Voc Anglais ( II ) Flashcards

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Représenter

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To picture

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Siroter

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To sip

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Sightseeing

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Tourisme

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Farcir

Rembourrer

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To stuff

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To huff

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Sniffer

Souffler

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I stood at the railing

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Je me suis tenue à la balustrade

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Aller de l’avant
Passer devant
Vas-y

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Go ahead

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To be adamant about + v ing

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Être catégorique/ inflexible/convaincu à propos de

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Une claque

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A slap

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Murmurer

Marmonner

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To mutter

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une connexion ou un accord qui relie deux choses ou organisations:

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A tie-up

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Faire ses valises

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To pack

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Avec le but de

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with the main goal of

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En dehors du cadre général

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Aside the mainstream framework

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Accordingly to

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Selon

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Hypothèse

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Assumption

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the assumptions being made, as well, depending of the cases, to challenge on the fly the candidate

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les hypothèses étant également faites, selon les cas, pour défier à la volée le candidat

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Postuler à

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To apply to

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To be infatuated with someone

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Être amoureux de façon éphémère

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C’est un peu juste

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It is a tight fit

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Inventer qqchose pour + nom

To + verbe

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To invent something for

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for keeping one’s hair from being blown off

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Pour éviter que ses cheveux ne soient arrachés

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To be in dire straits

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Être dans la misère

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Éviter

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To dodge

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Être voué à l’échec

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To be doomed to fail

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Être doué pour

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To be skilled at

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Être opposée à

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To be opposed to + ing

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Rouler sa bosse
Contourner ( sens fig)
Se déplacer
Trouver le temps de

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To get around to + ing

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To be committed to + ing

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Être engagé à

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To confess or to admit to + ing

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Avouer

Admettre

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Reporter

Retarder

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To postpone

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Accuser de

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To Accuse of

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To apply for

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Postuler à

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To ask someone for something to

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Demander

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Parier de + nom

Parier de + verbe

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To beg for

To beg to

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Se vanter de

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To boast about

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Fournir des repas

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To cater

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Promouvoir aux besoins

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To cater for the needs

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A l’envers

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Upside-down

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Se vexer

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To take offense

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Disparaître

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To go away

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To ditch

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Abandonner

Laisser tomber

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Éviter de

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To avoid + v ing

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Une litote

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An understatement

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Hunger strike

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grève de la faim

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Bouffer ( énerver )

Qqun

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To bit someone’s head off

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Se disputer, se bouffer

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To be at each other’s throats

To have a go at each other

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Consommer ( informel )

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To guzzle
To eat something up
To take something up

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To stuff something down + adv
To gobble something up
To pig out on something
To stuff yourself with

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Bouffer ( manger )

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Proposer de

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To propose + ing

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To offer something to someone to

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Proposer qq à qqun pour

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Retrouvailles

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Reunion

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To meet something

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Répondre à qqchose ( une attente )

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Être gonflé de ( informel )

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To have got a nerve + ing

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Être au bord de la faillite

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To be about to go under

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Eco-friendly

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Écologique

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To sign off on something

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Autoriser

Approuver

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Finir sa lettre par

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To sign off with

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Pioncer

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To turn in
To hit the sack
To hit the hay
To catnap

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Boucher

Obstruer

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To clog up

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Un avant goût

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A foretaste

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To stick your nose into eneryone else’s business

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Fourrer son nez partout

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Tirer sur ( l’orange )

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To be verging on orange

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Casse-toi

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Push off

Beat it

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Prêt à porter

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Off-the-peg

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Saccager

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To wreck

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To spare for someone

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Économiser pour qqun

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To get fed up of

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En avoir ras le bol de

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Le long de

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All along the

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A net

A trickle , a dash

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Un filet ( sens propre ) 
( huile )
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S’écraser contre 
Se jeter contre 
Se précipiter 
Filer 
Aller 
Anéantir , ruiner ( sens figure )
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To dash

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Le tableau de bord

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The dashboard

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Commander, exiger

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To require

To call for

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Cocher 
Passer un savon à qqun pour 
Engueuler 
Énerver 
Agacer
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To tick something off for + ing

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Grignoter ( sens fig)

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To gain on

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Vider une bouteille ( figure )

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To down

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Dilapider

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To squander

To dissipate

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S’endurcir

devenir plus résistant

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To harden

To toughen up

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Expulser qqun ( lieu ) 
( Ecole )
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To expel someone , to evict

To send someone down

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Loger qqun

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To put someone up

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To keep up

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Continuer sur la meme lancée

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To turn down

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Refuser une proposition.

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To let someone down

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Décevoir qqun

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Arriver

Se pointer

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To show up

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Céder

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To give in

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Passer voir qqun

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To drop in

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Dorénavant

Désormais

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Henceforth

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Une bande de ( informel )

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A bunch of

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Compter sur

Se fier à

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To rely on

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Stupéfiant

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Amazing

Astounding

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To fish

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Passer au peigne fin

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Signaler à qqun que

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To let sb know that

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A hobo

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Un clochard

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Être fauché

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To be skint

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To live from day to day

To live from hand to mouth

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Vivre au jour le jour

Tirer le diable par la queue

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Élargir ( fig )

Propre

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To augment

To widen

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Tremendously

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Énormément
Considérablement
Très bon
Incommensurablement

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Mener un combat perdu d’avance

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To fight an uphill battle

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Agrandir / réduire le fossé entre

