Vocabulaire traduction 2A Flashcards

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se démarquer

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to stand out

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idiot

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obtuse

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traiter qqn de qqch

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to call someone something

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avant tout

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primarily

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une pièce de monnaie

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a coin

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sautiller

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to hop

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faire bouger qqch

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to shift

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le voisinage

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vicinity

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en ce qui me concerne

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as far as I’m concerned

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en début de soirée

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in the early evening

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tard dans la soirée

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in the late evening

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pendant que (simultanéité)

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while ou whilst

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faire un pas

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to take a step

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découragé

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disheartened

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faire des histories

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to make a fuss

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le matériel (de peinture)

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(painting) gear

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au point du jour

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at the crack of dawn

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dès + nom

ex: dès l’aube

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as early as

as early as dawn

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je n’ai pas fermé l’oeil de la nuit

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I couldn’t get a wink of sleep

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il se trouve que

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it happens that

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se donner du mal

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to go to trouble to something

to take pains to sthg

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une préoccupation

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a concern

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se diriger vers, partir pour (une destination)

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to head for

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un fossé x3

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a chasm
a gulf
a gap

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être loin devant
to be far ahead
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avoir envie de faire qqch
to be keen on DOING something
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avoir la paix, être laissé tranquille
to be left alone/in peace
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prendre la tête à qqn
to get on someone's case
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(s')élargir
to widen
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élever un enfant
to bring up a child
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un casier judiciaire
a record
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las, fatigué
weary
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entreprendre
to undertake
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interdire qqn de faire qqch x3
to forbid s.o. to do sthg to prohibit s.o. from DOING sthg to bar s.o. from DOING something
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un mandat
a term (of office)
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transmettre les noms
to pass on the names
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estimer que
to consider | to reckon
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fastidieux
tedious
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priver qqn de qqch
to deprive s.o. of sthg
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accorder, conférer
to grant
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une règlementation
a regulation
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notamment
particularly, especially
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l'adoption d'une loi
the passage of a bill
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un mois exceptionnel
a banner month
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une collecte de fonds
a fundraising
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les dons
donations
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battre qqn
to defeat s.o.
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à l'échelle de l'état
at the state level
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examiner, surveiller de près
to scrutinize sthg
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un problème épineux
a thorny issue
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un constat
an observation | an acknowledgement
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faire campagne
to campaign
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accepter
to accept + GN | sinon: to agree
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affaiblir
to weaken
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infliger
to inflict
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inédit, sans précédent
unprecedented
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considérable
significant
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au sein de qqch
within sthg
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démissionner
to resign
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une démission
a resignation
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faire faire qqch par qqn par la persuasion
to get someone to do something
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conclure un accord
to strike a deal | to reach an agreement
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le plafond de verre
the glass ceiling
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le pouvoir d'achat
purchasing power
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défaillant, peu performant, extravagant
flaky
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bonus à la paternité
fatherhood bonus
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malus à la maternité
motherhood penalty
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distrait
distracted
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susceptible d'être distrait
distractible
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qualifier de
to describe as
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en raison de x2
owing to | on account of
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contribuer à faire qqch
to contribute to DOING something
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être responsable de
to be responsible for
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un danger potentiel pour la santé
a health hazard
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contacter qqn
to get in touch with
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pourquoi ne pas...
why not + BV
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les secours
the relief
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faire semblant
to pretend
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remettre en question
to question | to challenge
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faire appliquer une loi
to enforce a law
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s'effondrer x3
to plummet to drop to collapse
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la bienveillance
benevolence
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envisager de faire qqch
to contemplate DOING something
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en prévision de
in expectation of | in anticipation of
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final
eventual | ultimate
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finalement
eventually
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aussi paradoxal que cela puisse paraître
paradoxical though it may seem
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monter en flèche
to soar | to skyrocket
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s'attendre à ce que
to expect something to + BV
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étant donné que
given that | considering that
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être donné favori
to be the favorite
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une augmentation de qqch
an increase IN something
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entraîner
to bring about | to trigger off
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partir en vrille
to be thrown into a tailspin
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l'opinion publique
public opinion
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peu après
shortly after | soon after
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un conseiller
an adviser | a councellor
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une expression
a phrase
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la cérémonie d'investiture
inauguration | inaugural ceremony
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le nombre de participants
the attendance number
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assister à qqch
to attend something
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bombarder
to bombard
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augmenter la visibilité
to increase/to enhance the visibility
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avoir plus de poids que
to outweigh something
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faire mieux que qqn
to outperform someone
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être plus nombreux qu'un autre groupe
to outnumber s.o.
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répand
widespread
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le PDG
the CEO
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soutenir (affirmer nettement)
to claim to assure to content
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les travaux
the work -indénombrable
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pour couronner le tout
to crown it all | to top it all
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banal, simple
plain
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encombrant
cumbersome | bulky
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vivre à deux pas d'ici
to live at a stone's throw from here
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enlever, décoller
to take off
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remettre qqch à plus tard, repousser qqch
to put something off
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descendre de qqch, dégager, partir de
to get off something
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ranger qqch
to put something away
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être susceptible de faire qqch
to be likely to do sthg
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plus il fait ça, plus il fait ça
the more he DOES... , the more he WILL...
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exiger
to demand
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la reprise économique
the economic recovery
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se remettre de qqch (une maladie)
to recover from
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une fermeture d'usine
a factory closure
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tiède
luewarm
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un directeur général
a general manager
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de manière exceptionnelle
exceptionally well
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être habitué à
to be used to DOING sthg
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un collaborateur
a colleague a partner a co-worker
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finir par faire qqch
to end up DOING sthg
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faire des économies
to save up | to save money
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si bien que
that's why | therefore
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s'endetter
to run into debt | to get into debt
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s'efforcer de faire qqch
to strive to do sthg
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throughout
[idée d'entièreté]
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un poids lourd x3
``` a lorry (GB) a truck (US) a heavy goods vehicle ```
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rouler au pas
to crawl along | to run dead slow
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une file (de véhicules)
a line/ a stream (of vehicles)
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le tunnel sous la Manche
the Chunnel
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important, pertinent
relevant
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une grosse voix
a booming voice
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un passeur
a smuggler
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supposer
to guess/ to assume/ to suppose
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faire erreur, se tromper
to be mistaken
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je n'ai nullement l'intention de x3
I have no intention whatsoever of +V-ing I haven't got the slightest intention of +V-ing By no means do I intend to + BV
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se défendre de qqch
to deny sthg
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couper (la parole) à qqn
to cut in | to interrupt
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un bobard
a fib
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raconter des bobards
to fib
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une histoire abracadabrante
a tall story a cock-and-bull story a far-fetched story
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s'exclamer
to cry out | to exclaim
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un clandestin
an illegal immigrant