Vocabulary 6 Flashcards by Chloé 357 | Brainscape

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Un quart-arrière (sport)

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A quarterback

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Hors jeu/accès interdit

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Out of bounds

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Les spectateurs, les curieux, les badauts

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The onlookers

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Inexact, erroné

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Inaccurate

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Provenir de

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To spring from

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Un lieu

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A venue

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Un programme politique

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A political plateform

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Une vente aux enchères

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An auction

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Déchiqueter, mettre en lambeaux

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To shred

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Jusqu’à ce que mort s’ensuive

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To the bitter end

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Retarder

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To hamper, to put off

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Entraver

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To impede

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Remporter les élections

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To snatch/carry/sweep the elections

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Sortir vainqueur

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To come/finish first

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Avec brio

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With flying colours

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Les doigts dans le nez

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Hands-down

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Une part importante de

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An important share of

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Le second tour

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The second ballot

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Prendre une raclée

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To take a licking/a drubbing

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Être derrière les barreaux

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To be behind bars

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Être poussé par un sentiment de désespoir

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To be spurred by a sense of desperation

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Sentir l’attrait

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To feel the appeal

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Être au dessus de la mêlée

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To be above the fray

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Sortir de ses gonds

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To fly into a rage/temper

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Déclencher, provoquer

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To trigger, to set off, to spark

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Faire une révérence

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To bow

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Baisser la tête

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To bow one’s head

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Athlétisme

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Track and field

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Diffamer

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To vilify

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Tressaillir, frissonner

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To thrill

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Il est prof comme moi

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He is a fellow teacher

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Un médaillé

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A medalist

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Un festin

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A feast

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Un exploit

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A feat

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Faire corps avec qqun

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To stand solidly with someone

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Fallacieux

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Spurious

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L’inconscient collectif

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The national consciousness

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Enflammer les esprits

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To inflame the passions of

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Une couturière

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A seamstress

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Interdire

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To rule out

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Un créneau, une croyance

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A creed

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Imposer, faire valoir

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To enforce

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Un jeton/totem

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A token

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Un regain de

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An upsurge of

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Affirmer

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To assert

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Qui faut les gros titres

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Headline-grabbing

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Un pas, une foulée

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A stride

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Des lunettes de soleil

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Shades

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Un defaut

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A flaw

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Se chamailler au sujet de qqc

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To bicker about smg

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Une fusillade

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A shoot-out

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Priver qqun de qqc

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To deprive sb of smg

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S’allier à

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To side with