Vocabulaire Vochelle 2 Flashcards

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1
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Elle parlait avec une voix douce

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She spoke IN a nice voice

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Pivoter, se retourner

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To swivel

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C’est l’intention qui compte

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It is the thought that counts

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Être Naïf (2)

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To be gullible / to be naive

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5
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Duper qqn

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To fool sby

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Se faire des illusions

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To fool oneself

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7
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Gourmandise (2)

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Greed / greediness

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Être avide de

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To be greedy for

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9
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Campagne

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Countryside

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10
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Fait le pour moi

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Do it for my sake

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Au fond du jardin

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At the back of the garden

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Changer qqch

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To make a difference

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Différencier

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To distinguish

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14
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Belle-mère

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Mother(mum)-in-law

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15
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Grenier (3)

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Attic / loft / garret

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16
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Germer

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To sprout

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17
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Choix de Bruxelles

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Brussels sprouts

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18
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Mes beaux parents (2)

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My parent-in-laws / my in laws

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19
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Innonder

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To flood (prononcer comme blood)

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20
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Être à cours de

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To be short of

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21
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Essence

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Petrol

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22
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Embouteillage

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traffic jam

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23
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À la suite de (2)

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In the wake of / in the aftermath of

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Entre (blabla, blabla,… => énumération)

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What with

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25
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Sillage

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Wake

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26
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Métro

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Underground

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27
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Perturbateur

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Disruptive

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28
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Une perturbation

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A disruption

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29
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Perturber

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To disrupt

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30
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Perturbé (dans sa tête, dans son corp…)

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Perturbed

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31
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Avec dates toujours

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Des majuscules au jour et au mois

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32
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Être adapté à (2)

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To be suited to / to be adapted to

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33
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Enventually

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Finalement

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34
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Éventuellement (2)

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Possibly / perhaps

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35
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Partagé par (2 postposition)

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Shared with / shared between

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36
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Covoiturage

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Carpooling

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37
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Un réservoir de talent

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A pool of talent

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38
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Mettre en commun de l’argent / des iddées

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To pool money / to pool ideas

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39
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En cas de crue de la Seine

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If the Seine were to flood

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40
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Phrase hypothétique

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Should … to …. / Were ….. to / If …… were to

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41
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Un évenement qui va forcément arriver

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A event, which is bound to happen

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42
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Souffrir de dysfonctionnements

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To suffer disruptions

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43
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Faire avec, se contenter

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To make do with

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44
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Être disponible

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To be available

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45
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Le Métro (Londres)

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The Tube

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46
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Être inauguré président (US) (2)

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To be inaugurated as president / to be sworn in as president

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47
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Prononcer un discours

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To deliver a speech

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48
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Abroger une politique (2) / une loi

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To reverse, to undo a policy / to repeal a law

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49
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Emettre des décrets (2)

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To issue an executive decree, order / to take executive action

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50
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Contourner le Congrès

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To bypass Congress

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51
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Pierre angulaire

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Cornerstone

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52
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Le réseau d’électricité

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The power grid

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53
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Verser dans

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To pour into

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54
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Phrase clé d’une interview plus longue

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A soundbite

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55
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Être en dehors du réseau électrique

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To be off the grid

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56
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Un hiver dur / doux

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Hard winter / mild winter

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57
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Gaz de schiste

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Shale gas

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58
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Diminuer qqch de moitié

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To double down on sthg

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59
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Extraire du charbon

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To mine coal

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60
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Réduire de moitié

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To halve

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61
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Fixer une date limite pour

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To set a deadline for sthg

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62
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La solution miracle (3)

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Cure-all / miracle solution / silver bullet

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63
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Aussi surprenant que celà peut être

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Surprinsingly enough

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64
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Dépendant de

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Reliant on sthg

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65
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Le lendemain (3)

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The following day / the day after / the next day

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66
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Nourrir l’envie, désirer ardamment (4)

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To long for sthg / to yearn for sthg / to crave for sthg / to pine for

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67
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La place (d’une ville)

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The square

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68
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Être maussade

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To be bad-tempered

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69
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Elle haussa les épaules

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She shrugged her shoulders

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70
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Surveiller (2)

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To watch / to monitor

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71
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S’amuser à faire qqch

