Voc 2 Flashcards

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1
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Grignoter
Réduire petit à petit
Réduire la portée de

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To chip away (at sth)

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Enlever quelque chose progressivement

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To chip sth away

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Sous peine de

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On / under pain of sth

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Poursuite

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Prosecution

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La partie plaignante

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The prosecution

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Poursuivre quelqu’un en justice

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To prosecute sb for doing sth

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Négation
Rejet
Démenti

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Denial

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Déclarer / reconnaître / juger coupable

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To convict sb of sth

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Nouveau

Supplémentaire

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Further

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Adopter un projet de loi

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To pass a bill / a law

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Important
Significatif
Conséquent

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Consequential

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A l’étranger

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Overseas

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Par la suite

Ultérieurement

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Subsequently

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Affaire

Procès

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Case

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Juger une affaire

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To try a case

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16
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Gagner son procès

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To win one’s case

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Inculpation

Chef d’accusation

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Charge

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18
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Programme scolaire / d’études

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Curriculum

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19
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Annuler

Invalider

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To nullify

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20
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Figurer dans les textes de lois

Etre dans le code

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To be on the statue book

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Patrie

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Homeland

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Érudition
Connaissances
Savoir

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Scholarship

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Faire obéir
Faire respecter
Mettre en vigueur / en application

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To enforce

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24
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Cadre
Structure
Charpente

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Framework

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25
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Fermer les yeux sur

Tolérer

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To condone

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26
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Banaliser

Minimiser

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To trivialize

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Choquant

Flagrant

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Gross

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Terriblement

Extrêmement

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Grossly

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D’une injustice flagrante

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Grossly unfair

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30
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Être classé comme quelque chose

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To qualify

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Un débat passionné / animé

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A heated argument / debate

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Controverse

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Dispute

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Incontestable

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Beyond dispute

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Inattaquable

En béton

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Cast-iron

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Âpres négociations

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Horse-trading

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Homologue

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Counterpart

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Faire face à
Affronter
Accepter le fait que

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To face up to sth

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Passer au crible

Examiner

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To sift (through) sth

39
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Diffamation

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Libel

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Cours

Crédibilité

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Currency

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Avoir cours

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To have currency

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Rassembler

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To muster

43
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L’emporter sur

Chasser

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To see off

44
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État hyper protecteur

État paternaliste

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The nanny state

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Appartenir à

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To belong to

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Source de préoccupation

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Cause for concern

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Se mêler de

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To meddle in

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S’opposer fermement à

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To make a firm stand against

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Non respect

Non conformité

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Non compliance

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Passible de

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Liable to

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Mettre

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To set (on / up)

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Poursuivre quelqu’un pour

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To prosecute sb for

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Impardonnable

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Unforgivable

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Souligner
Insister
Mettre l’accent

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To emphasize

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S’appliquer à

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To apply to

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Bon exemple

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Case in point

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Perspective

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Outlook

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Largement

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Widely

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Si

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Whether

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Marchandage

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Haggling

61
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Banaliser

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To trivialize

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Considérer

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To deem

63
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Raccourcissement
Réduction
Restriction

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Curtailment

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Frayer la voie pour

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To pave the way for

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Affreux

Terrible

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Awful

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Par conséquent

Donc

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Therefore

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Librement

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Freely

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Étaler

Enduire

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To smear

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Réfuter

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To rebut

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Infraction

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Infringement

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Clamer

Crier fort

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To shout about

72
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Pente glissante

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Slippery slope

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Éviter

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To avoid

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Négligé

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Overlooked

75
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But

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Purpose

76
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Estime de soi

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Self esteem