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Vocabulary 4 Flashcards

1
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l’apaisement (m)

A

appeasement, calming down

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bifurquer

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to fork, branch off

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déchirant (adj)

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heart-rending (déchirer = to tear apart)

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un répit

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a respite

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révélateur (adj)

révélatrice

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revealing

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la fuite

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flight, escape, leak

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gênant (adj)

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annoying

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détailler

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to detail

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une ébauche

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a preliminary sketch, a beginning

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inachevé (adj)

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unfinished

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un revirement

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a flip-flop

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12
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le casier

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locker (school)

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13
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à la une de journal

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on the front page

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terne (adj)

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drab

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15
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régler

A 
to settle (a debt)
to arrange
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un admirateur

une admiratrice

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an admirer

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Tel est pris qui croyait prendre!

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How the table has turned.

Lit: So is taken who believed to take.

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déduire

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to deduce

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un décret

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a decree

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20
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l’injonction (f)

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injunction

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21
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dans la foulée

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at the same time

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outrepasser

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to exceed, overreach

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23
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violer

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to rape

to violate

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24
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plaider

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to plead

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25
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viser

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to aim at

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aboutir à

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to succeed in

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27
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faramineux (informal adj)

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colossal

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dévastateur (adj)

dévastatrice

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devastating

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29
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divers

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various

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30
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entraîner

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to lead to

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entraînant (adj)

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leading to

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32
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un décès

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a death

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33
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quasiment

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practically

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34
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un bienfait

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a kindness, kind deed

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35
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le diabète

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diabetes

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36
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le surpoids

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the condition of being overweight

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37
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une fatalité

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an inevitability

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38
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oeuvre

Nous mettons tout en oeuvre pour éliminer le diabète.

A

to work

We are putting everything we’ve got (lit: all to work) to eliminate diabetes.

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39
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l’apport (m)

Cette quantité dépasse largement l’apport maximal quotidien recommandé du sucre.

A

input, contribution

This amount widely exceeds the recommended daily maximum intake of sugar.

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40
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néfaste à (adj)

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harmful to

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41
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nuisible (adj)

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harmful

42
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abordable (adj)

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affordable

43
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préconiser

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to recommend

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préconisé (adj)

A

recommended

45
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bénéfique (adj)

A

beneficial

46
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sensibiliser

A

to make aware

47
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transformer

A

to alter, modify

48
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transformé (adj)

A

altered

49
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envisager

A

to foresee

50
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un revers

A

reversal

51
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juridique

A

judicial

52
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s’adresser

A

to speak

53
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recourir à

A

recourse to

54
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édicter

A

to enact by edict

55
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une titulaire

les titulaires d’une carte verte

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a holder (of some document)

green card holders

56
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un volte-face

A

an about-face

57
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gâcher

A

to spoil, throw away

58
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ponctuer

ponctuer de

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to punctuate

to puctuate with

59
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une énumération

A

a listing

60
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écouerant (adj)

A

sickening

61
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supprimer

A

to remove

62
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malhonnête (adj)

A

dishonest

63
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un partisan

une partisane

A

supporter

64
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se battre pour

Nous allons nous battre pour nos emplois.

A

to fight for

We are going to fight for our jobs.

65
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scander

A

to scan

to chant

66
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rétorquer

A

to retort

67
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évoquer

A

to mention, recall

68
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susciter

A

to give rise to

69
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relayer

A 
to relieve
to relay (a transmission)
70
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en état d’ébriété

A

in an intoxicated state

71
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un propos

A

a remark

72
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incontournable

A

unavoidable

73
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enliser dans

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to get stuck in (snow, mud…)

74
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un cafouillage (colloquial)

A

screw up

75
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coincer

A

to hinder, pin

to get stuck

76
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coincé (adj)

ils ont été coincés pendant douze heures dans leurs voitures.

A

to be stuck

They were stuck in their cars for 12 hours.

77
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survenir

survenir à

A

to happen

to befall, as if by fate

78
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survenu (adj)

la tempête survenue cette semaine

A

happening

the storm happening this week

79
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la poursuite

A

lawsuit

80
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un inconfort

A

a discomfort

81
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s’être produit

Qu’est-ce que s’est produit?

A

to happen, to take place

What happened?

82
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nier

A

to deny

83
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la ingérence

A

interference

84
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démentir

A

to refute

85
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ingérer

A

to ingest

86
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s’ingérer

A

to interfere

87
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pirater

A

to rob, hack, pirate

88
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bel et beau

A

well and truly

89
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infirmer

Le FBI n’a ni confirmé ni infirmé…

A

deny

The FBi has neither confirmed nor denied…

90
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l’audience (f)

A

audience, hearing

91
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attendu (adj)

A

expected

92
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la montée

A

ascent, rise

93
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être patient avec…

A

be patient with…

94
Q

avant de + infinitive

Réfléchissez avant d’agir

A

before

Think before acting.

95
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ponctuel (adj)

A

punctual

96
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un compte rendu

A

a report

97
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un galon

gagner ses galons

A

stripe

to earn ones stripes

98
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censé (adj)

A

supposed

99
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l’asile (m)

A

asylum

100
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attiser

A

to fuel, stir up

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