Vocabulary 10 Flashcards

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Superficiel

A

Skin-deep

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2
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10 ans de prison

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10 years IN prison

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3
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S’effondrer

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To crumble, to come crushing down

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4
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Refuser de voir, nier (#ignorer!)

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To ignore

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5
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Affluer, aller en masse

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To flock

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Le président (d’un groupe)

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The chairman

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7
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Les atouts

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Assets

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8
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Le couloir de la mort

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The death row

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9
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Descendre dans la rue

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To take to the streets

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Hors de l’utérus (ventre de la mère)

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Outside the womb

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Faire plus de mal que de bien

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To do more harms than good

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12
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Manquer de qqc

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To lack smg

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13
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Le manque de

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The lack of

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14
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Une manifestation

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A demonstration

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15
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Une gaffe

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A blender

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16
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Un lapsus

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A slip of the tongue

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17
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Effaré

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Bewildered, bemused

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Redorer (son image)

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To spruce up/to refurbish; to give one’s image a face-lift

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19
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Dénoncer (orth)

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To denonce

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20
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Pour enfoncer le clou

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To ram the point

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21
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Un assault, une attaque

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An onslaught on

22
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Presque 1 an jour pour jour

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Almost a year to the day

23
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Déconcertant

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Confounding

24
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Il n’y a plus une seule once d’espoir

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There is not a single speck of hope left

25
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La disparition

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The disappearance of

26
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Ne plus en pouvoir de

A

To seeth over

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A travers (orth)

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Across

28
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Gronder de mécontentement

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To seeth with unrest

29
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Le périphérique

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The ring road

30
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Un rond point

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A round-about

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Un barrage, blocus

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A blockade

32
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Être en colère contre qqun

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To be angry WITH sb

33
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Mis en garde à vue

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Taken into custody

34
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Mijoter

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To simmer

35
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Faire allusion a

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To drop a hint at

36
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La souche (aristocratique)

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The linage

37
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Un parisien de Paris (expr)

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Born and raised in Paris, born and bred

38
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Fervent

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Staunch

39
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S’obscurcir, montrer un trouble (regard)

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To cloud over

40
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Être dans les nuages

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To be day dreaming

41
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Une poignée de

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A scattering of

42
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Réciter

A

To roll off

43
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Un sale gosse

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A little brat

44
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Une acalmie

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A lull

45
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Une dizaine

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A dozen

46
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Un tabouret

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A stool

47
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Franchir

A

To bridge

48
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Infranchissable

A

Unbridgeable

49
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Provenir de

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To stem from

50
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Gonflé d’orgueil

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Bursting/ Puffed up with pride

51
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Aussitôt

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Almost at once, right away