Voc 1 Flashcards

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Geindre

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To moan

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Mauvais, anormal

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Dysfunctionnal

People from dysfunctional families often form relationships with each other.


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Déplorer

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To demoan

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Expert médiatique

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A pundit

” An industry pundit says our new product is bound to succeed.”

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Provenir de, découler de

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To stem from

“ These problems stem from the terrorist attack a few years ago.”

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Mélange parfait

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“Perfect Storm”

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Clairement

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Patently

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Un retour

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A feedback

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Un ensemble

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A set

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Prétendre

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To claim

“ Roger claims that he has seen aliens.”

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Une question, un problème

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An issue

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Octroi de licence

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Licensing

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Ciblé

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Targeted

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Un fournisseur

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A provider

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Ajuster

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To tailor

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Étroitement, de justesse, de peu

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Narrowly

“how I escaped narrowly from the crisis”

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Conscription

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A draft

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Diplômé

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Graduate

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Ainsi, de cette…

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Thereby

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Supporter

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To bear

The bridge must bear the weight of the cars and trucks.

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Mise en garde

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Warning

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Ruisseau, courant,flot

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A stream

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Solide, sain

Céder à la panique ne constitue en rien une base solide en matière de politique gouvernementale.

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Sound

Panic is not a sound basis for government policy.

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Un colon

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A settler

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Une vague
A wave
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Une répression
A crackdown
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Un pensionnat
Boarding schools
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Oublieux,inconscient
Innocuous
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Se vanter
Brag
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Honteux | Le fait d'accepter des pots de vin et d'autres actes honteux ont fait tomber le gouverneur.
Shameful | Accepting bribes and other shameful acts brought down the governor.
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Augmenter fortement
To shoot upward
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Un expert
A wonk
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Un changement
A shift
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Quelque soit, sans se soucier
Regardless of
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Une enquête,un sondage
A survey
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Une caractéristique
A feature
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Le devoir
Duty
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Prédominant, supérieur Les pensées relatives à son foyer et sa famille éloignés sont devenues la préoccupation majeure (or: la préoccupation absolue) de son esprit.
Uppermost | Thoughts of his distant home and family came uppermost to his mind.
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Prendre comme allant de soi
To take for granted
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Méfiant
To worry
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Se superposer
To overlap
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Causer, amener | Il a promis d'amener du changement
To bring about | He promised that he would bring about change.
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Graphique
Chart
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Étrange
Odd
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Supposer
To reckon
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Tourner autour de
To revolve around
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Un revenu
Income
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Cellule souche
Stem-cell
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S'élargir
To widen
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Un pas
A stride
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Soutenir
Underpin
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Dominant
Prevailling
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Souci, affaire, entreprise
Concern
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Surmonter
To cop with
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Maladroit
Awkward
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Refouler, réprimer
To suppress
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Tranchant, net, vif
Sharp
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Une époque
An era
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Une réduction
A cutback
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Guérir
To cure
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Subvention
Subsidy
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Empirer
To worsen
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Frappant
Striking
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Sans pitié
Ruthlessly
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Inonder
To flood
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A l'étranger
Overseas
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Éperonner, provoquer
To spur
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Se retirer
To pull back
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S'envoler
To soar
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Alimenter
To fuel
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Further
Supplémentaire
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Versement,règlement
Remittance
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pilier
mainstay
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rétrécir
to shrink
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gaspillage
waste
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balancer,basculer
to swing
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renflouement,plan de sauvetage
bailout
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Ponction,perte
to drain
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Preceder
To predate
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Recommander, prôner
To advocate
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Déclencher
To trigger
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Le sommet
Peak
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Rendre compte de
To account for
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Dévier, Détourner
To Divert
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Faire monter les enchères
To bid up
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Sous-jacent
Underlying
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Promettre, mettre en gage
To pledge
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Une greve
A strike
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Une saisie ( hypothèque )
Foreclosure
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Délocaliser
Outsource
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Faire des licenciements, dégraisser
To downsize
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Sans relâche
Unabated
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Effacer Complètement
To wipe out
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Distancer
To outpace
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Une tentative
An attempt
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Surement, Rien que
Merely
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Autrement, sinon
Otherwise
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Abîmé, détérioré
Impaired
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Charger
To load
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Contrecarrer, contrarie | M. Richards a contrarié les plans de M. Johnson en révélant de nouvelles informations sur le projet
To thwart Mr. Richards thwarted Mr. Johnson's plans when he revealed new information on the project. M. Richards a contrarié les plans de M. Johnson en révélant de nouvelles informations sur le projet.