vocabulaire2

Question 1

Principes

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Tenets - the tenets of their faith (les principes de leurs fois)

Question 2

Disposition ou mesure

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Provision - The free speech provisions of the U.S. Constitution

Question 3

intervenir

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to step in

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l’euphorie

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The euphoria

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en attendant

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Meanwhile (entre temps - pendant ce temps - dans l’intervalle)

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probablement

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Presumably

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offrir OR payer quelque chose à quelqu’un

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treat somebody to something - I treated myself to a new coat (je me suis offert OR payé un manteau neuf)

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dénué de sens

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meaningless [devoid of sense] - The lyrics of this song are completely meaningless

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Ce n’est pas surprenant

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No wonder - No wonder you look so healthy if you just had a couple of weeks in the Alps

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Pas question

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No way

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Ce n’est pas une bonne idée

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No sense

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Commencer de zero

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To start up - The appointed sales director will start up sales operations.

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Recommancer à zero

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to start from scratch

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tomber par terre

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Fall over ou fall down

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échouer à quelque chose

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Fall down on

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se mettre à

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Fall to - To fall to work

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incomber à

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fall to - The task that falls to us

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attaquer - se jeter sur

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Fall upon -The army fell upon the enemy

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subir – tomber sur

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Fall upon - The family fell upon hard time ( La famille a subi des revers de fortune)

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se tordre de rire

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Fall about - They fell about

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tomber en morceaux

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Fall apart

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battre en retraite

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Fall back

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faire valider

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To run somth past someone - The whole thing has to be run past the legal team

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avoir envie de

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Fancy - Do you fancy a cup of tea

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Elle ne se prend pas pour n’importe qui

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She really fancies herself

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se detacher

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Break away - I broke away from the party

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tomber en panne

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Break down

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interrompre

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to break in

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entrer par effraction

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break into

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s’arrêter brusquement

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to break off - he broke off in mid-sentence

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éclater

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to break out - the war broke out

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se mettre à transpirer

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to break out in sweat

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s’échapper

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to break out from prison

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ouvrir une bouteille de champagne

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to break out a bottle of champagne

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démolir

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to break up

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mettre fin à la fête

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to break up the party

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rompre avec

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to break with - she broke with tradition by getting married

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se mettre en route

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to start off

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recommencer

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to start over

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créer

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to start up

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réduire les coûts

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to bring down costs

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à long terme

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In the long term

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un grand nombre de

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A great deal of something

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occasionnellement

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Every now and then

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normalement

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As a rule - As a rule it takes me 30 mn to cycle to work

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garde à l’esprit

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bear in mind

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en compensation

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On account of + subject - She took them to lunch on account of them having worked late the night before.

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pousser une idée

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to make a point - I want to make the point that we need more stock.

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just as soon than

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prefer one thing over another - The most preferred thing immediately follows just as soon - I would just as soon spend a week's vacation at home than go to some overcrowded beach resort.

Question 50

I don’t suppose

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used to introduce a polite question - It asks for a positive reply - I don't suppose you have any free time to help me sort out this problem do you?

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soumettre

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to refer - I'll refer your enquiry to the reservation desk

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Agence succursale filial

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branch

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Réfreiner

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to curb

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Un bord de trottoir

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a curb - He stepped off the curb

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entreprise à l’ancienne

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a blue ship company - Blue ship companies are old stable and profitable companies

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une facture

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an invoice

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facturer

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to invoice

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plonger

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to plummet - His popularity has plummeted

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surgir

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to loom (signifie aussi être imminent)

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sur place

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in-house

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Une quinzaine de jours

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a fornight

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en chaume

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thatched - A village of thatched huts.

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teinture

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dye - They had all of their body painted with red dye.

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dépasser

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to surpass

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décompresser

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to chill out

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du calme !

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Chill out !

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nid de poule

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potholes

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soutenir

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sustain

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rendre infirme

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to disable

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a chaque fois

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whenever

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une forte baisse

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a slump - There's been a slump in investment

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s’écrouler

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to slump

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perspective

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outlook - The outlook for the New Year is promising

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mélancolique

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gloomy - to feel gloomy =: broyer du noir

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bondir

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to leap

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une subvention

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a grant

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accorder

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to grant (To take something for granted : considérer que quelque chose va de soi)

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vente au détail

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retail

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malgré de

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despite (despite + ing) - despite waiting in the standby line

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bien que

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altough - Although I have never liked him

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garantir

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to assure - garantee someone that something is the case.

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assurer

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to insure - to pay to protect someone against a possible negative event.

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rendre certain

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to ensure = make sure : to make certain.

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commencer quelque chose

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get down to smthg - to start doing sthg.

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participer à

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Get up to - take part in

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sortir avec

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Get off with - to meet a new partner.

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sans precedent

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All-time - With the market on an all-time high

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céder

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to yield: céder

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un rendement

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a yield

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inclure

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to factor in

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contrebalancer

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to offset

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une compensation

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an offset

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un trimestre

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a quarter

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avoir de meilleures performances

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to outperform

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repère

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benchmark

Question 96

dossier

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portfolio (politics or stock exchange )