voc qcm ggd

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to be in cahoots with

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etre de mêches avec Publicis had been in cahoots with Cerberus. a US hedge fund that controls a large stake in Cordiant’s debt

Question 2

to cut down

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réduire/ amoindrir The obvious solution would be for the US manufacturers to cut down production to restore profitability

Question 3

woes

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les malheurs/chagrins/les infortunes the woes of clients such as United Airlines and Boeing do not help recovery

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to grow at a rate of

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croître à un rythme de/à un taux de

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to grow at

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augmenter/progresser the economy would have to grow at 4% for two years to eliminate the gap

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to steal a march on sb/sth

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prendre un tps d’avance sur qn/qch our new product has had a good run but our competitor has stolen a march on us/ by putting a similar product

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to be likely to+bare inf

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pour exprimer une action probable It’s likely to rain tomorrow

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to be expelled

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être expulsé(élève…)/exclu He was expelled from school for stealing

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a dove

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une colombe

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windscree/windshield

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pare-brise

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to hatch

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éclore don’t count your chickens before they hatch

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it is 100 years since H. Ford set up in business

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set up

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conditions today are very different from those in 1994

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those

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grudgingly

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à contre-coeur

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early on in 2000

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très tôt dès 2000

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early in 2000

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au début de 2000

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as far back as 2000

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déjà en 2000/en remontant jusqu’à 2000

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it’s a good job that/it’s fortunate that

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c’est une chance que…it is a good job that no one was killed in the MJ accident

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what with +structure nominales

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entre telle et telle chose (sens négatif)

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little else…than

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pas gd chose d’autre..que what with the buttering rain and the cold there was little else to do than play parlour games

Question 21

a hive

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fourmilière/ruche a hive of activity

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to grin

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smile/faire un large sourire/sourire de toutes ses dents

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to yelp

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percer/let out a sharp cry/pousser un cri perçant

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groan

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gémir/pousser une plainte

Question 25

out of the blue

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à l’improviste my counsins turned up out of the blue on christmas day

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extensive

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vaste/complet/ample He was asked to teach at the local school because of his extensive university experience

Question 27

about which

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sur lequel/sur laquelle Architecture is a subject about which I know very little

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a lot of /many/much

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much/many s’utilisent surtout dans les phrases négatives ou interrogatives/ou après too/as/so/very Lot of courage is required to do this

Question 29

come out

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did you ask your mum if you can come out and play /This new novel comes out this autumn / if news of the affair comes out he will be ruined

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in which case

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auquel cas

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it

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celui-ci

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unless it falls on the twelfth

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sauf si celui-ci tombe le 12

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bourses d’études

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grant(critères sociaux)/scholarship(critères académiques)

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flat

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équilibre boursier the Frankfurt stock exchange opened almost flat on wednesday