Voc 4 Flashcards

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1
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un mendiant

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a beggar

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2
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sans rencontrer d’opposition

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unchallenged

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3
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incarner

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to embody

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4
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empirer

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to worsen

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5
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un pauvre

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a pauper

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6
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les allocations familiales

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family allowances

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7
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les allocations

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benefits

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8
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dans la misère

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destitute

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9
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les prestations sociales

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social security

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10
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sain

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sound

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une ligne directrice

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a guide line

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12
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être persévérant

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to be persevering

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13
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manquer de confiance en soi

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to lack self-confidence

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14
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ouvrir la voie à qqch

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to pave the way for sth

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15
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le point culminant, paroxysme

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the climax

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16
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interdire

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to forbid

17
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faire sécession

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to secede

18
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la capitulation

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surrender

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servir de médiateur

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to mediate

20
Q

une revendication

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a claim

21
Q

endommager gravement, ou paralyser (sens figuré d’une entreprise…)

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to cripple

22
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une menace

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a threat

23
Q

limiter

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to curtail

24
Q

le traffic d’armes

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gun-running

25
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le blanchiment d’argent

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money-laundering

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impliquer

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to involve

27
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effacer

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to wipe out

28
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un intégriste

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a fundamentalist

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le feu vert

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the go-ahead

30
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comestible

A

edible

31
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comme à Chicago

A

As in Chicago

32
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atteindre un objectif

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to reach an aim

33
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pays du nord

A

northern Countries

34
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remords

A

remorse

35
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conserver (au frigo)

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to store in

36
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encourager

A

to prompt

37
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trop manger

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overeat