Voc Esc2 Flashcards

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Un campement

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An encampment

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Une tentative

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An attempt

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Grimper, avant péniblement

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To scramble

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Se ruer vers

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To scramble for

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Un camion

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A lorry (uk) a truck (us)

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En gros

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Broadly

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Déjouer

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To foil

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Gonfler (les chiffres)

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To swell

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Une cargaison

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A boatload

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Un déclenchement

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An outbreak

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Fuir

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To flee / fled / fled

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Mettre en œuvre

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To implement / to set up

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Voyager illégalement

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To stow away

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Un Érythréen

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An eritrean

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Un Soudanais

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A sudanese

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L’asile

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Asylum

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Compter, estimer

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To reckon

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Une recrudescence

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An upsurge

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19
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Disperser

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To scatter

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La garrigue

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The scrub land

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21
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Amortir

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To buffer

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Environ

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Roughly

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La ville natale

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Hometown

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Irritable

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Testy

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Grognon

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Grumpy

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26
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Examiner de près

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To vet

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Évaluer

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To appraise

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Faire le bilan

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To access

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29
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Un foyer

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A household

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Rembourser

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To pay-back/ To reimburse

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31
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Rembourser un prêt

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To pay-off a loan

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32
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Deux fois plus qu’en…

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Twice as many as

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33
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Etre endetté

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To be indepted

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Les charges

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Overheads

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35
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Indépendamment de

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Regardless of

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36
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Une part

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A share

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Les dépenses

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Expenditures

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Donc

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Thus

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39
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Passer de 10 à 15%

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To rise from 10 to 15 %

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40
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En général

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Overall

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41
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Une bombe à retardement

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A time-bomb

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42
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Surgir

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To crop up

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43
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Les études supérieures

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Higher Education

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44
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Prestigieux

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Prestigious

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45
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Décrocher un diplôme

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To graduate

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46
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L’écart des salaires

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Pay-gap

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47
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Partir du principe

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To center on the premise

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48
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Bien que

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Although

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49
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L’aspect/réalité économique

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The economics of

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50
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Une revendication

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A claim

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51
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Douteux, contestable

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Dubious

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52
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Nommer, désigner

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To appoint

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53
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Dépasser

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To outstrip

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54
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La concurrence

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Competitors

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55
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Le décalage

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Disjunction

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56
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Un emploi à temps partiel

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A part-time employment

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57
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La réticence

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The reluctance

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58
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Accorder quelque chose

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To hand stg out

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59
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La démographie

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Demographics

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60
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Systématiquement

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Consistently

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61
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Indiquant

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Pointing out

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Un père au foyer

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A stay-at-home father

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63
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Rattraper

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To catch up with

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64
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Abandonner

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To abandon / to give up

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65
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La politique de l’enfant unique

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The one-child policy

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66
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Répandre une rumeur

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To spread a rumor

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67
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Depuis des jours

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For days

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68
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Monter en flèche

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To skyrocket

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Essentiellement

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Mostly / mainly

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Consacré

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Focused / devoted to

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Les orientations

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The trend

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72
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Un plan quinquennal

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A five-year plan

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Délicat (difficile)

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Tricky

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Susceptible

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Touchy

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75
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Épineux

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Thorny

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Des prochaines années

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The years to come / the coming years

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Un dirigeant

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A leader

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78
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Un événement clé

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A milestone

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79
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De référence

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Landmark (adj)

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80
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Mettre fin à

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To put an end to

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81
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Définitivement (de manière définitive)

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Definitively

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82
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Définitivement (oral)

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Definitly

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83
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Obsolète

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Obsolete

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84
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Le vieillissement

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The aging

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85
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Un communiqué de presse

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A press release

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86
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Désormais

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From now on

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87
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Une poursuite

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A law suit

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88
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La république populaire de Chine

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The People’s Republic of China

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Notamment

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Especially / particulary

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A savoir

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Namely

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91
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Lutter contre

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To fight against

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92
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Lutter pour

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To struggle

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93
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Avoir l’intention de

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To intend to

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94
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Basculer

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To switch

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95
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Stimuler

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To boost

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96
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Une réforme des retraites

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Pension/retirement reform

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97
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La protection sociale

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Health care / welfare

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Une pénurie

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A shortage

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99
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Cependant

