Vocab 2 Flashcards by Noémie Gmbl

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route nationale

A

main road

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un cirque (2)

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an amphitheatre, a cirque

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des étendues

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stretches

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des éclats

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fragments

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des mottes de terre

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clumps of earth

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couverture

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rug

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étinceler

A

sparkle

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courant d’air

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draught/draft

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fer forgé

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wrought iron

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portail (2)

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portal, doorway

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une guérite

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a booth

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banderoles

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streamers

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d’importance

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prominent

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produits pharmaceutiques

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pharmaceuticals

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se plaindre (col)

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to rail against

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des machinations

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dark dealings

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l’ouverture des frontières

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open borders

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clouer le bec

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to stop short

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à contrecoeur

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grudgingly

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des disputes

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rows

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sentencieux

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pompous

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prévoyant

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provident

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les policiers

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the police repris par they

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ça ne m’étonne pas de toi

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you would

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la caserne

A

the barracks

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des bagages

A

luggage -indénombrable

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une preuve certaine

A

a proof

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un élément de preuve

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an evidence

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une bonne vingtaine

A

a good twenty

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un logement

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an accomodation

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à cinq minutes à pied

A

five minutes’ walk

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exigeant

A

demanding

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prendre des dispositions

A

to arrange for something

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l’ordre du jour

A

the agenda

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voir clair dans le jeu de quelqu’un

A

see through sthing

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la redevance

A

license fee

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une entreprise

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a company

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réduire quelque chose à

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boil down to

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cadrer avec

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dovetail with

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nécrologie

A

obituary

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hommage

A

appreciation

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tourner autour du pot

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to skirt the issue

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écraser

A

squelch

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modeste

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demure

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augmenter

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to ratchet up

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blâmer qqun

A

to lay the blame at one’s feet/door

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rentable

A

profitable

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à deux vitesses

A

a two-tier thing

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la publicité

A

advertising

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être indécis

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to be sitting on the fence

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une accusation

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an indictment

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une commère

A

a gossip

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des commérages

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gossips

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perdre ses repères

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to lose one’s bearings

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un contrebandier

A

a bootlegger

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extraordinaire

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inordinate

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une rampe

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a bannister

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un manque, pénurie

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paucity

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un concours

A

a competitive exam

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craintif

A

fearful

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tiède

A

lukewarm