Vocab Vochelle 1 Flashcards

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Un fléau

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A scourge/plague

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Un sondage

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A poll/ survey

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Mener/faire un sondage

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To conduct/ carry out an opinion poll

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Un placard

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A cupboard

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Une mosquée

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A mosque

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Une puce

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A chip

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S’élèver à

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To stand at

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Démissionner

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To resign

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L’actuel

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Incumbent

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Tenir compte de qqc

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To reckon with sth

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Un journal de qualité

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A broadsheet

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Un journal de mauvaise qualité

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The gutter press
A redtop
A tabloid

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Être nommé/ désigné

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To be appointed

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Les frais scolaires

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Scolar Fees

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Avant dernier

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Last but one

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Juger qqn

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To judge/ try sb

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Impoli

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Rude

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Publier une étude/un rapport

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To issue/release a report (on …)

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19
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Une conclusion

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A finding

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20
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D’ici 2050

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By 2050

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21
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Dissuasif

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Deterrent

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Être précis

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To be accurate

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23
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Tousser

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To cough

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Vivre avec une assistance respiratoire

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To be on Life support

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La personne qui interview
Anchorman/ TV host
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La personne interviewée
Guest/ interviewee
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Sensibiliser à...
To raise awarness of
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Faire rentrer illégalement
To smuggle
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Mettre en place un système
To set up/ implement a system
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S'attaquer à
To tackle
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Interdire
To ban
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Une loi restrictive
A tough/strict/stringent law
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Consommation
Intake
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Grassouillet, dodu
Plump
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Corpulent
Stout
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La graisse
Flab
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Féculent
Starch
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Alimentation
Diet
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Surveiller sa ligne
To watch one's figure
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Une aiguille
A needle
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Un Stupéfiant
Narcotic
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Se banaliser
To become commonplace
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Un revendeur (de drogue)
A dealer/ pusher
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Être accro
To be hooked on
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Un drogué
A junkie
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Dérocher (perdre l'habitude)
To kick the habbit
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Entreprendre une cure de désintoxication
To go into rehab
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Rechuter
To relapse
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Tabac
Tobacco
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Soins
Healthcare
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Secteur porteur
A growth area
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S'avérer/ se révéler avoir
To turn out to be
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Fumeur passif
A second-hand/passive smoking
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Avancer un argument
Put forward an argument
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Sévir
To be rife
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Trier les ordures ménagères
Sort out household garbage
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Sécheresse
Drought
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Décrocher un emploi
Land a job
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Se faire gronder
To be told off
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Être sur le point de
To be on the verge of
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Prétendre/affirmer
To Claim/ argue
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Dès
As early as
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Effacer la dette
Cancel a debt
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Être indiscipliné
To be unruly
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Ce n'est pas de tes affaires
It's none of your business
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Cordialement
Truly
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Témoin
Witness
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Souffrant
Ail
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Vieillir
To age
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Pansement ou plâtre
Plaster
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Prisonnier
Convict
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Éventuellement
Possibly
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Maison individuelle
Detached house
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Maison mitoyenne
Semi-detached house
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Rangée de Pavillon
Terraced house
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Risque
Hazard
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Un enterrement
A burial
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Se plonger dans son travail
To bury oneself in one's work
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Apaisement
Glimpse
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Faire le bilan
To assess
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Impliquer
To entail
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Occuper un travail
To hold a position
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Une offre
A supply
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Avoir des horaires flexibles
To work flexitime
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Intérim
Temping
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Travailler au noir
Moonlighting
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Méticuleux
Painstaking
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Être sans emploi
To be on the dole
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Etre inévitable
To be boun to
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Une tendance
A trend
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Un modèle, une configuration
A pattern
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Un ecart
A gap
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Sage, judicieux
Wise
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Sur le point de...
On the cusp of
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Stupéfiant
Staggering
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Décalage
Shift
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Gonflement
Swelling
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Faire faillite
To go bust
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Ralenti
Idle
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Un fossé
A divide
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Reporter qqc
To put off
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Abandonner
To Drop out
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Recolter
To reap
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Le troisième âge
Elderly people | Oldies
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Les riches
The well-off
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Creuser un écart
To widen a gap/divide
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Inciter qqn à faire qqc
To incentivize sb to do sth
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Etre avare
To be stingy
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Le bien-être
Welfare
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Un bon à rien
A deadbeat
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Repousser
To pospone
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Les frais scolaires
Tuition fees
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Mobiliser, regrouper
To rally
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Une manisfestation
A protest/ march
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Afficher
To put up | To stick up
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Distribuer
To give out
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Un tract
A Leaflet, handout
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Faire pression
To lobby
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Une pancarte
A placard
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Un carton
A cardboard
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Évoquer des solutions
To advocate solutions
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Prospérer
To prosper/ thrive
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Des gros changements
Sea changes
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Etre obligatoire
To be compulsory/ mandatory
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Voter
To go to the polls
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Avoir tendance à
To be prone to do sth
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Accomplir qqc
To fulfill sth
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Se plier à
To pander to sth
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Exercer ...
To wield...
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Pourvoir d'achat
Purchasing power
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Etre retissant
To be loth/ reluctant
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Un microbe
A germ
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Un risque pour la santé
A health hazard
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Poumon
Lung
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La variole
Smallpox
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Attraper la grippe
To go down with the flu
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Éclater, se déclarer (une maladie)
To break out
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Un test de dépistage
A screening test
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La fidélité/ loyauté
Faithfulness
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Un chirurgien
A surgeon
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Les dépenses de santé
Health expenses
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Ranger
Stow
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Doubler
To increase twofold
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Militer
To campaign