12.02.14 Flashcards

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Un client 2

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A customer, a patron

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Interdire 2

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To ban, to forbid

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Il est probable qu’elle viendra

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She is likely to come

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Etre sur le point de

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To be about to

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Être désireux de

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To be eager to

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5
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Le désir

A

Eagerness

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Rare

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Unusual

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Saignant (cuisson)

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Rare

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Au bord des larmes 2

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On the verge of tears

On the verge of crying

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Au bord de 2

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On the edge of

On the brink of

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10
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Chirurgie esthétique

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Plastic surgery

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Contre leur volonté

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Against their will

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La volonté

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Willingness

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13
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Une solution était en cours d’être imaginée

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A solution was under way

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14
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De manière flagrante

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Blatantly

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Convaincre qqun de faire quelque chose

Convaincre qqun de ne pas faire qqchose

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To talk sb into/out of -doing something

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16
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Une situation difficile

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A plight

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17
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Un serment

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A pledge

18
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La gente féminine

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The fair sex

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Allergique à

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Allergic to

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Se vanter

A

To boast

21
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Draguer les filles

A

To chat up girls

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Les pères fondateurs des usa

A

The founding fathers of the usa

23
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Demissionner

A

To resign

24
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Incompétent

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Unskilled

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Une réussite, un succès

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An achievement

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Dernièrement, il y a peu

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Lately

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Un fléau

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A plague

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Un fardeau

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A pledge

29
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L’impôt sur le revenu

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Income taxes

30
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Monter en flèche 3

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To skyrocket
To soar
To escalate

31
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Sur le déclin

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On the wane

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Se désister, faire marche arrière

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To back out

33
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Un engagement

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A commitment

34
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Pharaon

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Pharaoh

35
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Démesuré

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Immoderate

36
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Stupéfié, assomé, interloqué… 5

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Stunned
Astonish
Dumbfounded
Astounded
Flabbergasted
37
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Étendue, limites

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Scope

38
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Échelle, importance

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Scale

39
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Eau courante

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Running water

40
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La guerre contre la terrorisme

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The war on terrorism

41
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Une décharge (détritus) 3 (dont un AE)

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A dump
A rubbish (BE)
A garbage (AE)
42
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Se plaindre de qqchose

A

To complain about smthing