Vocabulaire Flashcards by Gaowei Wang

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mettre le nez dans

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to snoop at

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filiale

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subsidiary company

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faire adopter

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push through

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répandu

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widespread

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faire de son possible

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to pull out all stops

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bouc émissaire

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scapegoat

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wring

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tordre

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les affaires intérieurs

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domestic affairs

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une gaffe

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a blunder

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en fonction

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incumbent

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promesse

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pledge (to +inf)

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au contraire

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conversely

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diviser

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to divide

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trimestriel

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quarterly

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avoir la peau claire

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fair-skinned

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manquer, perdre, gaspiller

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to squander(a chance…)

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à l’honneur de

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to sb’s credit

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donner l’alarme

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to raise the alarm

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se dissiper

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to dissipate

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grenier

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attic

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hush

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silence

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pothole

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nid de poule

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hurler

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to hawl

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frotter

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to rub

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sentinelle

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sentry

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coupable

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culprit

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allocation chômage

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dole

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distribuer

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to dole out

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saisir(un bien)

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to foreclosure

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to boot out

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être mis à la porte

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l’agence immobilier

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real estate agency

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tremblotant, secoué

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shaky

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énormément de

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an awful lot of

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réduction fiscale

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tax breaks

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dwelling

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résidence

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to stagger

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chanceler

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résider

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to dwell

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réprimé

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downtrodden

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émeute

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uprising

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rehausser

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to enhance