Vochelle 5 Flashcards

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1
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Amusant

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Entertaining

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Une chambre rangé

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A tidy room

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3
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Un gémissement

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a groan

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4
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Insulter

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To revile

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5
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Sans armes

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Outgunned

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Une mort politique

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A political demise

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7
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Têtu

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Stubborn

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8
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Oser

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To dare

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9
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Briser/voler en éclats

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To shatter

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10
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Parvenir à

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To bring about

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11
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Un extremis

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At the very last minute

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12
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Hurler

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To shout

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13
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Se saisir

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To seize

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14
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A la suite/ au lendemain de

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In the wake/aftermath of

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15
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Tourner autour

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To revolve around

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16
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Avec presque 30 ans

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To be under thirty

To be in the late twenties

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17
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Froncer les sourcils

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To frown

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18
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Se fâcher contre qqn

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To get angry with sbody

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19
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Être stoïque, sans réaction (2)

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To be stony-faced

To be expressionless

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Négligent, négligé

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Careless, untidy

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Arriver à

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To manage to

22
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Pas la peine de dire que

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Needless to say that

23
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Nous ne savons pas ce que le futur nous réserve

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We do not know what the future have holds in store

24
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Dans un contexte de

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Against a background of

25
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Lâcher le loup dans la bergerie

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To set a cat among the pigeons

26
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C’est dur à avaler

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It’s a bitter pill to swallow

27
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Un labyrinthe bureaucratique

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A bureaucratic maze

28
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Des promesses en l’air

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Hollow promises

29
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Démagogie

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Grandstanding

30
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Paroles en l’air (3)

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Hot air/ empty talks/ bluster

31
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Attitude condescendante

Attitude intransigeante

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Condescending attitude

Uncompromising attitude

32
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Délivrer à qqn un visa

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To issue sbody with a visa

33
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Les privilégiés

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Oligarchs
The happy few
The A-list people
The overdog

34
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Fait sur mesure

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Bespoke

Custom-made

35
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Négocier

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To bargain

36
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Être redevable

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To owe sbody

37
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Tout à long
Ou
Dans l’ensemble

A

Throughout

38
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Être sévèrement critiqué, fustigé

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To be lambasted

39
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Dérouler le tapis rouge

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To roll out the welcome mat

40
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Impitoyable (2)

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Hard-nosed

Uncompromising

41
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Prévenir

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To warm

42
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Honteux

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Shameful

43
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Quant à…

A

As for…

44
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Accablant

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Damning

45
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Authentique

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Genuine

46
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Les motifs, raisons

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The grounds

47
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Ce changement n’est pas pour demain la vieille

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This shift is not around the corner

48
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Prendre du recul

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To look at the big picture

49
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Induire en erreur

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To mislead

50
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Évoquer l’idée de

On parle de…

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To talk of

There is talk of