Vocab Vochelle 2ème année Flashcards by Loris Riou | Brainscape

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La Sainte Bible

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The Holy Bible

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Une administration laxiste

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A lax administration

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Des répercussions/retombées

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A Knock-on effect

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Les perspectives sont sombres, lugubres

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A gloomy outlook

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Une victoire écrasante

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A landslide victory

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Une tempête imminente

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An impending storm

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Un repas copieux

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A lavish dinner

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Être diplômé d’une école

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To graduate from school

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Licencier pour raison économique

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To lay off employees

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Soulever un problème

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To raise an issue

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Hériter d’une fortune

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To inherit a fortune

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Chercher à tâtons une réponse

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To grope for an answer

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Compromettre le plan de paix

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To jeoparadize the peace plan

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Faire obstacle au progrès

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To hinder progress

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Annuler/Se dégager de …

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To get out of …

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Se remettre de

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To get over sth

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Exploser (la bombe)

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To go off

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Supposément

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Allegedly

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Les tenants et les aboutissants de ce scandale

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The ins and outs of this scandal

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Une échelle

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A ladder

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Casser le plafond de verre

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To break the glass ceiling

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Ne jurer que par …

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To swear by …

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Prôner, recommander

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To advocate

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Etouffer

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To stifle

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Enfreindre

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To infringe (on)

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Déclencher un tollé, des protestations

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To spark off an uproar

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Fuite au public

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Leak to the public

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Une toile de fond

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A backdrop

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Porter plainte contre qqun

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To file a complaint against smbdy

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Utiliser une évaluation par ses collègues

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To use peer review

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Les Asiatiques représentent 35% des employés Google

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Asians account for/make up 35% of Google’s workforce

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Il y a 4 fois plus d’hommes que de femmes

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There are 4 times as many male as female

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Mal défini

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Ill-defined

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Mal élevé

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Ill-bred

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Mal équipé

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Ill-equipped

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Finis ton assiette!

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Eat up your plate!

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Un avion à réaction

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A jet

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Avoir grandement besoin de quelque chose

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To need something badly

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Petits maux/Petits bobos

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Aches and pains

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Dégradant/Dévalorisant

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Demeaning

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Réseau de connaissance

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Networking

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Il y a plus que cela ne laisse paraitre

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There is more to it than meets the eye

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Faire une remarque pertinente

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To make a point

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Laisse voir / Laisser paraitre

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To disclose

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Être dans le pétrin

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To be in a bind

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Réprimander quelqu’un

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To dress down somebody

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Être intrigué

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To be puzzled

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S’associer avec qqun

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To side with sbdy

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Sectarisme racial

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Racial bigotry

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Le but annoncé

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An awowed aim

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Méfiance

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Mistrust

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Une réaction violente

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A backlash

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Faire respecter la loi

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To inforce

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T’héberger

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To put you up / To accomodate you

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Démisionner

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To stand down/To resign

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Remettre à plus tard

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To postpone/To put off

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Limiter (l’inflation, le réchauffement climatique)

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To curb …

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Limiter (les contacts)

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To restrict

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Etre en charge de

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To be in charge of/To be responsible for

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Un titre de séjour

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A residence permit

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Les agents

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Officers

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Une infraction au code de la route

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A driving offence

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Le code de la route

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Road safety rules

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En cas de

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In case of

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Ne pourront pas (faire ceci)

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Will not be aloud to

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Un signe de laxisme

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A sign of laxity

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Mettre en danger

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To jeopardize

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La sécurité des gens

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People’s safety

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Appeller (a faire quelque chose)

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To call for …

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Financement

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Financing/Funding

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Supprimer (un financement)

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To cut/To scrap/To withdraw

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Multiplier

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To multiply

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La paume de sa main

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The palm of his hand

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Le menton

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The chin