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Volume 1 Flashcards

1
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le fichage

A

establishing files on people

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encapuché (adj)

A

under cover

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rentré (adj)

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subsumed in

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enfermé (adj)

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emprisoned

locked up

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5
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le montage

A

a set up
rigged situation

compilation of images

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démarqué (adj)

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to stand out

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légiférer

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to legislate

lay down the law (fig)

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8
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engendrer

A

to engender
cause
generate

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prégnant (adj)

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significant

pregnant (animal)

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la précarité

A

tenuousness

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11
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arroger

s’arroger

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appropriate

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12
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une croisée

A

crossing

turning point

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13
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se sentir de trop

A

to feel unwanted

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14
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muer

se muer en

A

to transform
molt

to transform into

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la mensualité

les mensualités d’emprunts

A

monthly salary
monthly payment

monthly loan payments

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16
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acquitter

A

to pay completely

to acquit

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17
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un courtier

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broker

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18
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l’impréparation (f)

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lack of preparation

unpreparedness

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19
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endosser

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to put on

take on

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20
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l’acheminement

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transportation

progress

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21
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rattacher

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to reattach

associate

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22
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un groupuscule

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small group

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23
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prendre à partie

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to take to task

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24
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bien que

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even though

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25
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à l’encontre

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contrary to

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26
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au vitriol

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with vitriol

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27
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la houlette

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shepherd’s crook

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28
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un levier

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lever

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29
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un tige

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stalk

rod shaped object

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30
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être du pied au mur

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to be cornered

have one’s back to the wall

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31
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une subvention

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grant

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32
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se doter

A

to be equiped

equip oneself

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33
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l’exhaustivité (f)

A

exhaustiveness

completeness

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34
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faire davantage office de…

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to serve better as…

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35
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ampoulée (adj)

A

emphatic
pretentious
bombastic

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36
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rarissime (adj)

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very rare

37
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se cumuler à

A

culminates in

38
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la garde

A

care (eg of child)

39
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entraver

A

to hinder

40
Q

Il est noté que…

A

We should note that…

41
Q

la cokéfaction

A

coking

42
Q

un sous-traitants

A

sub-contractor

43
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un raccourci

A

shortcut

simplification

44
Q

fâcheux (adj)

A

regrettable

unfortunate

45
Q

partir en fumée

A

go up in smoke

46
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la créance

A

credence

debt

47
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connaître

A

to know of
experience
go through

48
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un prestataire

A

service provider

recipient of a state benefit

49
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une passation

A

signing of a document

transition of power

50
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cautionner

A

to support
approve
stand surety for

51
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défausser

A

to straighten

fix a problem

52
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un soulèvement

A

uprising

revolt

53
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déroutant (adj)

A

puzzling

disconcerting

54
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le catalyseur

A

catalyst

55
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inflammable (adj)

A

inflammable

56
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inflammatoire (adj)

A

inflammatory

57
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un missionnaire

une missionnaire

A

missionary

58
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prodiguer

A

to lavish
hand out

to give care

59
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rêvasser

A

to daydream

muse

60
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décortiquer

A

to shell

dissect into minutiae

61
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la primauté

A

primacy

supremacy

62
Q

la léthargie

A

lethargy
numbness
torpor

63
Q

une bavure

A

smear
stain
blunder

64
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subvenir à

A

to meet (eg needs)

65
Q

la niaiserie sur…

A

stupidity of…

66
Q

une brebis galeuse

A

black sheep

literally: a scabby ewe

67
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carcéral (adj)

A

relative to prison

68
Q

mettre en avant

A

to spotlight

bring to the fore

69
Q

réparateur (adj)

réparatrice

A

that which repairs

70
Q

en soit

quoi qu’il en soit

A

in itself

in any case
whatever the case

71
Q

une cure

A

course of treatment

72
Q

le délabrement

A

dilapidation

neglect

73
Q

amoindrir

A

to reduce

weaken

74
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dépourvu (adj)

syn: dénué de

A

devoid of

75
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dorénavant

syn: désormais

A

henceforth

76
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pourtant

A

though

77
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avaliser

A

to back
push for
guarantee payment

78
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début avril

A

at the beginning of april

79
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intégrer

A

to integrate

insert

80
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si besoin

A

if needed

81
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truquer

A

to rig
set up
fiddle

82
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rebiffer (colloq)

se rebiffer

A

to fight back

to rebel

83
Q

balancer

A

balance
swing (eg arms)
bandy about (colloq)
turn on sb

84
Q

le revers

A

reverse side

back side

85
Q

conduire à

A

to drive sb/qc to

86
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fugace (adj)

A

fleeting

elusive

87
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de plus près

A

more closely

88
Q

la faveur

à la faveur de

A

favour

thanks to

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