39 Flashcards

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expliquer

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to clue sb in

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le charbon de bois

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the charcoal

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une mine

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a pit

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étain

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tin

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communiquer, faire de l’effet

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to come across (a candidate for publc office has to come across to the crowds)

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rendre visite sans façon

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to come by (round/over)

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faire l’objet de, subir

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to come in for (criticism)

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être égal, de même mesure que

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to be commensurate with

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qui n’engage à rien

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noncommital

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denrées alimentaires

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foodstuffs

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denrées de bases

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staples

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prenant, irrésistible

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compelling (a compelling performance)

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a contest

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un concours

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un grief, une doléance

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a complaint

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en conformité avec

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in compliance with

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remords, scrupule

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a compunction

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cacher, dissimuler

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to conceal

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une affaire qui marche

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a going concern

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excuser, accepter qqch à foce de fermer les yeux sur

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to condone

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qui attire les regards

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conspicuous

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soutenir que

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to contend that

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faire face à, avoir affaire à

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to contend with

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disputer qch à qn

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to contend with sb for sth

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un adversaire

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a contender

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un avis, un argument
a contention
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Je soutiens que
It is my contention that...
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un sujet de contentieux
a subject of contention
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inventer, arranger de manière astucieuse
to contrive
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une invention astucieuse, un mécanisme
a contrivance
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artificiel, forcé
contrived
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commode
convenient
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commodités, confort
conveniences
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faire face à un difficulté, s'en sortir
to cope with
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Je ne m'en sors pas
I can't cope
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trognon
a core
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voir la dure réalité
to get down to the nitty-gritty
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mettre qn au pied du mur
to corner
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accaparer le marché
to corner the market
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effort collectif
a corporate effort
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société mère
parent company
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siège social
head office
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société débutante
feldgling company
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neutraliser, contrebalancer
to counteract
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fourrer, gaver
to cram
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bourré de
crammed with
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bachoter
to cram for exams
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avoir un besoin intense
to crave for
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ramper
to crawl
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avancer à une vitesse très lente
traffic crawled along
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le dernier cri
the latest craze
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trouver digne de foi
to give credence to
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handicaper, paralyser
to cripple
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marcher avec difficulté
to hobble
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une très bonne récolte
a bumper crop
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surgir (problems, issues)
to crop up
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contrarier qnn, contrecarrer un projet
to cross sth
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être fâché avec qqn
to be cross with sb
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un échantillon
a cross-section
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grossièreté
crudeness
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crise, moment critique, de vérité
the crunch
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être accablé par
to be crushed by
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une défaite écrasante
a crushing defeat
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rusé comme un renard
sly as a fox
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l'actualité
current events
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Les pays occidentaux pensent qu'ils sont les gardiens de la démocratie
Western countries believe they are the custodians of democracy
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la douane
customs
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faire qch en dilettante
to dabble in
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gutter press
yellow press
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lancer violemment, casser en mille morceaux
to dash
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Nos espoirs étaient anéantis
Our hopes were dashed
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se ruer vers
to make a dash
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un mouvement brusque
a dash
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un tiret
a dash
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une petite quantité
a dash of salt, spice, humor
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une banque de données
a data bank
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dernier délai
the deadline
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une impasse
a deadlock
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destruction systématique, licenciements de masse
a wholesale destruction, sacking
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devoir de l'argetn à qn
to be in debt to sb
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être redevable à qn
to be in sb's debt
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s'endetter
to get/run into debt
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malhonneteté
deceit
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écart de conduite
a misdeed
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juger, décider après réflexion
to deem
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désamorcer
to defuse
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un délai
a time limit
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mort, fin ou échec
a demise
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désapprouver
to deprecate
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privation
a deprivation
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abandonné, délaissé
derelict
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un sans-abri
a derelict
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son dû, ce qu'on a mérité
deserts
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avoir des visées sur
to have designs on
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être au désespoir
to be in despair
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être affolé
to be distraught
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méprisable
despicable, contemptible
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un outrage à la cour
a contempt of court
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trouver, inventer, élaborer
to devise
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transférer, déléguer
to devolve
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incomber
to devolve to