiser,4
Susciter, 4

Hyprocrite, une polemique 3

A 
To ignite, to set on fire, inflame
Ignited
To set smt ablaise / aglow/ on fire
To turn smt/ sbdy into
To serve as

To stirp, to whip up, to fuel, to kindle

To create, arouse, spark, give rise to

Hyprocritical
Controversy, polemics, polemic

132
Q 
Homme a tout faire
Gardien
En dehors de la maison
 Maison Désordonnée, biscornue
Choc pétrolier

Une demeure 3
Une residence 3

Lieu de séjour

A 
Handyman
Caretaker
Outhome
Rambling house
Oil shock
A abode, delay, abidance
A residence ( y), dwelling, mansion

A resort

133
Q

Insister , 3

A

To insist : that sby + pret : that Sara stayed

To insit on + v ing : to insist on Sara’s staying

To insist in order to + have : to insist in order to have Sarah stay

134
Q

Couleurs

3 verbes
Jaunissant, grisonnant

A

To redden
To whitten
To blacken

Yellowing, greying

135
Q 
Inden
Carrefour
Moyens
Des souries
Des oises
Des boeufs
Fourniture
Bagage
Ordures
La Politique, la Physique
A 
Crossroads
Means
Mice
Geese ( goosebumps chair de poule)
Oxen
Furbiture
Luggage
Rubbish
politics, physicd
136
Q

Arriver, se presenter

A

To turn up

137
Q

A blond Russian

En francais , ordre??

A

Une russe blonde

138
Q

Sectarisme,2

A

Bigotry,

Sectarianism

139
Q

Égaré

Egarer

A

Misguied, misleaded

Misguide, misslead

140
Q

Une vocation 1
Un travail 3

Qu’est ce que tu fais pour gagner ta vie?
Que fais tu dans la vie

A

A calling
Working, job , employement

What do you to earn a living
What do you do for living?

141
Q

Admissible
Un concours
Una manifestation 3 , des manifestants 2
Une compétition 2

Pratiquer la lutte
Joueur du piano

A

Elligible
Allowable
Admissible

A contest

A march, a demonstration, a protest.
Protesters, demonstrators

Competition, tournament

Wrestle, play the pinao

142
Q

S’effocer

Faire face, faire face à

Lutter 3

Être en contact avec
Restons en contact

Se reprendre

A

Strive

To cope, to cope with

To fight, struggle, battle

To come into contact with
Let’s keep in touch

To recover, to get over, to PULL oneselft together

143
Q

Santé
Mettre sous sédation

Je me porte tres bien!
J’ai une santé de fer

Une mere enceinte 3
Avorter
Accoucher

Atteint mentalement
Engourdi, paralysé 3

A

To sedate

I’m as fit as a fiddle
I have a cast iron constitution

A pregnant, an expecting mother, a mother-to be

To have an abortion
To deliver

To be mentally ill
Numb, to go numb, to go dead

144
Q

Solitaire

Famille proche/ distante, ma belle famille

Cousin germain

Freres/ soeurs , un nouveau-né, un mort-né,avorté

La maternité 3/ la paternité

Être maternel/ paternel, instict …

A

Reclusive

Close/ distant relatives, my in-laws

First cousin

Siblings , a newborn baby, a stillborn baby

Motherhood, childbearing, maternity leaves / fatherhood

Motherly/ fatherly/ marternal/ paternal instinct

145
Q

Le tourbillon 5

Tourner, moisir 3

Attrayer 3

Consternant, épouvantable 1
Effroyable 3

Atroce, 2

A

Vortex, whirpool, whirlwind, swirl, whirl
MAELSTROM

To go bad
To mold/ mould

To lure, relish, to allure

AppaLLing,
dreadfull, fearsome, frightful

Excruciating, atrocious

146
Q

Miettes

Se déteriorer 4

Tomber en pièces

Assaisonner
Passer le poivre, cumin, salt..

Qui a bon gout, 6

A

Crumbs

To crumble, break down, to deteriorate, worsen
To fall to piece

Can/ would you habd me the pepper, salt..

Tasty, palatable, toothsome, scrumpious, delectable, delightful

147
Q

Manches
Manchettes
Mallette en argent

Mettre/ défaire son manteau.. 3
S’habiller comme..

