13 Flashcards

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to bag a goal

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inscrire un but

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sac à bandoulière

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shoulder bag

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3
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empocher

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to bag

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4
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battre à plat de couture

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to trounce *

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5
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voile (smoke)

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a pall

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6
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to pall on sb

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lasser qn

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7
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to cast a pall over sth

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jeter un froid sur qqch

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8
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énigme

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conundrum

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9
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chahuter

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to heckle

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10
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I don’t care a fig

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je m’en fiche

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11
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a crease

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un froissement

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12
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chiffonner, froisser

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to crease

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13
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aider, encourager (terroriste, criminel)

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to abet

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14
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démangeaison

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itch

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15
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ça gratte

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it itches

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16
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sous prétexte de

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under the pretence of

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17
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faire semblant de faire qqch

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to make pretence of doing sth

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18
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n’être qu’un simulacre

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to be a pretence

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19
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se plier aux exigences de

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to pander to

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20
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défaitiste, personne négative

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naysayer

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21
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s’effilocher

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to fray

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22
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entrer en lice

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to enter the fray

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23
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éponger, nettoyer (deal with)

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to mop up

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24
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jugeote, bon sens

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*gumption

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être au bord de qch
to teeter on the brink of sth
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vaciller
to teeter
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Un judas
A peephole
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Panier à pique-nique
A hamper
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Grincement
Squeak
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Un cliquètement
A rattle
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ce soir-là
that very night
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sortir qch de sa poche
to take sth out of one pocket
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péter un plomb
to freak
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une bête curieuse
a freak
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entrer là
to get in there
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sortir qch
to pull out
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forcer un appartement
to force one way in the flat
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une lampe torche
a pocket torch
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se voûter
to stoop
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être vouté
to have a stoop
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un perron
a stoop (US)
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des quantités importantes
significant amounts
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responsable scientifique
chief scientist
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les projections de matériaux ayant résulté de l'impact
the resulting discharge of material from the impact
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condamnation avec sursis
conditional discharge
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exercer, s'acquitter de
to discharge
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être aux anges
to walk on air
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walk-up building
immeuble sans ascenseur (US)
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rôle de figurant
walk-on part
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background
walk of life
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la teneur en sels
salt content
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une succursale
an outlet
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social democrate
social democratic
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prendre ses fonctions
to assume office
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élections municipales
local elections
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OPA
TOB
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un argument électoral
an electoral issue
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un groupe laitier
a dairy group
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de graves troubles auditifs
severe hearing disorders
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un bidonville
a shanty town
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l'ancien chef du gouvernement britannique
the former British Head of Government
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la dépêche de l'AFP
the AFP dispatch
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un emploi précaire
an insecure job
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inaugurer
open
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eau potable
drinking water
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l'eau saumâtre
brackish water
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fuite (pétrole, radioactive, électricité, eau)
leakage
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le gaspillage
the wastage
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Se disputer
To squabble
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bénéfices supposés
alleged benefits
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gagner du temps
to save time, to play for time
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continuer à (poursuivre)
to proceed with
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continuer sur sa lancée
to keep the momentum
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passer son chemin
to pass on
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d'autant plus important que
all the more important AS
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spécialiste de qqch
specialising in sth
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s'élever à $
to come to, to amount to
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la polémique gronde
controverse is buzzing
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une trompette
a trumpet
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un entonnoir
a funnel
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provoquer, causer (une maladie, une attaque)
to induce
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être mise en cause
to be at issue
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un bourdonnement monocorde envahit le stade
a monotonous buzz fills the stadium
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résonner
to resound
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ne pas être du goût de tout le monde
to be not of everyone's taste
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argument de vente
selling point
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un argument de poids
a weighty argument
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sa nocivité pour l'ouïe
its harmfulness to hearing
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avoir l'ouïe fine
to have keen hearing
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un HLM
a council flat
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l'exode rural
rural depopulation
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grande banlieue
commuter belt
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n'avoir pas son pareil
to be second to none
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taxe anti-embouteillage
congestion charge
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une zone piétonnière
a pedestrian precinct
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circonscription électoral
voting precinct
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respect des droits de l'homme
the observance of human rights
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SPA
R.S.C.P.A (GB) / A.S.C.P.A (US)
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euthanasie
mercy killing
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c'est ouvert
it opens