Vocnico Flashcards by Nicolas Durante | Brainscape

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Plutôt

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Rather, instead

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À peu près

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Roughly

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Répendu

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Widespread

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Augmenter

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Rise, raise

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Laïque

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Secular

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Sévère

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Harsher

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Projet de loi

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Bill

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Loi

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Law

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Obtenir

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To grant

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rétrécir

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shrink

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au-delà

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beyond

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fondamentalistes

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fondamentalists

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placard

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cupboard

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fierté

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pride

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confortablement installé

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seated

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la cible de critique

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the target of criticism

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phrases

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sentences

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condamnation à mort

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a death sentence

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écran d’ordinateur

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a computer screen

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accueillir les JO

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to stage/host the olympics

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porteurs de torches

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the torch bearers

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basse classe sociale

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background / lower-class

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haute classe sociale

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the upper class

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ça m’est étranger

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it’s foreign to me

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à l’inverse

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conversely

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esprit ouvert

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broad minded

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digne de

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worthy

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offrir quelque chose à quelqu’un

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to offer sb sthg

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entre le marteau et l’enclume

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between a rock and a hard place

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je vais très bien, je suis en forme

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as fit as a fiddle

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stupide

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stupid / silly

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colonisation

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plentation policy

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en avoir mare

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to be fed up

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Il est temps

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It’s time

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Respecter les lois

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To abide by the law

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Suspicieux

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Suspicous

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Though

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Bien que

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Règle

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Rule

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En direction de la maison

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Homeward

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En direction du nord

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Northward

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A badly paid job

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Un emplois mal rémunéré

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Guère surprenant

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It’s hardly surprising

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Faire confiance à qqun

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To trust sb

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N’importe qui

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Anybody

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Le casseur de grève

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A scrabe

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Une grève

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A strike

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L’offre et la demande

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Offer and demand

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Le piquet de grève

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The picket line

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Exiger

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To demand

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Salaires

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Wages

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Luxe

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Luxury

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Compter sur quelqu’un

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To count upon sb

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S’appuyer sur quelqu’un

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To rely on sb

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Être (tenu pour) responsable

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To be (held) accountable

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Un compte en banque

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A current account

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Crisser (pour une voiture)

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To screech

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Une loutre

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An otter

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Entrer/sortir à toute vitesse

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Dash in/out

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Les draps de lit

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Bed-sheet

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Déchirer

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To tear, tore, torn

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Gâter

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To spoil, spoilt, spoilt

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Jouer des coudes

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To elbow

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Aussi jeune qu’il soit

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Young thouh he may be

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Une demi-douzaine

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Half a dozen

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Dont

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Wich

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Question, sujet

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Issue

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In the wake of

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Dans le sillage de