Voc 7 Flashcards

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Annoncer

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To herald

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2
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Être de mauvais augure

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To bode ill ( for the future

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3
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Endurci à

Immunisé contre

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Inured to something

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4
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Enhardir

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To embolden

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5
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Saluer

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To hail as

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6
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Être sur un terrain glissant

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To be on a slippery slope

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7
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Décharge

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Dumping ground

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8
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Faire des folies dans un magasin

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To go on a shopping spree

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9
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S’efforcer de

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To strive

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10
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Bouc émissaire

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Scapegoat

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11
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Témoigner de

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To bear witness / testimony to

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12
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Surpasser nombre

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To outnumber

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13
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Délinquant

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Offender

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14
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Privé du droit de vote

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To disenfranchise

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15
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Lutte des classes

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Class war

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16
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Flatter

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To pander to

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17
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Museler (presse)

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To gag

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18
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Détenu

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Inmate

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19
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S’aplatir devant

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To kowtow to

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20
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Menacer

Se dresser de manière imposante

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To loom

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21
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Moteur

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Driving force

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22
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Engendrer

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To breed

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23
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Inciter

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To prompt sb to do sth

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24
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Indigné

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Outraged

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Ne pas être à la hauteur
To be found wanting
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Atténuer quelque chose
To mitigate sth
27
Dorloter
To coddle
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Condamner haut et fort
To speak out against
29
Omission | Oubli
Oversight
30
Dénigrant
Disparaging
31
(Produit) phare / vedette
Flagship
32
Arriver en masse
To flock to (a place)
33
En contradiction avec
At odds with
34
Rendre hommage
To pay tribute to
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Sordide
Tawdry
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Persister
To linger
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Manifestation | Étalage
Display
38
Ancré
Entrenched
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S’inscrire à
To enroll at
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A part entière
Full fledged
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Fanatisme | Sectarisme
Bigotry
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Attiser
To stoke
43
Mou
Spineless
44
Fermer les yeux sur
To condone
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Patrimoine
Heritage
46
Se retourner contre
To backfire on
47
Héritage
Legacy
48
De peur de
Lest
49
Obtenir sa licence
To graduate
50
Persécution
Bullying
51
Être consacré par la loi
To be inshrined in law
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Portée | Envergure
Scope
53
Garde des sceaux
Attorney General
54
Hausser les épaules
To shrug one’s shoulders
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Un bon exemple
A case point
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Irréfléchi | Imprudent
Reckless
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Être répandu
To be rife
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Aux dépens de
At the expense of
59
Universitaire | Scolaire
Academic
60
Être le parfait exemple
To epitomize
61
Se complaire dans
To indulge in
62
Un fanatique
A zealot
63
Pirate de la route
Carjacker