Vocab article Flashcards by Martin Aussenac

to pour

verser/ servir
yesterday she poured me a glass of wine
hier elle m’a servi un verre d’eau

ou pleuvoir à flot

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to flock

s’attrouper (bête)/ aller en masse, affluer

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to prompt sb to smthg

pousser qqn à faire qqc

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to turn down

décliner (une offre)/ rejeter

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to drawn

attirer

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crowd

la foule

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to spill

renverser/ se répendre

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overcrowded

surpeuplé/bondé

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a standstill

un arrêt (immobilité)

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elderly

âgé

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a lane

une voie, une piste

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to take over

prendre le contrôle de

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to take off

décoller (avion/fusée)

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amid ex amid all this noise

parmi/ au milieu de au milieu de tout ce bruit

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gross

grossier

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to shun

fuir

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to slip back

revenir discrètement

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to monitor

surveiller

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steadily

régulièrement

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duly

dûment/comme il faut

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to lock sth up

fermer qqc

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a backstop

un grillage/ filet de sécurité

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to beset

assaillir

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to cope

surmonter/ s’en sortir

ex : you will cope = vous allez vous en sortir

to put forward

proposer | ex : to put himself forward = se porter volontaire/ se proposer

numb

insensible/froid

to be due to do smthg | ex : The gas safety check is due next Monday.

devoir faire qqc/être fait ex : The gas safety check is due next Monday. Le contrôle de sécurité du gaz doit être fait lundi prochain. Il faut faire le contrôle de sécurité du gaz lundi prochain.

overthrow

renverser (un gouvernement)

whether ex : We're not sure whether it will rain. Anyone, whether rich or poor, can be affected by a natural disaster.

si ou que+subj ex : We're not sure whether it will rain. Nous ne savons pas s'il va pleuvoir. Anyone, whether rich or poor, can be affected by a natural disaster. Toute personne, qu'elle soit riche ou pauvre, peut être touché par une catastrophe naturelle.

a draft

un brouillon

to pull appart smthg

démolir qqc (ex : a theory)

to pull away

(se) retirer

an adjunct

un complément/smthg added

to smuggle (smthg)

faire de la contrebande/ faire du trafic de

tough

dur/rude/robuste

rough

rugueux/irrégulier

a prognosis

un pronostic

wishy-washy / bland

fade

to fade | Peter took the pills and waited for the pain to fade.

diminuer/ s'estomper | Peter a pris ses cachets et a attendu que la douleur s'estompe.

to running out

ne plus (y) avoir de/ être à court de

to dodge

esquiver

une terrasse

a terrace

surprendre quelqu'un

to startle smbdy

remarquer

to notice

se poser (dans sa vie) = s'installer

to settle down

serrer qqc

to squeeze smthg

bien s'entendre/sympathiser

to get along

to attend smth

assister à qqc

un phénomène

a phenomenon

des phénomènes

phenomena

faire une promenade

to go for a walk

proposer qqc à qqn

to offer sbdy smthg

sous-entendre qqc

to imply smthg

impliquer

to involve (ET PAS to imply : sous entendre qqc)

rayonnement (prestige)

influence/ standing

incarner/incarnation

to embody/ embodiment

To display

Exhiber/ montrer/ afficher == to exhibit

A backlash

Une réaction violente