14 Flashcards

(100 cards)

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la situation critique des enfants

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the children’s plight

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First Iranian woman to be elected Nobel Prize in 2003

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Shirin Ebadi

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3
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pension alimentaire

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alimony

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4
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un voyou

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a yob

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5
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basculer dans la criminalité

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to turn to crime

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un enfant qui rentre sans ses parents

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a latchkey kid

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7
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voler de ses propres ailes

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to stand on one’s feet

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être sur un terrain glissant

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to be skating on thin ice

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promesses en l’air

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to be pie in the sky

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ventre affamé n’a pas d’oreilles

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a hungry man, an angry man

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dette publique

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national debt

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12
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du coup

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as a result

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ni sur le plan économique, ni sur le plan politique

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neither on the economic nor the political side

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la tourmente

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the turmoil

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vouloir la peau

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to want the hides

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16
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cache-cache

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hide-and-seek

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l’euro est passé sous la bar des 1.3 $

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the euro has gone under the 1.3 dollar mark

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18
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ligne de mire

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line of sights

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19
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accroître, accumuler (finance)

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to accrue

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20
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tout cela dans un climat

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all of that combined in an atmosphere

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21
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nervosité

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nervousness

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22
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trucs et astuces

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tips and tricks

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23
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une fois par semaine

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once a week

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24
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cheminer

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to wend one’s way

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réverencieux
reverent
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ils ne sont pas du coin
they are not local boys
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base aérienne
air base
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la base se trouve à quelques kilomètres de là
the base is a few kilometres from there
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traduire, rendre
to ender
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rendre qqn sans voix
to render sbdy speechless
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10 000 morts dans le monde
10 000 deads worldwide
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le nombre de morts
the death toll
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Durant l'ascension de ce col, les cyclistes n'ont cessé de se dépasser.
As they were climbing this pass, the cyclists repeatedly overtook one another.
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dépasser
to exceed
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qqch est terminé
sth is over
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conseiller spécial à la direction général de l'OMS
special adviser to the WHO's Management board
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hémisphère nord
Northern hemisphere (majuscule à northern)
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une majuscule
a capital (letter)
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il avait notamment relevé
he notably pointed out
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notamment
especially, particularly
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par erreur
mistakenly > by mistake
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tragique
tragic
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remonter à
to date back TO
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mettre son nez dans qqch
to poke your nose into sth
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plonger dans un texte
to go deep in
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plonger dans qqch
to bury yourself in sth
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traverser une période difficile
to go through a rough patch
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exécuter, mener à bien
to go through with
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feuilleter
to go through
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fureter
to ferret about
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fouiller
to rummage around
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trifouiller
to rummage about
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bizarrerie
a quirk
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vivre dans des logements qui n'en sont pas
living in so-called housing
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logement
a housing
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il s'agit d'avoir un toit malgré tout
it's simply a matter of having a roof over their heads
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continuer, ne pas cesser de
to keep ON
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cave
a cellar
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une ampoule au plafond
a light on the ceiling
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ampoule (médical)
a blister
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ampoule (électricité)
a bulb
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un mur suintant
a seeping wall
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l'humidité
the damp
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être à la rue
to be on the street
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volonté
willpower
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la volonté nécessaire pour tenter de reprendre une vie normale
the necessary willpower needed to try to resume a normal life
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to take up again
to resume
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une nette recrudescence
a marked upsurge
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déluge
a spate
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une recrudescence de meurtres
a spate of murders
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une cabane
a shed => rangement / a shack => une habitation sommaire
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les bois
the woodS
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docteur en
Doctor of (majuscule à docteur)
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je n'ai aucune joie. Aucune
I feel no joy. None whatsoever.
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j'ai appris
I heard the news
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combien cela m'a fait de la peine
how much pain IT CAUSED ME
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mais j'espérais tout de même
but still I was hoping
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il était dans une Jeep quand il a été décapité
he was riding in a Jeep when he got decapited
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décapiter (par accident)
to decapitate
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décapiter
to behead
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avec désinvolture, négligemment, par accident
casually
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ils ne se rendaient pas compte de ce que cela me faisait
what they were puting me through
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infliger qch à qn
to put sbdy through sth
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passer qqn à qqn
to put sbdy through sbdy
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en faire voir à qqn
to put sbdy through hell
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rencontrer qqn dans la rue
to run into sbdy in the street
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Jock est le seul être que j'ai aimé
Jock is the only person I ever loved
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couver qqch
to be sickening for sth
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Je l'imaginais comme j'en avais vu tant d'autres
I imagined him the way I saw I had seen so many others
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un tas d'amis
a bunch of friends
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Depuis que je suis à Paris, j'ai revu un tas de vieux amis, mais à tous j'avais envie de dire
I have seen a whole bunch of old friends since I arrived in Paris, but to every single one I felt like
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ce n'est pas vous que j'ai envie de voir
you're not the one I want to see
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aïe
ouch
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A tes souhaits
bless you
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cocorico
cock-a-doodle-do
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qui vole un bœuf vole un bœuf
once a thief, always a thief
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un sèche linge
a tumble drier
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déclasser, rétrograder
to downgrade
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être sur le déclin
to be on the downgrade
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être contrarié par qch
to resent sth