44 Flashcards

(100 cards)

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être assuré contre

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to be insured for

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complexe, très élaboré

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an intricate device

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la complexité

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the intricacy

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avantages personnels, intérêts directs

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vested interests

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blessant, désobligeant

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an invidious remark

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complexe

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involved

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contrarier, ennuyer

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to irk

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ennuyeux, énervant

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irksome

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chaque point à l’ordre du jour

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the first 4 items will be discussed

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10
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article de journal

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an item

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détailler, énumérer

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to itemize

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railler, huer

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to jeer

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ricaner, sourire d’un air méprisant

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to sneer

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être nerveux, avoir la trouille

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to be jittery

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avoir la trouille

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to have the jitters

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la trac

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stage-fright

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en commun, en collaboration

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joint

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compte commun

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joint account

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19
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une secousse

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a jolt

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secouer, ébranler de manière à inciter à réagir

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to jolt

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un bric-à-brac, camelote

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a junk

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balancer, jeter

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to junk

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vif, intense, pénétrant

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a keen sense of right and wrong

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s’enthousiasmer

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to be keen on

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continuer à faire qch
to keep on
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rester fidèle à
to keep to
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persister, persévérer
to keep to
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entretenir
to keep up
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entretien
upkeep
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continuer à bien travailler
to keep up apearances
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suivre les rythme de
to keep up with
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en rapport avec, qui s'accorde avec
the president's speech was in keeping with/keyed to the gravity o the situation
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être dans le ton
to be in key (contraire : off key)
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être tendu surexcité
to be keyed up
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discret
low-key
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flanquer qqn dehors
to kick sb out (to get kicked out of a job)
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faire du chahut
to kick up a fuss, a row
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faire qch pour le plaisir, prendre son pied
to get a kick out of doing sth
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réaction en chaîne, répercussion
Knock-on effect
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a tricky problem
a knotty question
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nouer des liens
to build ties
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l'économie du savoir
a knowledge-based economy
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une savoir-faire
a know-how
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équipements qui allègent, facilitent le travail
labor-saving devices
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faute de temps
for lack of time
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décrocher une affaire
to land a deal
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Ca vous attirera des ennuis!
That will land you in trouble!
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vue de la mer
the seascape
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une victoire écrasante
to win by a landslide
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se périmer, venir à expiration
to lapse
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date de péremption
best before
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trou de mémoire
a memory lapse
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un lapsus
a slip of the tongue, a Freudian slip
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tomber dans le silence
to lapse into silence
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récidiver, faire une rechute
to relapse
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pour la plupart
largely
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survire à, vivre plus longtemps
to outlast
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prodiguer
to lavish praise, gifts, care
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études, matières juridiques
law/legal studies, subjects, problems
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un procès
a lawsuit
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relâché, négligent
lax
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relâchement
laxity, laxness
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des règles peu strictes
lax rules (morality)
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rejeter la responsabilité
to lay the blame on
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mettre l'accent sur
to lay stress on
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dessiner, concevoir un plan
to lay out
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une mise en page, plan, tracé
a layout
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un projet, un plan directeur
a blueprint
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l'homme de la rue, le profane
the layman
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être majeur
to be of voting age
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L'amour donna à Sandy un nouveau souffle
Love gave Sandy a new lease on life
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une conférence
a lecture
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diminuer
to lessen
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construire sur un terrain plat
to build on level ground
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rester calme
to keep a level head
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reprocher, accuser
to level blame, criticism, accusations
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augmenter son influence
to get leverage on sb
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leverage
to leverage is to gain advantage, enhance position
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exploiter qch pour en tirer bénéfice
to leverage sth
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risquer de faire qqch
to be liable to do
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une responsabilité
a liability
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étaler au grand jour
to blow the lid off sth
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imposer un plafond
to cap
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tarifs bloqués à
fees capped at 24€
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mou, avachi
limp
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rester en arrière
to linger behind (The US is still lingering behind in mattersof socialized médicine)
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s'attarder sur
to linger on
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persitant
lingering hopes, memories, smells
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analphabétisme
illeteracy
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Vous avez des qualifications en art?
How literate are you in the arts?
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une portée de chiots
a litter of puppies
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faire oublier (sur le temps long)
to live down
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être riche
to be loaded*
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une voix accablé de douleur
a grief-laden voice
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détester
to loathe +ing
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répugner à faire qqch
to be loath to do sth
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une location
a rental
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mourir d'envie de
to long for
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un désir soudain
a longing
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regarder de haut
to look down on