Vocabulary 2 Flashcards

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1
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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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Lumbering

25
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Le fret

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Bulk goods

26
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Juguler l’inflation

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To curb the inflation

27
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Bordure du trottoir

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The curb

28
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Se ranger sur le côté du trottoir (conduite)

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To pull out to the curb

29
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Réverbère

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Lamp-post

30
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La vendeuse

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The saleswoman, shop assistant, sales lady

31
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Un coup

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A stroke

32
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Peser

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To weigh

33
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Le poids

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The weight

34
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Une pipelette

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A chatterbox

35
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Séduire

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To woo

36
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Bien aimer

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To be taken by

37
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S’aventurer à, risquer

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To venture to smg/to do smg

38
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Défier qqun

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To dare someone

39
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Une perruche

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A budgerigar

40
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Un fouet

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A whip

41
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Marmonner

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To mumble

42
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S’arrêter (de marcher)

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To come to a halt

43
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Style indirect libre

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The flow of consciousness

44
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Décoiffés

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Straggly

45
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Fluette

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Reedy

46
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Une voix stridente

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A shrill voice

47
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Une voix aiguë

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A high-pitched voice

48
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1 poux, 2 poux

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1 lous, 2 lice

49
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Les lentes

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Nits

50
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L’acajou

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Mahogany

51
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Un buffet

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A sideboard