Vocab September Flashcards

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1
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Couler

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To sink

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Se noyer

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To drown

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Disparaitre en mer

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Disapear at sea

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To hit the headlines (to make the headlines) antonym

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To be swept from the spotlight

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beaucoup de gens aisés

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A handful of wealthy people

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To spark (s)

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to generate = déclencher

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Dépasser

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To outweigh

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much less (s)

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far less

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Une chaîne tv

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A Tv channel

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Even though (2s)

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Although = Though

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To swear (3s)

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To vow = to promise = to pledge to do something

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Un potentiel (président)

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A hopeful

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Le siège social

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The headquarter

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Se plaindre de

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To complain about

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To crash (3s)

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To collapse, to grunge, to plummet

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A nickname (s)

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A moniker

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To be similar to (s)

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To be akin to

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To fire (2s)

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To dismiss, to make someone redundant

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A physician (s)

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A doctor

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To plunge (s)

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To slump

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They came out ON the same day (s)

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They were released ON the same day

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The space race (s)

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The space conquest

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Une fusée

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A rocket

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Louer (sens gratifier)

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To praise something

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Unexplored (s)

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Uncharted

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To throw (2s)

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To cast, to hurl

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Art work (2s)

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Artefact, work of art

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The consequence (s)

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The fallout

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29
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Someone who works there

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An insider

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30
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Un vol (d’objet)

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A theft

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31
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Un gouvernail

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A rudder

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32
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Une centrale nucléaire

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A nuclear power plant

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33
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Atteindre un point important

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To reach a milestone

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34
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Ce n’est pas un remède miracle

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This is not a silver bullet

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To break a record (s)

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To smash a record

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Juste avant

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In the run up to

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Juste après

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In the wake of

38
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To deteriorate

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To decay

39
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Fournitures scolaires

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School supplies

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Out of control fires

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Wildfires

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To increase (3s)

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To soar, to skyrocket, to surge

42
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Des personnes malveillantes

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ill-intentioned people

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Être induit en erreur

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To be misled

44
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Sans précédent

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Unprecedented

45
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Atteindre un point de non retour / critique

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To reach a tipping point

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Omniprésent(e)

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Ubiquitous

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Généreux

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Bountiful

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GPA

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Surrogacy

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Attirer l’attention

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To garner attention

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À qui l’on doit

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Credited with

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Une soif de

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A thirst for

52
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Une raison de s’inquiéter

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A cause for concern

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Poignant

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Harrowing

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Avoir du mal à faire qqchose (2)

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To struggle to do something / to have a hard time +ing

55
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Être méfiant

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To be weary of something

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Épineux (2)

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Tricky = thorny

57
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Être émerveillé, admiratif

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To be in awe

58
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Un fauteuil

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An armchair

59
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Se tenir la tête

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To hold one’s head

60
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L’autour (l’environnement)

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The surrounding

61
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L’anxiété concernant l’écologie

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Ecoanxiety

62
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Reprocher à quelqu’un

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To blame someone

63
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La société de consommation

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The consumption society

64
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Rester les bras croisés

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To sit on your hands

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Pas fertile (terre)

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Barren

66
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Tirer la sonnette d’alarme (2)

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To raise/sound the alarm

67
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Souffrir de qqchose

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To suffer FROM something

68
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Être dans le déni (2)

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To turn a blind eye to something = to look the other way

69
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Un climatosceptique

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A climate skeptic (to be skeptical)

70
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Paralyzing

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Debilitating

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Appartenir à

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To belong to something

72
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Faire une supposition

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To make an assumption

73
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Être recroquevillé

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To be huddled

74
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Un linge

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A cloth

75
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Anxiété, angoisse au sens psychanalytique

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Angst

76
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Les couverts

A

Silverware

77
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Unconfortable

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Ill-at-ease

78
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Une maladie chronique

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A condition

79
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Running down

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Streaming down

80
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To raise people’s awareness about/of

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To sensitize people to

81
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Des companies pétrolières

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Fossil fuel companies

82
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Sur la droite de l’image, la gauche

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ON the left hand side, right hand side

83
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Tenir une pancarte sur laquelle on peut lire

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Holding a sign that reads

84
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Le planant (qui plane)

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The looming

85
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Fastfood

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Junkfood

86
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Jetable

A

Disposable

87
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Poumons

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Lungs

88
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Dégrader des oeuvres d’art

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To deface artworks

89
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Un crane

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A skull

90
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To reduce (s)

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To phase out (the use of fossil fuel)