Une tenue
Un smoking

Un placard

A

Sleeves
Cuffs
Silver briefcase

To do up one’s coat
To fasten/ undo one’s coat

To dress up as
A outfit, dress
A smoking, tuxedo

A closet

148
Q

Balayer2
Emporter 3

Mépriser 3
Être condescendant
Se sentir méprisé
Haute rage

Offenser 3
Dénigrer 3

Fermer les yeux sur

A

To sweep, to scan

To take away, carry away, carry our

To despise, to scorn, to disregar
To look down on
To feel slighted
Wrath

To injure, offend, slight
To disparage, to belittle, to slur

To overlook, to condone

149
Q

Pressentimment 3
Sentir les sens # sentir
Signe avant coureur

Odeur 3
Parfum

Monotone, routinier

Une Bosse # Un morceau

A

A hunch, to have the feeling that, a foreboding
To sense # to feel, experience
A harbinger

A smell, smelling scent
A fragance

Humdrum

A bump,
A lump

150
Q

Baptême , 2

Ecrire aux frandes lignes cartes sur dieu

A

Christening, baptism

151
Q

Également, 3
Quoi que ce soir

Homologue
Une peluche / un doudou

Essentiel 3
Poignant 2
Moisi jusqu’à la moile

Une agrafeuse

A

Likewise. Equally, Evenly
Whatsoever

Counterpart
Lint, plush/ a cuddy toy

Core, main, gist
Harrowing, heartbreaking
Rotten to the core

A stapler

152
Q

Deuil:

Défunt
Disparu
Absent

Sidérer

Rajouter mors carts

A

To be in mourning for sb
Departed, late
Vanished, extinct, lost
Missing

To flabbergast -> flabbergasting

153
Q

L’argument décisif

Ingérence

À l’insu
Inconnu 3

Sondeurs

A

The clincher

Meddling

Unbenowst
Nameless, unfamiliar, undiscovered

Pollsters

154
Q 
Corps:
Intestins 2
Narine
Avoir petite poitrine
Crotte de nez
Négligé 3

Donner honte corps, attitude filles fem

A 
Bowel, guts
Nostrils
To be flatchested
A bogey
Slovenly, untidy and more familir: sloppy

To bodyshame, to slutshame , bofyshaming / slutshaming

155
Q

Maison:
Décoratif
Fonctionnel # déficient
Flagrant

A

Ornamental
Functional # defective
Blatant, glaring

156
Q 
Attentionné
Rigoureux
Bien intentionné
Droiture
Incrédulité
Crédule
Généreux 4
A 
Caring
Thoroughgoing, entire
Well-meanin
Righteousness
Disbelief
Gullible
Generous, giving, kind, bountiful
157
Q

Quel dommage! Je n’avais pas remarqué cette telle hausse dans les prix de l’immobilier

A

What a pity! I didn’t have noticed such a rise in PROPERTY prices

158
Q

Se remettre en question, 3 selon contexte

Imprégné de

A

To take a good look at oneself/ yourself : jugement, réaliser..
To do some soul searching: dev personnel etc
To question oneself: dev perso etc

Suffised with

159
Q

In et into diff

A

In: mvt chose à l’interieur m d’un endroit

Into: mvt d’une chose a un autre endroit, monde, espace

160
Q 
Signes ostentatoires 2
Le voile islamique
La presse anglo-saxonne
Les prises de position
Reconsidérer
Une décomposition : ex : Un désarmement progressif
Mettre un terme à
A 
Conspicious, overt : symbols
The Islamic headscarf
The English-speaking press
Stances
To reexaminate
A gradual decomossioning:  of weapons..
To put an end TO
161
Q

Compter sur soi-même

A

Self-reliance

162
Q

Et qui Pourtant , dans une phrase

Afin to

A

Yet , “ who would yet”

So as to, aim at + ing

163
Q 
Il sera dans les bacs
Augmenter tres fortement
Décourager qlq
Valoriser
C'est dissuasif
Obliretée, supprimée

Fatiguant

A

It will be on the book shelves
To soar/ to skyrocket
To deter sb from

It’s deterrent
Oblirated

Tiresome

164
Q

Le dauphin est le plus veau des Mammifère terreste

Baleine
Les souris
L’elephant est le plus grand..
Une corne

A

The dolphin is the BEST-LOOKING (not most-good looking) terrestrial MAMMAL in the world

