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voc anglais - about spies Flashcards

1
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a close-up

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un gros plan

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a five-pointed star

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une étoile à cinq branches

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the hammer and sickle

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le marteau et la faucille

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a novelist

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un(e) romancier(ère)

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a silencer

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un silencieux (arme)

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the Soviet Union

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L’Union Soviétique

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classified

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top secret

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classy

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élégant/chic

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plain

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simple/banal

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prolific

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productif

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seductive

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séduisant

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tough

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dur

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to explode [sth]

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faire exploser [qqch]

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to point [a gun] at [sb/sth]

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braquer [un pistolet] sur [qqn/qqch]

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to unearth [sth]

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déterrer, révéler [qqch)

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Le Colisée

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The colosseum

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17
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réseau d’éspion

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a spy ring

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un(e) méchant(e)

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a villain(ess)

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décontracté

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casual

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chic

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formal

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21
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égocentrique

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self-obsessed

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rigide

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stiff

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élégant

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stylish

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accomplir

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to complete (a mission)

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regarder qqch/qqun fixement

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to gaze at sb/sth

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lancer un regard noir

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to glower at sb/sth

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surveiller qqun qqch

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to monitor sb/sth

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être aux antipodes de [qqn/qqch]

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to be poles apart from [sb/sth]

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se tenir dos à dos

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to stand back-to-back

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un(e) agent

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an operative

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31
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service de renseignement de l’URSS post-stalinienne

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KGB

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32
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la discretion

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stealth

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se chamailler

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to bicker

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se faire beau, belle

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to preen

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un sous entendu

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a double entendre

36
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à contrecœur

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grudgingly

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désinvolte

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devil-may-care

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guindé(e)

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buttoned-up

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fusionnel(le)

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covalent

40
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partir de zéro

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to start from scratch

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introduire [qqn/qqch] clandestinement

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to smuggle [sb/sth]

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vivacité

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wit

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délicat(e)

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ethereal

43
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la morosité

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bleakness

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doux comme du beurre

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buttery

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rougir

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to blush

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un atout

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an asset

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une pièce d’échecs

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a chess piece

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le codage

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coding

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un(e) adversaire

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a foe

50
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une taupe = un(e) agent double

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a mole = a double agent

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intelligent(e)

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brainy

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sous-jacent(e)

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underlying

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un)reliable

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(pas) fiable

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trahir [qqn/qqch]

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to betray [sb/sth]

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dissimuler [qqch]

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to conceal [sth]

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déchiffrer [qqch]

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to decipher [sth]

57
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crypter [qqch]

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to encode [sth]

58
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regarder fixement [qqn/qqch]

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to stare at [sb/sth]

59
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une combinaison en cuir

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a one-piece leather suit

60
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un bouclier

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a shield

61
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une veuve, un veuf

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a widow, a widower

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intrépide

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fearless

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impitoyable

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pitiless

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sûr(e) de soi

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self-confidend

65
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couvrir, protéger [qqn]

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to have [sb]’s back

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partir en guerre contre [qqn/qqch]

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to wage war on [sb/sth]

67
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Les mots donnent une impression de…

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The words convey an impression of…

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Le texte est un récit de…

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The text is an account of…

68
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Le paragraphe fait allusion à…

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The paragraph alludes to…

69
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L’auteur(e) met en avant…

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The author sheds light on…

70
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Green Beret

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Les Bérets verts (forces spéciales de l’armée de terre américaine)

71
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une mission

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an assignment

72
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se remettre de [qqch]

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to recover

73
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le chagrin

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grief

74
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à l’étranger

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overseas

75
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transmettre un objet en le dissimulant dans une cachette secrète

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a dead drop

76
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une remise d’informations par le biais d’une voiture

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a car toss

77
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faire semblant

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to pretend

78
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un tour de passe-passe

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a sleight of hand

79
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glisser [qqch]

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to slip

80
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inventer [qqch]

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to devise [sth]

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