2A2 Flashcards

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un sergent

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a sergeant

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un tyran

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a tyrant

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en cas de

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in the case of / in the event of

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bien-être

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welfare

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une ouvreuse (ciné)

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an usherette

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une nappe de pétrole

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an oil slick

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être à la hauteur de

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to live up to

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un gros buveur

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a heavy drinker

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par milliers

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by the thousand

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pour l’heure / pour le moment

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for the time being

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une question de goût/de vie ou de mort/temps

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a matter of taste/ life and death/time

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c’est tout autre chose

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that’s quite another matter

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par principe

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as a matter of principle

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l’avenir le dira/ me donnera raison

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time will tell/ will prove me right

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le temps file

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time flies

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jouer du tambour

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to play the drums

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du bétail

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cattle (invar)

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la volaille/ des volailles

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poultry (invar)

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orge

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barley

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maintes fois

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many a time

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un unijambiste

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a one-legged man

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un héritier

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a heir (h muet)

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rouler à 70 miles/h

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to do 70 miles an hour

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non potable

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undrinkable

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un droit imprescriptible/ de naissance
a birthright
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le mariage homosexuel
same-sex marriage
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poursuivre en justice
to prosecute
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faillite
bankruptcy
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une cage d'escalier
a staircase
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un bureau (pièce)
a study
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l'apparition/ la disparition
(dis)appearance
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plaider (non) coupable
to plead (not) guilty to
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en civil
in plain clothes
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un gardien de prison
a warder
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un notaire
a solicitor
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une enquête criminelle
an inquest
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la peine de mort
death penalty
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en garde à vue
in custody
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un étang, une mare
a pond
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une antenne
an aerial
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se pencher en avant
to lean forward (lean - leant - leant)
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crasseux
grimy
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souillé
soiled
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taché, plein de bavures
smudged
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noir de suie
sooty
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éclairer
to light
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aviver
to brighten
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traîner
hang around/ loiter around
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une course folle
a dash --> to dash
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fou, timbré
nutty
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shooté
strung-out
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être dépendant de (drogue)
to be strung-out on
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surveiller ses arrières
watch your back
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espiègle, malicieux
impish
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enquiquiner, turlupiner, assaillir (doute etc)
to nag at
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malfaisant
wicked
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une nectarine
a nectarine
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traiteur, épicerie fine
deli (cf delicatessen)
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faire le guet
to be the lookout
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depuis un bon moment
for quite a while
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un petit salon (salle de réception)
a parlour
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avec agitation
restlessly
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les coulisses
the wings
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théâtral
theatrical
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huissier
bailiff
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replet, boudiné, grassouillet
podgy
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mollement
sluggishly
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visser
to screw
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en proie à
prey to
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une quinte de toux
a coughing fit
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regarder qqun droit dans les yeux
to look so straight in the eyes
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prévoir
to foresee
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lâche
cowardly
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devoir (moral)
duty
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le baron/ la baronne
the baron / the baroness
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venger
to avenge