2A6 Flashcards

(84 cards)

1
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se terrer

A

to be holed up

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le bout, l’extrémité, la cime

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the tip

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3
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le silence/calme

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the hush

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4
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au petit matin

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in the small hours

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5
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un camion de marchandises

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a goods truck

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se fracasser/ se casser avec fracas

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to smash

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une moto

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a motorbike

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vers l’Est

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eastward

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confondre qqch avec qqch

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to confuse stg with stg

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rugueux, râpeux, irrégulier

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rough

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frotter, frictionner

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to rub

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faire un massage

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to give a rub

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s’éclipser, filer en douce

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to slip away

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le balcon

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the balcony

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une sentinelle

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a sentry

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16
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la pâleur

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the pallor

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l’aube, l’aurore

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the dawn

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une théorie pleine de failles

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a theory full of holes

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19
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distributeur de billlets

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a cash machine

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20
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un silence de mort

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a deathly hush

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21
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à voix basse

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in hushed tones

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22
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être hué

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to be howled down

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23
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hurler de douleur

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to howl with pain

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d’où

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hence

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le caoutchouc
rubber
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une gomme
a rubber
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quitter une pièce discrètement
to slip out of a room
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un lapsus
a slip of the tongue
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rayonner de bonheur
to glow with happiness
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un baril de pétrole
an oil barrel
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un parking
a parking lot
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la Bourgogne
Burgundy
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la Normandie
Normandy
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jusqu'à la fin des temps
until the end of time
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au travail !
let's get down to work
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savourer
to relish
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donner sur, offrir une vue sur, s'ouvrir sur
to look out onto
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un bidon
a can
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une contravention (pour parking, pour excès de vitesse)
a (parking/speeding) ticket
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griller un feu rouge
to run a red light
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Bretagne
Brittany
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coûter sept fois plus cher
to cost one seventh as much
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la dissidence politique
political dissent
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cuisiner qqun (fig)
to grill sb
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tuer à la machette, la hache
to hack to death with a machete/ an axe
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criard, voyant / à sensation, macabre, choquant
lurid
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ternir, entacher, diffamer
to besmirch
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garde-chasse
a gamekeeper
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un gardien, porter
a gatekeeper
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chaque (du + individualisé au + global)
each, every, all
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la bonne volonté, l'empressement
the willingness
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dans le monde entier
all over the world / worldwide
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sectarisme, intolérance, bigoterie
bigotry
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une allumette
a match
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un petit (d'un animal)
a cub
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une tache, une marbrure (visage etc)
a blotch
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émacié, décharné, morne, désolé
gaunt
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un appât
a bait
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le crépuscule, la nuit tombante
the dusk
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faire un clin d'oeil
to wink (at sby)
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un air renfrogné --> jeter un regard noir à
scowl --> to scowl at
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(donner) un petit coup de coude
(to) nudge
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faire un grand sourire
to beam
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une calèche
a carriage
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s'enflammer
to ignite
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la tarification
the pricing
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embarrassé
annoyed
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inciter à
to encourage to
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se faire une opinion
to form an opinion
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édicter
to decree ; to enact (loi)
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ces derniers jours
over/in the last few days
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désemplir
to empty
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se laisser aller (paresse)
to slack off
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un travailleur à distance
a remote worker
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fuir, chercher à éviter
to shun
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relire, passer en revue / réviser
to review
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tous pour un
all for one
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un carnet de bord
a log
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la déflation
deflation
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croissance faible
weak growth
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la reprise économique
economic recovery
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les environs
the surroundings
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reprocher qqch à qqun
to reproach sb for stg
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s'attendre à
to expect