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Vocab October Flashcards

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1
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Avoir du mal à joindre les deux bouts

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To stuggle to make a living / to make ends meet

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Traduire en justice

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To prosecute

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3
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désobéissance civile

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Civil desobedience

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4
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Une perte de soutien

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A loss of support

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5
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Faire prendre conscience de quelque chose

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To raise awareness about

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6
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Être sidéré

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To be stunned

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7
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To refuse (s)

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To turn down

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8
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Être fait exprès

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To be done on purpose

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9
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Réduire à qq chose

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To come down to something

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10
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Contrarier, se mettre à dos

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To antagonize

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11
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Tomber dans l’oreille d’un sourd

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To fall on deaf ears

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12
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Gribouiller

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To scribble

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13
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Priceless (s)

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Invaluable

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14
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Recourir

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To resort

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15
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To gain momentum (s)

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To gather momentum

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16
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A l’excès

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Unduly

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17
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Profanation

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Desacration

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18
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Défenseur

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Proponent

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19
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Entraver

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To hinder

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20
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Perturbateur/trice

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Disruptive

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21
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Scandaliser

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To outrage

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22
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Poursuivre (en justice)

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To sue

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23
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Contempler

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To gaze

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24
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Defamation (2s)

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Slander, libel

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25
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Faire des heures supplémentaires

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To work overtime

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26
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Les prendre en compte

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To hold them to account

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27
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To do the same (2s)

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To follow suit = to follow in somebody’s footsteps

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28
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Porter plainte contre quelqu’un

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To lodge a complaint

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29
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Impliquer

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To entail

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30
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Faire une comparaison

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To draw a comparison

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31
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Accorder

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To grant something

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32
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Réduire progressivement

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To phase out

33
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Une route passante

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A busy road

34
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Avoir une dent contre

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To bare a grudge against

35
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Avoir de la rancune

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To be resentful / bitter

36
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Elle est inspirante

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She is inspirational

37
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Être une personnalité de premier plan

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To be a high profile figure

38
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Satisfaire tout le monde

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To please everyone

39
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To support (s)

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To back

40
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Ne pas tenir sa promesse

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To fail to deliver on one’s promise(s)

41
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La course à la présidence

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The run for President

42
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Être à contre courant

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To go against the tide

43
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Donner un accord de façade

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To be paying lip service

44
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Face à

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In the face of

45
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Être un personnage clef

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To be a key figure

46
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C’est paradoxal

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It is paradoxical

47
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Laisser tomber qq

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To let someone down (ex : he has let his voters down)

48
Q

Travailler main dans la main

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To work hand in hand with

49
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Incohérent / cohérent

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Inconsistent / consistent

50
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Fiable / pas fiable

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Reliable / unreliable

51
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Une promesse de campagne

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A campaign pledge

52
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A climate skeptic (s)

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A climate change denier

53
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Être sceptique

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To be skeptical

54
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Être condamné / être coincé

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To be doomed (to failure)

55
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Aborder de front la question / problème

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To tackle an issue head on

56
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Entacher une réputation

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To taint a reputation

57
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Fragile

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Flimsy

58
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Aborder

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To tackle

59
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Au nom de

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On behalf of

60
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Dégénérer

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To escalate

61
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Fueled (2s)

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Fanned, nourrished

62
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Faraway (2s)

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Distant, remote

63
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Hindered (s)

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Hampered = entravé

64
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A commitment to (trad)

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Un engagement à

65
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Due to (2s)

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because of / owing to

66
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To raise awareness about (s)

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To sensitize

67
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Sued (s)

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Brought to justice

68
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Trying to (2s)

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Seeking to, looking to (do something)

69
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To influence

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To sway

70
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To change (2s)

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To shift, to make something evolve

71
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Homologue

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Counterparts

72
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Unpredictible (s)

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Wild card

73
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Until now (3s)

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To this day, so far, to date

74
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Drilling (trad)

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Forage

75
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Thrusting (2s)

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Pushing, throwing

76
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Garnered (5s)

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Accumulated / got / obtained / scored / earned

77
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Runaway (4s)

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rampent / uncontrolable / unstoppable / galloping

78
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To experience (s)

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To feel

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