A whale
Mice
The elephant is the LARGEST
A horn

165
Q

Principe, dogme

Bruyant 2

Une querelle 2

Le personnel 2

Une galerie marchande

A

A tenet

Noisy, loud

A feud, an argument

staff, employees

A shopping mall

166
Q

Aboutir3
Aboutir à un accord
Aboutir à des resultats
Aboutir à rien

A

Result, come to fruiction, lead to smt

Reach an agreement
Deliver results
Come to nothing

167
Q

Remplacer qlq

Societe

Qlq chose d’int, en salle ex : plantes interieures

Avoir peur de chance de.. ex: aboutir

Respecter les limitations de vitesses

A

Take over sby # take over smth

Firm/ compagny # corporate: slmt adjectif!

Indoor plants

To STAND little chance +BV : to succeed

To COMPLY with speed limits ( ou abide by -> dev abode by)

168
Q

Bailler

A

To yawn

169
Q

“Laisser passer le train”

To hamper sth

A

To miss the bandwagon

Entraver qlq chose

170
Q

La disette

La pénurie/ rareté de: 3

Dégradant

“D’antan”

Actionnaires 2
la bourse des valeurs

A

Dearth

The dearth of / the scarce of / the lack of

Demeaning

Of old

Shareholders/ stockholders
Stock exchange

171
Q

Un pouce
Synonym of: to increase/ decrease solwly

Obligatoire 2

Presenter un risque ex: d’explostion

dire.. de manière péjorative

Confirmer

A 
An inch (2,5 cm)
To inch up to/ to inch down to

Mandatory / compulsory

To pose a dust explosion HAZARD

Disparagingly

To bear out -> born out

172
Q

White-maned def
Une criniere

Le conseil/comité
Ex: le conseil de direction

A

” white-head”
A mane

Board
The company board

173
Q

En reponse à

Payer un prix # payer pr qlq chose

Il y a de la critique

Sensibiliser

Pour le moment

En un tout

A

In reponse OF

To pay a price /sb # to pay for sth

They are criticiSm

To sensitize

For the time being

As a whole

174
Q

S’attaquer à qlq

Spécialement # spécifiquement

Surpasser la race humaine

Peut faire dire..

Etre dependant de..

Faire des experiences

A

To wage war on

Especially # specifically

Surpass manking

Dependent on

To do some experiments # experience sth

175
Q

Exemple le plus effrayant

Travaux manuels

Faire clairement passer un message!

Etre crée, mis en forme

Concitoyen, compatriote # homologique

Maladie cardiovasculaire , le diabete

A

The scariest exAmple

Arts and crafts

To drive a message home!!

To be crafted

Countrymen # counterpart

Heart disease, diabetES

176
Q

Un peuple

Forcer qlq à..

Réevaluer

Moyenne# mediane

Noirs/Blancs : maj qd NOM et min qd ajd en fr: mais en anglais presque tj en ajd donc min
Mais nationalites tj MAJ a la diff fr: min ex: un noir brésilien

A

A people

To compel sb to

To recast

Average # median

A black Brazilian

177
Q

Qd mot se finit par es..

D’autant plus que…

Incarner
Renforcer

44000 millions

A

Svt se pronom EZZZ

All the more : …as / ….ajd +er

Person: To embody/ object: to reflect
A embodiement

To reInforce

44,000 million : jamais de S sauf qd ajd numeraux : ex thousands, millions of people fled..

