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Voc Flashcards

1
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Tabagisme passif

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Second-hand smoking

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Les contrevenants s’exposent à de lourdes amendes

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Breaking the law is not cheap

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3
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Avoir du pain sur la planche

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To know his plate is full

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4
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Considérer

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To look upon

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5
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Un moyen

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A tool

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6
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Élever du bétail

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To raise cattle

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7
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Tolérants

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Liberal views

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8
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En voie d’achèvement

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Is nearing completion

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9
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Un inconvénient

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A downside

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10
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Laid

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An eyesore

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11
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Homologue

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Counterpart

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12
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Déséquilibre femme homme

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Gender gap

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13
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Point culminant

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To peak

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14
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Enfin

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At last

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15
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L’agitation

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The turnoil

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16
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Descendre la rue

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To take the street

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17
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Allocations familiales

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Family allowances

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18
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A prospèré

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Thrived

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19
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Année de croissance

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Boom years

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20
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Progrès ou fléau

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Boon or bane

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21
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Sombre

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Doom and gloom

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22
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Compte tenu

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Given

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23
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Peu de visiteurs

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Low turnout

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24
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Un feu de paille

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A flash in the pan

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25
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Un feu de paille

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A flash in the pan

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26
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Vendre la peau de l’ours

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Count their chicken

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27
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La naturel a déjà repris le dessus

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Some have already reverted to type

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28
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Les rôles sont inversés

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The boot is on the other foot

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29
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Endiguer

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To stem

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30
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S’en mordre les doigts

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To live to regret it

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31
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Crise de l’emploi

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Jobs crisis

32
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Ne pas durer longtemps

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Short-lived

33
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Aggraver la situation

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To make matter worse

34
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Se fier

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To go by

35
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Un retour de balancier

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The pendulum is bound to swing back

36
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Tôt ou tard

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Sooner or later

37
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Toujours prêts à faire la guerre

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To go on strike at the drop of a not

38
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A diminué

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Has contracted

39
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L’interdiction totale

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The blanket ban

40
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Approuvé par tous le monde

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Unanimously applauded

41
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Renoncer

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Foregoing

42
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Entre parenthèses

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On hold

43
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Se font rares

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Has been thin on the ground

44
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Entre parenthèses

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On hold

45
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Se font rares

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Has been thin on the ground

46
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Limitées dans le temps

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Time limited

47
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Élevé dans du coton

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Molly cuddled

48
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S’engager sur une pente savonneuse

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It’s the thin end of the weage

49
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S’engager sur une pente savonneuse

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It’s the thin end of the weage

50
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Toucher le fond

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The bottom out

51
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Grossir les rangs

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To join the ranks

52
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Salaire

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Wage

53
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Donner comme favori

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To be tip

54
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Conséquences a long terme sur quelque chose risquant d’être désastreuse

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We are sitting on something time-bomb

55
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Incontrôlable

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To spiral out of control

56
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Promesse en l’air

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Empty promises

57
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Marche ou crève

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Sink or swim

58
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Faire ou défaire

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Make or break

59
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Du jour au lendemain

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Overnight

60
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Ventes de produits

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Sales of own-brand goods

61
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Optimisme prudent

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Causiously optimistic

62
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Surmonter

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To weather

63
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Crise

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Downturn

64
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S’est arrêté

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Grown to halt

65
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Fuir

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To shy away

66
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La curiosité est un vilain défaut

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Curiosity killed the cat

67
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Tenir tête

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To stand up to

68
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Dire ses 4 vérité

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To tell someone a few home truth

69
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S’écoules 15 ans

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15 year time-lag

70
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Suivre

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To toe

71
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Se rendre compte

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To wake up

72
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Disparaître en 1 clin d’oeil

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To go in a flash

73
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Une force avec laquelle il faut compter

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A force to be reckoned with

74
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S’engager

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To pledge

75
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Plus compliqué que cela en a l’air

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There are wheels within wheels

76
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Sur le point de faire faillite

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About to go belly up

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