Vocabulary II Flashcards by François Altmeyer | Brainscape

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Circonscription électorale

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A constituency

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to waste

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to squander

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as a consequence

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In wake

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Etre endetté de

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To be in hock to, to be indebted

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Etre déclaré coupable

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To be found guilty

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Condamné/reconnu coupable pour meurtre

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Convicted of murder

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Casser une décision/condamnation

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To quash a decision/conviction

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Condamner à

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To sentence to

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Décision de justice

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A court ruling

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Le demandeur

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The appellant

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Rejeté par la cour d’appel

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Rebuffed by the court of appeal

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Renforcer un CV

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To burnish a CV

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Censurer

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To censor

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Surveiller une conversation

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To monitor/ to listen in on a conversation

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To impose strict controls on stg

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To clamp down on stg/ to crack down on stg

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Représailles

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Retaliation, reprisals

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Bouc émissaire

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A scapegoat

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Bouc émissaire

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A scapegoat

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A l’inverse

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Conversely

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en abondance

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galore

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accablant

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overwhelming

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accorder

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To grant

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accuser, déclarer coupable

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To convict

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acquis

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vested

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actif

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buoyant

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adopter

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To espouse

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afficher

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To display

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affirmer

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To assert

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agir en tant que

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To act as

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ainsi

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Thereby

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améliorer

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To upgrade, improve

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Annoncer

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To claim, to argue, to maintain

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Appartenir

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To belong to

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L’approbation

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The endorsement

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Arme de destruction massive

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Mass Destrucion Weapons

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Asphyxier

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To stifle

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Aspirer à

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To yearn

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Augmenter de , lever, monter

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To rise, rose, risen

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Une autoroute

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A highway

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Avec modération

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sparingly

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Avertir

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To warn

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Avoir recours à

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To resort to

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La barrière

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The fence

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Une marchandise

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A commodity

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La charge de travail

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The workload

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fausser

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To skew

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compenser, contrebalancer

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To offset

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Diminuer, rétrécir

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To shrink

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Les données du recensement

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The census data

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Un aperçu

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An insight

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Un comptable

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An accountant

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un loisir

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A leisure

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Un manque, une pénurie

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A shortage

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Un savant

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A scholar

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Le malheur

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The woe

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L’hypothèse, la supposition

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The assumption

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imparfait, défectueux

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flawed

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fer de lance

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The spearhead

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Nommer, désigner

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To appoint

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L’avant-garde

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The forefront

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Une période de travail

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A stint

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Concevoir

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To set out

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Des enchères

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Bidding

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Le financement

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The fundraising

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Gestion d’actifs (gestion patrimoniale)

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Asset management

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Un étalonnage

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A benchmarking