Unit 12 Unusual Vocab Flashcards

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1
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un accord

A

treaty

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bien entendu

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of course

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ce faisant

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by doing

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une connaissance

A

acquaintance

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désigner

A

to designate

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l’égalité (f) des chances

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equal opportunities

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entre en vigeur

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to start

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la garde des enfants

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childcare

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un HLM

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council accommodation

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indubitable

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without doubt

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s’inscrire

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to join

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mettre en contact

A

put in touch

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n’importe quoi

A

anything

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14
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se permettre

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to afford

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une place

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a position/ job

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la prestation

A

benefit

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reconnaissant

A

grateful

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un ressortissant

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a national

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restreindre

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to restrict

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séculaire

A

secular

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21
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toucher un salaire

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to earn a salary

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22
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un tournant important

A

turning point

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s’accroître

A

to increase

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affirmer

A

to maintain/claim

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s’arranger

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to work out

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arriver

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to happen

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s’avérer

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to prove itself

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se charger

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to take care

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de sitôt

A

immediately

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un désaccord

A

a disagreement

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durcir

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to harden

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s’efforcer

A

to try

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l’endurcissement

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hardening

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s’établir

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to settle

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exiger

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to demand

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faire en sorte que

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to do what is needed so that

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une fondation

A

a foundation

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freiner

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to brake/slow down

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se débrouiller/ gérer

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to manage

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laisser tomber

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to abandon

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laxiste

A

lax

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se passer de

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to do without

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quant à

A

as for

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réconcilier

A

to reconcile

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rejoindre

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to meet/ join

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remarquez

A

mind you

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solutionner

A

to find a solution

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un toit

A

a roof

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un assassinat

A

murder

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un brouillon

A

rough copy

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un champ

A

field

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une composante

A

a component

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d’autant plus

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all the more

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décourager

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to discourage

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un dirigeant

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a leader

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en effet

A

indeed

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étendre

A

to widen

58
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le fichage

A

recording information

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impuni

A

unpunished

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le jour où

A

the day when

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mettre au courant

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to inform

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mettre en apllication

A

the apply

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porter plainte

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to file a complaint

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un prédécesseur

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a predecessor

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prôner

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to advocate

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le rapprochement

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the reconciliation

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revendiquer

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to claim (responsibility for)

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sécurisé

A

secure

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surmonter

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to overcome

70
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l’urbanisme

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town planning