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To have fun doing sthg

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72
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Surveiller les faits et gestes de qqn

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To watch sby’s every move

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73
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Prononcer un mot

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To utter a word

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74
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Péjoratif

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Derogative

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75
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En sureffectif

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Overmanned

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76
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Un rat de bibliothèque

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A bookworm

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77
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Faisable

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Workable

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78
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Gagner sa vie

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To earn a living / a livelihood

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79
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Opposant par excellence

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Archopponent

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80
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Ennemis jurés

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Archenemies

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81
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Prendre des vies

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To claim lives

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82
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J’ai mal au dos

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My back aches

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83
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Large (2)

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Wide / broad

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84
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Voir qqn en chair et en os

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To see sby in the flesh

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85
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Un comportement vulgaire

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A gross behaviour

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86
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Haleine

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Breath

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87
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Soupirer

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To sigh

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88
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Ce serait une bêtise de faire ça

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It would be folly to do this

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89
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Un pavillon / une maison mitoyenne / une maison en rangée

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A detached house / a semi-detached house / a terraced house

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90
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Une personne dépensière (2)

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A spendthrift / an extravagant person

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91
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Conservateur (musée)

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curator

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92
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Toutner autour de (sa vie tourne autour de)

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To revolve around

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93
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Pour le meilleur / pour le pire

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For the better / for the worse

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94
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Lancer une nouvelle mode

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To set a new trend

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95
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Les acteurs economiques

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The economic players

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96
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Pouvoir en augmentation constante

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Ever-increasing power

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97
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Tenir qqn pour responsable

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To hold sby responsible for sthg

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98
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Être sans scrupules

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To have no qualms about sthg

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99
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Dans quelle mesure?

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To what extent?

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100
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Pays limitrophes

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Neighboring countries

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101
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Prendre le parti de qqn

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To side with sby

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102
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Révéler un scandale (2)

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To unearth a scandal / to dig up a scandal

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103
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Subir du sexisme de la part de qqn

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To suffer sexism at the hands of sby

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104
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Ministre des affaires étrangères => RU / US

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Foreign Minister / Secretary of State

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105
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On veut nous faire comprendre que…

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We are meant to understand that…

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106
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Faux, bidon (3)

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Phony / bogus / fake

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107
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Être impliqué dans un scandale

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To get embroiled in a scandal

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108
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Ternir la réputation de qqn (2)

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To tarnish / to stain sby’s reputation

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109
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Miner la crédibilité de qqn

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To undermine sby’s credibility

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110
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Une femme qui est avide de pouvoir

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A power-hungry woman

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111
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Être déterminé

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To be strong-willed / to be strong-minded

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112
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Causer (2)

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To cause / to bring about

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113
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Une campagne de diffamation

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A smear campaign

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114
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Calomnier (dans les journaux / dans les discours)

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To libel / to slander

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115
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Faire deux poids deux mesures

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To operate double standards

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116
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Faire des représailles

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To retaliate

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117
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Une cote de popularité

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An approval rating

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118
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Un fin politique / une mort politique

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A political demise

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119
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La course pour qqcc

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The fate FOR sthg

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120
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Faire ses preuves

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To prove oneself

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121
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Détermination (2)

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Determination / willpower

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122
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Avoir soif / faim de qqch

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To be thirsty FOR / to be hungry FOR

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123
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Étancher sa soif

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To quench one’s thirst

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124
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Être déterminé à faire qqch

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To be intent on doing shtg

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125
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Faire tous les efforts pour

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To spear no expense and no offense to

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126
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Faire des caritcatures de qqn (2)

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To lampoon sby / to satirize sbdy

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127
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Pour couroner le tout (2) => dans un sens mauvais

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To crown it all / to add insult to injury

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128
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Esprit

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Wit

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129
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Tourner le dos à qqn

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To turn one’s back ON sby

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130
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Briser les rêves de qqn

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To shatter sby’s dream

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131
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Briser

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To shatter

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132
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Être méfiant de (2)

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To be distrustful of / to be mistrustful of

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133
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Bien s’entendre avec qqn

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To get on well with sby

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134
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Ce film mérite d’être vu

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This film is worth seeing

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135
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Tenir compagnie à qqn

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To keep sby company

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136
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Quelle est votre branche

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What’s your line (of business)?

