Vocabulary 9 Flashcards

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Accomplir des miracles

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To achieve miracles

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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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Aller de mal en pis
To go from bad to worse
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Carbonisé
Charred
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Être en feu
To be up in flames
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Méconnaissable
Beyond recognition
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Les portés disparus
The MIA (Missing in Action)
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Des pluies diluviennes
Pelting/Pounding rains
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Rester de marbre
To keep a stony face
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Un fait divers
A trivial event
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(Un manque de respect) Total, absolu, complet
An utter disrespect
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S’attarder
To linger
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Prononcer, proférer, articuler
To utter
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Être à la traine
To lag behind
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Le seuil de la porte
The threshold of the door
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Un très léger sourire
A faint smile
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Un neveu
A nephew
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Une nièce
À nièce
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S’attarder sur
To dwell on
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Immanquablement
Relentlessly
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Un profil sévère
A stern profile
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Terriblement
Frightfully
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Neige fine (mélée avec de l’eau)
Sleet
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Des bûches
Logs
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La cheminée
The fireplace
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Des flocons de neige
Snow flakes
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Ça passe vite
It passes by quickly; it flies
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Taper sur les nerfs
To get on somebody’s nerves
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Tricoter
To knit
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Des pas
Footsteps
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Entrer par la porte
To enter THROUGH the door
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Trempé
Soaked, drenched
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Sans prestige
Unglamorous
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Sans doute
No doubt, probably
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En plein air
In the open air
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Une embarcation (navale)
A craft
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Un radeau
A raft
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La silhouette
The figure
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Supercilious
Hautain
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Faire allusion à
To hint at
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Un soupçon de
A hint of
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Faire passer un message
To convey a message
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Le manque de qqc
The want of smg
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La coquetterie
Vanity
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Apprivoiser, dompter
To tame
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Une voix trainante
A drawl
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Enjoué
Jolly
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Une clôture, une barrière
A fence
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Tant pis pour nous
So much the worse for us