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Question 1

a cowboy, especially one who looks after horses

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a wrangler

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un emballage

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a wrapping

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être absorbé dans

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to be wrapped up in

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ruiner tout e chance de

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to wreck one’s chance

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anéantir

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to wreck one’s career, health, marriage

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un naufrage

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a shipwreck

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une épave

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a wreck

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lutter

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to wrestle

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la lutte (sport)

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the wrestling

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misérable, pauvre

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wretched [wretch -id]

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se comporter abominablement

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to behave wretchedly

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vivre dans la misère

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to be destitute

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être malheureux

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to be miserable

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radiothérapie

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x-ray treatment

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un étalon de mesure

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a yardstick

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Est-ce que la richesse est un critère de réussite?

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Is wealth the only yardstick of sucess?

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avoir très envie, languir

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to yearn to/ for/ after

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a crop

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a yield

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jeune (fashion)

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youthful

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YUPPIE

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now people are more likely to say “Affluent Professionals” or “Young Affluent Professionals” (YÄPS)

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ferveur

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zeal

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entrain, enthousiasme

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zest

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enthusiastic

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zestful

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danois

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Danes

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finlandais

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Finns

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Lettonie

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Latvia

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lituanie

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Lithuania

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luxembourgeois

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Luxembourgers

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maltais

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Maltese

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tchèque

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Czechs

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suédois

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Swedes

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birmanie

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Burma

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birman

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Burmese

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israéliens

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Israelis

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libanais

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Lebanese

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Maroc

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Morocco

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NZ

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New-Zealand

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norvégiens

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Norwegians

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pakistanais

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Pakistanis

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soudanais

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Sudanese

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Vietnamien

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Vietnamese

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machiner (to scheme or use tricks to get sth)

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to angle for (a job, a pay rise)

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baratin, balivernes

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balderdash

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(J)

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mots qui ne font pas partie du dictionnaire mais qui sont très courant dans la presse

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embobiner qn

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to bamboozle sb into doing sth

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prendre le train marche

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to jump on the bandwagon

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to get on the popular or winning side, as after an election

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to get on the bandwagon

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indécent

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bawdy

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to spoil by a poor performance

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to botch sth

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sidéré

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to be bowled over

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une rixe

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a brawl

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negotiate an agreement

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to broker

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someone very knowledgeable in a particular field

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a buff

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racoler

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to drum up trade/ interest in sth

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Une publicité plus provocatrice pourrait provoquer de bonnes retombées pour nos affaires

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A more provocative ad might drum up some trade

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the process of lowering intellectual level, usually of a TV program, to make it appeal to a wider audience

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to dumb down

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a person which is exuberant, outspoken and showing strong determination

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feisty

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résoudre un pb

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Fielding question

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donner l'investiture

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to field

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envoyer des troupes

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to field troops

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époustouflé

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flabbergasted/ gobsmacked

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un véritable scandale

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a full-fledged scandal

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an inexperienced person, a new company

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a fledgling person, company

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a fiasco

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a flop

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mou

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floppy

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to hand over cash

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to fork out

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un jeune loup

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a go-getter

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working out all the détails of a contract

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to hammer out

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entraver un projet, couper tous moyens

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to harmstring (J)

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tendons du jarret

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harmstring

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être fauché

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to be hard up for money

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en manque de drogue

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to be hard up for drugs

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to obtain or sell by agressive means

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to hustle

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to be in a suspended state

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to be in limbo/ out on a limb

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époustouflant

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mind-boggling

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La somme qu'il a dépensé pour cette voiture est ahurissante

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The amount of money he spent on that car boggles the mind

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de l'éclat, de classe (show business)

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pizazz (J)

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style B.C.B.G.

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a preppie style

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piquant, corsé

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racy (show)

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make a lot of money

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to rake in/ clean up

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toucher une commission (souvent illégitime)

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to get a rake-off

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un changement de grand ampleur

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a sea change

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mélo, sentimentale

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a schmaltz

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dédaigner

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to spurn

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traiter qn avec mépris

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to pour scorn on sbdy

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un fanfaron

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a swashbuckler

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miteux

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shabby, tatty

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légèrement modifier

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to tweak

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tirer les oreilles

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to tweak a child's ear

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dévasté par la guerre

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war-torn

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a controversial issue (divisive)

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a wedge issue

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to make an attempt

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to have a whack at sth

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brouhaha

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whoop-de-do, bally-hoo

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something big

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a whopper

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a lie

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a whopper

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somebody comical, foolish, ridiculous

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a zany

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to have really good time

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to have a whacking good time

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to be eccentric

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to be whacky