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137
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Inviter qqn à entrer

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To ask sby in

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138
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Faire entrer qqn

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To show sby in

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Une ville en proie au crime

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A crime-ridden city

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140
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Être sensibilisé au problème de l’environnement

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To be environnementaly-conscious

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141
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Démagogie

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(Political) grandstanding

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142
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Ce sont des paroles en l’air

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It is just hot air

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143
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Conclure un accord commercial

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To seal a trade deal

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144
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Cela a des relents de / cela rappelle que

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It smacks of

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145
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Emettre un visa a qqn

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To issue sby WITH a visa

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146
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Les plus riches, les dominants (5)

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Oligarchs / the Establishment / the happy few / A-list people / the overdog

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147
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Les opprimés

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The underdog

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148
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Être injuste (2)

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To be unfair / to be inequitable

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149
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Tout ne lui est pas dû

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The world does not owe sthg sby a living

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150
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Avoir désespérément d’argent (2)

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To be defunded / to be cash-strapped

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151
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Conditions dures, strictes (3)

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Strict / stringent / tough conditions

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152
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Impitoyable (négociations)

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To be hard-nosed

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153
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Dans la mesure où

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Insofar as

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154
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Avoir des difficultés à faire qqch

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To have difficulty in doing sthg

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155
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Relations tendues (2)

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Tense / strained relationships

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156
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Être un rappel douloureux de qqch

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To be a stark reminder of sthg

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157
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Ce qui peut expliquer … est …

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What may account for … is the fact that …

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158
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Une usine désafectée

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A disused factory

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159
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Éclater de rire

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To burst out laughing

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160
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Les couverts / le couteau / la fourchette / la cuillère

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Cutlery / a knife / a fork / a spoon

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161
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Un placard

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A cupboard

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162
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Un stagiaire

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A trainee

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163
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Un retraité

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A retiree

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164
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Pourrir (fruit) / pourri

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To rot / rotten

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165
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Un hors la loi

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An outlaw

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166
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Ordonner à qqn de faire qqch (2)

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To order / to bid sby to do sthg

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167
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Offrir 100$ pr qqch (2)

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To offer / to bid $100 for sthg

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168
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Une OPA

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A takeover bid

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169
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Être influençable

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To be easily-influenced

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170
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Réfuter une théorie (2)

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To refute / to disprove a theory

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171
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Raisonnable (2)

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Sensible / reasonable

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172
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C’est une absurdité totale

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It’s utter nonsense

173
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Être laxiste (2)

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To be lax about sthg / in doing sthg

174
Q

Répercussion, retombée de qqch

A

A knock-on effect

175
Q

Une sombre perspective

A

A gloomy outlook

176
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Une victoire écrasante (2)

A

A landslide victory / an overwhelming victory

177
Q

Imminent et menaçant

A

Impending

178
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Une fusion (entreprise)

A

A merger

179
Q

Chercher, tatonner

A

To grope for sthg

180
Q

Empiéter sur les droits, la vie privée (3)

A

To impinge on, infringe on, encroach on rights/privacy

181
Q

Empêcher qqn de faire qqch (4)

A

Hinder, prevent, hamper, impede sby from doing sthg

182
Q

Être insensible au danger

A

To be imprevious to danger

183
Q

Inné

A

Innate

184
Q

Être enclin à

A

To be prone to

185
Q

Philosophie d’entreprise

A

ethos

186
Q

Faire taire les dissidents (2)

A

To stifle / silence dissenters

187
Q

Discrimination positive (contexte US / contexte eur)

A

affirmative action / positive discrimination

188
Q

Déclencher un tollé (3)

A

to spark off an uproar / an outcry / a backlash

189
Q

Sur fond de, dans un contexte de

A

against a backdrop of

190
Q

Devoir rendre des comptes à qqn (2)

A

to be accountable to sby / to report to sby

191
Q

Les asiatiques constituent 35% de la main d’oeuvre de Google (2)

A

Asians account for / make up 35% og Google’s workforce

192
Q

Il y a 4 fois plus d’hommes que de femmes

A

There are 4 times as many mens as womens

193
Q

Être nostalgique / mélancolique à propos de qqch

A

To be wistful about sthg

194
Q

Être mal élevé

A

To be ill-bred

195
Q

ill- veut dire mal mais avec une idée de

A

Jugement

196
Q

Se garer / arrêter (une voiture) (2)

