Vocabulaire T.May's speech Flashcards

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Aide

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Relief

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Position de premier ministre

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Premiership

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Perturbé

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Overshadowed

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Farceur

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Prankster

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Toux

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Cough

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Décor

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Backdrop

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Essayer

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To attempt

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Changer

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To shift

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Faiblir

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To falter

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Perseverer

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To plough on

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Fait pour

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To design

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12
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Continuer

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To carry on

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Factice

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Mocked-up

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Evacuer

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To evict

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Trouble de l’ordre public

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To breach of the peace

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16
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Licenciement

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Termination box

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17
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Plaisanter

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To quip

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S’aggraver

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To worse

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Applaudissement

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To applause

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20
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Compréhensif

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Understanding

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21
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Incidents

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Mishaps

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22
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Féliciter

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To praise

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Réfuter

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To deny a claim

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Surnommer

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To dub

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25
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Qui montre qu’elle a du coeur

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Who wears their heart on their sleeve

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Hacher

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To chop up

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27
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Réprimer

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To crack down on

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Dévoiler

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To unveil

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Accrocheuses

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Eyecatching

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Reprendre

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To wrest back

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La somme

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The amount

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Edulcorée

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Watered-down

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Ne pas suffire

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To fall short

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Foyers

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Households

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Se vanter

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To boast about

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Déchirer

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Riven

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Souillure

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The stain

38
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Baffouiller

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To splutter

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Rater

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To fluff

40
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Date de péremption

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Sell-by date

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Au faîte de son pouvoir

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The peak of her power

42
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Regrettable

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Unfortunate

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A peine

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Barely

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S’accrocher à

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To cling to

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Se faire virer

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To get the sack

46
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Quinte de toux

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A coughing fit

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Une pastille

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A lozenge

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Priver de

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Stripped

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Spectacle raté

A

A tough gig

50
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2 semaines

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Fortnight

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Piétiner

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To trample on

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Réaffirmer

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To reassert

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Eculés

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Stale

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Marges

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Fringes

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Trou

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Hole

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S’en sortir

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To dig its way out

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Image

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Make-up

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Fade

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Plain

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Soutenir

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To back

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Sondeur

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A pollster

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Voués à l’échec

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Doomed

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Encourager

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To urge

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Gros morceaux

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Big chunks

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Séduire

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To appeal to

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Large poitrine

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A barrel-chested

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Débâcle financière

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A financial mess

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Tout foutre en l’air

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To screw things up

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Surligner

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To outline

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Ne sont plus convaincantes

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Are wearing thin

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Hanter

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To haunt

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Baclés

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Botched