45 Flashcards

(100 cards)

1
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examiner

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to look into

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compter sur qn/qch pour qch

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to look to sb for sth

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considérer

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to look on

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être à la recherche de

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to look out for

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5
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repecter

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to look up to one’s parents

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6
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contacter qnn pendant un voyage

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to look sb up

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7
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apparaître distinctement

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to loom

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8
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un point faible

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a loophole

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un forfait

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a lup sum, a flat rate

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10
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faire un mouvement brusque en avant

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to lunge

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11
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vaciller, tituber

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to lurch

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12
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laisser qqn le bec dans l’eau

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to leave sb in the lurch

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13
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une déception

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a letdown

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14
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attirer, leurrer

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to lure sb (into a shop)

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rôder, menacer

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to lurk

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16
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un pilier

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a mainstay (organization, family)

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17
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avoir comme résultat

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to make for (A high unemployment rate makes for social unrest)

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18
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se précipiter vers

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to make for (When the fire broke out everybody made for the nearest exit)

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19
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se débrouiller

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to make out

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20
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comprendre, déchiffrer

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to make out

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21
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prétendre

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to make out (The thief made out to be a student looking for a job)

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22
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se réconcilier

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to make up (They laughed about the misunderstanding and made up)

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23
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se décider

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to make up one’s mind

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24
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compenser

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to make up for

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compléter, compenser
to make up the difference (To encourage private entreprise, the government makes up the difference between the capital you have and what you need to start up your company)
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être composé
to be made up of
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malveillant
malicious
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malicieux
mischievous
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maniable
manageable
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mauvaise gestion
a mismanagement
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gâcher
to mar
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étude de marché
a market Survey, research
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une part de marché
a market share
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vendable
marketable
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marché à la hausse
a bull market
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un marché en baisse
a bear market
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l'économie de marché
free market economy
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égaler
to match
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Peu importe!
No matter!
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le juste milieu
the golden mean
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avoir l'intention de
to mean to
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plein de sens
meaningful
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dénué de sens
meaningless
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bon sens
common sense
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bien sûr
by all means
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en aucun cas
by no means
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se mêler, s'ingérer
to meddle in
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fondu, en fusion
molten
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une chute rapide des prix et des marchés
a meltdown
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la fonte, le dégel
the melting, the thaw
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Il n'est qu'un enfant
He's a mere child
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une fusion d'entreprise
a merger
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traîner, faire l'idiot
to mess around, about
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gâcher, se planter
to mess up
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désordonné, peu soigné
messy
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une puce électronique
a microchip
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minuscule, infime
a minute difference
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minutieusement
minutely, in minute detail
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un compte rendu, procès-verbal
minutes of a meeting
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dénigrer, dévaloriser
to demean
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un doute, une incompréhension
a misgivings
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une mésaventure, un contretemps
a mishap
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induire en erreur
to mislead
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trompeur
misleading
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deceptive advertising
misleading advertising
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confondre
to mix up
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être impliqué
to be, get mixed up in
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une foule, masse, cohue
a mob
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Il y avait une foule de gens à l'exposition
The exhibit was mobbed
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la mafia
the mob
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très important, capital
momentous
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de grande importance
of great moment
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Ce n'est pas un problème important
It's a problem of no great moment
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élan, vitesse acquise
momentum
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prendre de la vitesse
to gather momentum
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Je n'ai pas le moral
My morale is low
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remonter le moral
to boost the morale
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une moralité relâchée
a loose morals, little morality
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les mœurs d'une époque
the morals, customs way of life of an age
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faire un emprunt (logement)
to take out a mortgage
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rembourser un emprunt
to pay off a mortgage
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agresser pour voler
to mug
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un agresseur
a mugger
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une agression
a mugging
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rassembler suffisamment de monde pour gagner une élection
to muster up enough votes to win an elction
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nu, dépouillé
naked
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un nu (peinture)
a nude
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prononciation de naked
nake - id
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réduire, rétrécir
to narrow down
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échapper de justesse
to have a narrow escape
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un pays natal
a native country
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un Français de naissance
a native of France
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les autochtones
the natives
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inné
native intelligence, talent
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environ 5 litres
in the neighborhood of five liters
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chaîne de télévision, station de radio
TV, radio network
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progresser dans l'échelle sociale
to move up a notch/rung/echelon on the social ladder
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un créneau horaire
a time slot
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donner un préavis d'une semaine
to give a week's notice
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qch qui est nouveau, inconnu jusqu'à présent
a novel idea