Vrac Flashcards

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1
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État végétatif

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Vegetative state

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Suicide assisté

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Assisted sucide

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Avoir le cafard

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To feel blue

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4
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Improve

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Ameliorer

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Mets toi à sa place

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Put yourself in her/his shoes

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Un soupir

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A sigh

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A juste titre

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Rightly so

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Trébucher

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To stumble

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Un labyrinthe, un dedal

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A maze

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Faire un clin d’œil

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To wink

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Agiter la main

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To wave

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Pantoufles, chaussons

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Slippers

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Essuyer

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To wipe

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14
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Inédit, sans précédents

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Unprecedent

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Bouder

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To shun

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Le milieu des affaires

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Business community

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A la suite de

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In the wake of

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18
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Équivoque

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Equivalence

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Respecter

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To respect, to rever

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20
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Démissionner

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To resign

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21
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Pratiquement, presque

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Virtually

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Cultivé

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Well-read

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Un concierge, un gardien

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A custodian

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Predictably

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Sans surprises

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25
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Ouvrir la voie

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Give cover

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26
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Pourtant, cependant

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Yet

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27
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Continuer à

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Still + verbe

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28
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L’enseignement professionnel

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Vocational education

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29
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Global trade

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Le commerce international

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30
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L’apport, la contribution

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Input

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31
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En toute discrétion

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With little worring

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32
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Enlever, retirer

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To remove

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33
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Parmi

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Amid

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34
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Manifestation, affichage

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Display

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35
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Une dizaine

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A dozen

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36
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Les homologues

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Counterparts

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37
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Les bavures policières

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Police blunders

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38
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La légitime défense

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Self defense

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39
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Les préjugés

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Prejudicies

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Inflexible

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Adamant

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Syndicats

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Trade unions

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Une revendication

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A claim

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Postuler pour un job

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Apply for a job

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Électeurs

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Voters

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Assister

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To attend

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La reunion

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The meeting

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Risquer de

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Likely to

48
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Pdg

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Chairman / managing director

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Augmenter

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Raise / increase

50
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Le logement

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Accomodation

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Plutôt

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Rather

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Dénoncer

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To expose / to denounce

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Défendre

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To advocate

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Par ailleurs

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Besides

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Insofar as

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Dans la mesure ou

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Être en conformité avec

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To be consistent with

57
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Conclure

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To sign off

58
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Mass shooting

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Fusillade de masse

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Dystopian

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Alarmiste

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Atravistic

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Ancestral / héréditaire

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Extrême

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Rugged

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Renforcer

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Underpin

63
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Protéger sa propriété

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Homestead

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Incensé, absurde

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Nonsense

65
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D’où

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Hence

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Être à l’ordre du jour

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To be in the agenda

67
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Impliquer

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Involve

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Mensongé, imparfait

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Flawed

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Répandu

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Prevalent

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Les colons

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The settlers

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Wage a war

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Mener une guerre

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Une tendance évidente

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A noticeable pattern

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Un schema

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A pattern

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Prendre en compte

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Recognize

75
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Très médiatisé

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High-profile

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Mener

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To lead

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Un achat

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A purchase

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Monter en flèche

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To soar

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Baisser

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Decrease

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Un chiffre record

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A record-high number

81
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Environ

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Nearly / Roughly

82
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Une vaste enquête

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A sweeping survey

83
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Balayer

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To sweep

84
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Lors de ces 10 dernières années

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Over the past decade

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Bien fondé

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Economics

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Douteux, contestable

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Dubious

87
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Bénéfices / profits

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Profits

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Décalage

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The disjuncture

89
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Tout au mon de, au fil de

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In the course of

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Réticence

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Reluctence

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Entreprendre

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To undertake

92
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Une tranche de la population

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Demographic

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Au moins

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At least

94
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Systématiquement

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Consistently

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Radieux

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Rosier

96
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To catch up with

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Rattraper le retard