1984 Flashcards

(94 cards)

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To wrestle with

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Faire face à, se battre contre

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To scrutinize

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Scruter, examiner minutieusement

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Ever-watchful

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Toujours vigilant, toujours sur ses gardes

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To pursue

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Poursuivre

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A good deed

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Une bonne action

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A watchword

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Une devise

=a motto

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A paperweight

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Un presse-papiers

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To comprise

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Comprendre, être composé de

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To utilize

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Utiliser, se servir de

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To distort

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Distordre

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A cubicle

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Un box (de travail)
Une cabine d’essayage
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A stall

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Une cabine de douche

Stalls: les toilettes

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Mandatory

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Obligatoire, imposé

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To pain to

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Peiner à

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Whereby

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Selon lequel

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Allegiance

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Allégance, fidélité

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A tryst

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Un rendez-vous galant

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To draw up

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Rédiger, établir (un plan)

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Hatred

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Haine

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Treasonous

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Traître, perfide

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To nap

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Faire une sieste

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To drag

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Traîner, tirer

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Dreaded

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Craint, redouté

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Wire

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Fil de fer

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A mesh
Un filet
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To relinquish
Renoncer à, abandonner
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To agonize (over)
Se tracasser, se tourmenter pour
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Unmistakably
Indéniablement
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A malady
= ailment, illness Maladie (physique) Mal (affliction)
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Orthodoxy
Orthodoxie (=rigueur doctrinale)
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To squelch
Étouffer, réprimer
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A setting
Un cadre
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Abundantly
Abondamment
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A curtain
Un rideau
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To espouse
``` Epouser, embrasser, adhérer à Se marier (vieilli) ```
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To alter
Changer
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To strive
S’efforcer de, faire tout son possible pour
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Readily
Rapidement, immédiatement
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Staunchly
=devotedly | Résolument, loyalement
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Realization
Prise de conscience
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Falsehood
Un mensonge | Fausseté
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Disseminated
Disséminé, diffusé
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Falseness
Fausseté (chose) | Hypocrisie (personne)
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Noteworthy
=noticeable | Notable, remarquable, marquant
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Mirroring
Imitation, émulation
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Duplicity
Fausseté, duplicité
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To condemn
Condamner
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Crushed
Écrasé, broyé
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A shortage
Un manque, une pénurie
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Hysteria
Hystérie
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To be assimilated to
Être assimilé à, être intégré à (un groupe)
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A suit
Un costume
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To suit sb
Convenir à, aller à quelqu’un
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Speculation
Spéculation, conjecture
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To invoke
Invoquer (to summon) | Faire appel à (to call upon (to help))
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War-torn
Ravagé par la guerre
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A dwelling
Une habitation, une demeure, un domicile
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To capitalize
Mettre en majuscules Capitaliser Apporter du capital (Selon le contexte)
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To be sliced into
Etre coupe en
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A realm
= a kingdom | Un royaume
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Unremitting
Incessant, ininterrompu
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Unobstrusive
Discret, effacé
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Unnoticed
Inaperçu
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Merely
Simplement, seulement
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Intangible
Intangible
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To foil
Déjouer (un complot) | Contrecarrer (des plans)
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(Baking) foil
Papier aluminium
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Vaporized
Évaporé
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To wind up
Conclure, finir, arrêter
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Bitter
Amer
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Musings
Rêveries
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Grim
Sombre (avenir, visage) Inébranlable (détermination) Maussade (temps)
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To pour oneself
Se servir, se verser quelque chose (ex: un verre d’eau)
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A pang
Une crampe, des doulers
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To repel sthg/sb
Quelque chose: repousser | Quelqu’un: rebuter, dégoûter
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An encounter
Une rencontre fortuite | Une confrontation
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Substantive
Réel, tangible
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A foreboding
Un pressentiment
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Fatalistic
Fataliste
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To depict
Représenter, dépeindre
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Decay
Déclin, décadence, décomposition
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Cabbage
Chou (légume)
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A mat
Un tapis, un paillaison
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Peculiar
Étrange, bizarre, particulier
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Uneasiness
Malaise
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Conversely
Réciproquement
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Comradeship
Camaraderie
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Disbelief
Incrédulité
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A slogan
Un slogan
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Subtle
Subtil
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Ominous
De mauvais augure
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A host of
Une multitude de
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A motif
Un motif, un thème
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Deceitful
Malhonnête, déloyal, fourbe menteur, trompeur