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Volume 7 Flashcards

1
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la refonte

A

overhaul

rewriting

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2
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donner son aval

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to endorse

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3
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dans la foulée d’allégations

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in the aftermath of allegations

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4
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le litige

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litigation

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5
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l’avionneur

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aircraft manufacturer

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6
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la subvention

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subsidy

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7
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en deçà de

A

below

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8
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dérisoire (adj)

A

very insufficient
pathetic
low
trivial

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9
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la primauté

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primacy

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10
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un sommet en trois ans

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a three year high

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11
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fournisseurs (m)

A

suppliers

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12
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prévaloir sur/contre

A

to prevail over/against

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13
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une mêlée de presse

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scrum

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14
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comestible (adj)

A

edible (by humans)

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15
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la veillée

A

evening

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16
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la crue

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rise in level of a waterway

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17
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le pic

A

highest point of an event

pick (digging tool)

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18
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appeller à

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to call for

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19
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les intempéries (f)

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bad times

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20
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un cheminement

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pathway

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21
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la citoyenneté

A

citizenship

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22
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communément

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commonly

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23
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être crucial

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to be crucial

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24
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légiférer

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to legislate

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25
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une échappatoire

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excuse

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26
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huer

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to boo

shout down

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27
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un voyou

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gangster

hoodlum

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28
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vivre

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to live

experience

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29
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une infirmière

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nurse

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30
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être au bout du rouleau

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to be totally exhausted

at the end of one’s rope

31
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réclamer

A

to insistently demand

32
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le hic (h aspiré)

A

snag (informal)

33
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pourvoir

A 
to provide
to fill (a post)
34
Q

le dévouement

A

devotion

35
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un gousset

A

gusset

fob

36
Q

un effectif

note: pronounce initial e as é

Notre effectif atteint 45 employés

A

number of persons

37
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combler

A

to completely satisfy a need

to fill in, make up

38
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une envolée

A

flight of fancy

surge

39
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le rendement

les rendements obligataires

A

output
yield
performance

bond yields

40
Q

accuser

accuser une baisse de 10%

A

to accuse
to show

to show a drop of 10%

41
Q

le parquet

le parquet de la Bourse

A

parquet flooring

the floor of the stock exchange

42
Q

en rythme annuel

A

year over year

43
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le raffermissement

A

strengthening

44
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délester

A 
to lighten (dump ballast)
off load
45
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à mesure que

A

while

46
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maint (adj)

A

many

many a

47
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le chahut

A

disorder

racket

48
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tous azimuts (adj exp)

A

wide ranging

49
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sévir

A

to be severe
to rage
ravage

50
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dans la foulée de

A

in the aftermath of

51
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farouchement

A

doggedly

fiercely

52
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une comparution

A

court appearance

53
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un tollé

A

outcry

54
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targuer

A

to boast

55
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Proche-Orient

A

Middle East

56
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poupin (adj)

A

chubby

57
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à toute épreuve

A

unfailing

58
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être tiré à quatre épingles

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to be immaculately dressed.

59
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saillant (adj)

A

salient

60
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le beau-fils

A

son-in-law

61
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le viseur

A

view finder

62
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l’éventail (m)

avoir les doigts de pied en éventail

A

delta
a fanning out
range

to laze about

63
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mettre un terme à

A

put an end to

64
Q

projet de loi

A

bill (proposed law)

65
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l’engouement (m)

A

passion

infatuation

66
Q

la verification des antécédents

A

background check

67
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l’annonce (f)

A

announcement

68
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survenir

A

to arise suddenly

69
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un scrutin

A

ballot

70
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indéfectible (adj)

A

enduring

unfailing

71
Q

la redevance

A

royalty

72
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un tronçon

A

length, section (of road, pipe, wood)

part (sentence)

73
Q

réclamer

A

to ask for

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