Voca 1 Flashcards

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Tirage (livres) / circulation (du sang)

A

circulation

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2
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circulation

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traffic

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3
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moyen

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means

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4
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parodie

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travesty

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5
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un héritier

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an heir

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6
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le parti Républicain

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the GOP (Grand Old Party)

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7
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le parti démocrate

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the Democrats

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8
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assurance

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insurance

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9
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droits de douane

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customs duties

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10
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essence

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gas (US), petrol (UK)

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11
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concurrent

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competitor, contender, challenger

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12
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dette

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debt, liability

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13
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PDG

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CEO (US), Managing Director (UK

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14
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conseil municipal

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city council

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15
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rentrée (scolaire)

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resumption

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16
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facture

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bill

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17
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boussole

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compass

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18
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discours

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address

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19
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embouteillage

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trafic jam

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20
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ivrogne

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drunkard

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21
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tournée des bars

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pub crawling

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22
Q

enjeux

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stakes

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23
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virage / tendance

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bent

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24
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des bagages

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luggage

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parasite
sponger, scrounger
26
portail
gate
27
criminalité
crime
28
apprentissage
apprenticeship
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toit
roof
30
les siens
one's relatives
31
chariot
waggon
32
wagon
carriage (UK), car (US)
33
écoles publiques
state schools
34
écoles d'aristocrates
public schools
35
projectile
missile
36
moteur
engine
37
force motrice
driving force
38
enterrement
burial
39
les décombres
the rubbleø, wreckageø, ruins
40
majorité absolue
overall majority
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plaisir, faveur
treat
42
évadés fiscaux
tax evaders
43
rangée, dispute
row [o]
44
cicatrice
scar
45
soulagement
relief
46
vitrines
shop windows
47
avenues
avenues
48
passants
passers-by
49
performance
feat, exploit
50
représentation (théâtre)
perfomance
51
scène
stage
52
coulisses
backstage
53
décor
setting
54
jeux d'argents
gambling
55
parties prenantes
stakeholders
56
programme
agenda
57
projet
scheme [k]
58
longueur d'avance
edge
59
clochard
tramp
60
matelas
mattress
61
racaille, rebut
scum
62
voyou
thug
63
rivages
shores
64
colonne vertébrale
backbone
65
position
stance
66
estrade
stump
67
toilettes
lavatory, loo, toilet / bathroom
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enclos
pen
69
habits
garments
70
vêtements
clothes
71
beaux habits
fancy garments / clothes
72
HLM
council housing
73
automne
fall (US), autumn
74
framboises
rapberries
75
loisirs
leasureø
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testament
will
77
préjugé
prejudice / bias
78
gorge
throat
79
ruisseaux
brooks
80
peuple / classe populaire
the folks
81
influence, poids
clout
82
éclat
luster
83
un lieu (de rendez-vous)
venue
84
l'âge d'or, les beaux jours
the heyday
85
ombre
shadow (people), shade (sun-protect)
86
pénombre
half-darkness
87
bureau (pièce de la maison)
study
88
canard boiteux
lame duck
89
période de remplacement du president US (entre élection et mis au pouvoir)
the inter-regnum period (8N->28J)
90
président sortant
lame-duck president
91
match nul, cravate, lien
tie
92
colline
hill
93
une bavure (policière), une gaffe
a blunder
94
la discrimination positive
affirmative action
95
l'informatique
data processing, computing
96
un critère, des critères
a criterion, criteria
97
une prise de sang
a blood test
98
un palais de justice
a courthouse
99
la confiture
jam
100
un bouchon (de liège)
a cork