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However

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100
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Néanmoins

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Nevertheless

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101
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Des personnes âgées

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Elderly people

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102
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Un neveu

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A nephew

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103
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Depuis la nuit des temps

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From time inmemorial

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104
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L’homme

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The mankind

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105
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Etre obligé de

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To be compelled / forced / obliged to / under the obligation

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106
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Un compte bancaire

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A bank account

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107
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Depuis des décennies

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Over the past decades

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108
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La situation des femmes

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Women’s condition

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En ce qui concerne

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Regarding

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Les affaires étrangères

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Foreign Affair

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Formellement

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Strongly

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112
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S’écouler (tps)

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To tick by / to go by

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113
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Près de

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Next to / beside / near

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114
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S’endormir

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To fall asleep

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115
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La salle à manger

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The dinning room

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Murmurer

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To murmur

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Chuchoter

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To whisper

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118
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Se persuader

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To reassure oneself / to persuade

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119
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Se redresser

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To straighten up / to stand up

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120
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Etre voué à

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To be doumed to

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121
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Une mariée

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A bride

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122
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Un marié

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A groom

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123
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Exigeant

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To be demanding / picky / choosy / fussy

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124
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Un accrochage

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A brush

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125
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Fournir

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To provide

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126
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Empêcher quelqu’un de faire quelque chose

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To prevent sby from doing stg

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Abandonner (un projet)

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To ditch

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128
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La pièce maîtresse

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The centerpiece

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129
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Plaisanter

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To crack a joke

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130
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Etre pince sans rire

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To be deadpanned

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131
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Un dommage pour la santé

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A damage (inv)

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132
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Un dolliprane

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Acetaminophen

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133
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Participer à

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To participate in

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134
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Un effet secondaire

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Adverse / side / secundary effect

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135
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Faire de la pub

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To advertise

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Faire de la prévention

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To prevent from doing stg

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Prévenir

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To warn

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Une amélioration

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An improvement

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139
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Complètement

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Completely

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140
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La pelouse

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The lawn

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141
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Une tondeuse

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A lawn-mower

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142
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Un éclat amorti

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A dulled sheen

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143
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avoir des difficultés à

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to have difficulties in + vb-ing

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144
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rapidement

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qwickly

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145
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les pauvres

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the poor

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146
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la société de consommation

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a consumer society

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l’échelle sociale

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the social ladder

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148
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une buche

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a log

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149
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chargé

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laden

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150
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se présenter

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to introduce oneself

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un café

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a coffee shop / a café

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prendre un verre

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to have a drink

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la dernière

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the latest

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être à l’aise

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to be at ease

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être mal à l’aise

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to be ill-at-ease

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un beau-gosse

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a cute guy / a good-looking guy

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la cheminée

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the fireplace

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savoir

A

to find out

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être en jeu

A

to be at stake

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négliger quelqu’un ou quelque chose

A

to neglet sby/stg

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poser un lapin

A

to stand sby up

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oublier

A

to miss out

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remettre quelque chose sur le tapis

A

to bring something up

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larguer, quitter qql

A

to dump

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faire du mal à une mouche

A

to hurt a fly

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prendre le bon avec le mauvais

A

to take the rough with the smooth

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être pris au dépourvu

A

to be caught unawares

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se sortir haut la main d’une situation

A

to come up smelling roses

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169
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vendre la mèche

A

to let the cat out of the bag

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tout dévoiler

A

to spill the beans

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171
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l’épreuve de vérité

A

the acid test

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prendre avec des pincettes

A

to take stg with a grain of salt

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mettre les points sur les i

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to dot the i’s and cross the t’s

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174
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laisser du répit à quelqu’un

A

to give someone an elbow room

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175
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tout recommencer du début, repartir de la case départ

A

to go back to the drawing board

176
Q

faire fausse route

A

to bark up the wrong tree

177
Q

être coincé entre deux chaises

A

to be caught between to stools

178
Q

ne pas anticiper les difficultés

A

to cross the bridge when you come to it

179
Q

jouer l’avocat du Diable

A

to play the Devil’s advocate

180
Q

être loin de

A

to be far cry from

181
Q

taper en plein dans le mile

A

to hit the nail on the head

182
Q

prendre le train en marche

A

to jump to the bandwagon

183
Q

avoir le même point de vue

A

to see eye to eye

184
Q

un nuage de

A

a pall of

185
Q

suspendre

A

to hang / hung / hung

186
Q

considérer

A

to deem + adj/nom

to regard

187
Q

un citadin

A

a city-dweller

188
Q

sombre (glauque)

