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21st deck Flashcards

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idleness

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oisiveté

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se faire bronzer / se détendre et de se relaxer / on présente un fait, un événement ou un objet sous un jour plus agréable qu’il ne l’est vraiment

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se (faire) dorer la pilule

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on présente un fait, un événement ou un objet sous un jour plus agréable qu’il ne l’est vraiment

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se bercer d’illusions

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diffuser à travers (un lieu) / couler, s’étaler, déborder / se propager, circuler; devenir usuel, courant.

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se répendre

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être sur ses gardes ; ne pas se manifester ; s’efforcer de passer inaperçu ; rester discret ; ne pas faire de vague

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se tenir à carreau

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to keep away

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tenir à l’écart

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to hold up

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tenir bon

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the belief

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la créance

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the design / purpose / aim / intention / goal / intent / end / scheme

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le dessein

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purposefully / intentionally /

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à dessein

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anihilated / devastated / torn apart

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anéanti

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to destroy / eradicate / defeat / wreck / shatter / tear down / crush / squash

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anéantir

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sorry / apologetic

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navré

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unbeatable

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incollable

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the laughing stock / ridicule / mockery

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la risée (de tous)

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the bedside

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le chevet

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drudgery / ardouesness

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la pénibilité

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the sunset

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le couchant

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The setting sun is glowing on the horizon.

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Le soleil couchant rougeoie à l’horizon.

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stretched / tense / tight / strained / stressed / nervous / intense / edgy / uptight

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tendu

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to stretch (out) / extend / tense / reach / flex / hold out / stick out

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tendre

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PEE

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Le plan d’épargne entreprise (PEE) est un système collectif d’épargne qui permet aux salariés (et aux dirigeants des petites entreprises) d’acheter des valeurs mobilières: Actions, obligations, titres de créances négociables, parts d’OPCVM (Sicav et FCP), bons de souscription, certificats d’investissement (liste non exhaustive) avec l’aide de l’entreprise.

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PER

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Plan d’épargne retraite (PER)

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RPS

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Les risques psychosociaux (RPS)

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to support / press / complement smth / help smb; smth / back smb (up) / lean / rest / encourage / push / sustain / foster
appuyer qqn / qqch
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a lot
moult
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about / with respect to / as for
quant à
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spring weather
temps printanier
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vent fort et glacial, souvent associé à l’hiver
la bise
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vent faible et frais, que l’on retrouve plutôt au printemps
la brise
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une averse torrentielle / sleet
la giboulée
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the dew
la rosée
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early in the morning
de bon matin
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the bud / blossom
le bourgeon
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to bud / sprout / blossom
bourgeonner
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an early conclusion
une conclusion hâtive
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early / hastly / premature / precipitated / rushed
hâtif
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carelessness / recklessness / thoughtlessness
l'insouciance (f)
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The sun’s beating down.
Le soleil darde ses rayons.
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The snake flickers its tongue.
Le serpent darde sa langue.
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full rate
le taux pein / le plein taux
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the tax relief
la décote
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discount rate
le taux de décote
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development / rise / boom / upturn / blossoming / surge / take off
l'essor (m)
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on the rise
en plein essor
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economic expansion / boom
essor économique
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essor économique
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the contempt / disregard / disdain / scorn / disrespect / despite
le mépris
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at the expense of
au mépris de
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to be mistaken
se méprendre
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the denial
le déni
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gunoier
l'éboueur (m)
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to replicate smth / to escort / to accompany back
reconduire
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partition / wall / divider /
la cloison
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mobile wall
la cloison amovible
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as of now / henceforth / from now on / hereafter /
dorénavant
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the attic
le comble
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to fill / bridge / fulfil / cover / plug / narrow / catch up / replace / overcome / remedy
combler qqch
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to bridge / fill gaps
combler les lacunes
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a rebate / drawback / discount / reimbursement
la ristourne
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failure / default / fault / defect / breakdown / weakness / malfunction / impairment / lapse / non-performance
la défaillance
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potential failure
le risque de défaillance
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failure rate
le taux de défaillance
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triggered
engendré
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to create / to lead to smth / to entail / to bring about / to generate / to cause / to produce / to give rise to / to result in / to provoque smth / to imply smth
engendrer qqch
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to scale down
revoir à la baisse
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peak / spike / woodpecker
le pic
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steep
à pic
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tightening / narrowing /
le resserrement
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expenses cutback
le resserrement des dépenses
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to raise / lift / free / spice / relieve / hike / (take) note / flip
relever
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to bounce back
se relever
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to take up / face a challenge
relever un défi
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in the spotlight
sur la sellette
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hot seat
mise sur la sellette
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the favorite / darling
la coqueluche
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the truce / break / ceasefire / pax
la trêve
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the summer break
la trêve estivale
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more details
davantage de détails
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glowing
rougeoyante
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blurred / vague / unclear / fuzzy / hazy / foggy / undefined / imprecise / faint
flou
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the legal limbo / vagueness / uncertainty
le flou juridique
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binding / constraining / compelling / mandatory / limiting / restrictive / obligatory / inconvenient / tiresome
contraignant
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to compel / to force / oblidge / impose / constrain / coherce / bind / inhibit
contraindre
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mischievieous
facétieux
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era mai mult ca oricând.
elle l’était plus que jamais
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twisted / bent / croocked
tordu
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to twist / bend / distort / tweak
tordre
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hilarious
à se tordre de rire
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disagreement / conflict / dissention / discrepancy
la mésentente
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idler / slacker / lazybones
le fainéants
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to relax / soften / ease / loosen / stretch / weaken
assouplir
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to relax / soften / ease / loosen / stretch / weaken
assouplir
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apeasement / healing / relief / reassurance / solace
l’apaisement (m)
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prohibitive
rédhibitoire
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to burden / to weigh down / to overburden
alourdir qqch / qqn
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les gros mots (expression)
mots fleuris
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balls / nuts / testicles
les couilles (f)
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Sorry for the bother and thanks to those who let me know about it.
Désolé pour la couille et merci à ceux qui me l'ont signalé.
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pain in the neck / bore / annoyance
casse-pieds

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