Week 4 Flashcards by Ezechiel Le Guay | Brainscape

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C’est loin de

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It is far cry from

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L’extrême gauche

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The far left

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Une personne prévoyante, clairvoyante

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A far-seeing person

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Le coup fatal

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The fatal blow

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Le juste milieu

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The golden mean

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De nombreuses victimes

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Heavy casualties

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Le grand favori

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The odds-on favourite

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Les dernières informations

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Hot news

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Un perte irrémédiable

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An irretrievable loss

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A l’époque

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Back then

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Etre inutile

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To be of any use

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La presse à sensations

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The tabloid press

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Déformer la réalité

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To distort the truth

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La récolte

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The harvest

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Moissonné

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Reaped

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L’inflation

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Inflation

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Les biens de consommation

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Consumer goods

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Faire la navette

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To shuttle back and forth

To commute

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Il pensait qu’il ferait la navette 3 fois par semaine quand il habiterait à Londres

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He thought he would commute three times a week when he lived in London

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Le ministre des finances (UK)

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Faire de la recherche

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To do research

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Obtenir son diplôme à Oxford

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To graduate from Oxford

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Condamné à vie

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Sentenced to life

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Aborder, entamer (sujet)

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To broach

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Aussi curieux que cela paraisse

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Odd though it may seem

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Ainsi que

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Along that

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Une silhouette

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A figure

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S’approcher de (âge)

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To get on for

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Le petit jour

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The crack of dawn

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Elle ne fermait plus l’œil

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She couldn’t get a wink of sleep

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Elle ne laissait sourdre aucun gémissement

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She never let out a moan