Voc 10

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affection, maladie

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an ailment

Question 2

dissuader, décourager

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to deter

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gober, absorber, consommer rapidement

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to guzzle up

Question 4

pays vieillissant

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aging country

Question 5

chronic diseases

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obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure

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surveiller, suivre (ex: état de santé d’un patient)

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to monitor (the patient status)

Question 7

s’arrêter net

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to stop short

Question 8

prendre du poids

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to put on weight

Question 9

particulier, étrange, bizarre

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peculiar

Question 10

hausser les épaules

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to shrug (one’s shoulders)

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se mêler de

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to meddle in

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contesté, controversé,litigieux, discutable

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contentious

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monter/descendre en flèche

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to shoot up/down

Question 14

inventer une expression

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to coin a phrase

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être mis à rude épreuve

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to be under considerable strain

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les estimations

Answer 16

the estimates

Question 17

réduire de moitié

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to halve

Question 18

une vieille fille

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a spinster

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un domestique

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a servant

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une bonne/employée de maison

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a help

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rêvasser

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to daydream

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fréquence des morts par overdose aux USA

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one every ten minutes

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monter en flèche

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to soar

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expliquer/justifier qqch

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to account for stg

Question 25

une ardoise

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a slate

Question 26

médicaments sur ordonnance

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prescription drugs

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surendettement

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personal bankrupty

Question 28

débat houleux/animé

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heated debate

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terme aux USA pour qualifier un gvt qui intervient trop

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big government

Question 30

part des américains avec couverture médicale avant/après Obamacare

Answer 30

16% --> 8.8%

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scepticisme

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scepticism (UK)/ skepticism (US)

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être crevé, vanné (familier)

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to be shattered

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bris de verre

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shattered glass

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être bien vivant

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to be alive and kicking (a person, a policy...)

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être vigoureux, en pleine santé

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to be hale and hearty

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une entorse / une cheville foulée

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a sprain/ a sprained ankle

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la grippe

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flu (abrev de influenza)

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mal de gorge

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sore throat

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bleu, contusion

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a bruise

Question 40

égratignure

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a graze

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plâtre (matériau)/ pansement/ un plâtre (pour fracture)

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plaster/ a plaster/ a plaster cast

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distribuer, allouer, donner, accorder

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to dole out

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amortir le choc

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to absorb the shock

Question 44

un subalterne / sous-fifre

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an underling

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une librairie d'occasion (bouquiniste)

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a secondhand bookstore

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courtaud

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dumpy

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c'est triste à voir

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it is a sad sight to behold

Question 48

se joindre à, rejoindre, prendre parti pour

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to sidle up to

Question 49

libérer, quitter --> évacuer les lieux

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to vacate --> to vacate the premises

Question 50

se pencher en avant

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to lean forward

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confus, perplexe

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befuddled

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à ma grande surprise

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much to my surprise/to my amazement

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faire le mort

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to play possum

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admirer qqun

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to look up to so

Question 55

le capot d'une voiture

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the bonnet (US); the hood (GB)

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ancré, enraciné

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entrenched

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augmenter constamment

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to increase steadily

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avoir le vertige --> vertigineux

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to feel dizzy --> dizzying

Question 59

example of Oxycotin

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1996 released in the USA --> aggressive campaign by the drug's manufacturer --> found guilty in court (omitted to stress the high risk of addiction), fined 600m

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faire tout son possible

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to strive - strove - striven

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un brevet

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a patent

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une usine

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a factory - a plant - a mill

Question 63

un médicament générique

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a generic drug