41 Flashcards

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en grande partie

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to a large extent

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dans une faible mesure

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to a slight extent

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faire face à

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to cope with

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affronter, accepter

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to face up

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un défaut

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a failing

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un échec

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a failure

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un fiasco

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a flop

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correct (deal), honnête (personne)

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fair and square

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passable, assez bon

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your results were only fair

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passablement, assez (bien)

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fairly

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faire semblant, falsifier

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to fake

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un imposteur

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a fake, a bogus

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un fraudeur

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a fraud

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tomber par terre

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to fall down

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une baisse, une chute des prix

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a fall in prices

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utiliser faute de mieux, avoir recours à

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to fall back on

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se laisser distancer, être à la traîne, prendre du retard

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to fall behind

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une baisse (de production)

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a falloff

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diminuer, s’affaiblir

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to fall off

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se brouiller, se fâcher

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to fall out

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retombées radioactives

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radioactive fallout

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ne pas atteindre le niveau, la qualité attendue

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to fall short of

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un manque par rapport à l’attente

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a shortfall

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tomber à l’eau

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to fall through

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hésiter, vaciller
to falter
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prix d'un billet de transport
fare
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aller, se porter
to fare (Businnes is faring well)
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une manière (de parler)
a fashion
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à la mode
fashionable
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couturier de mode
a fashion designer
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un défilé de mode
a fashion show
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à la mode/dépassé
in/out of fashion
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démodé
old-fashioned, out moded, out of date
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être destiné à
to be fated to
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fatidique
fateful
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sonder, pénétrer, comprendre
to fathom
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impénétrable
unfathomable
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exploit, prouesse, réussite
a feat
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mettre en vedette, faire figurer
to feature
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un long métrage
a feature film
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un article qui parait régulièrement
a feature article
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une alimentation saine
a nourishing/healthy food
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le fourrage
animal fodder
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suppurer (blessure), couver (anger, resentment)
to fester*
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se quereller, se disputer de manière continue
to feud
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querelle de famille
a familial feud
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changeant, constant
fickle
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Ca se comprend
That figures
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compter sur, s'attendre à
to figure on
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déchiffrer la musique
to sightread
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classer
to file documents
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déposer une plainte
to file a complaint, a report, a claim
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défiler dans/devant
to file into/past
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to desecrate
to defile
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tirer sur
to fire at
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convenir à, correspondre à
to fit
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être apte à
to be fit for
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une crise nerfs
a fit of nerves
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ca vous va bien
It's a good fit
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approprié
fitting (remark)
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fixer
to fix
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arranger qqch
to fix sth up
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se mettre dans de beaux draps
to get into a fix
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s'emporter
to flare up
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une flambée soudaine
a flare-up
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étaler, faire étalage
to flaunt
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vendre avec insistance, vanter les mérites
to tout the efficiency of the new government
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jeter, lancer
to fling
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tenter sa chance
to have a fling at (doing) sth
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éloigné
far-flung
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lancer une insulte
to sling insults
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désinvolte, irrévérencieux
flippant
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légèreté, irrévérence
flippancy
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prospérer, être en plein essor
to flourish
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bafouer, faire fi de
to flout human rights
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flux de capitaux
money flow
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déborder
to overflow
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une rafale
a flurry
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agitation (fig)
a flurry
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un frisson d'agitation
a flurry of excitement
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une vague de protestation
a flurry of protest
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voltiger
to flutter
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déjouer, contrecarrer
to foil (plans, attempts)
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to be fooled
to be tricked, taken in
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infaillible
foolproof
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ne pas être sérieux, traîner
to fool around, about
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Je blague
I'm fooling
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un idiot
a fool
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être imprudent
to be foolish
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téméraire
foolhardy
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prendre pied, se faire progressivement accepter
to gain a foothold
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le plus en vue ou en avance, le principal
foremost (a foremost research center)
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avant-coureur, précurseur
forerunner
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prévenir, empêcher qch de se réaliser en l'anticipant
to forestall (an attack, a recession)
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caler (moteur)
to stall
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ralentir, retarder
to stall
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essayer de gagner du temps
to stall for time
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contrefaire
to forge
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un faux
a forgery
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se priver de, renoncer à
to forgo (chocolate)