47 Flashcards

(100 cards)

1
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obliger qqn à s’engager

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to pin sb down

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opposer qch/qn à

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to pit against

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se mesurer à qn

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to pit oneself against others

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une embûche

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a pitfall

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5
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C’est merdique!

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It’s the pits!*

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tourmenter, harceler

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to plague (Don’t plague me with your questions)

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évident, clair

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plain

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Il insista sur le fait que

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He made it plain that

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Je lui ai répondu franchement

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I gave him a plain answer

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la simple vérité

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the plain truth

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chercher à se faire bien voir, surtout en jouant sur les faiblesses de qqn

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Démagogues play up to people’s fears and feelings of insecurity

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supplier, implorer

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to plead (for another chance)

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appel

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plea ( a plea for aid)

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un stratagème

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a ploy

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combler le déficit

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to plug up the deficit

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16
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s’acharner

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to plug away at sth

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insister sur qch

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to make a point of sth

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18
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inutile

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pointless

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19
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un politique

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a politician

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20
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un bureau de vote

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a polling place/station

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un bulletin de vote

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ballot

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Le candidat a gagné avec 53% des votes

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The candidate won 53% of the ballot

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un sondeur d’opinion

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a pollster

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reporter

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to postpone

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dans le dénuement
poverty-stricken
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le seuil de pauvreté
the poverty line
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faire l'éloge de
to praise
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évaluer
to appraise
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une réévaluation, une remise en question
a reappraisal
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élogieux
laudatory
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une situation difficile
a predicament
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une hypothèse
a premiss
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faire pression sur
to pressure sb into doing sth
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être toujours après, haceler
to nag (personal level)
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une douleur lancinante
a nag pain
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un doute, un inquiètude implacable
a nagging doubt, worry, pain
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courant, fréquent, répandu
prevailing, prevalent
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persuader
to prevail on sb to do sth
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être fier de, s'enorgueillir
to take pride in, to pride oneself on
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écrire en caractères d'imprimerie
to print (name, adress)
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une chambre pour une personne
a private room
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la solitude, l'intimité
the privacy
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lois sur la vie privée
privacy laws
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volontariste, qui prend de l'intiative
to be proactive, a proactive policy
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une mise à l'épreuve
a porbation
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être embauché pour une période d'essai
to be hired on probation
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en liberté surveillée
to be released on probation
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examiner, explorer
to probe
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faire traîner les choses
to procrastinate
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pousser doucement, inciter qn à faire qch
to prod
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certaines personnes ont besoin d'être inciter à travailler
some people need to be prodded into getting to work
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produits agricoles
farm produce
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rentabilité
profitability
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inciter à une action ponctuelle
to prompt to
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provoquer, susciter
to be prompted by
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ponctuel
to be prompt
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être enclin à
to be prone to
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prédisposition
proneness
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étayer, caler
to prop up
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un support
a prop
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decency
propriety
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les respect de la bienséance
a sens of propriety
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La Croix Rouge a fourni aux réfugiés de la nourriture et des abris
The Red Cross provided the refugees with food and shelter
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stipuler, prévoir
to provide
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le traité prévoit une coopération bilatérale
the treaty provides for bilateral cooperation
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le planning familial
the family planning
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planification à long terme
forward planning
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demande de permis de costruire
a planning application
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urbanisme
urban planning
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les dispositions de la loi
the provisions of the law
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subvenir aux besoin
to provide (Parents provide for their children)
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provisoire
a provisional
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à condition que, pourvu que
provided that, on the proviso that
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par procuration
by proxy
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un mandataire
a proxy
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avoir des relations de l'influence
to have pull
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avoir de l'influence, être influent
influential
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s'en sortir avec difficultés
to pull through
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se ressaisir
to pull oneself together
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exprès
on purpose
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rechercher
to pursue a criminal
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être à la recherche d'un travail
to be in pursuit of a job
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être poursuivi par le malheur
to be pursued by bad luck
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essayer d'obtenir, exiger
to push for
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mener à bien, faire voter
to push through (The students are trying to push through plans for winter ski trip)
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communiquer
to push across
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mettre de coté (argent)
to push aside
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entrer en vigueur
to go, come into effect
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remettre à plus tard
to put off
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ennuyer, offusquer qqn
to put sb off
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Il m'ennuie avec son égo
He put me off with his egocentricity
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être ennuyé, contrarié par
to be put out by intolerance
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déranger qn
to put sb out
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être perplexe
to be puzzled
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une énigme, un mystère
a puzzle
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énigmatique
puzzling
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résoudre, éclaircir
to puzzle out
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inquiétudes, scrupules
qualms
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embarras, dilemme, situation
quandary
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autorité administrative indépendante (CSA, CNIL, Ofcom)
quango (quasi non-governmental)