Vocabulary 9 Flashcards

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1
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Accomplir des miracles

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To achieve miracles

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2
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Avec des paillettes dans les yeux

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With a twinkle in one’s eye

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3
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Respirer la confiance

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To exude confidence

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4
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S’acharner sur qqun

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To vilify, to turn on, to blast, to lambast

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5
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Une attitude irréprochable

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A blameless, a fortless attitude

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6
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Un banc

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A bench

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7
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L’oubli

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The oblivion

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8
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La mousson

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The monsoon

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9
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Une forteresse

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A stronghold

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10
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Un tournant

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A watershed

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11
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La haine

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Hatred

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12
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C’est carrément honteux

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It is a down right disgrace

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13
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Au bord de (la Guerre)

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On the brink of

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14
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Loin des sentiers battus

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Off the beaten tracks

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15
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On ne le voit pas si on n’est pas habitué

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Invisible to the untrained eye

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16
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Pour le dire directement

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To put it bluntly

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17
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Une erreur judiciaire, une fausse couche

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A miscarriage (of justice)

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18
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Être enclin à

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To be prone to

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19
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Un extrémiste, un terroriste

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A zealot

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20
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Un bureau de vote

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A polling station

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21
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Tirer par les cheveux

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Far-fetched

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22
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Des équipements, infrastructures

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Facilities

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23
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Chercher qqc

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To fetch

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24
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Attiser

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To fan

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25
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Aller de mal en pis

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To go from bad to worse

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26
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Carbonisé

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Charred

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27
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Être en feu

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To be up in flames

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28
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Méconnaissable

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Beyond recognition

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29
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Les portés disparus

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The MIA (Missing in Action)

30
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Des pluies diluviennes

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Pelting/Pounding rains

31
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Rester de marbre

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To keep a stony face

32
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Un fait divers

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A trivial event

33
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(Un manque de respect) Total, absolu, complet

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An utter disrespect

34
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S’attarder

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To linger

35
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Prononcer, proférer, articuler

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To utter

36
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Être à la traine

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To lag behind

37
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Le seuil de la porte

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The threshold of the door

38
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Un très léger sourire

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A faint smile

39
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Un neveu

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A nephew

40
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Une nièce

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À nièce

41
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S’attarder sur

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To dwell on

42
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Immanquablement

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Relentlessly

43
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Un profil sévère

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A stern profile

44
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Terriblement

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Frightfully

45
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Neige fine (mélée avec de l’eau)

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Sleet

46
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Des bûches

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Logs

47
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La cheminée

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The fireplace

48
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Des flocons de neige

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Snow flakes

49
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Ça passe vite

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It passes by quickly; it flies

50
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Taper sur les nerfs

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To get on somebody’s nerves

51
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Tricoter

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To knit

52
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Des pas

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Footsteps

53
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Entrer par la porte

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To enter THROUGH the door

54
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Trempé

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Soaked, drenched

55
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Sans prestige

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Unglamorous

56
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Sans doute

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No doubt, probably

57
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En plein air

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In the open air

58
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Une embarcation (navale)

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A craft

59
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Un radeau

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A raft

60
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La silhouette

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The figure

61
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Supercilious

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Hautain

62
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Faire allusion à

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To hint at

63
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Un soupçon de

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A hint of

64
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Faire passer un message

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To convey a message

65
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Le manque de qqc

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The want of smg

66
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La coquetterie

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Vanity

67
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Apprivoiser, dompter

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To tame

68
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Une voix trainante

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A drawl

69
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Enjoué

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Jolly

70
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Une clôture, une barrière

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A fence

71
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Tant pis pour nous

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So much the worse for us