A

gloomy

murky

189
Q

entraver

A

to constrain

190
Q

pouvoir décisionnel

A

policymaking power

191
Q

plafonner

A

to cap

192
Q

pour couronner le tout

A

to cap it all

193
Q

un schéma directeur (un plan)

A

a blueprint

194
Q

dévoiler

A

to unveil

195
Q

ambitieux (pour une chose)

A

far-reaching

196
Q

un ralentissement

A

a slowdown

197
Q

une situation critique

A

a crunch

198
Q

asseoir (une politique)

A

to entrench

199
Q

féroce

A

fierce

200
Q

craindre

A

to fret about

201
Q

plaindre (raler)

A

to gripe about

202
Q

la verdure

A

the greenness

203
Q

majestueux

A

stately

204
Q

hors-de-prix

A

overpriced

205
Q

immuable

A

abiding

206
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séduire

A

to appeal

207
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suranné (moisi, renfermé)

A

musty

208
Q

un parfum

A

a scent

209
Q

l’abandon

A

the neglet

210
Q

un parfum (de glace)

A

a flavour

211
Q

auréolé

A

adorned

212
Q

consacré

A

hallowed

213
Q

l’assurance

A

certainty

214
Q

tresser

A

to braid

215
Q

principe de précaution

A

safety-firts principle

216
Q

maitriser

A

to master

217
Q

dès

A

ever since

218
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à l’inverse de

A

unlike

219
Q

principalement

A

chiefly

220
Q

Gatsby le Magnifique

A

the Great Gatsby

221
Q

la narration

A

the storytelling

222
Q

décevant

A

anticlimatic

223
Q

étriqué

A

restrained

224
Q

prononcer

A

to utter

225
Q

édulcoré

A

watered-down

226
Q

agonisant

A

expiring

227
Q

glacé

A

icy

228
Q

glisser

A

to glide / to slip (manière involontaire)

229
Q

une pelote

A

a hoar

230
Q

givré

A

frost

231
Q

enchevêtré

A

entangled

232
Q

une goutte d’eau

A

a water drop

233
Q

condensé

A

condensed

234
Q

rouler

A

to run

235
Q

engendrer (au sens biblique donc très littéraire)

A

to beget

236
Q

peser lourd

A

to hang heavy

237
Q

la nuque

A

the back of the neck / the neck

238
Q

ruisseler

A

to trickle down

239
Q

un trottoir

A
a pavement (uk) 
a sidewalk (us)
240
Q

Vienne

A

Vienna

241
Q

la bruine

A

the drizzle

242
Q

éternel (le même tout le temps)

A

the same old

243
Q

un imperméable

A

a raincoat

244
Q

un clébard

A

a mutt

245
Q

une patte

A

a paw

246
Q

une silhouette

A

a figure

247
Q

un réverbère

A

a street light

248
Q

une flaque

A

a puddle

249
Q

noirci

A

darkened

250
Q

déchiré

A

torn apart

251
Q

un phare de voiture

A

a headlight

252
Q

une graine

A

a seed

253
Q

être lié à

A

to be bound to

254
Q

couper

A

to sever

255
Q

faire de quelqu’un

A

to shape someone into

256
Q

être enclin à

A

to be inclined to

257
Q

rester sur la ligne de touche

A

to stay on the sidelines

258
Q

parmi

A

among

259
Q

en dehors de

A

besides

260
Q

au nom de

A

on behalf of

261
Q

en raison de

A

owing to

262
Q

au cours de ces dernières années

A

over these last few years + present perfect

263
Q

un livreur

A

a delivery man

264
Q

acheter quelque chose à

A

to buy stg from

265
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une critique

A

a criticism

266
Q

rappeler de

A

to remind sb of stg

267
Q

une maladie

A

an illness

a disease

268
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tenace

A

tenacious

269
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dur

A

hard
tough
harsh

270
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levé (à telle heure)

A

up at

271
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couché (à telle heure)

