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Volume 8 Flashcards

1
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une douche écossaise

A

series of ups and downs

roller-coaster ride

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douché (ad)

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all wet

unreasonable

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3
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buter sur/contre

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to stumble on/into

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indépassable

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unavoidable

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infranchissable

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unavoidable

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un écueil

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reef
obstacle
pitfall

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la velléité

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mere wish
wishful thoughts
vague attempt

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8
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un trompe d’œil

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sham
illusion
smokescreen

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un bras de fer

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arm wrestling

trial of strength

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10
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par défaut

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by default

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11
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se dérober à

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to default on

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12
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la finalité

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aim
finality
conclusiveness

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13
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intersidéral (adj)

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interstellar

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14
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la retrouvaille

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reunion

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15
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en deçà de

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on this side of

less than

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16
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décacheter

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to unseal

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17
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amortir

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absorb

deaden

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18
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sacrément

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incredibly

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19
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Et j’en passe…

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and so on…

skipping the details…

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20
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récurer

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to scour

scrub

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21
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une défausse

défausser

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discarding

to renounce
discard
straighten out

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22
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le dérapage

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skidding
slipping    (eg auto)

blunder

be out of control (eg prices)

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23
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déraper

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to slip, slew

go out of conrol

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24
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la casse

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breakage

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25
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un casse

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heist

break-in

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26
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une épave

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wreck
derelict
debris

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27
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l’imposture (f)

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fraud

deception

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28
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se foutre à poil

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to strip naked (with impatience)

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29
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foutre

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to put (impatiently)

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30
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foutre

qu’est-ce que tu fous?

J’en ai rien à foutre

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to do

what are you doing? (with impatience)

I don’t care

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31
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foutre

Fous-moi en paix

Ça fout les boules

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to give, leave

Leave me alone

It’s scary

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32
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se foutre de

Tu te fous de moi?

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to make fun of

Are you making fun of me?

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33
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Il est bien foutu

Elle est bien foutue

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He is good looking.

She is good looking.

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34
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un moteur

moteur de recherche

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motor
driving force

seach engine

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35
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gronder

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rumble
growl

to brew up (a threat)

scold

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36
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le bien commun

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the common good

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37
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certes

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indeed

surely

38
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concurrentiel (adj)

A

competitive

39
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condamner

A

to sentence
condemn
punish

to seal off

40
Q

le brai

A

pitch

41
Q

le bouleau

A

birch

42
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les moyens du bord

A

the means at hand

43
Q

le paludisme

A

malaria

44
Q

ô miracle!

A

and presto!

45
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ô combien

A

greatly

very

46
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une frange

frangé de

A

fringe

trimmed with

47
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s’etendre sur

A

to stretch for

48
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enclavé (adj)

A

enclosed

landlocked

49
Q

être grand comme deux fois la France

A

to be twice the size of France

50
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très majoritairement

A

almost entirely

51
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avoir de la peine à faire qch

A

to have difficulty doing…

52
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sur fond de

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against the backdrop of

53
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l’avancée (f)

A

advance

headway

54
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une saillie

ce qui saillir

A

projection

jut out

55
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chasser de

A

to chase from

drive out from

56
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nébuleux (adj)

A

nebulous
obscure
cloudy

57
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une crise sécuritaire

A

security crisis

58
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l’ampleur (f)

A

size

importance

59
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à longueur d’année

A

all year round

60
Q

lits de réanimation

A

critical care beds

61
Q

un rapt

A

abduction

kidnapping

62
Q

un chef de file

A

leader

63
Q

un ravisseur

une ravisseuse

A

abductor

64
Q

se tenir

A

to take place

65
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proroger

A

to defer
extend
adjourn

66
Q

en charge de

A

responsible for

67
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d’ici là

A

by then

in the meantime

68
Q

l’intégrale (f)

A

complete
total
unabridged
all about

69
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intégral (adj)

paiement intégral

en version intégrale

A

in full

payment in full

uncut version
unabridged version

70
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un clash

A

clash
conflict
confrontation

71
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un écran de fumée

A

smoke screen

72
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impitoyable (adj)

A

merciess
relentless
ruthless

73
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débarrer

A

unbar

74
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saborder

A

to scuttle

75
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l’incurie (f)

A

negligence

carelessness

76
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le contre-pouvoir

A

opposition (political)

77
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contreproductif (adj)

A

counterproductive

78
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désemparé (adj)

A

handicapped
bewildered
perplexed

79
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desemparer

A

to throw into confusion

80
Q

faste (ad)

A

magnificent

81
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le faste

A

splendour
grandeur
pomp

82
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un passeur

une passeuse

A

boatman
ferry person
smuggler

mule (colloq)

83
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léguer qqc à qqn

A

to pass down

leave st to sb

84
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les fréquentations

il a des fréquentations douteuses

A

company

He keeps bad company.

85
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embarder

A

yaw

deviate from course

86
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se jouer

se jouer de

A

to take place

to deceive
trick

87
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une embardée

A

swerve

abrupt change of direction

88
Q

irriguer

A

to irrigate

89
Q

LREM

A

La République en Marche

party founded by Macron

90
Q

engueuler

A

sound off

to tell sb off

91
Q

tailler

A

to cut
carve
whittle
trim

92
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une igname

A

yam

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