A

To pull up / to draw up

197
Q

Cela me fait me recroqueviller

A

It makes me cringe

198
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Dans l’exercice de ses fonctions

A

In the line of duty

199
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Faire des siennes

A

To play up

200
Q

Exaggérer qqch

A

To play sthg up

201
Q

Mettre un telephone sur écouter (2)

A

To tap / bug a phone

202
Q

Exploiter des ressources naturelles

A

To tap natural ressources

203
Q

Soi-disant (3)

A

Allegedly / supposedly / purportedly

204
Q

Sévir

A

To be rife

205
Q

Être assailli par qqch (2)

A

To be beset / surrounded with sthg

206
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Un investiteur (2)

A

A venture capitalist / an investor

207
Q

Une attitude répandue

A

A pervasive attitude

208
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Franc, direct, spontané

A

Outspoken

209
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En difficulté

A

Hard-pressed

210
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Mentalité, état d’esprit

A

Mindset

211
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Négliger, ignorer, omettre

A

To overlook

212
Q

Il y en a plus qu’il n’y parrait

A

There is more it than meets the eye

213
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Rare

A

Scarce

214
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Être exclu

A

To be ostracized

215
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Lancer une chasse aux sorcières contre (dans l’idée de rejeter une catégorie de la pop)

A

To launch a witchhunt against sby

216
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Bien s’en sortir / mal s’en sortir

A

To fare well / to fare badly

217
Q

Faire appel, invoquer

A

To invoke

218
Q

Hier / autrefois

A

Yesterday / yesteryear

219
Q

Entériner qqch dans, inscrire qqch dans

A

To enshrine in

220
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Marge de manoeuvre

A

Leeway

221
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Idolâtrer, adûler

A

To lionize (ou lionise)

222
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Contribuer (grandement) à qqch

A

To be instrumental in sthg

223
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Porter plainte contre qqn (2)

A

To file / lodge a complaint with sby / against sby

224
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Faire remarquer que / faire remarquer qqch

A

To point out that / to point sthg out

225
Q

Raviver (3)

A

To revive / to rekindle / to reignite

226
Q

Respecter les règles au pied de la lettre (2)

A

To stick to rules / to follow rules to the letter

227
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Faillir à tenir sa réputation de…

A

To fail to live up to its reputations as…

228
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Introspection

A

Soul-searching

229
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Être dans la mouise

A

To be in a predicament

230
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Passer un savon à qqn (2)

A

To dress sby down / to tell sby off

231
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Être intéressé par qqch (2)

A

To be interested in sthg / to be intrigued in sthg

232
Q

Être intrigué par qqch

A

To be puzzled at sthg

233
Q

Les USA sont

A

The US is

234
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Une oeuvre d’art

A

A work of art

235
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Abriter qqch

A

To be home to sthg

236
Q

Une salle de réception

A

A venue

237
Q

Un complexe (sportif…)

A

A facility

238
Q

Rappeler qqch à qqn

A

To remind sby of sthg

239
Q

Patrimoine mondial

A

World heritage

240
Q

On l’a attendu lgtps avec impatience

A

Eagerly-awaited

241
Q

Un mécène / le mécennat

A

A patron / patronnage

242
Q

Ces étudiants, dont 2 sont anglais…

A

These student, two of whom are British…

243
Q

Faciliter qqch / renforcer qqch (idiomatique)

A

To make sthg easier / to make sthg more powerful

244
Q

J’aurais bien du mal à…

A

I would be hard pressed to…

245
Q

Les ancêtres (3)

A

Ancestors / forebears / forefathers

246
Q

Il est l’incarnation de…

A

He embodies…

He is the embodiment of…

247
Q

Convaincre qqn (2)

A

To convince sby / to bring sby round

248
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Monsieur tout le monde

A

“The man in the street”

249
Q

Rallier qqn à une cause

A

To win people over to a cause

250
Q

Congé marernité (2)

A

Maternity leave / compassionate leave

251
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Une mère au foyer vs un père qui fait vivre le foyer

A

A caregiver mom vs a breadwinner dad

252
Q

Une mère au foyer

A

Stay at home mother

253
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S’écarter soi même de qqch (car on pense que ce n’est pas fait pour soi, svt à cause de stéréotypes)

