Voc 7 Flashcards by Antoine Flacher

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Annoncer

A

To herald

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Être de mauvais augure

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To bode ill ( for the future

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Endurci à

Immunisé contre

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Inured to something

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Enhardir

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To embolden

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Saluer

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To hail as

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Être sur un terrain glissant

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To be on a slippery slope

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Décharge

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Dumping ground

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Faire des folies dans un magasin

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To go on a shopping spree

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S’efforcer de

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To strive

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Bouc émissaire

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Scapegoat

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Témoigner de

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To bear witness / testimony to

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Surpasser nombre

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To outnumber

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Délinquant

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Offender

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Privé du droit de vote

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To disenfranchise

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Lutte des classes

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Class war

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Flatter

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To pander to

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Museler (presse)

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To gag

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Détenu

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Inmate

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S’aplatir devant

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To kowtow to

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Menacer

Se dresser de manière imposante

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To loom

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Moteur

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Driving force

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Engendrer

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To breed

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Inciter

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To prompt sb to do sth

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Indigné

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Outraged

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Ne pas être à la hauteur

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To be found wanting

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Atténuer quelque chose

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To mitigate sth

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Dorloter

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To coddle

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Condamner haut et fort

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To speak out against

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Omission

Oubli

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Oversight

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Dénigrant

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Disparaging

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(Produit) phare / vedette

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Flagship

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Arriver en masse

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To flock to (a place)

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En contradiction avec

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At odds with

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Rendre hommage

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To pay tribute to

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Sordide

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Tawdry

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Persister

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To linger

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Manifestation

Étalage

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Display

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Ancré

A

Entrenched

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S’inscrire à

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To enroll at

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A part entière

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Full fledged

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Fanatisme

Sectarisme

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Bigotry

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Attiser

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To stoke

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Mou

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Spineless

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Fermer les yeux sur

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To condone

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Patrimoine

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Heritage

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Se retourner contre

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To backfire on

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Héritage

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Legacy

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De peur de

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Lest

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Obtenir sa licence

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To graduate

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Persécution

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Bullying

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Être consacré par la loi

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To be inshrined in law

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Portée

Envergure

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Scope

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Garde des sceaux

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Attorney General

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Hausser les épaules

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To shrug one’s shoulders

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Un bon exemple

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A case point

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Irréfléchi

Imprudent

A

Reckless

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Être répandu

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To be rife

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Aux dépens de

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At the expense of

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Universitaire

Scolaire

A

Academic

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Être le parfait exemple

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To epitomize

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Se complaire dans

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To indulge in

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Un fanatique

A

A zealot

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Pirate de la route

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Carjacker