9.21.05.2014 Flashcards by Carlos Domingo | Brainscape

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argot

A

Slang

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rendre furieux

A

to infuriate

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le metro de Londre

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The tube

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le metro de Paris

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the metro

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le métro de NY

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The subway

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le métro

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the underground

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embellir

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To spruce up

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en faveur des pietons

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Pedestrian friendly

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un labyrinthe

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A maze

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se remettre de (2)

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To recover from

to get over

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rencontrer, tomber sur (2)

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rencontrer

tomber sur

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céder à la pression (2)

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to yield to the pressure / demands

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réaffirmer l’influence de

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To reassert the influence of

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en désordre, en bazar (2)

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in a mess

in a shambles

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grandiose

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grandiose (ça fait français de dire ça)

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conservateur (de musée)

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curator

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to be fired (syn) (3)

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to be sacked
to be given the sack
to be given the bounce

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ce fut un choc

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This came as a shock

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compétent

A

competent

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au nom de

A

in the name of

on behalf of

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finir sur le blanc des accusés

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to end in the dock

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anxiogène

A

Anxiety-provoking

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atiser

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to stir up

to rouse

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une image décadente

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a decaying image

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l’accès à la culture

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the acces to culture

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de moins en moins

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fewer and fewer

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abhorrer

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to loath

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prendre garde, se méfier de

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to beware of

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legs, chose léguée

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bequest

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art contemporain

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contemporary art

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quelqu’un qui dit toujours oui ; un “béni-oui-oui”

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a yes-man

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chercher les compromis

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to seek (sought, sought) the middle ground

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être consensuel

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to be consensual