A

To self-select out of sthg

254
Q

Télé-travailler (2)

A

To telework / to telecommute

255
Q

Pour la forme (juste pour faire bien)

A

Token

256
Q

Un mal nécessaire

A

A necessary evil

257
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Indéniablement

A

Undeniably

258
Q

sous-représenté

A

Underrepresented

259
Q

Il n’y a aucun doute qu’ils sont en partie la cause de…

A

There is not doubt they are partly to blame for…

260
Q

grandement, énormément extrêmement

A

sorely

261
Q

Il apport son propre lot de problèmes

A

It brings its own set of problems

262
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Négativement / positivement

A

Negatively / positively

263
Q

Tirer profit de qqch d’inexploité

A

To cash in on something untapped

264
Q

Défaire, détruire qqch

A

To undo sthg

265
Q

Cela va mener à ta perte (2)

A

It will lead to your downfall / it’ll be your undoing

266
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Être intelligent (3)

A

To be witty / to be clever / to be smart

267
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Rusé comme un renard

A

As sly as a fox

268
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En faire trop

A

To overdo

269
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Directeur adjoint

A

Deputy director

270
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Les avantages

A

Benefits

271
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Être plus important que, l’emporter sur

A

To outweigh sthg

272
Q

C’est un combat très pénible d’obtenir un job ici

A

It’s an uphill struggle getting a job around here

273
Q

Être en sureffectif

A

To be overmanned / to be overstaffed

274
Q

Le précurseur de

A

The forerunner of

275
Q

Paquebot

A

Liner

276
Q

Le bulletin météo

A

The weather forecast

277
Q

Un homme averti en vaut deux

A

Forewarned is forearmed

278
Q

Avoir des meilleures performances que

A

To outperform / to outdo / to outstrip

279
Q

Être envahi de mauvaises herbes

A

To be overgrown by weeds

280
Q

Être multiplié par dix

A

To increase tenfold

281
Q

Le problème est double

A

The problem is twofold

282
Q

Selon toute vraissemblance, …

A

In all likelihood, …

283
Q

Plein de qqch

A

Sthgladen

284
Q

Être éphémère, de courte durée

A

To be short-lived

285
Q

Handicap

A

Disability

286
Q

Surmonter qqch (2)

A

To overcome sthg / to get over sthg

287
Q

Une vingtaine d’année (idée d’approximation) (2)

A

20-odd years / 20 years or so

288
Q

Être au courant des dangers de la rue

A

To be streetwise

289
Q

Dans le sens des aiguilles d’une montre

A

Clockwise

290
Q

Sur le plan professionnel / sur le plan de la santé

A

Business-wise / health-wise

291
Q

Sans retenue

A

Unrestrainedly

292
Q

Choisir un camp

A

To take sides

293
Q

Racisme extrême / raciste extrême (sectariste)

A

Racial bigotry / bigoted people

294
Q

But annoncé

A

Avowed aim

295
Q

Un pb épineux, controversé (3)

A

A vexed / thorny / knotty issue

296
Q

Chanter des chants nazis

A

To chant Nazis slogans

297
Q

Un but sous-jacent

A

An underlying goal

298
Q

Un signe annonciateur de qqch

A

A harbinger of sthg

299
Q

Nettoyage ethnique

A

Ethnic cleansing

300
Q

Lancer sa voiture dans la foule (2)

A

To plough / ram one’s car into the crowed

301
Q

Truquer une élection (2)

A

To rigg / to fix an election

302
Q

Se présenter à une élection (2)

A

To stand / run for election

303
Q

Honorer une promesse (2)

A

To fulfil / to honor a pledge

304
Q

Mettre en place une interdiction / lever une interdiction

A

To impose a ban / to lift a ban

305
Q

Dévoiler un projet, un plan (2)

A

To unveil / to outline a plan

306
Q

Tenir une référendum

A

To hold a referendum

307
Q

Lancer une attaque virulente, singlante sur

A

To launch a scathing attack on

308
Q

Demander officiellement

A

To call for

309
Q

Déployer (des forces, stratégies => sens militaire)

A

To deploy

310
Q

Un outsider / un grand favori

A

A dark horse / the odds-on favorite

311
Q

Critiquer fortement qqn (3)

