vocabulaire Flashcards

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to stand for

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représenter

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indolently

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paresseusement

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to waddle

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se dandiner

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despondent

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without much hope

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5
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in the face of

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as a result

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a theft

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un vol

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a thief

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un voleur

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8
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assassination

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a manslaughter of a celebrity

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a tax invasion

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une fraude fiscale

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a libel

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une diffamation par écrit

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11
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a slander

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une diffamation par oral

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12
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a diffamation

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une diffamation

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13
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embezzlement

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un détournement de fonds

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14
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forgery

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contrefaçon

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15
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hijacking

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détourner un véhicule

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goose (geese)

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une oie (des oies)

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shabby

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minable, miteux

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18
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to tumble out

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dégringoler

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19
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a mound

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un monticule

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20
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the census taker

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le recenseur

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21
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to skim a text

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survoler un texte

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22
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otherwise

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sinon

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23
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a muggling

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une agression

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24
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a mugger

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un agresseur

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clumsy
maladroit
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a slot
une fente
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pertaining to
relatif à, se rapportant à
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shareholders
actionnaires
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a blue-chip investiment
un investissement solide
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a prosecutor
le procureur
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prosecution
l'accusation, le ministère public
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tax heavens
paradis fiscaux
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adversely
défavorablement
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adversative
adversatif
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sheerly
simplement, purement
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insider dealing
délit d'initié
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money laundering
blanchiment d'argent
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inherently
intrinsèquement
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to play truant
sécher les cours
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truancy
l'absentéisme
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tardiness
retard
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disgruntled
mécontent
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to be subject to
être soumis à
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to underlie
sous-tendre à quelque chose
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to underline
souligner
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to hightlight
surligner
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to strive to
s'efforcer de, s'employer à
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to be born to a wealthy family
être né dans une famille riche
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to care for something
to like something
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to have a few friends
avoir un peu d'amis
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to have few friends
avoir peu d'amis
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conversly
inversement, contrairement
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to creep in
s'incruster sans qu'on te voit
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to find a complain
porter plainte
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to hack into a computer
pirater un ordinateur
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to aid
the act of helping someone who is committing a crime
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to abet
inciter, encourager
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a felony
un crime grave
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a misdemeanor
un délit mineur
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petty
mesquin, insignifiant
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to detter
dissuader
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detterance
dissuasion
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detterent
dissuasif
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a detterent
un moyen de dissuasion
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assuming someone's identity
prétendre être quelqu'un d'autre
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a debt-collecting agency
agence de recouvrement de créances
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a bailift
un huissier de justice
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to seize
saisir
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to convict
to find somebody guilty
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a convicted felon
un condamné pour crime
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to prosecute
poursuivre en justice
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to charge/ to indict
inculper
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a convict
un détenu, un condamné
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to serve time/ to do time in prison
purger sa peine en prison
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ex-convicts
criminels qui ont purgé leur peine
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rebranding
to change the name of a brand
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a splinter
une épine
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unmitigated
absolu, total
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crossed over
passer d'un état à un autre
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eager
désireux, avide
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to cranck up
augmenter, intensifier
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temporal
relatif au temps
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hedging
couverture, protection
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scare quotes
guillemets effrayants
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albeit
bien que
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to prize
estimer hautement
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to scorn
mépriser
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a strain
une tension
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to file a complain
porter plainte
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to lodge
héberger, loger
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to run up a debt
accumuler une dette
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a stockbroker
un agent boursier
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to accuse somebody of something
accuser quelqu'un de quelque chose
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to charge somebody with something
inculper quelqu'un de quelque chose
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to gain some traction
gagner du terrain
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to tail off
diminuer progressivement
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snowflakes
sensible, facilement offensé
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the milestones in life
les étapes de la vie
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to be crammed into
être entassé dans
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a cutoff
une limite, un seuil