27.03.2014.écrit Flashcards by Carlos Domingo

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inciter quelqu’un à faire quelque chose

A

To spur somebody on to do something

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c’est d’autant plus intéressant que

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It’s all the more interesting as

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prévaloir

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to prevail

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very elegant (syn) (2)

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very smart

dressed to kill

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ladies’ men (syn) (4)

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They are lady-killers
= womanizers
= heart-breakers
= skirt-chasers

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la parole, le discours

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the speech

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quelqu’un qui parle bien, facilement

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an easy talker

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Sophistication, rafinement

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Sophistication

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un escroc (3)

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a rough-neck
a crook
a swindler

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un costard cravate

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A suit and tie

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bien pensant

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right-thinking

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paraître

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to appear

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respectueux des lois

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law-abiding

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a goal (syn) (2)

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a purpose

an aim

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en jeu

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at stake

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une énigme

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A puzzle

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un stratagème

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a ploy

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estate (syn)

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property

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bien tenu, soigné

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neat

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c’est d’une grande importance

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It’s of main importance

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négliger

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neglect

Q

méchant, diabolique, épouvantable, monstrueux

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wicked

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to be nicknamed (syn)

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to be dubbed

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évasion fiscale

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Tax evasion

la police était...

The police were...

acheter, soudoyer

to bribe

faire ce qu'il nous plait

to do whatever we please

Un Cadillac blindée à l'épreuve des balles

an armoured bullet-proof Cadillac

un éclaireur

A scout

un fil de fer, cable

a wire

un arriviste, un parvenu

an upstart | A go-getter

solennel

solemn

énervé

annoyed

irrité

irritated

casser les pieds de quelqu'un

to get on somebody's nerves

des rumeurs (2)

rumours | gossip

à sensation

lurid

construire un mythe | -->Construction d'un mythe

to build a myth | --> myth-building

un puzzle

a jigsaw

réveiller

to rouse

marécages

Swamps

être aux antipodes l'un de l'autre

to be poles apart