A

in bed by

272
Q

expédier une affaire

A

to dispatch a business

273
Q

la ponctualité

A

punctuality

274
Q

la précision

A

precision

preciseness

275
Q

la détermination

A

determination

resolve

276
Q

autoritaire

A

authoritarian

277
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paternaliste

A

paternalistic

278
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le raisonnement

A

reasoning

279
Q

éliminer

A

to do away
to eliminate
to sweep aside (swept swept)
to brush aside

280
Q

s’installer

A

to set oneself up

281
Q

dépasser

A

to surpass
to go beyond
to exceed

282
Q

les pronostics

A

the forecasts

283
Q

comme si

A

as though

284
Q

l’offre et la demande

A

supply and demand

285
Q

d’instinct / instinctivement

A

instinctively

286
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lancer un produit sur le marché

A

to launch a product on the market

287
Q

un débouché

A

an outlet

288
Q

requis

A

required

289
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la mauvaise santé

A

ill-health

290
Q

pratiquement

A

virtually

291
Q

empêcher

A

to preclude someone from doing stg

292
Q

être alité

A

to be bedridden

293
Q

inlassablement / sans relache

A

untiringly

294
Q

de prestige

A

luxury
prestige
high-class

295
Q

un atelier

A

a workshop

296
Q

au pas de course

A

at the double
at a run
at a gallop

297
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un comptable

A

an accountant

298
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un fournisseur

A

a supplier

299
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un dactylo

A

a typist

300
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inébranlable

A

unswerving

301
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inflexible

A

inflexible

unbending

302
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le conseil d’administration

A

the chair board

303
Q

baisser la tête

A

to look down

304
Q

avare

A

tight-fisted
miserly
avaricious

305
Q

prodigue

A

extravagant

profligate

306
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être indifférent à l’argent

A

to be indifferent to money

money was immaterial to someone

307
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Se faire faire un massage

A

to get a massage

308
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masser

A

to massage

309
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les chevilles

A

anckles

310
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un pied / deux pieds

A

one foot / two feet

311
Q

croiser quelqu’un

A

to come across / to run into

312
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le parlement

A

the parliament

313
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le second tours des élections legislatives

A

the second round of the general elections

314
Q

cachottier

A

secretive

315
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s’en émouvoir (s’en étonner)

A

to pay notice

316
Q

la bicyclette (le sport)

A

cycling

317
Q

la boxe

A

boxing

318
Q

citer un nom

A

to name

319
Q

tu me fais marcher

A

you’re pulling my legs, are’nt you

you’re leading on me

320
Q

Quel est le rapport avec … ?

A

What has that to do with … ?

321
Q

un pas

A

a footstep

322
Q

bien que / même si

A

though

323
Q

vaguement

A

vaguely

324
Q

ne plus être de la première jeunesse / ne plus être dans la fleur de l’âge

A

to be past one’s prime

325
Q

la petite bourgeoisie

A

the lower middle-class

326
Q

bien s’entendre

A

to get on very well

327
Q

une bourse

A

a scholarship

328
Q

convenir à qql

A

to suit someone

329
Q

de tout coeur

A

whole-heartedly

330
Q

malheureux

A

wretched

331
Q

pulpeux

A

plump

332
Q

l’argent de poche

A

pocket money

333
Q

multicolore

A

multi-coloured

334
Q

des sandales

A

sandals

335
Q

des disques de jazz

A

jazz records

336
Q

incroyablement

A

unimaginably

337
Q

éloigné (à distance)

A

remote

338
Q

désemparé

A

dismayed

339
Q

le moyen le plus efficace

A

the best way to

340
Q

un cours particulier

A

a private tuition

341
Q

à prix réduit

A

cut-rate prices

342
Q

la nuit même

A

the very same night

343
Q

sembler (ressemblance auditive)

A

to sound

344
Q

ressemble (ressemblance visuelle)

A

to look

345
Q

fournir

A

to provide

346
Q

empêcher quelqu’un de faire quelque chose

A

to prevent someone from doing something

347
Q

abandonner un projet

A

to ditch a project

348
Q

la pièce maîtresse

A

a centerpiece

349
Q

plaisanter

A

to crack a joke

350
Q

être pince sans rire

A

to be deadpanned

351
Q

un dommage pour la santé

A

a damage (inv)

352
Q

un dolliprane

A

an acetaminophen

353
Q

participer à

A

to participate in

354
Q

un effet secondaire (3)

