19.02.2014 Flashcards

1
Q

qui a le vertige

A

Dizzy

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2
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l’URSS

A

The USSR

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3
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les USA

A

The USA

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4
Q

surnommer (2)

A

To dub

to nickname

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5
Q

piller, saccager

A

To loot

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6
Q

garde à vue

A

Police custody

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7
Q

trompeur

A

Deceitful

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8
Q

dans une pauvreté extrême

A

In dire poverty

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9
Q

hardly (synonyme)

A

Barely

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10
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dans une situation désespérée

A

In dire straits

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11
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être opéré de

A

To be operated on

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12
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un labyrinthe

A

a maze

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13
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faire une grève de la faim

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to go on an anger strike

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14
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céder

A

to yield

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15
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en charge de…

A

in charge of…

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16
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une étincelle

faire des étincelles, provoquer (2)

A
a spark
to spark (ou to trigger = déclencher)
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17
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un tumulte, vacarme, une tempête de protestation

A

an uproar

18
Q

critiquer

A

to find fault with

19
Q

Ça fait du grabuge (argot)

A

it kicks up a stink

20
Q

du foin, du grabuge

A

Hullabaloo

21
Q

une vague de panique

A

a ripple of panic

22
Q

passer à la vitesse supérieure

A

to move into high gear

23
Q

faire montre d’un optimisme sans faille

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to be displaying unfaltery optimism

24
Q

avoir de nombreux supporters, partisants

A

to have a large following

25
Q

supporter quelqu’un

A

to support someone

to back someone

26
Q

un raz-de-marée

A

a groundswell

27
Q

une aubaine

A

godsend

28
Q

faire tâche

A

to stain

29
Q

nikel, irréprochable

A

Spotless

30
Q

“Les comptes rendus durant nos réunions était toujours oraux.”

A

“the reports of our meetings were always oral / verbal”

31
Q

un grand jour (2)

A

a great day

a field day

32
Q

pulvériser un record

A

to smash a record

33
Q

approximativement, vaguement

A

Loosely

34
Q

ridicule, absurde

A

Preposterous

35
Q

sur le déclin

A

on the wane

36
Q

saut à la perche

A

pole vaulting

37
Q

faire la court (3)

A

to woo
to court
to pay court

38
Q

loyauté

A

loyalty

39
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fraternité

A

brotherhood

40
Q

confiance

A

faithfulness

41
Q

amitié

A

friendship