Voc 8 Flashcards

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1
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vide, sans expression

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vacuous

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terrestre, terrien

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terrestrial

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débiter (des mots => péjoratif)

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to spout

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tenter

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to tempt

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en fonction (office…)

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incumbent

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l’héritier

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the heir

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Vociférer, crier

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to clamor

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bazarder

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to turf out

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brusquement

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unceremoniously

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10
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la grille, le quadrillage, le réseau

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the grid

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le réseau électrique

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the power grid

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il se fit poète/sentimental

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he waxed poetic/sentimental

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13
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des projets prêts à démarrer

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shovel-ready projects

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une pelle

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a shovel

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pelleter

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to shovel

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16
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ingrat

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thankless

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l’engagement

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the undertaking

18
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bruyamment

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loudly

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de façon convaincante

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convincingly

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menaçant, sinistre, méchant

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baleful

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le malheur, la tristesse

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the misery

22
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peler, éplucher

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to pare

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pincer

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to pinch

24
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le bouchon du réservoir d’essence

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the filler cap

25
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enduit de rembourrage

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gap filler

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alléger, apaiser

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to alleviate

27
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une mosaïque (de couleurs…, mais pas LA mosaïque (mosaic)

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a patchwork

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l’aide, le don

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the handout

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d’où (le changement…)

A

Hence

30
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assouplir, adoucir

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to soften

31
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faire de la marche à pieds

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to hike

32
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le filet de sécurité

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the safety-net

33
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l’effort

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the endeavor

34
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une douzaine

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a dozen

35
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impitoyablement

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relentlessly

36
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le vice, le défaut

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the flaw

37
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altérer (qqn…)

A

to flaw

38
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entre temps, pendant ce temps

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Meanwhile

39
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Les intestins, boyaux

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the bowels

40
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dénué de sens

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meaningless

41
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éblouissant, éclatany

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glaring

42
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financer

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to fund