16.05.13 Flashcards

(106 cards)

1
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Se surpasser

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To outdo oneself

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2
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Abandonner

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To relinquish

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3
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Refuser un candidat

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To turn someone down for a job

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Respecter qq

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To look up to someone

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5
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Profiter de qqch

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To take advantage of

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6
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Transférer à qq

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To turn over to

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7
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Remettre

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To hand in

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8
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Déterminé, résolu à

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Bent on

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9
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Réduire

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To curb

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10
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Dernièrement

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Of late

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Supposer, présumer

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To assume

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12
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Gai, enjoué

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Cheery

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13
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Renfrogné, dur, austère

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Dour

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14
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Comptabilité

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Book-keeping

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15
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Représenter, incarner

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To exemplify

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16
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Faucon

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Hawk

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17
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Concurrent, candidat

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Contender

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18
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Édifiant, exaltant

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Uplifting

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19
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Paroisse

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Parish

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20
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Présumé, supposé

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Putative

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21
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Déranger , irriter

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To annoy

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22
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Mandat

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Term

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23
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Initier, lancer

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To instigate

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Marécage, bourbier

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Slough

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Assurer, garantir
To ensure
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Réduire , baisser
To lower
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Fréquenter
To attend
28
Financer
To fund
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Envisager de, songer à
To muse about
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Rencontrer ( résistances par exemple )
To encounter
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Réfuter
To deny
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Édulcorer, assouplir
To water down
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S'incliner (devant)
To bow (to)
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Abandonner
To scrap
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Repousser, rejeter
To knock back
36
Décision de justice
Rulings
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Cimenter
To cement
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Pressé
In a hurry
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Électeur, administré
Constituent
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Apogée , point culminant
Height
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Méprisant , dédaigneux
Dismissive
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S'éveiller à
To wake up to
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Premier plan
Forefront
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Plus grand que nature
Larger than Life
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Prouesse
Prowess
46
Être en rogne
To be pissed off
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Décider
To resolve
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S'attaquer à
To take on
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Surnom
Moniker
50
Torpiller
To torpedo
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Plaire à , séduire
To appeal to
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Rabat-joie
Killjoy
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Exhorter
To urge
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Favoriser, promouvoir
Foster
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Se tourner vers qq (pour avoir de l'aide par exemple)
To look to someone
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Une impasse (= sans solution)
A standstill
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Être à la hauteur de (ex: ses engagements)
To live up to
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Fixer un rdv
To set up an appointment
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Mettre à jour
To upgrade
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Poussin
Chick
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Grêle
Hail
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Recueillir des infos
To cull information
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Être à destination de
To be bound for
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Reposer sur
To lie lay lain
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Se mettre à, aborder
To take up
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Fouiller qqch
To go through smthg
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Parcourir
To look over
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Passer par
To go through
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Feu, décédé
Late
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Réaliser qqch
To carry out something
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Son maximum
His/her utmost
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Mouvementé
Hectic
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Enthousiaste
Buff
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Monter en flèche
Soar
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En attente
Pending
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Émancipation
Empowerment
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Omniprésent
Ubiquitous
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Franchir le pas
To make the leap
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Raccourci
Shorthand
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Organiser, élaborer
To map out
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Encourager vivement, exhorter
To urge
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Avec assurance
Assertively
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S'implanter, percer, commencer à s'imposer dans
To gain a toehold in
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Substitut
Proxy
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Déambuler dans, arpenter
To wander
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Ironiquement
Wryly
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Nourrir, alimenter
To fuel
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Propagation
To spread
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Remonter à, dater de
To trace back to
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Durer plus longtemps que, survivre à
To outlast
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Slogan
Catchphrase
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Avoir un rapport avec
To relate to
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Au cœur de la nuit
In the dead of night
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Discerner
To make out
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Sinistre
Bleak
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Béton
Concrete
97
Échelle
Ladder
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Ma visite tombait au bon moment
My visit worked in fine
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Creux
Hollow
100
De la célèbre...
Of...fame
101
Considérer, estimer
To deem
102
Morne
Dreary
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Confier à qq (avouer...)
To confide to somebody
104
Entrer en vigueur
To come into force
105
Abandonner , renoncer à
To drop
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Quoique
Albeit