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Vocabulary 2 Flashcards

1
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décréter que…

A

to decree that…

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léser

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to wrong someone

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un lexique

A

lexicon, dictionary

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un animateur

une animateuse

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presenter (radio, tv)

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s’impliquer

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to get involved

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exprimer
s’exprimer

exprimer en pourcentage

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to express
to express oneself

to express as a percentage

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une sentinelle

faire la sentinelle

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a sentinel

to stand watch

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un canal

les canaux

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channel

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pâtir de

En revanche, les industries qui dépendent de l’exportation risquent de pâtir.

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to suffer as a result of

On the other hand, the industries which depend on exportation stand to suffer.

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risquer

Ces industries risquent de bien se porter durant la présidence de Trump

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to stand to

These industries stand to do well during Trump’s presidency.

Note: risquer does not necessarily imply a negative environment as it does in English.

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affluer

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flow, pour, pour in

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sanguinaire (adj)

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bloody, bloodthirsty

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égal (adj)

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equal

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traiter

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to treat, to heal

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15
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traite (adj)

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usual

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16
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un lien avec

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a connection with

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17
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rétablir

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to restore

to re-establish

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18
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se rétablir

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to recover

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19
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nouer

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to tie, to knot

to establish

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noyer

se noyer

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to drown something/someone

to drown

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21
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catégoriquement

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categorically

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22
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citer

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to cite

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un compagnon

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a companion

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soi-disant (adj)

soi-disant (adv)

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so called

supposedly

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25
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une déficience

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a deficiency

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conserver

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to retain, keep

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27
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une séquelle

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after-effect

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une série

dans la nouvelle série documentaire…

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a series

in the new documentary series…

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29
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un buveur

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a drinker

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30
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assombrir

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to darken

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31
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un leader

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a leader

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32
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les cendres (f)

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ashes

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33
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dévoiler

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to unveil

to reveal

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34
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la proximité

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closeness

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35
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un facteur

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a factor

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36
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un élément

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an element, factor

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37
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une étiquette

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a label

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38
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un castor

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a beaver

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39
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un millénaire

millénaire (adj)

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a thousand years

1000 yr old
age-old

40
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le dégât

A

damage

41
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endommager

A

to damage

42
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augmenter

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to increase

43
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nuancer

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to nuance (ie, to consider the subtleties of an issue)

44
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faire état de

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to report

45
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au cas par cas

A

case by case

46
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C’est préférable de…

A

It’s preferable to…

47
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un cabaret

A

nightclub

48
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la voltige

Certain font de la haute voltige, d’autre…

A

trick riding, acrobatics

A few do trapeze acrobatics, others…

49
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passionner

A

to fascinate, enthral

50
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se passionner pour…

A

to have a passion for…

51
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un fondateur
une fondatrice

un member fondateur
les père fondateurs

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founder

a founding member
the founding fathers

52
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commerçant

une rue commerçante
une nation très commerçant

A

commercial

a shopping street
a great trading country

53
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un/une commerçant

un petit commerçant
un grand commerçant

A

a shopkeeper

a small shopkeeper
a large retailer

54
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mince (adj)

A

thin

55
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un relève

A

relieving

a relief team

56
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reléver

A

to raise up
to record
to respond

57
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se reléver

A

to pick oneself up

58
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une chute

A

a fall (not just a waterfall)

59
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précipiter

L’attaque surprise a précipité les Etat-Unis dans la Deuxième Guerre mondiale.

A

to push, hasten an event

The surprise attack pushed the United States into the Second World war.

60
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une prononciation non-marquée

A

perfect pronunciation

61
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côtoyer

A

to be in close contact with (eg. as a body guard would be)

62
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un videur

une videuse

A

a bouncer

a cleaner

63
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un tison

A

a firebrand

64
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un pan

pans d’un manteau
un pan de mur

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a tail (of a coat, shirt)
a depression in the ground
a section

coat tail
a section of wall

65
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une échelle

A 
a ladder
a scale  (eg. Richter scale, scale of a map)
66
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la manivelle l’s pronounced as english l’s

A

crank, handle

67
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un naufrage

A

a shipwreck

68
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fuir

A

to flee

69
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allécher avec

A

to tempt with

70
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tinter

A

to ring, chime, tinkle, jingle

71
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le ramage

le ramage d’oiseau

A

leaf pattern

bird’s song

72
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se rapporter à…

A

to compare to…

73
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le plumage

A

plumage

74
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un flatteur

une flatteuse

A

a flatterer, a sycophant

75
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confu (adj)

A

confused

embarrassed

76
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aux dépens de…

A

at the expense of

77
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gnangnan (adj)

A

namby pamby, soft

78
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la décennie

A

decade

79
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immuablement (adv)

A

immutably, unceasingly

80
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longer

A

to move along

81
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demeurer

A

to dwell

82
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une meute

une meute de chiens

A

a pack, a bundle

a pack of dogs

83
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le rétrécissement

A

shrinkage
narrowing
contraction

84
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relier

A

to connect, to link

85
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douillet (adj)

A

oversensitivity to pain

cozy

86
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douillettement

A

cozily

87
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la maisonnée

A

household

88
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greffer

A

to graft, implant

89
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le traumatisme

A

trauma

90
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réel (adj)

A

real, true

91
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le réel

A

the real (philosophy)

92
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l’impuissance (f)

A

helplessness

93
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impuissant (adj)

A

helpless, powerless

94
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extirper de

A

to draw from

95
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la didascalie

A

details an author puts in a theatre script to tell the director how a scene should be set up and interpreted.

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