A

To lambast sby / to castigate sby / to lash out at sby

312
Q

En apparence, apparemment

A

Ostensibly

313
Q

La déclaration d’impôt

A

A tax return

314
Q

Trimestre (dans le domaine éco)

A

Quarter

315
Q

La ville se vante de posséder 5 musées

A

The city boasts 5 museums

316
Q

D’un air abattu

A

Dejectedly

317
Q

Tiède (2)

A

Tepid / lukewarm

318
Q

Cela ne lui ressemble pas de…

A

It’s not like him to do…

319
Q

Avoir le sens des affaires

A

To have business acumen

320
Q

Repousser, remettre à plus tard (3)

A

To postpone / to delay / to put off

321
Q

Éteindre le feu (2)

A

To extinguish a fire / to put the fire out

322
Q

Compenser

A

To make up for

323
Q

Voter une loi

A

To pass a law

324
Q

Priver qqn du droit de vote

A

To disenfranchise sby

325
Q

Délit de faciès (car race)

A

Racial profiling

326
Q

Discrimination bancaire (refus de prêt car vient d’une zone pauvre…)

A

Redlining

327
Q

Méconnu, ignoré

A

Unacknowledged

328
Q

Enhardir, donner du courage

A

To embolden

329
Q

Donner à qqn les moyens de faire qqch

A

To empower sby to do sthg

330
Q

Une crise severe (2)

A

Severe / acute

331
Q

Marginal (2)

A

Marginal / fringe

332
Q

Ses semblables (2)

A

His ilk / the likes of him

333
Q

“The police” toujours suivi d’un verbe =>

A

Au pluriel => the police are

334
Q

Faire respecter la loi

A

To enforce the law

335
Q

Les services de police (ils font respecter la loi)

A

Law enforcement forces

336
Q

Un titre de séjour / un titre de travail

A

A residence permit / a work permit

337
Q

Agent de police

A

Police officer

338
Q

Une infraction au code de la route

A

A driving offence

339
Q

Le code de la route

A

Road safety rules

340
Q

En cas de

A

In the event of

341
Q

Laxisme

A

Laxity

342
Q

Sécurité (en général)

A

Safety

343
Q

Réduire le prix, un financement, un buget

A

To cut

344
Q

Vengeur

A

Revengefull

345
Q

Pour dire finalement pas dire finally c’est trop classique mais dire

A

Eventually

346
Q

Prendre ses jambes à son coup

A

To take to one’s heels

347
Q

Éteindre un feu

A

To put out a fire

348
Q

Luire (3)

A

To shine, to glitter, to glow

349
Q

Épargner la vie de qqn

A

To spare sby’s life

350
Q

Se torde, se faire une entorce à la cheville

A

To strain one’s ankle

351
Q

Une utopie, une chimère

A

A pipe dream

352
Q

À condition que

A

Provided (that)

353
Q

Faire le bilan de qqch

A

To take stock of sthg

354
Q

Susceptible de rapporter de l’argent (donc on va parler que de lui dans les médias…)

A

Bankable

355
Q

Se faire avoir par qqn (2)

A

To be taken in by sbdy / tobbe deceived by sbdy

356
Q

Donner son point de vue sur qqch

A

To weigh in on

357
Q

Une vérité dérangeante à entendre

A

An unpalatable truth

358
Q

Fouiller dans (pour révéler une info, un scandale) (2)

A

To dig (up) / to delve into

359
Q

Être de mèche avec qqn, être de connivence avec qqn

A

To collude with sby

360
Q

Superficiel

A

Shallow

361
Q

Un signal d’alarme (on doit réagir au pb)

A

A wake up call

362
Q

Venir de tous horizons

A

To come from all walks of life

363
Q

Mensonge (2)

A

Untruth / falsehood

364
Q

Se faire passer pour qqn

A

To pass oneself off as sby

365
Q

Têtu, obstiné

A

Stubborn

366
Q

Sortir de la pauvreté

A

To be lifted out of poverty

367
Q

Lancer un produit (2)

