Voc texte 3 Flashcards by Célia CHALMEL

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stuc / couvert de stuc

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stucco

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fretté

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fretted

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cour avant / devant

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forecourt

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Maure

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Moor / moorish

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Hall d’entrée / vestibule

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a lobby

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Faire pression sur

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To lobby / press sb for

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en pointillés

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dotted

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parsemé de qqch

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dotted with stg

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réception / accueil lieu public

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a desk

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s’avancer brusquement / se jeter sur

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to lunge

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une fente (gym / escrime)

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a lunge

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aboyer sur qqun

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snap at sb

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répondre d’un ton sec

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snap back

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tourner / faire tourner

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spin, spun, spun (stg)

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contourner

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bypass stg

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Vérifiable / déterminable

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ascertainable

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Gamin, mioche

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Nippers

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Régulièrement / façon continue (ne pas cesser de faire qqch)

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steadily

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garçon de courses

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errand-boy

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production, rendement

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output

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conformité

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compliance (following law, norm)

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gronder, réprimander

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scold

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apparemment , de toute évidence

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seemingly

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excentrique, original, bizarre

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quirky

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revenir à, équivaloir à

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amount to stg

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désinvolte, léger

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glib

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râler, rouspéter, ronchonner

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grumble (over stg)

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aigre, acerbe

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sour

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entacher, salit, ternir

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blot stg (pê fig)

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pleurer (/cry)

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to weep

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avec véhémence, force, virulence

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hotly

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ennemi, adversaire (littéraire)

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foe

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fuir, éviter

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shun stg / sb - religious = rejeter / bannir

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piaule, chambrette, cagibi

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cubby

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réduit, dégradé

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impaired (ability, machine, vision)

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matériel, terrestre (ex paradis Bible)

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earthly

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rampe (escaliers)

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banister

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persécuté

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browbeaten

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ironie

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wry

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tapoter, donner une tape à

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to pat stg

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corvée, dur labeur

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drudgery

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contrecarrer, faire obstacle à

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stymie stg

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lécher / coup de langue

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lick

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hausser les épaules

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to shrug