useful to know Flashcards

1
Q

to align or adjust smth to smth else

A

caler qqch sur qqch

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2
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to be linked to

A

se rattacher à

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3
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prerequisite

A

le préalable

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4
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devoid of, lacking, ____less

A

dépourvu de

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5
Q

absence of respect or consideration

A

le mépris

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6
Q

hypocrisy

A

la hypocrisie

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7
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to go all out on, throw yourself into

A

mener qqch tambour battant

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8
Q

outlet or opening

A

le débouché

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9
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large-scale, major

A

d’envergure

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10
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limited, inadeuqate

A

sans envergure

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11
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to drop, fall, diminish

A

fléchir

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12
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repeated, never-ending

A

sempiternel

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13
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accumulation

A

le cumul

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14
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springboard

A

le tremplin

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15
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weakening, decline, erosion

A

l’effritement

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16
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to take centre stage

A

trôner

17
Q

to be much written about

A

faire couler l’encre

18
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satisfaction

A

la plénitude

19
Q

difference, gap, discrepancy

A

le décalage

20
Q

to evolve, develop, change

A

se muer

21
Q

the base

A

le socle

22
Q

cornerstone

A

la clé de voûte

23
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fruitful, successful, profitable

A

fructueux

24
Q

to be designed to do

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avoir vocation à

25
Q

to forge, to build

A

tisser

26
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to ensure that

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pour veiller à ce que

27
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to stem from, to result from

A

découler de

28
Q

on the edge of ruin/the abyss

A

au bord du gouffre

29
Q

echochamber

A

le matraquage médiatique

30
Q

rather than jeter un coup d’oeil sur

A

effleurer

31
Q

to examine smth v closely

A

scruter qqch à la loupe

32
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