voc qcm 19 Flashcards

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1
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stance on

A

le point de vue The Rep. Stance on

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2
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to surge

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augmenter

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3
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comprehensive

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exhaustif

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4
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siblings

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les freres et sœurs

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5
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to reshore

A

relocaliser

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6
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to unionize

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joindre un syndicat

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7
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to step on sb’s toes

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marcher sur les pieds de qn

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8
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to stall ( about a car)

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caller/ s’arreter net

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9
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to scrape by

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s’en sortir

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10
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a means-tested benefit

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une aide distribué sous condition de revenu

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11
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épargne 2

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thrift dans le sens valeur moral/ vivre chichement // savings

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12
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to chip

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réduire en morceau

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13
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idleness

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oisiveté

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14
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to get a real taste of

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gouter pleinement à

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to fulfil an ambition= to achieve one’s ambition

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réaliser ses ambitions

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16
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to build up confidence

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prendre confiance en soi

17
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to drive an individual

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motiver qn

18
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long and short range goals

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les objectifs à long et court terme

19
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if you don’t mind

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si vous me le permettez/ si cela ne vous dérange pas

20
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faire des affaires

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to do business

21
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to entail

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to require/ to involve impliquer/ entrainer

22
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to assent She said that she never assented to many men

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to agree= consentir/ donner son accord

23
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to blow off I have been blowing off about plastics

A

jacasser

24
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it is your line

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c’est votre domaine

25
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crisply

A

sec/ cassant

26
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the stranger

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l’inconnu

27
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to drift I have been a drifter since the âge of nine

A

dériver un touche-à-tout

28
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to guffow Bullard guffawed

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s’esclaffer

29
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and I know what all Father of the light bulb and I know what all

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et de je ne sais quoi d’autre

30
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to coax sb Bullard coaxed

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presser qn

31
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to entrance Bullard was entranced

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captiver/ fasciner