37 Flashcards

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soutenir que

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to argue that

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debatable

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arguable

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course aux armements

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arms race

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faire une levée de bouclier

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to rise up in arms against sth

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mise hors service des armes

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arms decommissioning

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une milice

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a militia

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désordre, désarroi

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disarray

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chaîne de montage

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assembly line

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automatisation

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automation

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automatiser

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to automate

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déclarer, soutenir que

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to assert

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s’affirmer

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to assert oneself

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savoir s’affirmer

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to be assertive

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une évaluation

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an assessment

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bien, avoir, capital

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an asset

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l’actif et le passif

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assets and liabilities

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confier une tâche, une mission à qqn

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to assign sb a task

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présumer

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to assume

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être stupéfait

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to be astounded by

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s’égarer

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to go astray

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s’agarer

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to stray from

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chien perdu

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a stray dog

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assister à

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to attend sth

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de bon augure, prometteur

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auspicious

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saisir l'occasion
to avail oneself of
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futile
of no avail
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être contre, répugner à faire
to be averse to
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prévenir, éviter
to avert, to stave off
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sensibiliser
to raise awareness
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impressionnant, imposant
awesome
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embarrassant
to be awkward
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aller de travers
to go awry
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revenir sur ses engagements, se dérober
to back down/out
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faire marche arrière (voiture)
to back up
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sauvegarder (document)
to back up
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Quel est votre expérience en marketing?
What's your background in marketing?
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contrecoup, retour de bâton
the backlash
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critiquer fortement
to lash out at/against
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à la traîne, retardé (mentalement)
backward
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harceler qqn jusqu'à ce qu'il fasse
to badger
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être dérouté, confus
to be baffled
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une caution (prison)
a bail
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mettre qqn en liberté provisoire sous caution
to free sb on bail
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libérer qqn en faisant payer un caution
to bail sb out
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balance commerciale
trade balance
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payer le solde
to pay the balance
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trouver le juste milieu
to strike a balance
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le bilan
the balance sheet
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hésiter, regimber
to balk
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barrer la route
to bar the way
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sauf, excepté
bar sth
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une bonne affaire
a bargain
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prix avantageux
bargain prices
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négociations syndicales
collective bargaining
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stérile, improductif
barren
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marchander sur un prix
to haggle
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faire du troc
to barter, to swap
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à partir de
on the basis of
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un bouquet de fleurs
a bunch of flowers
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ne pas se laisser abattre
to bear up
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une tendance vers le haut
an upbeat trend
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optimiste
an upbeat mood
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rouer de coups
to batter
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de la part de, au nom de
on behalf of
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behavior
singulier
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assiégé
beleaguered
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une attitude inflexible
an unbending attitude
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être résolu à
to be bent on
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se plier en quatre
to bend over backwards
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être assailli par, accablé par
to be beset by, with
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accorder, conférer
to bestow
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se chamailler
to bicker
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ordonner
to bid
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être das une situation difficile
to be in a bind
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créer des liens forts
to bond
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faire qqch à l'excès
to go on a shopping binge
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s'emporter
to blaze
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flamber
to blaze
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frayer un chemin, innover
to blaze a path
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innovateur
trailblazing
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désolé
bleak
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deux rues plus loin
two blocks away
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blocus, un barrage
blockade
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une matraque
a bludgeon
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forcer la main à qn
to bludgeon
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une gaffe
a blunder
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sans mâcher ses mots, être brusque, direct
a Blunt pencil
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brouiller
to blur
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Conseil d'Administration
Board of Directors
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ministère du commerce
Board of Trade
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ouvert, honnête
above aboard
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systématiquement, à tous les niveaux
across the board
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présager, augurer
to bode
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soutenir, renforcer
to bolster
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chèque sans provison
a bounce check
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être plongé dans
to be bound up in
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être tenu
to be bound by (duty, law)
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être en route pour
to be bound for
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dans les limites du possible
within the bounds of possibility
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hors de portée
out of bounds