Voc 2 Flashcards by Marie Petitalot | Brainscape

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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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interrogatoire

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interrogation

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sable mouvant

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quick sand

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température ambiante

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room temperature

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romancier

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novelist

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le prix Nobel de la paix

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the Nobel peace prize

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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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strident/perçant

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shrill

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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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un maillot

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a jersey

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un éloge/une louange

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a praise

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simplement

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merely

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bouder

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to sulk

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prévenant/attentionné

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thoughtful

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les lignes de touche

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the sidelines

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on n’a jamais vu ça

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it is unheard of

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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

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to corrupt

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récemment

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lately/recently

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la politique intérieure

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(the) domestic policy

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avoir pour csq

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to imply, to involve, to result into

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au contraire

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on the contrary
on the reverse
conversely

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le mépris

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disdain, scorn, contempt

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prédominant

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prevailing

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méprisant

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disdainful
scornful
contemptuous

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un douanier

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a customs officer

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passer la douane

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to go through the customs

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supprimer

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to remove
to abolish
to get rid of
to delete

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la concurrence

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competition

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de plus en plus

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increasingly + adj

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les deux tiers

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two thirds

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retarder

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to delay

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la vente par correspondance

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mail-order

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bien marcher

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to work well/ to do well

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diminuer

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to decrease, to drop, to go down, to fall, to be cut

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chiffre d’affaires

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turnover (indénombrable)

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une chute aussi importante

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so great a drop

such a great drop

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coûter 10 dollars à qqun

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to cost sb 10 dollars

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deux fois moins que

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half as much as

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d’autant plus (adj) que

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all the more (adj) as

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il y aurait

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it is reported that/ there are said to be/ there are thought to be

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si peu de

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so few + dénombrable

so little + indénombrable

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un client

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a customer

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les responsables

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those in charge

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un atelier

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a workshop

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la plupart des gens (sens général)

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most people

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dans/d’ici quelques années

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in a few years’ time

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frauder le fisc

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to commit tax fraud

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un colis

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a parcel

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un enfant trouvé

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a foundling

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un oisillon

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a fledgling

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démarchage/porte à porte électoral

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canvassing

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sonder l’opinion, faire campagne

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to canvass