178
Q

Abriter, recouvrir ( ex des oeuvres d’art) 3

Accompagner un evenement 3

Qlq de mieux-qualifié

Hardly jamais en debut de phrase ( sauf Q temps mais tres peu)

A

To shelter # is home to/ to host an exibition
Ex: is home to 34,000 artifacts/ objectd # pieces: morceaux

To lead an event, support an event, be there for # to chaperon, mentor : a person not an event

A better-suited person

179
Q

Exprimer l’heure

Ex: ce samedi 24 septembre 2016

Midi/ minuit

Il est 6h30
6h15
6h55
7h-7
7h03
A

Am: On Saturday, September 24 th , 2026

Ang On Saturdayx, the 24th of September 2016

AT twelve (o' clock), noon, 
midnight

Half past ex: six 6:30
Quarter past six
Seven to seven
Three past seven

180
Q

EXOS :
Je l’aurais écouté JUSQU’À LA FIN DES TEMPS

L’Europe, Lili.. doit s’être réveillée

Il pronomcait le moindre mot français avec une très joyeuse gourmandise.
PronoNcer
La gourmandise

A

I could have listened to him till the end of time/ forever

Europe/Lili must have woken up BY NOW! / Time for Europe/ Lili’s WAKE-UP call!

He UTTERED EACH and EVERY French word with a GLEEFUL appetite, yet meticulously/ neatly
To utter
Greed

181
Q

Exos

Je le suivis dans le rez-de-chaussée où il habitait,

Une seule pièce qui donnait sur une cour pleine de bidons d’huile.

A

I followed him to the GROUND-FLOOR appartment he lived in,

A single room that OPENED ONTO a COURTYARD full of oils CANS

182
Q

Quel est votre métier? 2
Comment gagnez-vous votre vie?

J’aime le fait de pouvoir vivre de ce que j’aime faire!

A

What is your occupation?
What do you do for a living?
What do you to earn/make a living?

I love that I can earn a living doing what I love to do!

183
Q

-Je me trompe ou…?

Ex: Je me trompe ou vous pronomcez drôlement?

  • juste Un petit problème de…
  • Je vous expliquerai.. 3
A

-Am I wrong in thinking….?

Am I wrong in thinking you pronunciation is a little odd?

  • it’s just a SLIGHT/ minor problem / issue with…
  • I’ ll get on that later / More on that later( plus familier) / I’ll explain some other time
184
Q

-En attendant
En atendant que..
Et en attendant, 3

  • Je répète
  • Je suis une sorte de..
  • Allumer/ Eteindre
A
  • AWAITING.-> He is awaiting
  • In the meantime / the meanwhile suivis de virgule/ Meanwhile
  • Let me ask this again.
  • I’m a policeman OF SORTS
  • To switch on / to turn off
185
Q
  • s’exclamer
  • Quartiers chics
  • C’est normal.
  • Les contraventions du WE: feux rouges grillés, stationnements interdirs, voies de bus empruntées
  • etc
A

To exclaim

Uptown

Quite natural.

  • The week-end’s tickets for JUMPING red lights, unauthorised parking, driving in bus LANES and SO ON.
  • and so on
186
Q
  • Une ville de chez vous, dans une region qui s’appelle la Bretagne, je crois. 2
  • Je travaille 7 fois plus qu’un Français et je coûte 7 fois moins cher
  • Il se tut.
A

A town in your country, in a region called BRITRANY/ in the area of ….., am I right?

I work three times AS FAST AS A FRENCHMAN and/ yet I’m paid seven times less.

-He fell silent

187
Q

Je les ai surpris en pleine conversation dans le dortoir

Moi aussi, j’ai été amoureuse. Une rencontre suu m’a beaucoup marquée

Un grand amour?

Mais cela s’est mal terminé..

A

I overheard them DEEP IN CONVERSATION in the dormitory.

I was once in love too. Meeting him did changed my life.i

Were you really in love? Was he one of the loves of your life?

But thins TOOK AN UGLY TURN.

188
Q

Je m’approchai des casiers afin de faire mine de ranger quelques affaires.

Ils ne me pretérent aucune attention.
Aucun/ Pas le moindre

.. demanda doucement Nina.

A

I walked OVER TO / towards the locks to pretend I was busy petting some things away.

They paid no attention whatsoever to me
Whatsoever

Nina asked soflty!!! PAS D’INVERSION SUJET VERBE

189
Q

Je m’en serai doutée. 2

Un seducteur 2
Un beau parleur

Rien d’un gentleman, aucun rapport avec toi.

Du jour au lendemain..

Elle baissa les yeux..

A

I thought so/ It comes as no surprise

A womaniwer / a Don Juan
A smooth talker

He was certainly no gentleman, nothinf to be compared with you.

Overnight.

To look down

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