Unit 0 - Communication Skills Flashcards

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Énonciation

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Utterance “The utterance of your name”

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Transporter

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To convey

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Les gestes

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Gestures

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Se fier à

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To rely on “Exemples given above rely on sounds to send a message”

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Facial

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Facial

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Un cas

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A case

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Découvrir

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To uncover

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Suspendre/pendre

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To hang

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Etre en défaut/”To be wrong”

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To be at fault

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Arriver à la conclusion

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To reach a conclusion

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Augmenter/arrondir

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To supplement

“Another part-time job to supplement the too-few hours he was working”

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Injustifié

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Unwarranted

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Parmi

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Among

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Se produire/arriver

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To occur

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Etres humains

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Human beings

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Participer à

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Be involved in “The most difficult task involved in the communication process”

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Affûter/aiguiser

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To sharpen “Sharpen your verbal skills”

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Ce n’est qu’après quelques jours

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It was not until a few days later

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Examiner/lire attentivement

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To peruse

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Trop peu d’heures

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Too-few hours

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Provoquer

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To provoke

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Rupture/perturbation

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Breakdown

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Une couche (de bébé)

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A diaper

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Réaction/réponse

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Response

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Un manuel

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A manual

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Important

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Prominent “Reading plays a prominent role”

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Une règle

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A rule

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Des réglementations

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Regulations

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Un formulaire de demande

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Application form

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Délicat

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Tricky “it is tricky to know how to respond”

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Entrer en jeu

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To come into play “Speaking skills come into play in asking questions”

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Fournir/pourvoir

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To provide “Providing answers”

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Une intersection

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An intersection

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Poursuivre jusqu’au bout/conclusion

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To follow through

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Une allée/voie/avenue

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A driveway

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La probabilité/chance

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Likelihood “You would decrease your likelihood of passing the examination”

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Approprié/adapté

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Appropriate

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Un effort/tentative

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Endeavo(u)r “Many other endeavor”

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Fonctionner

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Functioning

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39
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L’ampleur/l’étendue/longueur

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The extent “The extent of a person’s vocabulary”

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40
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Etudiant de seconde année

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A sophomore

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41
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Soumettre une nouvelle fois

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To resubmit

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42
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Le salaire

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Wages

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43
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Précédent/antérieur

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Prior

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La semaine précédente

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The prior week

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45
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Passer/se présenter à l’examen

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Taking the written test

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47
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Les instructions/indications

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The directions

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Le quotidien

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Everyday life

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Un tuyau acoustique

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A voice pipe

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Les ordres destinés aux machines

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Engine orders

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La passerelle

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The bridge

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Entrer au bassin

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To dock

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La proue/l’avant

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The bow

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La poupe/l’arrière/l’étambot

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The stern

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Amarrer

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To moor

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VHF

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Very high frequency

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Un pavillon/drapeau

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A flag

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Lamp Aldis

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Aldis lamp

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Une flamme

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A pennant “There are also pennant-shaped flags for numbers”

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Guidon

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Burgee “Three other flags which are burgee-shaped”

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Une sirène

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A siren

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Un sifflet

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A whistle

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Une cloche

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A bell

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Le brouillard

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Fog

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Son d’un instrument à vent

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A blast

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Circonstance critique/conjoncture

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Emergency

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Une fusée

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A rocket

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Une flamme/signal lumineux

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A flare

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Reconnaître/accuser réception de

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To acknowledge “To acknowledge a signal”

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Eliminer/congédier graduellement

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To phase out “The Radio Officer has been phase out completely”

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Un appel

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A call

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Un signal de détresse

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A distress signal

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Un quart

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A watch

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Mettre en action/en train

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To actuate “Is designed to actuate alarm bells”

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Alarmer/avertir/alerter

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To alert

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Autrefois

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Formerly “Formerly voice pipes were used”

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De nos jours

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Nowadays

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Representer/être pour/Supporter

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To stand for “Each flags stands for a letter the alphabet”

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En outre/en plus

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Besides

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Se lier/absorber/”Start ; accept”

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To take up “A large part of the RO duty was taken up with transmitting …”

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Souligner/hausser/mettre en valeur

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To enhance “The benefits of effective communication enhance our personal lives”

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Proprement/d’une manière soignée

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Neatly

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De travers

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Awry

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Echouer/être en échec

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To go awry “Where communications between ship and shore go awry”

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Amarre de travers

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Breast line

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Raider/appuyer/souquer

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To heave tight “The line should be heaved tight

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Gaillard d’avant

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Forecastle

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Piloter/gouverner

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To con “The pilot was conning the vessel”

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Literie

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Bedding

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Signalisation

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Signage

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Aggraver/exaspérer

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To exacerbate

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Déformer/altérer/mutilé

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To garble “The reason these messages become garbled is …”

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Capuchon/capot

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Hood

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Obligatoire

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Mandatory

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Approprié à/vocabulaire spécifique

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Dedicated

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Poupée de treuil

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Gipsy/gypsy

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Guindeau

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Windlass

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Passerelle haute

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Monkey island/bridge

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Compétence/talent

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Proficiency “A mandatory requirement for proficiency in English”

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D’actualité/topique

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Topical “A topical reference”

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Instrument/outil

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Tool

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Inculper/insuffler/convaincre qn. de qc.

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To instil “To instil in young students the appropriate skills”

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Bien que/quoique

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Although

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Négligent/insouciant

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Careless “Careless talks costs lives”

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Résumé/récapituler

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To sum (up) “A phrase sums up the dangers of ineffective communications”

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Pas bien du tous

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Badly wrong “if they do badly wrong”

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Frapper/heurter

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To strick

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Cohérent/constant

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Consistent

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Extrêmement/vivement

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Intensely

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En correlation

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To related to “The fire was not related to poor communications”

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Obstacle/entrave

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Hindrance

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Vaincre/surmonter

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To overcome

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Pratiquement

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Practically/virtually

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Surtout

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Especially

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Discutable/contestable

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Arguable