Vocabulary 8 Flashcards

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1
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La guerre contre l’Iran/le crime

A

The war ON crime/Iran

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2
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Un extrémiste

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A hardliner

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3
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Un héritier au trône

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An heir to the throne

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4
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Étrangler

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To strangle

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5
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En entrant

A

Upon entering

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6
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Un petit tapis

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A rug

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7
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Masquer une affaire (expr pour cacher sous le tapis)

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To sweep the latter under the rug

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8
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Affaiblir son emprise sur le pays

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To weaken his grip on power over the country

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9
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Un procureur général

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A top prosecutor

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10
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Quoiqu’il en soit

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If anything

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11
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Naive

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Gullible, credulous

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12
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Un blocage, une impasse, une paralysie

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A stalemate

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13
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Lutter contre

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To counter

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14
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Salir la réputation de

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To smear

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15
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Un cadre doré (tableau)

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A gilded frame

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16
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Corpulent

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Portly

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17
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Un marteau

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A gavel

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18
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Être adjugée à 5$

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To go under the hammer at 5$

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19
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Supplice

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Torment

20
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Riche

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Well-off, well-to-do

21
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Les pauvres

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The have-nots, the worst-off

22
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Peu profond, superficiel

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Shallow

23
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Creux

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Hollow

24
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Les fesses

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Buttocks

25
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Décharné

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Fleshless, bony, scrawny

26
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Être tout nu

A

To be stark naked

27
Q

Le chouchou

A

The teacher’s pet

28
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Une tignasse

A

A mop of hair, a mane, shock of hair

29
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Une crinière

A

A mane

30
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Guarantie

A

Granted, guaranteed

31
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Même si

A

Even thought

32
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Consacrer (du temps)

A

To devote, to dedicate

33
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Chercher dans le miroir

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To scrutinize, to search in the mirror

34
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Une enquête

A

An inquiry

35
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Une assistante sociale

A

A social worker

36
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Semblable à

A

Akin to

37
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Vomir

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To throw up, to bring up

38
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Détester, mépriser, dédaigner

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To despise

39
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Exécrer, abhorrer

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To loathe

40
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Un bouclier

A

A shield

41
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Payer le loyer

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To pay the rent

42
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Une porte entrebâillée

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A door left ajar /a half-open door

43
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Fouiller

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To rummage through, to snoop through

44
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La cabine téléphonique

A

The phone booth

45
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User qqun, dégoûter qqun (il en peut plus)

A

To put off someone

46
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Pas de bol

A

Hard luck