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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Une conclusion

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A finding

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D’ici 2050

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By 2050

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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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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

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Anchorman/ TV host

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La personne interviewée

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Guest/ interviewee

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Sensibiliser à…

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To raise awarness of

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Faire rentrer illégalement

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To smuggle

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Mettre en place un système

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To set up/ implement a system

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30
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S’attaquer à

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To tackle

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Interdire

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To ban

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32
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Une loi restrictive

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A tough/strict/stringent law

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33
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Consommation

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Intake

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34
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Grassouillet, dodu

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Plump

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Corpulent

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Stout

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36
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La graisse

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Flab

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Féculent

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Starch

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Alimentation

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Diet

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39
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Surveiller sa ligne

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To watch one’s figure

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40
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Une aiguille

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A needle

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41
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Un Stupéfiant

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Narcotic

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Se banaliser

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To become commonplace

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Un revendeur (de drogue)

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A dealer/ pusher

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Être accro

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To be hooked on

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Un drogué

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A junkie

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Dérocher (perdre l’habitude)

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To kick the habbit

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47
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Entreprendre une cure de désintoxication

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To go into rehab

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48
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Rechuter

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To relapse

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49
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Tabac

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Tobacco

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50
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Soins

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Healthcare

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51
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Secteur porteur

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A growth area

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52
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S’avérer/ se révéler avoir

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To turn out to be

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53
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Fumeur passif

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A second-hand/passive smoking

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54
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Avancer un argument

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Put forward an argument

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55
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Sévir

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To be rife

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56
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Trier les ordures ménagères

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Sort out household garbage

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Sécheresse

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Drought

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Décrocher un emploi

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Land a job

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Se faire gronder

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To be told off

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Être sur le point de

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To be on the verge of

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Prétendre/affirmer

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To Claim/ argue

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Dès

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As early as

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Effacer la dette

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Cancel a debt

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Être indiscipliné

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To be unruly

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Ce n’est pas de tes affaires

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It’s none of your business

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Cordialement

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Truly

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Témoin

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Witness

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Souffrant

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Ail

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Vieillir

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To age

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Pansement ou plâtre

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Plaster

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Prisonnier

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Convict

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Éventuellement

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Possibly

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Maison individuelle

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Detached house

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Maison mitoyenne

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Semi-detached house

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Rangée de Pavillon

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Terraced house

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Risque

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Hazard

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Un enterrement

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A burial

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Se plonger dans son travail

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To bury oneself in one’s work

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Apaisement

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Glimpse

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Faire le bilan

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To assess

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Impliquer

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To entail

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Occuper un travail

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To hold a position

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Une offre

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A supply

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Avoir des horaires flexibles

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To work flexitime

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Intérim

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Temping

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Travailler au noir

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Moonlighting

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Méticuleux

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Painstaking

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Être sans emploi

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To be on the dole

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Etre inévitable

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To be boun to

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Une tendance

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A trend

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Un modèle, une configuration

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A pattern

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Un ecart

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A gap

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Sage, judicieux

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Wise

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Sur le point de…

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On the cusp of

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Stupéfiant

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Staggering

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Décalage

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Shift

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Gonflement

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Swelling

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Faire faillite

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To go bust

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Ralenti

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Idle

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Un fossé

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A divide

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Reporter qqc

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To put off

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Abandonner

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To Drop out

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Recolter

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To reap

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Le troisième âge

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Elderly people

Oldies

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Les riches

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The well-off

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Creuser un écart

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To widen a gap/divide

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Inciter qqn à faire qqc

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To incentivize sb to do sth

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Etre avare

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To be stingy

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Le bien-être

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Welfare

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Un bon à rien

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A deadbeat

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Repousser

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To pospone

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Les frais scolaires

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Tuition fees

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Mobiliser, regrouper

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To rally

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Une manisfestation

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A protest/ march

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Afficher

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To put up

To stick up

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Distribuer

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To give out

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Un tract

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A Leaflet, handout

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Faire pression

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To lobby

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Une pancarte

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A placard

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Un carton

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A cardboard

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Évoquer des solutions

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To advocate solutions

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Prospérer

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To prosper/ thrive

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Des gros changements

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Sea changes

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Etre obligatoire

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To be compulsory/ mandatory

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Voter

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To go to the polls

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Avoir tendance à

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To be prone to do sth

127
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Accomplir qqc

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To fulfill sth

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Se plier à

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To pander to sth

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Exercer …

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To wield…

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Pourvoir d’achat

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Purchasing power

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Etre retissant

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To be loth/ reluctant

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Un microbe

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A germ

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Un risque pour la santé

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A health hazard

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Poumon

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Lung

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La variole

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Smallpox

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Attraper la grippe

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To go down with the flu

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Éclater, se déclarer (une maladie)

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To break out

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Un test de dépistage

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A screening test

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La fidélité/ loyauté

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Faithfulness

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Un chirurgien

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A surgeon

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Les dépenses de santé

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Health expenses

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Ranger

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Stow

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Doubler

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To increase twofold

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Militer

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To campaign