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Vocab Vochelle 2 Flashcards

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Les célébrités, les peoples

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The glitterati

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Un signal d’alarme (figuré)

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A wake up call

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Spécialiste en communication chargée de l’image d’un parti politique

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A spin doctor

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Venir de tous les horizons

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To come from all walks of life

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Un serment

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An oath

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Jouer à faire semblant

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To play make-believe

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Qui a un intérêt médiatique

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To be newsworthy

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Ramper

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To creep (crept-crept)
To crawl
To sneak

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Inflation rampante/galopante

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Creeping inflation

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Ça me donne la chair de poule

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It gives me the creeps

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Faire l’appel

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To call the roll

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Liste électorale

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Electoral rolls

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Lancer un produit

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To launch a product

To roll out a product

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Rouler sur l’or

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To be rolling in money

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Marcher sur la pointe des pieds

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To tiptoe

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Suivre la ligne du parti, se conformer, obéir

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To toe the (party) line

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Sur le pas de la porte

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On the threshold

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Un verger

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A orchard

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19
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La batterie de cuisine

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The pots and pans

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Une poêle

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A frying pan

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Ça ne me dit rien

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I don’t relish the idea of

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Entrevoir, apercevoir

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To catch sight of

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Faire qqch intentionnellement

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To do sthg on purpose

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Être le sosie de qqn/ le portrait craché

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To be the spitting image of sb

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Boiter
To be lame
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Un argument qui ne tient pas la route
A lame argument
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Un homme politique qui n’a plus beaucoup de pouvoir/ qui est sur la touche
A lame duck
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Pourquoi diable se passerait-il qqch?
Why on earth?/ Why the hell
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Un vaurien
A rascal A thug A scoundrel
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Tromper, trahir qqn
To two-time sb To double-cross sb To betray sb To cheat on sb
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Un kiosque à journaux
The newspaper stall
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Faire caler sa voiture
To stall a car
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Gagner du temps, jouer la montre
To stall/ to play for time
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Odieux, infecte, immonde
Foul ``` Foul weather (temps abjecte) Foul language (une langue grossière) ```
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Avoir des ennuis avec la justice | Se mettre à dos son patron
To fall foul of the law | To fall foul your boss
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Faire la grasse matinée
To sleep in
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Faire entrer qqn
To let in | To show in
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Je considère que c’est mon devoir de
I consider it my duty to
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D’un ton curieux
In a curious tone | In a inquisitive tone
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Absolument | Dans un dialogue
I’ m positive
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C’est du vol
This is stealing | This is a theft
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Se servir soi-même
To help oneself
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Le plan de travail
The worktop
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Représenter un pourcentage de plus en | plus élevé
To make up a growing percentage of
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La course aux armements
The arms race
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Un voyeur
A peeping Tom
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Un judas (l’endroit où on regarde dans une porte)
A peephole
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Zozoter
To have a lisp
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Les pompiers
Fireman | The fire brigade
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Peser le pour et le contre
To weigh up the pros and cons
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Recoudre (une plaie)
To stitch
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Une autoroute
``` A motorway (UK) A freeway/ expressway (US) ```
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Des algues
Seeweed
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Comment tu as pu tomber si bas?
How could you sink so low
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Il a posé ses mots pour qu’ils fassent effet
He paused to allow his words to sink in
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Ça passe ou ça casse
It’s sink or swin
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Il se dégarni (homme qui perd ses cheveux)
His hair is receding
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S’éloigner, s’estomper
To recede
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Une ville fantôme
A ghost city
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Qqn qui écrit un livre pour qqn d’autres (un nègre en français)
A ghost writter
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Poser une bombe
To plant a bomb
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Une graine, un grain, un pépin
Seed
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Une tombe
A grave | A tomb
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Un cimetière
A graveyard
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De la vie à la mort | Tout au long de la vie
From the cradle to the grave
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Un lièvre
A hare
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Un enterrement
A burial
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Il y a anguille sous roche
To smell a rat
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Rugir
To roar
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Les années folles/ les années 20
The Roaring Twenties
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Être plié de rire
To roar with laughter
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Faire des affaires en or
To do a roaring trade
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Un pêché
A sin
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Se noyer
To drown
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Enlacer
To embrace

Vocabulaire anglais Vochelle (6 decks)

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