Vocabulary 4 Flashcards

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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

A

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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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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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

A

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

A

The 8th amendement TO the Constitution

18
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Un arrêt de la Cour Suprême

A

A Supreme Court ruling

19
Q

Comme un malade mental

A

Like mad

20
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Un fou, dérangé

A

A lunatic

21
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Un lunatique

A

A moody

22
Q

Susceptible

A

Touchy

23
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La pagaille

A

Chambels, havoc, mayhen

24
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Le portrait craché de son père

A

The spitting image of his father

25
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Tel père tel fils

A

Like father like son

26
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Les défunts

A

The demised

27
Q

Feu le roi

A

The late king

28
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Il est trop loup

A

He is too much of a wolf, too wolf at heart

29
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Le palais de justice

A

The courthouse

30
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Un camarade

A

A comrade

31
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En arriver à, équivaloir à

A

To amount to

32
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Rester de marbre

A

To stay as cold as marble

33
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Billes

A

Marbles

34
Q

Opiner du chef, acquiescer

A

To nod

35
Q

Pester contre qqc

A

To rail against smg

36
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Une maladie invalidante/paralysante

A

A crippling disease

37
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Qqun de pénible, chiant

A

A pain in the neck

38
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Donner à qqun une bonne leçon/correction

A

To give sb a whipping

39
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Un mari qui bat sa femme

A

A wife batterer; an offending spouse