Voc — behaviour and manners Flashcards

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élever (dans le sens de l’éducation)

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to bring up

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les bonnes manières

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good breeding / good manners

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bien élevé / mal élevé

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well-bred / ill-bred

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bien se comporter

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to behave (oneself)

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mal se comporter

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to misbehave

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la mauvaise conduite

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misbehaviour

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réservé / discret

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discreet

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qui a / n’a pas de tact

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tactful / tactless

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avec / sans tact

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tactfully / tactlessly

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respectueux

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respectful

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respectueusement

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respectfully

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irrespectueux

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disrespectful

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13
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le manque de respect

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disrespect

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galant / courtois

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gentlemanly

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bruyant / bruyamment

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noisily

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méchant

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unkind

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sévère

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stern

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dur

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harsh

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sans coeur

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heartless

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méchant / méchamment

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nasty / nastily

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sans pitié

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pitiless (pitié = pity)

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se moquer de qqn

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to mock sb

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devoir le respect de qqn

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to owe sb respect

24
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se conduire correctement

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to behave properly

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se conduire de façon irresponsable

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to behave irresponsibly

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mal se conduire

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to behave badly

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un type bien (fam.)

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a decent chap / guy

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faire des histoires pour rien

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to make a fuss about sth

29
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subir des injures racistes

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to endure racist abuse

30
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  • Avec tout le respect que je vous dois.
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  • With all due respect.
31
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  • Les employés sont formés pour faire preuve de tact et de patience avec les clients difficiles.
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  • Employees are trained to show tact and patience with difficult customers.
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  • L’incident aurait dû être géré avec plus de tact par la police.
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  • The incident should have been handled with more tact by the police.
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  • Il a dit qu’il avait simplement agi de façon décente.
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  • He said he has simply acted out of common decency.
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Dégoûtant

Crasseux

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disgusting

filthy

35
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Indécent (2)

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Unseemly, improper

36
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Obscène (2)

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Lewd, obscene