8.14.05.2014 Flashcards by Carlos Domingo | Brainscape

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une arnaque

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a rip off

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victorious (syn)

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triomphant

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il sortit vainqueur (aux élections)

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He emerges as the winner / as the victor

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up to face of it

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à première vue

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corruption (syn)

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bribery

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in a series of (2 syn)

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in a spate of

in a string of

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se remplir les poches

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to line one’s pockets

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la famille (au sens large)

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relatives

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profiter de, tirer de l’argent de

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to cash in

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des combines, des trucs louches (3)

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shenanigans
fiddling
skulduggery

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un héritier

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an heir

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Soweto
So?
We?
To?

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So : south
We : West
To : township

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faire le vide autour de soi

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to drive all one’s friends away

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tomber dans des oreilles sourdes

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to fall on deaf ears

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se faire huer

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to be booed

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enlever

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to snatch

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une violation des droits des droits de l’homme

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a human rights abuse

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violer les droits de l’Homme

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violate human right

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un acte de barbarisme

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an act of barbarism

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des barbares

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barbarians

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insiter quelqu’un à faire quelque chose

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To urge someone to do something

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inhumain

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inhuman

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terroriser

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to terrorize

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intimidation (syn)

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browbeating

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≈ un batteur de femme

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wife batterer

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coupable de non assistance à personne en danger

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guilty of not protecting

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dommages et intérêts

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Damages

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frapper à la tête

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to hit in the face

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brulure de cigarette

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cigarette burn

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brutaliser

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To bully

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être l’objet de mauvais traitements

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Being abuse

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un retournement de la situation (2

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a turn around / a reversal of the situation

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pétrole

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Oil

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mettre le genoux à terre

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to go down on one keen

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fléchir devant, se plier devant (2)

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to bow down before

to kneel down before

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renflouer

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To bail out

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transsexuel

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transsexual

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porter des œillères

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to have blinkers

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massively (syn)

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overwhelmingly

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être approuvé par une large majorité

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to be approved by a large majority

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être élu par un plébicit

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to be elected by a plebiscite

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nationaliste

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Nationalist

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réactionnaire

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reactionary

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ne pas s’en remettre

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not to get over it

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déclin

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the decay

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sortir de l’ombre, du placard

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to come out of the closet

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subir une opération

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To undergo surgery.

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ressortir, se détacher

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to stand out