A

a side effect
a secundary effect
an adverse effect

355
Q

faire de la publicité

A

to advertise

356
Q

prevenir

A

to warn

357
Q

une amélioration

A

an improvment

358
Q

la pelouse

A

the lawn

359
Q

une tondeuse à gazon

A

a lawn-mower

360
Q

le foin

A

hay

361
Q

le blé

A

wheat

362
Q

l’orge

A

barley

363
Q

l’avoine

A

oats

364
Q

un éclat amorti

A

a dulled sheen

365
Q

le cuivre

A

copper

366
Q

ls cuivres (instruments)

A

bass instruments

367
Q

les cordes (instruments)

A

the strings

368
Q

la terrasse

A

the terrace

369
Q

l’herbe

A

the grass

370
Q

allumer

A

to light/lit/lit

371
Q

éclairer (2)

A

to cast

to shed light on

372
Q

un bouchon (en liège)

A

a cork

373
Q

sauter

A

to pop

374
Q

une détonation

A

a bang

375
Q

vif

A

lively

376
Q

avec rancoeur

A

with resentment

377
Q

à contrecoeur

A

grudgingly

378
Q

le discours sur l’état de l’union

A

the State of the Union adress

379
Q

la lessive (pas le produit)

A

the laundry

380
Q

la politique intérieure

A

the domestic policy

381
Q

s’attarder

A

to linger

382
Q

édifiant

A

uplifting

383
Q

une bonne idée

A

a sound idea

384
Q

une idée novatrice

A

a novel idea

385
Q

se vanter de

A

to brag about

386
Q

tirer à pile ou face

A

to boss a coin

387
Q

vague (adj)

A

undefined

388
Q

rééducation

A

rehabilitation

389
Q

l’entrecroisement (2)

A

the intertwining

the crisscrossing

390
Q

le buble rachidien

A

the medulla

391
Q

le foyer de la cheminée

A

the heart

392
Q

Que diable ! (2)

A

What the deuce !

For heaven’s sake!

393
Q

profiter

A

to make the most of something

394
Q

la maigreur

A

the thinness

395
Q

un tel degré (2)

A

such a degree

such a level

396
Q

un plâtre

A

a cast

397
Q

une note de bas de page

A

a footnote

398
Q

toute une vie

A

a lifetime

399
Q

s’avouer vaincu

A

to admit defeat

400
Q

d’un air piteux / tristement

A

ruefully

401
Q

l’institut de sondage

A

a pollster

402
Q

c’est trop serré pour se prononcer

A

it’s too close to say

403
Q

le présentateur

A

the anchor man

404
Q

l’issue

A

the outcome

405
Q

c’est au tour de

A

it’s over to call

406
Q

éteindre brusquement

A

to flick off

407
Q

un cortèg motorisé

A

a motorcade

408
Q

un véhicule tout terrain

A

a SUV

409
Q

être accueilli par

A

to be greeted by

410
Q

se diriger vers

A

to heads towards

411
Q

scotché

A

glue to

412
Q

le four

A

the stove

413
Q

il est grand temps

A

it is high time

414
Q

les manipulations génétiques

A

genetic engineering

415
Q

s’affaiblir

A

to erode

416
Q

au cours des dernières années

A

over the past few years

417
Q

venir de + inf

A

has/have + just + participe passé

418
Q

prospère

A

thriving

419
Q

la chambre d’ami (2°

A

the guest room

the spare room

420
Q

une rame (de train)

A

the carriage

421
Q

le quai

A

the platform

422
Q

crisser (2)

A

to screetch

to squeel

423
Q

s’arracher

A

to tear (torn/torn) oneself away from

424
Q

escalader

A

to climb

425
Q

un strapontin

A

a foldaway seat

426
Q

la brume

A

the mist

427
Q

le moelleux

A

the softness

428
Q

relever (pimenter)

A

to pepper with

429
Q

jeter un coup d’oeil rapide

A

to glance at

430
Q

la banquette

A

the bench seat

431
Q

baisser

A

to lower

432
Q

s’ébranler (2)

A

to set off

to move off

433
Q

un recensement

A

a census

434
Q

être tiré à 4 épingles

A

to look dapper

435
Q

une serviette (le sac)

A

a briefcase