Vocabulaire Cours Flashcards by PM Di Zipoli | Brainscape

Q

Débarrasser la table

A

Clear the table

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Rabrouer

Repousser les avances amoureuses

A

Rebuff=snub=snap at

Rebuff someone’s advances

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Dépoussiérer

A

To dust

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Manger les pissenlits par les racines

A

To push up the daisies

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S’occuper des animaux
Palefrenier
Le marié
La mariée

A

To bride animals
The groom
The (bridé)groom
The bride

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Prendre en compte

A

To take in

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Torticolis

A

Stiff neck

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Banquette

Couchette

A

A bunk

A berth

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Directement/aussitôt

A

At once
Straight away
Right away

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Régler un pb

A

Sort out
Settle
Fix
Solve

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Se distinguer

A

Stand out

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Moi je

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As far as I am concerned

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Être prudent

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Be wary

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Être las

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To be weary

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Plus facilement

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More easily

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Mon état

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My condition

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Car

A

For

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Il n’empêche

A

Still

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To boost

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To stretch

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Superviser

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Oversee

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Chercher à faire qqch

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Seek to do something

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Par rapport

A

Compared with

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Le CA

A

The turnover

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La durée de vie

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The lifespan

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Partisans

opposants

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Advocates=proponents= supporters

Opponents

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L’apogée

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Climax=heyday

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La pertinence

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The relevance

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Panne d’électricité

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Power failure

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owner

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landlord

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pas à la mode

à la mode

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old-fashioned

fashionable = hip = trendy

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obéir aux règles

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abide by/comply with the rules

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docile

sauvage

A

mild

wild

Q

jaillir : eau

liquide

A

to spring up

to gash out

Q

il veut tout régenter

A

he is a control-freak

he want to run the show

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se porter garant

A

to vouch for

Q

common

A

rife

Q

un retraité

A

a pensioner = a retiree

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to near

A

to get close to

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vivre au jour le jour

A

to live hand-to-mouth

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rendre public un rapport

A

to issue/release a report

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le pb est multiple et varié

A

the pb is manifold

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présenter, représenter

A

to feature sb, smthg

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prescrire

A

to advocate smthg

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actifs >< passifs (financier)

A

assets >< liabilities

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les retraités sont plus riches que les actifs

A

pensioners are richer than workers

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to find a job

A

to land a job

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donner la priorité à … par rapport à…

A

to give priority to … over …

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to be elegible

A

to be entitled

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sur le coup (pour un tir)

carrément (action)

A

outright

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défavorisé

A

deprived = underprivileged = destressed

Q

priver qn de qc

A

to deprive

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faire du stop

A

to hitch-hike

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les habitudes d’achat

A

spending patterns

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bonnes oeuvres

A

good deeds

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des paroles et des actes

A

words and deeds

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un repère

A

landmark

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un moment clef

A

a watershed

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congé maternité

A

maternity leave

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perturber

A

to disrupt

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auto-entrepreneur

A

self-employed worker

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to toil

A

to work hard

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to bolster

A

to back up

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ça ne tient pas la route

A

it doesn’t hold water

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robotisation

A

automation

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proportionnellement, dans une même mesure

A

accordingly

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traiter qn sans ménagement

A

to give sb short shrift

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rénover

A

to refurbish

to overhaul

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compléter

A

to complement

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casier judiciaire

A

police record

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concitoyens

A

fellow countrymen/citizen

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bondir

A

leap

jump on one’s feet