Vocabulary 4 Flashcards

1
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Porter plainte

A

To lodge a complaint

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On ne peut pas avoir le beurre et l’argent du beurre

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You can’t have your cake and eat it

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3
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Au royaume unis

A

In THE UK

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4
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Présumer

A

To assume

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5
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Dans le sillage de

A

In the wake of

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6
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Des subventions

A

Subsidies

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7
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Un évêque

A

A bishop

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8
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Les Etat-unis sont

A

The US is

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9
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Un homologue

A

A counterpart

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10
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Glacer, cailler (lait)

A

To curdle

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11
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Des chiffres glaçants

A

Blood-curdling figures

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12
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Abroger (loi)

A

To repeal

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13
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Un pêcher capital

A

A deadly sin

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14
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Un coup d’oeil, un aperçu

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A glimpse

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15
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Compromettre, risquer, mettre en danger

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To jeopardize

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16
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Un silence assourdissant

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A deafening silence

17
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Le 8eme amendement de la Constitution

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The 8th amendement TO the Constitution

18
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Un arrêt de la Cour Suprême

A

A Supreme Court ruling

19
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Comme un malade mental

20
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Un fou, dérangé

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Un lunatique

22
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Susceptible

23
Q

La pagaille

A

Chambels, havoc, mayhen

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Le portrait craché de son père

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The spitting image of his father

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Tel père tel fils
Like father like son
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Les défunts
The demised
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Feu le roi
The late king
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Il est trop loup
He is too much of a wolf, too wolf at heart
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Le palais de justice
The courthouse
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Un camarade
A comrade
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En arriver à, équivaloir à
To amount to
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Rester de marbre
To stay as cold as marble
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Billes
Marbles
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Opiner du chef, acquiescer
To nod
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Pester contre qqc
To rail against smg
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Une maladie invalidante/paralysante
A crippling disease
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Qqun de pénible, chiant
A pain in the neck
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Donner à qqun une bonne leçon/correction
To give sb a whipping
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Un mari qui bat sa femme
A wife batterer; an offending spouse