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Vocabulary 3 Flashcards

1
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simuler

A

to simulate, feign

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une tendance

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a tendency

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en vogue

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in style

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galvauder

une expression galvaudée

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to overuse to the point of making a term meaningless

a hackneyed expression

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entamer

Une étude entamée en 2008…

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to start, launch

A study launched in 2008…

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véridique

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truthful

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une affirmation

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an assertion

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simpliste

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simplistic

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scientifiquement

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scientifically

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impassible (adj)

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imperturbable, impassive

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dépeindre

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to depict

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malmener

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to bully

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que jadis (adv)

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than in the past

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sacrément (adv) (colloquial)

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incredibly

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créer

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to create

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une enquête

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an inquiry, investigation

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ébranler

s’ébranler

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to rattle, shake, weaken

to move off (as a train or convoy)

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la colonne

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pillar

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19
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la pègre

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the underworld

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20
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le grand jour

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field day

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21
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avarier

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to damage, cause harm

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22
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s’avarier

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to go rotten

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avarié (adj)

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tainted

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24
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notamment

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in particular, especially

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25
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échapper

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to escape

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échappé

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escaped

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traquer

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to track, hunt down

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28
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une traque

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a hunt

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29
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l’élevage (m)

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livestock farming

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30
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résistant (adj)

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hardy

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31
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dépourvu de (adj)

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lacking in, devoid of

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32
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en dépit de

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in spite of

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33
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futé (adj)

A

smart, sharp

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34
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un enclos

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an enclosure

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35
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l’ampleur (f)

prendre de l’ampleur

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fullness

to spread

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36
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gruger

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to grind

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37
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l’écorce d’arbre

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the bark of a tree

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38
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un tribun

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an orator

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39
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incarner

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to embody

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40
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la revanche

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the revenge

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41
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rimer

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to rhyme

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42
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un glaneur

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a gleaner (scavenger)

43
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la temporalité

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temporality, impermanence

44
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un croque-mitaine

A

an ogre

45
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une mitaine

A

a fingerless mitt, usually elbow length worn by women

46
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viser

A

to intend

47
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épargner

A

to spare, to save

48
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auparavant

A

beforehand, previously

49
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contrairement

A

contrary to

50
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un porte-parole

A

a spokesperson

51
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éveiller

Cette musique éveille quelque chose dans leur esprit de très important.

A

to arouse, awaken

This music awakens something in their mind that’s very important.

52
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démissionner

A

to vacate one’s post

53
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repêcher

Un des enregistreurs de vol a été repêché

A

to recover a drowned body
to give a second chance (informal)

One of the flight records has been recovered.

54
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mouvementé

A

eventful

55
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la prouesse

A

prowess, feat, exploit

56
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préjuger

A

to prejudge

57
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le préjugé

A

bias

58
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la nostalgie de

A

nostalgia for

59
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secouer

A

to jolt, rock

60
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corrompre

A

to corrupt, bribe

61
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corrompu (adj)

A

corrupt

62
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perpétuel

A

perpetual

63
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une uvre

A

a charity

64
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une quête

A

a collection

a quest

65
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avouer

A

to confess to

66
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s’avouer

Certains s’avouent nostalgiques à l’epoque du dictateur.

A

to admit to being

Some admit to being nostalgic for the period of dictatorship.

67
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les représailles (fp)

Une série de mesures en représailles aux operations piratage infomatique…

A

reprisals

A series of measures in reprisal for computer hacking…

68
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outre

A

besides

69
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harceler

A

to harass

70
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le harcèlement

le harcèlement sexuel

A

harassment

sexual harassment

71
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viser

A

to aim for

72
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nuire

A

to harm

73
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nui (adj)

A

harmful

74
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l’implication (f)

A

implication

75
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le gui

A

mistletoe

76
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susciter

A

to arouse, evoke

77
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une audience

A

an audience

a hearing

78
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prôner

A

to extol, advocate

79
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acquis (adj)

A

acquired

80
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acquérir

A

to acquire

81
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accaparer

A

to monopolize

82
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poindre

A

to dawn, to break

83
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pressentir

pressentir que…

A

to assume in advance

to have a premonition that…

84
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le sein

…pour les principaux postes au sein du prochain gouvernement américain.

A

breast, bosom

for the main positions at the centre of the next american government

85
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étroitement

A

closely

86
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une volonté

une volonté de fer

A

a will

an iron will

87
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survenir

A

to happen, to take place

88
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attiser

A

to inflame

89
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un divertissement

A

entertainment, distraction

90
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sonder

A

to sound out, to probe

91
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une mise à jour

A

updating

92
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une fuite

A

an escape, a leak

93
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la souplesse

A

flexibility

94
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un tollé

A

an outcry

95
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fustiger

A

to lambast

96
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gazouiller

A

to twitter

97
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le cap

A

head

98
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un ressortissant

une ressortissante

A

foreign national

99
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à l’affût…

A

on the lookout for…

100
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errer (par…)

A

to wander (about…)

101
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assiéger

A

to besiege

102
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posé (adj)

Le ton est maintenant plus posé.

A

calm, serious

The tone is now more calm and serious.

103
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porter

Le ton est moin porté à la confrontation.

A

to be inclined

The tone is less inclined toward confrontation

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