Voc 2 Flashcards

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les milieux politiques (sens concret)

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politics

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mettre au courant de (+nom)

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to give a run-down on

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faire l’expérience de/subir

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go through

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4
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interrogatoire

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interrogation

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5
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sable mouvant

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quick sand

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6
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température ambiante

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room temperature

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7
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romancier

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novelist

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8
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le prix Nobel de la paix

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the Nobel peace prize

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9
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chemin de fer transcontinental

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transcontinental railway

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suffisant/content de soi

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smug

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je-sais-tout

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know-it-all

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12
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strident/perçant

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shrill

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13
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laïque

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secular

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d’affilée

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in a row/consecutively

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manquer, louper

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to miss out on…
to fail to get…

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16
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un maillot

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a jersey

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17
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un éloge/une louange

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a praise

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18
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simplement

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merely

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19
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bouder

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to sulk

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20
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prévenant/attentionné

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thoughtful

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21
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les lignes de touche

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the sidelines

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22
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on n’a jamais vu ça

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it is unheard of

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23
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un moyen

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a means

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appliquer des mesures

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to implement measures

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gangréner
to corrupt
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récemment
lately/recently
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la politique intérieure
(the) domestic policy
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avoir pour csq
to imply, to involve, to result into
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au contraire
on the contrary on the reverse conversely
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le mépris
disdain, scorn, contempt
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prédominant
prevailing
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méprisant
disdainful scornful contemptuous
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un douanier
a customs officer
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passer la douane
to go through the customs
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supprimer
to remove to abolish to get rid of to delete
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la concurrence
competition
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de plus en plus
increasingly + adj
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les deux tiers
two thirds
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retarder
to delay
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la vente par correspondance
mail-order
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bien marcher
to work well/ to do well
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diminuer
to decrease, to drop, to go down, to fall, to be cut
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chiffre d'affaires
turnover (indénombrable)
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une chute aussi importante
so great a drop | such a great drop
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coûter 10 dollars à qqun
to cost sb 10 dollars
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deux fois moins que
half as much as
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d'autant plus (adj) que
all the more (adj) as
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il y aurait
it is reported that/ there are said to be/ there are thought to be
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si peu de
so few + dénombrable | so little + indénombrable
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un client
a customer
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les responsables
those in charge
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un atelier
a workshop
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la plupart des gens (sens général)
most people
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dans/d'ici quelques années
in a few years' time
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frauder le fisc
to commit tax fraud
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un colis
a parcel
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un enfant trouvé
a foundling
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un oisillon
a fledgling
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démarchage/porte à porte électoral
canvassing
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sonder l'opinion, faire campagne
to canvass