Week 4 Flashcards

1
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Compassé

A

Strachy, stick

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2
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Mal en point

A

Bad state of affairs

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3
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Bref

A

short, brief

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4
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S’emparer de

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To grab, sieze

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5
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Revenir sur

A

To go back over, on sth

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6
Q

La polémique

A

Controversy

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7
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Dévoiler

A

To unveil

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8
Q

Un plat préparer

A

Prepped Plate

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9
Q

Remuer le couteau dans la plaie

A

To turn the knife in the wound

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10
Q

Ironiser

A

To be ironic

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11
Q

Atone

A

Lifeless

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12
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Prévisible

A

Foreseeable

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13
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En remettre une couche

A

To lay it on thick

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14
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Digne de ce nom

A

Dignified the name

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15
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Déplorable

A

Deplorable

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16
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La cerise sur la gâteau

A

Cherry On the cake

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17
Q

Figurer dans

A

To appear in

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18
Q

Le socle

A

Base

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19
Q

Un classement

A

Classification

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20
Q

L’empressement

A

Eagerness

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21
Q

Faire entrer

A

Aloe entry

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22
Q

Le patromoine

A

Culture

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23
Q

Enfoncer

A

To drive in

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24
Q

Une posture compassée

A

Strict structure

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25
Q

Passer devant

A

Overtake

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26
Q

Le chantre

A

Eulogist

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27
Q

Porter un coup à

A

To take a slap in the face

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28
Q

Décisif

A

Decisive

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29
Q

L’hégémonie

A

Hegemony (powerful ruling nation without war)

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30
Q

Dopé par

A

Drugged by

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31
Q

Un soutien

A

Support

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32
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Rater le train

A

To miss the train

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33
Q

Épouser

A

To marry

34
Q

En marche

A

Moving

35
Q

Personnaliser

A

To personalise

36
Q

La figure du chef

A

Head status

37
Q

La vitrine

A

Shop window

38
Q

Redoutable

A

Formidable

39
Q

Le sens du/de la

A

The sense of

40
Q

Animer

A

To liven up

41
Q

Réfuter

A

To refute

42
Q

Baisser les bras

A

To throw in the towel

43
Q

Être de ceux-là/ de ceux qui

A

To be those/those who

44
Q

Se détourner de

A

To turn away from

45
Q

Fier

A

Proud

46
Q

Les racines

A

Roots

47
Q

Injuste

A

Unjust

48
Q

La course à la visibilité

A

Course to clarity

49
Q

Il s’agit de

A

It’s about

50
Q

S’amuser

A

To amuse o.s

51
Q

La suprématie

A

Supremacy

52
Q

À peine

A

Hardly

53
Q

De…à…en passant par

A

From…to…by passing

54
Q

Faire la promotion de

A

To promote

55
Q

Planter un drapeau

A

To plant the flag

56
Q

Au-delà de

A

Beyond

57
Q

Un bra de fer rondement mené

A

A well-rounded leader

58
Q

Un tour de passe-passe

A

A sleight of hand

59
Q

Soustraire

A

To take away, shield

60
Q

Dans la corbeille

A

In the basket

61
Q

Excédentaire

A

Surplus

62
Q

L’aéronautique

A

Aeronautical

63
Q

Au passage

A

On the way

64
Q

Confie à

A

Confined to

65
Q

Remettre un rapport

A

Submit a report

66
Q

Diffuser

A

To spread

67
Q

Une baraque à frites

A

Fries shack

68
Q

Un chef d’escadron

A

Chief of the squadron

69
Q

La prime aux anciens

A

Bonus to former

70
Q

Passer sous silence

A

To ignore

71
Q

Engager une réflexion

A

To initiate a thought

72
Q

Les charges

A

Fees

73
Q

Un stagiaire

A

Trainee

74
Q

Justement

A

Justly

75
Q

Se dire+adj

A

To say sth to o.s, think

76
Q

Glisser à

A

To slip sth to

77
Q

Accorder

A

To grant

78
Q

Un centre de formation

A

Training centre

79
Q

aller de soi

A

To go without saying

80
Q

Prendre une claque

A

To take a slap

81
Q

Mérité

A

Deserved

82
Q

Etre dans son assiette

A

To not feel well