13.02.14.écrit Flashcards

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spontané

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spontaneous

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un fonceur (ex : domaine professionnel)

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a go-ahead

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un cadre

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an executive

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franc, direct, qui dit les choses clairement (2)

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a straight-forward, an outspoken

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tourner autour du pot

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to beat about the bush

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bien élevé (2)

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well-educated, well-bred

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élever (des enfants) (2)

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to breed (bred bred), to raise

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grandir

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to grow up

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un adulte (qui a grandit)

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a grown ups

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spirituel, plein d’esprit

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witty

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un témoin

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a witness

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être témoin de

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to witness *

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un témoin oculaire

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an eye-witness

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rafiné

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refined

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minuscule, tout petit

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tiny

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sensible à

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sensitive to

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sensé, raisonnable

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sensible

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sage

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wise

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la sagesse

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wisdom

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pourvu de

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délicat, fin

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faire des études de *

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to read * (ex : to read History)

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exagérer

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to exaggerate

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une propriété, un domaine

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succéder à quelqu'un
to succeed somebody
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réussir à faire quelque chose
to succeed in doing something
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être en 1ère/2ème... année
to be in one's 1st/2nd/... year
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rendre justice à quelqu'un (2)
to do somebody justice | to do the justice to somebody
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parmis (4)
among(st) | amid(st)
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être à l'antène
to be on air
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jouer la comédie (2)
to put on an air | to put on an act
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exprimer (ses opinion...)
to air
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le gratin (sens propre et figuré)
the upper crust
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le gratin estudiantin d'Oxford et Cambrige (en un mot)
"Oxbrige"
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Tenir quelqu'un en haute estime | Tenir quelqu'un en basse estime/mépriser quelqu'un
to hold somebody in hight esteem | to hold somebody in contempt
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maigrichon, maigre
scrawny
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"trop comme il faut"
over-bred (=trop éduqué)
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ceux qui sont "nés avec une cuillère en argent dans la bouche"
the silver spoon beginnings
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sang bleu (=origines aristocratiques)
blue bloodline
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jusqu'à la moelle (de la tête au talon)
from head to heal
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un comté
a county
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détester
to loath
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se réfugier auprès de
to take refuge with
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la dot
the dowry
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endurci
hardened
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en sucre, fragile
gossamer
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prendre la peine de
to trouble to
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toqué, fou (familier)
besotted