10th week Flashcards

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fixer / reparer

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to fix

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arranger qqch

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to fix sth up

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se mettre dans de beaux draps

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to get into a fix

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s’embraser, s’emporter

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to flare (up)

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5
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flambée soudaine

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flare-up

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etaler, faire etalage de

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to flaunt

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vendre avec insistance, vanter

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to tout

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fuir, se refugier (de)

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to flee (from)

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9
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refugié

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refugee

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10
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chercher refuge

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to seek refuge

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11
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asile politique

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political asylum

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12
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jeter, lancer

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to fling (flung)

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13
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tenter sa chance

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to have a fling at (doing)

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14
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éloigné

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far-flung

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15
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desinvolte, irrévérencieux

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flippant

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irrévérence, légèreté

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flippancy

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17
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prospérer, etre en plein essor

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to flourish

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bafouer, faire fi de

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to flout

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19
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affluer, couler, decouler de, circuler

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to flow

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20
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flux de capitaux

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money flow

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21
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deborder (river)

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to overflow

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22
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rafale / agitation (fig)

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flurry (flurry of excitement / flurry of protest)

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23
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voltiger

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to flutter

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porter sur, etre axé sur, se concentrer (sur)

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to focus on

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dejouer, contrecarrer (plan, attempts)
to foil
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fleuret
foil
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tromper, duper
to fool
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infaillible
foolproof
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ne pas etre srx, trainer
to fool around, about (i'm only fooling)
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un imbecile, idiot
a fool
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etre imprudent
to be foolish
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téméraire
foolhardy
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prise (avec le pied)
foothold
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prendre pied / se faire progressivement accepter
to gain foothold
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interdire
to forbid
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prevoir / prevision
to forecast / a forecast
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le plus en vue, le principal
foremost
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avant-coureur, précurseur (pers / choses)
forerunner
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prévenir, emoecher qqch de se realiser en l'anticipant / ralentir, retarder, bloquer
to forestall
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essayer de gagner du temps
to stall for time
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contrefaire
to forge
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Un faux, une falsification
a forgery
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pousser de l'avant
to forge ahead
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se priver de, renoncer à
to forgo (forwent, forgone)
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officiel, ceremonieux, dans les regles, soutenu / de forme
formal
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sources officielles / sources officieuses
official sources VS informal sources
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ancien, precedent
former (the former deputy / idea)
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celui-là, celui-ci
the former and the latter
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autrefois, anterieurement, au paravant
formerly
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aider à se dvper, entretenir, ecourager
to foster
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parents adoptifs
foster parents
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impur, crapuleux, vil
foul
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jouer contre les règles
to foul play
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soupçonner qq de louche
to suspect foul play
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sale temps
foul weather
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ficher en l'air
to foul up
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fonder
to found
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fondateur
a founder
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fondation
foundation
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base, fondement
basis, foundation
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patauger et finir par s'ecrouler / patauger, se debattre
to founder / to flounder
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société qui bat de l'aile
company was floudering
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frele, fragile / fragilité, faiblesse (morale)
frail / frailty
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encadrer (un tableau) / un cadre
to frame / a frame
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encadrer du personnel
to supervise / train staff
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cadre d'E
an executive / manager
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dans le cadre de
in the framework of
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mobter un coup contre qq
to frame sb
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un coup monté
a frame-up
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frénétique, effréné
frantic
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etre fou de rage
to be frantic with rage
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etre dans tous ses états
to get frantic
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paniquer
to panic
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lourd, chargé de (qqch d'indesirable)
fraught with
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libre, gratuit
free
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liberer / liberté
to free / freedom
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liberté de parole, de la presse
freedom of speech, of the press
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geler, bloquer (salaires etc)
to freeze
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blocage des px
price freeze
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frenesie / activité frénétique
frenzy / frenzied activity
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se tracasser, tourmenter
to fret
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agité, enervé
fretful
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bordure, peripherie
fringe
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vivre en marge de la societe
to live on the fringe of society
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avantage en plus, primes
fringe benefits
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alimenter, intensifier / combustible
to fuel / fuel
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satisfaire à, remplir, realiser (dreams, desires...)
to fulfill
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épanouissement personnel
self-fulfilment
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caisse, fonds / capitaux
fund / funds
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fonds d'aide aux necessiteux
a fund to aid the needy
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un diner au benefice de
a fund-raising dinner
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fond commun de placement
mutual fund
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financer
to fund
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financement
funding / financing
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gestionnaire de fonds / de portefeuille
a fund manager
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promouvoir
to further
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s'agiter, faire des histoires
to fuss, to make a fuss
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méticuleux, pointiller
fussy
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duveteux, crepu, pelucheux / flou, imprecis (photo), confu, indistinct (writting, voice)
fuzzy
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acquérir, atteindre
to gain
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acceder à
to get access to
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gagner du terrain, du temps
to gain ground, time
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benefices, profits / faire du benefice
gains / to make profit, gains
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jouer (de l'argent) / miser sur
to gamble
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risquer, en affaires
to gamble on
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cest risqué
it's gamble
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jeu
game
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une piece de theatre
a play
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jeu d'enfant
a child's play
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le jeu n'en vaut pas la chandelle
the game isn't worth the candle
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repeter
to rehearse
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ecart, decalage / lacune, espace libre
a gap
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ecart entre les générations
generation gap
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reduire le deficit de la balance des paiements
to close / narrow the gap in the balance of payments
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un gouffre
a gulf
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divergence
discrepancy
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rester bouche bée
to gape
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un trou beant
a gaping hole
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ordures ménagères
garbage
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éboueur
garbage collector / dustman
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poubelles
rubbish bins / dustbins
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gaz, essence
gas
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avoir le souffle coupé
to gasp