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A4 Flashcards

1
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short on cash, hard-up, a bit short

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à court

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2
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to have run out of ideas / food

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être à court d’idées / de vivres

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We were running short of / low on water

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Nous étions presque à court d’eau

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4
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She is never at a loss for an argument

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Elle n’est jamais à court d’arguments

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5
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as I pointed out

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Ainsi que je l’ai fait remarquer

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To cajole (enjôler)
• she's trying to cajole him him into agreeing
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  • amadouer

* elle essaie de l’amadouer pour qu’il accepte

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to mollify / to soften up (adoucir)

• are you saying this to soften me up?

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amadouer

• c’est pour m’amadouer que tu me dis ça ?

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mooring line / rope
• (literal and fig) - to cast off one’s moorings
• (literal and fig) - to break one’s moorings

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une amarre
• (sens propre et figuré) - larguer les amarres
• (sens propre et figuré) - rompre les amarres

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9
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  • convertible (bureau; logement)
  • space that can be converted into a garage
  • flexible (emploi du temps)
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  • aménageable
  • un espace aménageable en garage
  • aménageable
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  • (D’une pièce; d’un local) - fitting (out)
  • (d’un parc) - laying out; designing
  • (d’un terrain) - landscaping
  • we’re planning to convert one of the offices into a meeting room
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  • l’aménagement (for first three bullets)

* on prévoit l’aménagement d’un des bureaux en salle de réunion

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  • improvement of land
  • rural development / planning
  • town or country planning / regional development
  • urban planning
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  • aménagement foncier
  • aménagement rural
  • aménagement du territoire
  • aménagement urbain
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  • (refonte - d’un texte) redrafting / adjusting

* (assouplissement) he managed to get his timetable rearranged

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  • l’aménagement

* il a obtenu des aménagements d’horaire

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13
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  • fully-equipped camping site

* beach with full amenities

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  • camping aménagé

* plage aménagée

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to convert a room into a workshop

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aménager une pièce en atelier

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15
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to fit / install à cupboard under a staircase

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aménager un placard sous un escalier

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(assouplir - horaire) to plan; to work out; to adapt; to redraft

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aménager

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17
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to bring somebody round to one’s place; to bring somebody home

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amener quelqu’un chez soi

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18
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what brings you here?

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Qu’est-ce qui vous amène ?

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19
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to attract capital

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amener des capitaux

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20
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What got you involved in music / God ?

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Qu’est-ce qui vous a amené à la musique/ à Dieu ?

21
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(familier - apporter) - to bring (along)

• I’ll bring some work along

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amener

• j’amènerai mon travail

22
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To take / bring / convey (acheminer véhicule, chemin: acheminer)

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acheminer

23
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to bring about / to cause

perte ; ruine ; guerre ; maladie ; crise ; paix

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amener

24
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(Entraîner / inciter)
• my job involves a lot of travelling
• to lead somebody to do something
• to talk somebody into doing something

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  • amener quelqu’un à
  • mon métier m’amène à voyager
  • amener qn à faire qqch
25
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wrecked [voiture]

smashed; messed up [personne; visage]

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amoché (familier)

26
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to ruin / mess up / to bash up / smash up

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amocher

27
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to get smashed up

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se faire amocher

28
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to succeed {projet ; personne}
• the venture fell through / never came to anything
• {finir} to end up in prison
• {médecine} to come to a head

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  • l’entreprise n’a pas abouti

* aboutir en prison

29
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  • the kitchen gives access to the garage
  • how did the thieves gain access?
  • ‘access only’
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  • la cuisine donne accès au garage
  • comment les voleurs se sont-ils introduits ?
  • ‘sauf riverains et livreurs’
30
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  • I have access to confidential files
  • he ha direct access to the minister
  • the father has access to the children at weekends
  • access rights (to child)
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  • J’ai accès à des dossiers confidentiels
  • il a ses entrées auprès du ministre
  • le père à droit de visite le week-end pour voir ses enfants
  • les droits de visite
31
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to have access to a file (computing)

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avoir accès à un fichier

32
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  • upstream water

* uphill slope

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Amont (m)

33
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to start (travaux); initiate, begin
To go into; to begin (virage ; descente)
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amorcer

34
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  • the work is well under way

* she made as if to go to the door

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  • les travaux sont bien amorcés

* elle amorça un pas vers la porte

35
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  • to prime (armament ; technologie)
  • to energise (électricité)
  • to bait
  • to bait one’s line with bread / to use bread as a ground bait
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Amorcer

amorcer au pain (hameçon) / (répandre dans l’eau)

36
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  • an outline or a fair idea of a situation

* a brief outline of the subject

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  • Un aperçu de la situation

* un aperçu du sujet en deux mots

37
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  • to sport, to wear (veste) (sourire)

* to bear, to display (drapeau)

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arborer

38
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Quibbling / hairsplitting

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Les arguties (f)

39
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  • I thought / suspected as much
  • I said as much to him yesterday
  • would you do as much for me?
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  • C’est bien ce que je pensais / soupçonnais
  • c’est ce que je lui ai dit hier
  • en ferais-tu autant pour moi
40
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  • Three times as much

* half as much

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  • Trois fois plus

* la moitié de ça

41
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  • It costs as much as the Japanese model
  • That’s as much as to say I’m a liar
  • it was as much as I could do to keep a straight face
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  • ça coûte le même prix que le modèle japonais
  • ça revient à me traiter de menteur
  • j’ai failli éclater de rire
42
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  • I hate it as much as you do

- I don’t dislike them as much as all that

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  • ça me déplaît autant qu’à vous

- ils ne me déplaisent pas autant que ça

43
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As much…as (the same amount as)

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Autant de…que

44
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He’s as much to blame as her

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Elle n’est pas plus responsable que lui / il est responsable autant qu’elle

45
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  • To knock out / to stun
  • to be knocked out
  • (kill) to fell an ox
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  • assommer
  • se faire assommer
  • assommer un bœuf
46
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  • To bore somebody stiff (famlier)
  • they bore me to tears with their statistics
  • to harass, to wear down (importuner)
  • (abrutir) to stun
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  • assommer quelq’un
  • Ils m’assomment avec leurs statistiques
  • assommer
  • assommer
47
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To suspend someone / to make someone redundant

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Mettre quelqu’un à pied

48
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To pace up and down / to survey, to measure

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arpenter

49
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  • Remove your shoes, you can’t come in with them on.

- Shall I put the bones in for you?

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  • (familier) Ôtez vos chaussures, vous ne pouvez pas entrer avec.
  • je vous mets les os avec ?

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