42 Flashcards

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officiel, cérémonieux, dans les règles

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formal

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de forme

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formal

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sources officieuses

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informal sources

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celui-là … celui-ci ; le premier … le second

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the former and the latter

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aider à se développer, encourager, entretenir

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to Foster peace

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parents adoptifs

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Foster parents

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impur, crapuleux, vil

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foul

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jeu irrégulier, acte criminel, un tricherie

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a foul play (to foul play)

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soupçonner qqch de louche

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to suspect foul play

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un sale temps

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a foul weather

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ficher en l’air

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to foul up

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un fondateur

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a founder

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patauger et finir par s’écrouler

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to founder (the plan foundered for lack of support)

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patauger, se débattre

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to flounder

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La société battait de l’aile

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the company was floundering

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une fragilité humaine (morale)

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a human frailties

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encadrer du personnel

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to supervise, to train staff

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dans le cadre de

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in the framework

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19
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monter un coup contre qnn

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to frame sb

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un coup monté

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a frame-up

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être fou de rage

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to be frantic with rage

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être dans tous ses états

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to get frantic

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lourd, chargé de

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fraught with (difficulties)

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transport de joie

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Frenzy of delight

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une activité frénétique
a frenzied activity
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se tracasser, se tourmenter
to fret
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agité, enervé
fretful
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vivre en marge de la société
to live on the fringe of society
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avantages supplémentaires, en plus, primes
fringe benfits = perk
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épanouissement personnel
self-fulfilment
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un dîner au bénéfice de
a fund-raising dinner
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gestionnaire de fonds, de portefeuille
a fund manager
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promouvoir
to further
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méticuleux, pointilleux
fussy, to be fussy about details
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duveteux, crépu, pelucheux
fuzzy
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flou imprécis
fuzzy
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risquer
to gamble on
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C'est risqué
It's a gamble
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miser sur
to gamble on
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C'est une jeu d'enfant
It's child's play
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répéter (pièce de théâtre)
to rehearse
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un gouffre
a gulf
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une divergence
a discrepancy
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un créneau
a gap/niche in the market
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un trou béant
a gaping hole
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un éboueur
a dustman
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avoir le souffle coupé
to gasp
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mesurer (qté), prévoir (events)
to gauge
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une jauge, un indicateur
a gauge
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être adapté à un usage particulier
to be geared to
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vitesses (auto)
gears
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être préparé à
to be in gear for
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se préparer à
to get geared up for
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expliquer, communiquer une idée clairement
to get across
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avancer, bien marcher
to get along (in my studies)
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faire qch sans être découvert, puni
to get away with
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se mettre enfin à faire qch
to get down to (Enough fooling around, it's time we got down to work)
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gêner, entraver
to get in the way of
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se soustraire à qqch que l'on ne veut pas faire
to get out of doing sth
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Je n'en reviens pas!
I can't get over it!
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arriver à faire qch, avoir le temps
to get round
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contourner, passer outre
to get round
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horrible, effrayant
ghastly
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trahir
to give away (his English accent gave him away)
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se trahir
to give oneself away
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amener, engendrer
to give rise to
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briller d'un éclat éblouissant (désagréable)
to glare
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évident, qui saute aux yeux
a glaring error
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une lueur faible
a glimmer
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scintiller
to glitter
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éclat, brillant
glitz
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regarder superficiellement
to gloss over
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une revue illustrée
a glossy (magazine)
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rayonner, flamboyer
to glow (to glow with pride)
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surcharger, gaver
to glut
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un surplus, une surabondance sur le marché
a glut on the market
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le temps passe
time go by
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s'adonner, étudier, se diriger vers
to go in for
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Comment s'est passé ta fête?
How did the party go off?
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mener à bout qch, terminer
to go through with sth
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évaluer, donner une note
to grade
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une note, une catégorie, échelon
a grade
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un produit de première classe
a high-grade goods
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un étudiant en maîtrise ou en phd
a (post)-graduate student
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le seigle
rye
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la sarrasin
buckwheat
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l'orge
barkley
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sujet de plainte
grievance
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subir un malheur, tourner mal, échouer
to come to grief
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être peiné, chagriné
to grieve
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affreux, cruel
grievous
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la dure réalité
the grim reality
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se secouer, se ressaisir
to get a grip on oneself
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se débattre avec
to grapple with (a problem)
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prendre un situation en main, faire face
to come to grips with
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tâtonner, aller à l'aveugle
to grope (to grope for an answer)
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faire une recette brute de
to gross
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un motif, une raison
a ground
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premises
grounds
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rechigner à donner qqch
to gudge (money)