Vocabulaire Anglais 2015-2016 Flashcards

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Échantillon d’ADN

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DNA sample

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Ingénierie génétique

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Genetic engineering/manipulation

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Tapis roulant

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Conveyor belt

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Benne à ordures

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US: dumpster
GB: skip

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Musclé

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Muscular/ Well-built

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Grande échelle

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Large scale

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Jeter

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  • Throw away

- reject

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Défaut

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Flaw

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Défectueux

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Faulty

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Dangereux

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  • Harzardous

- risky

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Améliorer

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Improve

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Trier

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Sort out

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Sort out

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Trier

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Réaliser (une expérience)

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Carry out (an experiment)

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Déshumaniser

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Dehumanize

/dizyoumenaïze/

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De moins en moins (pluriel)

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Fewer and fewer

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De plus en plus (pluriel)

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More and more

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De moins en moins (singulier)

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Less and Less

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Contrôle prénatal

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Prenatal screening

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Maladies (qui durent dans le temps)

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Disease

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Être en proie à…

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To be prone to

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Cauchemardesque

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Nightmarish

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Se débarrasser

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To get rid of something

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Le progrès

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Progress

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Une amélioration
An improvement
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Une avancée (dans le sens de une innovation)
- a breakthrough | - an advance
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Une technique
A technic
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Une expérience
An experiment
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Un changement
A change
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Un pas en avant
A Step forward
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Le rendement
The output
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L'augmentation
- growth | - increase
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Une réussite
An achievement
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L'humanité
Mankind | /mankaind/
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Des effets secondaires
Side effets
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Les bénéfices
The gains
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Un appareil, un outil
A device
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Innover
To innovate
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Évoluer
To evolve
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Régresser, empirer
- To regress | - To get worse
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Améliorer quelque chose
To make something better
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Avoir tendance à...
To trend to
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Parvenir à
To achieve | /echeeve/
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Réussir à
To manage
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Permettre à quelqu'un de...
To enable somebody to
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Ne pas prendre en compte
To disregard
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Être susceptible de
To be likely to
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Être censé
- to be meant to | - supposed to
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Empêcher
To prevent
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Autoriser
To allow
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Réduire
To reduce
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Interdire
To ban
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Évoluer positivement
To move ahead
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Nuire à
To be harmful to
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Notoire
Significant
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Extraordinaire
Extraordinary
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Efficace
Efficient
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D'une importance capitale
Momentous
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Controversé
- Controversial | - Debated
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Rapide
- fast | - quick
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Pratique
- useful | - handy
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Puissant
Powerful
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Précis
Accurate
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Sûr
Safe
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Juste
Fair
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Fiable
Reliable | /relaible/
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Rentable
Cost-effective
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Ardu
Painstaking
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Qui prend du temps
Time-consuming
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Qui fait gagner du temps
Time-saving
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Inquiétant
Worrying
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Vers l'avant
Forward
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Dangereusement
Dangerously
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Plus loin
Further
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Rapidement
- Quickly | - Rapidly
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Au-delà
Beyond
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Sans cesse
Endlessly
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De manière significative
Significantly
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Gagner du terrain
To gain ground
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Exprimer ses craintes au sujet de
To voice one's concerns about
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Porter ses fruits
To bear fruits
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De plus en plus rapide
Quicker and quicker
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N'avoir aucun effet
To be of no avail
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Sélection de l'espèce
Selective breeding
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Étique
Ethics | /efiks/
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La perte
Loss
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Disparition
Disappaearance
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Comme si
- as if | - as though
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Comme par
As through
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Is about (synonyme en anglais)
Deal with
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Produire
Manufacture
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Avoir les cheveux blonds (adj)
Blond-haired
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Petit (autre que little)
Tiny
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Représenter, incarner
Embody
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Modèle, archétype
Archetypal | /arkétipol/
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Mignonne, belle
- pretty - gorgeous - handsome
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Contrairement à
Whereas
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Large d'épaules = baraqué
Broad-shouldered
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Bronzé
Sun-tanned
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On ne les distingue pas les uns des autres (expression)
Can't stand out from the crowd
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Échouer
Fail to
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Par exemple (autre que for example)
For instance
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Une ombre
Shadow
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Une hirondelle
Swallow