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Voc 6 Flashcards

1
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avoir recours à

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to resort to +nom, pronom, ou vb-ing

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il faut reconnaitre que etc

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admittedly

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exprimer

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to voice

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le revers de la médaille

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the other side of the coin

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promettre, jurer

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to vow

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6
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qui vit aux dépens/crochets des autres

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freeloading

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sous la coupe de, esclave de

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in thrall to

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8
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un jeu à somme nulle

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a zero-sum game

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écarter, repousser, contrer

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to stave off

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10
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sombrer

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to founder

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11
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décliner

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to decline

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12
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terrible, urgent

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dire

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13
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s’inspirer de qqun

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to take your cue from

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14
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trouble, tourmente

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turmoil

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15
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conflit

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strife

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16
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deux semaines

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a fortnight

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17
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l’écorce

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the bark

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18
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un saule

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a willow tree

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19
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un platane

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a plane tree

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20
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un hêtre

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a beech

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21
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un bouleau

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a birch

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22
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la glycine

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wisteria

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23
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paperasse

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paperwork

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24
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plutôt, de préférence

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preferably

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25
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envoûté

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entranced

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26
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vagabond

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drifter

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27
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une ampoule

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a light bulb

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28
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il n’y a pas de mal à ça

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no harm in it

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29
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amadouer qqun pour qu’il fasse qqch

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to coax sb into doing stg

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30
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un acteur (participant actif)

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a player

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31
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par conséquent, ainsi

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thus

32
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clivant, qui divise

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divisive

33
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synonyme chauvinism

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jingoism

34
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engendrer, (élever, cultiver)

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to breed

35
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prétendument

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allegedly

36
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redoutable, impressionnant

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formidable

37
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champ d’activités (ex: foreign affairs, political)

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arena

38
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progresser, avancer

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to make headway

39
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négocier (un deal)

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to broker (ex: peace)

40
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complètement / à plates coutures

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soundly

41
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un succès retentissant

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a resounding success

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faire respecter, maintenir, confirmer

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to uphold

43
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engagement, contrat, convention

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covenant

44
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grouillant de

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teeming with

45
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vivre de la terre

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to live off the land

46
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influence, emprise

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sway –> to be under sb’s sway ; to hold sway over

47
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maigrir à vue d’oeil

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to waste away

48
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phare

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beacon, lighthouse

49
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emboîté, embriqué

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nested

50
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inefficace

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inefficient

51
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bouleversement

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upheaval

52
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déchirer

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to tear

53
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il a eu ce qu’il méritait

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he had it coming

54
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…, je suppose ?

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I take it

55
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she thinks she’s it

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she thinks she’s very important

56
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veiller à ce que

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see to it that

57
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il est capable de

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we wouldn’t put it past him to

58
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trafiquer, bidouiller

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to fiddle

59
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to have a serious discussion to clear up stg

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to have it out

60
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bien s’entendre, devenir amis

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to hit it off

61
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vivre à la dure

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to live rough, to rough it

62
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escroquerie, fraude, arnaque

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scam

63
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to be very rich

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to be rolling in it

64
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décrocher/ raccrocher

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to pick up the phone / to hang up

65
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ligne/téléphone fixe

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a landline

66
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ne quittez pas

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hold the line

67
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je vous le passe

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I’m putting you through

68
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sèchement

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drily, curtly

69
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stupide, ridicule

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foolish

70
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échoué, abandonné

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stranded

71
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de crainte que, de peur de

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lest + phrase normale/ for fear of

72
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susmentionné

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aforementioned

73
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cracher le morceau, faire des révélations

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to spill the beans

74
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escroquer

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to swindle

75
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trottoir

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pavement (UK) (chaussée aux USA), sidewalk (US)

76
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pavé

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a cubble

77
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une nature morte

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a still life

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