Vocabulary 8 Flashcards by Chloé 357

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La guerre contre l’Iran/le crime

A

The war ON crime/Iran

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Un extrémiste

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A hardliner

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Un héritier au trône

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An heir to the throne

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Étrangler

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To strangle

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En entrant

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Upon entering

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Un petit tapis

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A rug

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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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Affaiblir son emprise sur le pays

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To weaken his grip on power over the country

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Un procureur général

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A top prosecutor

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Quoiqu’il en soit

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If anything

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Naive

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Gullible, credulous

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Un blocage, une impasse, une paralysie

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A stalemate

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Lutter contre

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To counter

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Salir la réputation de

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To smear

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Un cadre doré (tableau)

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A gilded frame

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Corpulent

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Portly

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Un marteau

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A gavel

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Être adjugée à 5$

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To go under the hammer at 5$

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Supplice

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Torment

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Riche

A

Well-off, well-to-do

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Les pauvres

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The have-nots, the worst-off

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Peu profond, superficiel

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Shallow

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Creux

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Hollow

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Les fesses

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Buttocks

Décharné

Fleshless, bony, scrawny

Être tout nu

To be stark naked

Le chouchou

The teacher’s pet

Une tignasse

A mop of hair, a mane, shock of hair

Une crinière

A mane

Guarantie

Granted, guaranteed

Même si

Even thought

Consacrer (du temps)

To devote, to dedicate

Chercher dans le miroir

To scrutinize, to search in the mirror

Une enquête

An inquiry

Une assistante sociale

A social worker

Semblable à

Akin to

Vomir

To throw up, to bring up

Détester, mépriser, dédaigner

To despise

Exécrer, abhorrer

To loathe

Un bouclier

A shield

Payer le loyer

To pay the rent

Une porte entrebâillée

A door left ajar /a half-open door

Fouiller

To rummage through, to snoop through

La cabine téléphonique

The phone booth

User qqun, dégoûter qqun (il en peut plus)

To put off someone

Pas de bol

Hard luck