Vochelle 2.3 Flashcards

1
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Être durement touché

A

To be hard hit

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2
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Ascension sociale

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Rag-to-riches story

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3
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S’estomper

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To fade

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4
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Période révolue

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Bygone days

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5
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Être Bel et bien vivant

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Be alive and kicking

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6
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Une utopie

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A pipe dream

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7
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Un repère, un point de référence

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A benchmark

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8
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Gagner sa vie difficilement

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To scrape a living

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9
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Briller

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To shine

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10
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Étinceler

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To glitter

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11
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Luire, rougeoyer

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To glow

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12
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Rayonner de fierté

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To glow with proud

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13
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Préparer à manger (2)

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To get some food

To fix some food

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14
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Économiser

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To spare money

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15
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Chambre d’ami

A

Spare room

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16
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Ne pas ménager ses efforts

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To spare no expense

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17
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S’effondrer, s’écrouler

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To slump

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18
Q

Une relation tendue

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A strained relationship

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19
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Contrecoup

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Backlash

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20
Q

Services de police des collectivités locals

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Law enforcement agencies

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21
Q

To itch to do

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Avoir beaucoup envie de faire

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22
Q

Il ne faut pas cracher dessus

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It’s not to be sneezed at

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23
Q

Le portrait craché

A

To spiting image of

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24
Q

Faire les fonds de tiroir

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To scratch a living

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25
Q

Allumer un cigarette

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To light a cigarette

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26
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En avoir assez (2)

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To be fed up with

To be sick and tired of

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27
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Cendrier

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Ashtray

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28
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Aimer faire

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To like doING sthg

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29
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Verser

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To pour

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30
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Débarrasser

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To clear the table

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31
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Mettre la table

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To lay/set the table

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32
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Un collier

A

A necklace

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33
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Tendre (un objet)

A

To hand

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34
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Quartier huppé (2)

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Leafy neighborhood

Posh area

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35
Q

Personnes dormant dehors

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Rough people

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36
Q

Héberger

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To put up

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37
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Abuser de l’hospitalité

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To outstay sbody’s welcome

38
Q

Conditions précaires

A

Squalid conditions

39
Q

Logement précaires

A

Substandard housing

40
Q

Locataire

A

Tenant

41
Q

Propriétaire

A

Landlord

42
Q

L’offre supplante la demande

A

Demand outdoes supply

Demand outstrips simply

43
Q

Solvabilité

A

Solvency

44
Q

Retombée sociales

A

Social fallout

45
Q

Mettre un pied dans le marché immobilier

A

To get a foot on the housing ladder

46
Q

Monter en pic (2)

A

To peak

To spike

47
Q

Actifs et passifs

A

Assets and liabilities

48
Q

Rénover

A

To do up

49
Q

S’en sortir ainsi avec

A

To get away with…

50
Q

Mettre en sommeil

A

To mothball

51
Q

Être prise de tête

A

To be a hassle

52
Q

Ne pas avoir de scrupules

A

To have no qualms about

53
Q

Avoir l’esprit citoyen

A

To be public-spirited

54
Q

Prix grimpants

A

Spiraling prices

55
Q

Prendre ses responsabilités

A

To face up to one’s responsibilities

56
Q

Débloquer des fonds

A

To release founds

57
Q

Être de connivence

A

To collude (with)

58
Q

Épuration sociale

A

Social cleansing

59
Q

Ça en dit long sur …

A

It’s a sad indictment of

60
Q

Aller bon train

Être répandu

A

To be rife

61
Q

Avoir la réputation de…

A

To have a reputation for doing sthg

62
Q

Être mis au ban

A

To be ostracized

63
Q

Attraction

A

Attractiveness

64
Q

Être en guerre

A

To be at war

65
Q

Avoir des difficultés à…

A

To have difficulty in doing sthg

66
Q

Un monde connecté

A

A wired world

67
Q

Être déterminé

Mauvais sens

A

To be bent on

68
Q

La situation très difficile de

A

The plight of

69
Q

Conditions insalubres

A

Squalid conditions

70
Q

Être inhumain, sans cœur

A

To be callous

71
Q

Supplices

A

Severe ordeals

72
Q

Ajouter de l’eau au moulin

A

To add grist to sbody’s mill

73
Q

Significatif

A

Meaningful

74
Q

Haine

A

Hatred

75
Q

Mette un point d’honneur

A

To make a point (in)

76
Q

Flagrant

A

Blatant

77
Q

Être opposé radicalement

A

To be adamant

Adv: adamantly

78
Q

Punir

A

To mete put punishment

79
Q

Approche bornée

A

Blinkered approach

80
Q

Il y a matière à réfléchir

A

It offers food to thought

81
Q

De tous horizons

A

From all walks of life

82
Q

Confession religieuse/politique

A

Religion/political conviction

83
Q

Faire passer … pour …

A

To pass … off as …

84
Q

Travail bâclé

A

Botched job

85
Q

Au détriment de

A

At the expense of

86
Q

Être très fort

A

To be masterly at

87
Q

Se faire avoir (2)

A

To be deceived by

To be taken in by

88
Q

Vérité dérangeante

A

Unpalatable truth

89
Q

Un comité de surveillance

A

A watchdog

90
Q

Être ébloui

A

To be dazzled

91
Q

Être de connivence

A

To collude