Voca Flashcards

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Avoir du poids / de l’influence

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To pull some weight

To have some clout

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Vieillesse

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Elderliness

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Être concerné par

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To be concerned by

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Être inquiet de

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To be concerned about

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Un jeu de mots

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A pun

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Vieillir (idiomatique)

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Go grey at the temples

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se dépêcher

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To quicken

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Allure

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Pace

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Se réconcilier

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To patch it up with someone

To make it up

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Perspective

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Outlook

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Dépasser en nombre

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To outnumber

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Rapide (synonyme de fast)

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Brisk

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Déclencher ( synonyme to trigger)

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To spark

To bring about

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Déformer

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To distort

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Tranche d’âge

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Age bracket

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Diminuer

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To shrink

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Chiper

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To switch

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To be on the watch

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Être sur le qui vive

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To be on the look-out

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Être sur le qui vive

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To be on his toes

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Être sur le qui vive

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Embouteillages

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Trafic jams

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Errer

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To loiter

To wander

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Se dépêcher

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To dash

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Tabouret

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Stool

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Admettre/reconnaître
To acknowledge
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Une boucle
A loop
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Les rois mages
The 3 wise men
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To dwindle
diminuer
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Surveiller
To keep an eye on
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Chercher
To keep an eye for
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Plus on est de fous plus on rit
The more, the merrier
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To realize
Se rendre compte
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Une impasse
A dead-end
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Bon voyage / adieu
Farewell
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To keep a low profile | To hug walls
Faire profil bas
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Traîner (sournois)
To sneak around
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Méchant, abject
Wicked
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Jeter un sort
To cast a spell
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Crasseux
Grimy
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Cinglé
Nutty
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Être shooté/tendu
To be strung out
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Perçant
Sharp
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Espiègle / malicieux
Impish
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Mimiques
Grins
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Tanner qqn/agacer/travailler qqn
To nag at someone
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Émerger
To stroll out
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To go/get brankers
Perdre la tête
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Worn thread bare
Usé jusqu'à la corde
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Plaqué or
Gilded
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Petit lutin
An imp
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To have a stuffed nose
Être enrhumé
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Regard furtif
Glance
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Regard attentif / qui scrute
A peer
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Membres d'un conseil
Councillors
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To mingle
Mélanger
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Seuil
Threshold
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A look alike | A carbon copy
Un sosie
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Délibérément
Willfully
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Avoir un goût de
To smack of
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Tâches de rousseur
Freckeld
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Tremblement / frissons
Shivers
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Pépin
A pip
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Fossé / digue
Dycke
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Chétif
Puny
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Lecteur implicite
Implied reader
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Babines
Chops
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Pyromane
Arsonist
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To shatter
Détruire
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Chevilles
Anckles
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Marais
Marsh
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To growl
Grogner
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Forgeron
Blacksmith
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Orfèvre
Goldsmith
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Faire un bilan
To draw a balance
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An assessment
Une évaluation
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Avoir recours à
To resort to
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Aux dépens
At the expense of
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Thorough
Complet
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Plaire
To appeal
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Brebis
ewe
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To sympathise
Compatir
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Audacieux / intrépide
Bold
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Chauve
Bald
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Imiter
To impersonate
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Econome
Thrifty
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Ponte
Pundit
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To curtail
Réduire
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Dériver
To drift
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Prétendu
Purported
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Dearth / shortage
Manque
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Coupable
Culprit
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S'effondre/s'écrouler
To collapse
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Bias
Prejugés
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Sans rapport / hors de propos
Irrelevant
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Lierre
Ivy
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Irrégulier/inconstant
Erratic
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To dull To tarnish To sully
Ternir
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Vraiment
Genuiely
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Marche trainante
Shuffle
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The square mile
La city
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Municipalité / arrondissement
Borough
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Responsable politique
Policy maker
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Circumstances
Situations
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Groupe de réflexion
Think-thank
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Comme convenu
Duly
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Mise
Outlay
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Regimber/ être récalcitrant
To balk
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Intermédiaire
Middle Man
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Ticket repas
Meal vouchers