A

To launch / to roll out a product

368
Q

Être imputé à, attribué à qqch

A

To be put down to sthg

369
Q

Étouffer un scandale

A

To hush up a scandal

370
Q

Vouloir qqch à tout prix / être déterminé à faire qqch

A

To be bent on sthg / to be bent on doing sthg

371
Q

Situation désespérée

A

Plight

372
Q

Mettre un point d’honneur à faire qqch

A

Make a point of doing sthg

373
Q

À la merci de

A

At the mercy of

374
Q

Refuser par principe

A

To refuse on principle

375
Q

Être ridicule, absurde, grotesque

A

To be preposterous

376
Q

Infliger un traitement à qqn

A

To mete (meted, meted) out a treatement to sby

377
Q

Etre obstiné (2)

A

To be stubborn / to be odurate

378
Q

Pire encore, …

A

Even worse,

379
Q

Préjugé (2)

A

Prejudice / stereotype

380
Q

Se tenir au courant de

A

To keep abreast of

381
Q

Un indépendandiste

A

A separatist

382
Q

La fracture Nord / Sud

A

The North/South divide

383
Q

Un SDF

A

A homeless PERSON

384
Q

Il nous incombe de nous demander si (phrase type pour énoncer notre problématique)

A

It behoves us to wonder wether

385
Q

Intervenir

A

To step in

386
Q

La dissuasion nucléaire (2)

A

The nuclear deterrent / nuclear deterrence

387
Q

Par procurration

A

By proxy

388
Q

Être imminent, planer sur (menace)

A

To loom

389
Q

Être la force motrice de

A

To be the driving force of sthg

390
Q

Là est le problème

A

There lies the rub

391
Q

Idées idéalistes

A

Quixotic ideas

392
Q

La partie émergée de l’iceberg

A

The tip of the iceberg

393
Q

Solvable / solvabilité

A

Solvant / solvancy

394
Q

Plafonner qqch (fixer une limite)

A

To cap

395
Q

Flambée des prix

A

Prices spike

396
Q

Superviser

A

To oversee

397
Q

Symbole de statut social

A

Status symbol

398
Q

Faire face à ses responsabilités

A

To face up to its responsibilities

399
Q

Ça en dit long sur….

A

It is a sad indictment of…

400
Q

Faire bouger les choses

A

To shake things up

401
Q

Être sous le feu des projecteurs

A

To be in the spotlight

402
Q

Consultatif, de conseil

A

Advisory

403
Q

La société de l’information

A

The wired world

404
Q

Être miné par

A

To be plagued with sthg

405
Q

Les tenants et les aboutissants de

A

The whys and whereforce of

406
Q

Opter pour la solution de facilité

A

To take the easy way out

407
Q

Avoir un intérêt personnel dans qqch

A

To have a vested interest in sthg

408
Q

Être accro à la drogue (2)

A

To be addicted to drugs / to be hooked on drugs

409
Q

To sway

A

Influencer

410
Q

To take a toll on sthg

A

Avoir de lourdes conséquences sur qqch

411
Q

Une pomme de discorde

A

A bone of contention

412
Q

Ne pas hésiter à faire qqch

A

To make no bones about doing sthg

413
Q

Aller à contre-courant, résister à la tendance

A

To buck the trend

414
Q

Par dessus le marché

A

…. to boot

415
Q

S’enthousiasmer pour qqch

A

To enthuse about sthg

416
Q

Faire l’éloge de

A

To praise

417
Q

Généreusement

A

Lavishly

418
Q

Mettre l’accent sur qqch

A

To stress sthg

419
Q

Annoncer une nouvelle ère

A

To usher in a new era

420
Q

Inciter à la haine

A

To incite hatred

421
Q

Une lueur d’espoir

A

To be a glimmer of hope

422
Q

Un vent de changement souffle sur

A

A wind of change is blowing over

423
Q

Donner à qqch un second souffle

A

To give sthg a new lease of life

424
Q

Être déconnecté (de la réalité => famille royale / politiques) (2)

A

To be out of touch / to be out of tune

425
Q

S’en donner à coeur joie avec

A

To have a field day with sthg

426
Q

Pb de base des gens (employement, taxation)

A

Bread and butter issues

427
Q

La monarchie a fait son temps (2)

A

The monarchy has outlived ist usefulness / has had its day

428
Q

Emboiter le pas

A

To follow suit

429
Q

Faire partie intégrante de

A

To be part and parcel of