Vocabulary 2 Flashcards

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Des fonctionnaires corrompus

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Corrupt officials/civil servants

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Cesser de, arrêter de

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To step down

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3
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Un clocher

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À spire

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4
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Saccadé

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Jerky, halting

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5
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Approuver qqun

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To approuve OF sb

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Une dictature

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A dictatorship

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Engagé (a une cause)

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Committed to (a cause)

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Malmener, maltraiter

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To bully

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9
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Précis

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Accurate

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10
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Un rassemblement

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A rally

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Établir

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To set up

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12
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Un acte éhonté

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A brazen act

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13
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En représailles de

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In retaliation for

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14
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Être expulsé de

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To be expelled from

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15
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Un soutien inconditionnel

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A full-throated support/backing

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16
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Miner

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To undermined

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17
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Canaliser (qqun)

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To circumvent sb

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18
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Un conseiller

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An aider, a top adviser

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19
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Inutile

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Pointless

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20
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Une croix gammée

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A swastika

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Être exaspéré par qqun

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To be exasperated with sb

22
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Faire équipe avec

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To team up with

23
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Une impasse

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A stalemate, a deadlock

24
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Pesant, lourd

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Le fret
Bulk goods
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Juguler l’inflation
To curb the inflation
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Bordure du trottoir
The curb
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Se ranger sur le côté du trottoir (conduite)
To pull out to the curb
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Réverbère
Lamp-post
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La vendeuse
The saleswoman, shop assistant, sales lady
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Un coup
A stroke
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Peser
To weigh
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Le poids
The weight
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Une pipelette
A chatterbox
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Séduire
To woo
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Bien aimer
To be taken by
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S’aventurer à, risquer
To venture to smg/to do smg
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Défier qqun
To dare someone
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Une perruche
A budgerigar
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Un fouet
A whip
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Marmonner
To mumble
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S’arrêter (de marcher)
To come to a halt
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Style indirect libre
The flow of consciousness
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Décoiffés
Straggly
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Fluette
Reedy
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Une voix stridente
A shrill voice
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Une voix aiguë
A high-pitched voice
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1 poux, 2 poux
1 lous, 2 lice
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Les lentes
Nits
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L’acajou
Mahogany
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Un buffet
A sideboard