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To widen

To narrow the gap between

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Se réconcilier

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To Mende fences

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Sévir sur un sujet

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To crack down on a topic

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Tourner en dérision

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To lampoon

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Prêtendûment

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Allegedly

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Minimiser l’importance de

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To play something down

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A top civil servant

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Haut fonctionnaire

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Incarner

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To embody

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Être à la traine

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To lag behind

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Tirer de l’argent de

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To cash in on

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Balancer ( dénoncer )

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To grass up (UK)
To snitch on
To rat out ( US)

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Une tafiole

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A pussy

A faggot

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To question someone about + ing

A

Questionner qqun à propos de

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hung-up

A

Coincé ( fig)

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Draguer qqun

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To chat someone up

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To schedule

A

Fixer la date
Planifier
Organiser son temps
Établir un programme

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Échelonner

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To stagger

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Se contenter de

A

To be content with

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To be hooked on something

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Être accro à

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Se dégonfler

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To chicken out

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To schedule

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Fixer la date
Planifier
Organiser son temps
Établir un programme

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Échelonner

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To stagger

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Se contenter de

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To be content with

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To be hooked on something

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Être accro à

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Se dégonfler

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To chicken out

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Prendre au dépourvu

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To catch off guard

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Weeping

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Larmoyant

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To mourn

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Pleurer

Lamenter

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Compelling

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Very powerful

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Very pale

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Ashen

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Very poor

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Destitute

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To scoot

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Filer

Se sauver

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Critiquer sévèrement

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To squib

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Faire parler

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To draw out

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To rub off on someone

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Déteindre sur qqun

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Têtu

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Stubborn

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Daredevil

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Casse-cou

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Décontracté

Tranquille

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Laid-back

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Devious

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Sournois

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Dauntless

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Intrépide

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Distant

Froid

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Aloof

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Shred

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Mettre en lambeau

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Dough

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Pate

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Resentful

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Rancunier

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Frapper à nouveau

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To strike again

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Averti de terrible

A

Warned of dire + noun

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Lutter avec

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To Wrestle with

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A surge in

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Une pousse dans

Une augmentation dans

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Wax

A

La cire

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Investir massivement dans

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To pour money into

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The plot of

A

L’intrigue de

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Tout à fait
Clairement
Honnêtement

A

Fairly

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Obligatoire

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Mandatory

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Fidèle
Loyal
Conforme
Exact

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Faithful

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Upstream

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En amont

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Uphill

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Difficile
Ardu
Pénible

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La montée

A

The uphill

The rise

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Infructueux
Rate
Vain

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Unsuccessful

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Infructueux
Rate
Vain

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Unsuccessful

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Remains underway

A

Reste en cours

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Remote

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A distance
Loin
Éloigne

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To perform

A

Célébrer
Réaliser
Exécuter
Effectuer

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Rehearsal

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Répétition

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Surveiller

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To watch for

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To attend

A

Être présent à
Assister à
Aller à

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La déclaration
Le relevé
Le communiqué

A

The statement

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To be weird for + ing

A

Être bizarre de

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To crave

A

Désirer ardemment

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To play it by ear

A

Improviser

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To get on

A

Progresser
Poursuivre
Continuer

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To be weird for + ing

A

Être bizarre de

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To crave

A

Désirer ardemment

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Une Attestation

A

A certification

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Disease
illness
Sickness

A

Maladie

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Pandémie

A

Pandemic

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Grippe

A

Flu

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Personnels soignants

A

Health care personnel

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Social distancing

A

Distance sociale

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Nombre de mort

A

Death toll

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To test positive for the virus

A

Être positive au virus

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Éternuer

A

To sneeze

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Aller mieux

Récupérer

A

To recover

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Interdire

A

To forbid

To pan

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Soigner qqun

A

To cure someone

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Avoir de la fièvre

A

To have a fever

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Faire des provisions

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To panic shop

To stockpile

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Se rassembler

Se regrouper

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To gather

To cluster

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Déborde

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Overwhelmed

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Bondé

Surcharger

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Overcrowded

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Remote working

Teleworking

A

Télétravail

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Homeschooling

A

École à la maison

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Chômage partiel

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Short-time working

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Être exhausted

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Être épuisé

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Être mal foutu

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To be off colour

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Un microbe

A

A bug

A germ

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Transmettre la maladie à

A

To pass illness on to someone

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A infectious disease

A

Une maladie infectieuse

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Deconfinement

A

Lockdown lifting

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To cut back on

A

Faire moins de

Réduire de

198
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The government has announced plans to cut back on defence spending by 10 percent next year.

A

Le gouvernement a annoncé son intention de réduire de 10% les dépenses de défense l’année prochaine.

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Arrêter

Quitter

A

To quit

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To set new standards for flights

A

Installer de nouveaux standards pour les vols

201
Q

To prey on young girls

A

S’en prendre aux jeunes filles

202
Q

The virus has now spread to over 200 countries and territories across the globe, and was characterised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020

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Le virus s’est maintenant propagé dans plus de 200 pays et territoires à travers le monde et a été qualifié de pandémie par l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) le 11 mars 2020

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Des horizons inexplorées

A

Uncharted territories

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Les jours heureux

A

Halcyon days

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Prospérer

A

To blossom

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Un rôle central

A

A pivotal role

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Surmonter la crise politique

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To ride out the political storm

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Le travail au noir

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Moonlighting

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Champagne socialists

A

La gauche caviar

210
Q

Whether …or..

A

Que …ou
( qu’il le veuille ou non )

211
Q

La haute direction

A

Senior management

212
Q

La haute direction

A

Senior management

213
Q

When in doubt

A

En cas de doute