Voc vacances été Flashcards by Marie Petitalot | Brainscape

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de travers, de guingois

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askew, aslant

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une mallette

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a briefcase

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une sacoche

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a satchel

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une valise

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a suitcase

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un sac à mains

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a handbag (UK) / a purse (US)

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se ressaisir, reprendre contenance

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to pull oneself together

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pas la moindre idée

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no idea whatsoever

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chaudière

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boiler

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le réseau de distribution électrique

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the grid

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cadre législatif

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policy framework

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à l’inverse, réciproquement

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conversely

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divers, multiples

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manifold

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robinet

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tap

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profiter de, tirer profit de, exploiter, recourir à

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to tap (into)

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avoir son mot à dire

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to have a say in

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répercussion, effet domino

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knock-on effect

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prôner qqch sans prendre aucune mesure concrète (paroles en l’air)

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to pay lip-service to stg

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à l’aube de/ point de transition

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to be on the cusp of

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parti irlandais

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Sinn Féin

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parjure

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to commit perjury (to lie under oath)

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s’accélérer, prendre de l’ampleur

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to gather momentum

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ne pas se faire attendre

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not be long in coming

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se faire attendre

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to keep (people) waiting

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éveiller l’attention

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to arouse so’s attention/interest

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réaction peu enthousiaste

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tepid reaction

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du vent, des paroles en l’air

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hot air

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répondre sèchement

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to snap

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bafouiller

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to mumble

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bégayer

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to stammer, to stutter

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s’incliner (pour saluer)/ incliner la tête

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to bow

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contempler

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to gaze at

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à condition que

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provided that

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ronfler

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to snore

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résulter de, faire suite à

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to arise from

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susciter (émotions plutôt violentes)

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to rouse

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du gravier, des gravillons

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gravel

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dont deux/aucun/certains

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two/none/some of whom

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être à l’ordre du jour

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to be on the agenda

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l’économie parallèle

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the black economy

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coûter les yeux de la tête

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to cost the earth

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acheter qqch pour une bouchée de pain

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to buy stg for a song

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avoir de l’argent à ne savoir qu’en faire

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to have money to burn

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24h sur 24

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round the clock

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l’argent ne fait pas le bonheur

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money can’t buy happiness

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quand on veut on peut

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when there’s a will there’s a way

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c’est la goute d’eau qui fait déborder le vase

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it is the last straw (that broke the camel’s back)

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une paille

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a straw

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l’argent ne tombe pas du ciel

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money doesn’t grow on trees

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venons-en aux choses sérieuses

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Let’s get down to brass tacks

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il nous mène à la baguette

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he keeps bossing us around

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gagner du temps

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buy time

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ce n’est pourtant pas sorcier

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it’s not rocket science

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piquer une crise

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to blow a fuse

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machinalement, mécaniquement

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mechanically

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juger, considérer (comme)

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to deem (as)

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se retirer d’un accord

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to pull out from an agreement

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fervent, loyal

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staunch

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la ligne dure d’un parti

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the hard-liners

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façonner/ imiter, contrefaire –> une contrefaçon

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to forge –> forgery

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livrer un combat perdu d’avance

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to fight a losing battle

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gouverneur Californie

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Jerry Brown (deux mandats dans les 70’s; deux mandats depuis 2010)

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céder aux caprices de; céder à

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to pander to

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supposition, hypothèse

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assumption

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parlement sans majorité

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hung parliament

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transition

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shift, transition

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énergie

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energy, power

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une bouilloire

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a kettle

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théière

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teapot

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produire (énergie)

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to produce, to generate

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faire pencher la balance

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to tilt the scales

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perturbateur

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disruptive

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colonne vertébrale

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backbone, spine

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la direction

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management

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réduire de moitié, diviser en deux

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to halve