Vocabulaire général Flashcards

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boîter

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to limp

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adj: lourd

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heavy

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déclancher/ causer/ impliquer qqch

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to trigger/ to cause / to entail something

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l’idée principale/ l’essentiel d’un argument

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the gist of an argument

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la lassitude & très grande lassitude (l’abattement)

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the weariness & the despondency

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la prudence/ méfiance

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the wariness

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restrindre

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to tighten

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régulier (adj)

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steady

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la sécheresse

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the drought

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une critique d’art

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an art review

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la panoplie

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the paraphernalia

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une légende

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a caption

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tendre la main

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reach out

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un scénario apocalyptique

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a doomsday scenario

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une prophécie /prophétiser

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a prophecy / to prophesy

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annoncer / proclamer

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to herald

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des informations

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information( / )

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la comptabilité / comptabiliser

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book keeping / to keep the book

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un professionel

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an expert

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un initié

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an insider / outsider

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sournois/ malin

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sly

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éroder / coroder qqch

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erode / corrode something

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inhérent à

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inherent to

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acheminer

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to channel

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les Lumières
the Enlightenment
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rendre visite à qqun
to pay sby a visit
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l'avènement
the advent
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un dicton / un proverbe
an adage / a saying
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le bien commun
the commun good
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la plupart des gens
the mainstream
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la probabilité
the likelihood
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un obstacle / une haie
a hurdle
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fusionner (entreprise)
to merge / to fuse
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aller chercher
to fetch
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un appartement spacieux
a roomy flat
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négliger
to overlook
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une petite ville du nord
a small northern town
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la vie
( / ) life
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travailler au noir
moonlight
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faire des paperasses
do paperwork
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rangé dans le placard
put away in the cupboard
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clients
customers
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salaire
wage / salary /earnings
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parmi
among
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un homme assez connu, d'une grande notoriété
a fairly well-known man
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un chef d'orchestre
a conductor
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chuchoter
to whisper
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un rhume
a cold
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un fauteuil
an armchair
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se faufiler
to sneak
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Once
une fois,
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la mairie
the town hall
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le parquet craquait
the floorboard creaked
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langue natale
mother tongue
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une langue étrangère
a foreign language
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mais après tout, pourquoi ...
but after all why..
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prétendu
alleged
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affaiblir
weaken
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la vie quotidienne
everyday life / daily life
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un bidule, un machin
a gizmo
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gagne-pain
livelihood
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décoloration / palissant
fading
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les amoureux des livres
book lovers
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le déclin de
the decline /downfall of
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tendrement
fondly
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poussiéreux
dusty
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des livres d'occasion
second-hand books
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la magie de
the magic of
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en flagrant délit
red-handed
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l'ennui
boredom
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cracher
to spit
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jeter des déchets
to throw away litter
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un commerçant
a shopkeeper
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un propriétaire / un particulier
a house owner
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la presse à scandale
the gutter press
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médiatique
media
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minutieusement
minutely
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la couleur de qqch
the colour of something
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lune de miel
honeymoon
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la première page
the front page
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style vestimentaire
way of dressing
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une rafale
a flurry
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une issue
an outcome
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enquête
enquiry / investigation
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audition
hearing
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indéminté
damage
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d'affilé
in a row
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petit-enfant / arrière petit-enfant
grandchild / great-grandchild
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étroit
narrow
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bord de mer/ le front de mer
seaside / seafront / waterfront
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un ancien
an elder
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l'oncle
the uncle
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la tante
the aunt
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le pere de qqun
( / ) sby's dad
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homme à tout faire
handyman
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sejourner
to stay
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une enquête
an investigation
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la joue
the cheek
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se déguiser
to masquerade
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un faussé
a descrepancy / a gap
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dommages & interets (assurances)
( / ) damages
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minimiser qqch
to playdown sth
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compenser qqch
to compensate for sth
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déféctueux
faulty
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nourrir / alimenter
to foster / feed
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une aparté
an aside
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avoir envie de / désirer
to crave / ( / ) desire
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évacuer / exteroriser un sentiement
to vent a feeling
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bien-être
wellness
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un fléau
scourge / plage
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un boulverssement
an upheaval
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verbe de causalité: | provoquer / conduire / causer / entrainer
to provoke / lead / cause / bring about something
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engendrer, donner naissance / pondre qqch
to spawn something
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avoir un avis
to hold an opinion
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mettre à nu / exposer
to lay bare
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sans relache, incessant, implaquable
relentless | ex: relentless rain / relentless campaign
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sans fondement
ill-grounded
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la mise en oeuvre
the implementation
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a hazard
un danger
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dramatic
faux ami: spéctaculaire
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une bourse, une subvention, une aide
a grant