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Chap 5 Flashcards

1
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dean (of a college)

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doyen (m)

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to foil ( a plan), to evade (surveillance)

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déjouer

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stake, issue

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enjeu/enjeux (m)

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to claim responsibility for, to claim authorship of NOUN

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revendiquer + NOM

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aim for, intend for NOUN
to aim for first place
intended for young people

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viser NOM
viser la première place
visé aux jeunes

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breath
to be out of breath
to be short of breath (person)/running out of steam (thing)

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souffle (m)
être à bout de souffle
avoir le souffle court

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opposition forces

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contre-pouvoirs (m)

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to deliver

livrer à domicile

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livrer

to do home deliveries

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leave (noun)
to take some time off
to be off
to have Mondays off
Sick leave
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congé (m)
se mettre en congé
être en congé
avoir congé le lundi
congé de maladie
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balance, balance sheet

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balan (m)

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elsewhere
everywhere else
nowhere else
my mind was elsewhere

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ailleurs
partout ailleurs
nulle part ailleurs
j’avais la tête ailleurs

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12
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moreover, besides,

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par ailleurs, d’ailleurs

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13
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grant, subsidy

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subvention (f)

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14
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to be fluent in a language

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parler une langue couramment

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15
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to harm, be harmful to, to undermine something

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nuire à quelque chose

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16
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a market study

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une étude de marché

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17
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to highlight, emphasize

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mettre en valeur

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18
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abroad

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à l’étranger

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19
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to demand, ask for, beg

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réclamer

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to board (trans) - ship, plane
to board (trans) - bus, train
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monter à bord de

monter dans

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21
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to board (interns)

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embarquer

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22
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to apply for

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postuler (à, pour)

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23
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complaint

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reclamation (f)

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24
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attachment

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pièce joint (f)

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25
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to manage, to run a company

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gérer (un entreprise)

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26
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to succeed

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aboutir (vi)

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27
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to lead to, to end up in, at (place, situation)

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aboutir à (vt)

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28
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convenient

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commode

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29
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leader
to have leadership qualities
master of ceremonies

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meneur (m)
avoir les qualités de meneur
meneur de jeu

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30
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crowd, mob

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foule (f)

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31
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group, stock, installation, number (of things)

group, team, number (of people)

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parc (m)

effectif (m) ou group (m)

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32
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and

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ainsi que

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33
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salaried employee, wager earner

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salarié (m, f, or adj.)

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34
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stiffness, inflexibility

stiffly

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raideur (f)

avec raideur

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35
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to delight, to gladden

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réjouir (vt)

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36
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obese

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obèse

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37
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bastard

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salaud (m)

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38
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to calm down, to pacify, to appease

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apaiser /s’apaiser

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39
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calm (n)

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apaisement (m)

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40
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to bloom, to open out, to light up

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épanouir/s’épanouir

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41
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to exhaust, wear out

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épuiser/s’épuiser

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42
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dairy

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laitier/laitière (adj.)

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43
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to lighten

low-fat, diet (adj.)

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alléger

allégé/allégée (adj.

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44
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nearby

next to, beside, near to

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auprès

auprès de

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45
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rate, level

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taux (m)

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46
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fat (n)

vegetable fat

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graisse (f)

grasse végétale

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47
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to harm, damage

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nuire

48
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to fill up
full
filled with

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remplir
rempli, remplie
rempli de

49
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a reprimand, a row

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engueulade (f)

50
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unlikely, improbable

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invraisemblable (adj.)

51
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to fear, to dread

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redouter (de + infinitif)

52
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make out, understand someone

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cerner

53
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to crave, to set one’s sights on

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briquer (vt)

54
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to injure, to do wrong

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léser (vt)

55
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accounting, bookkeeping

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comptabilité (f)

56
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to feel sorry for someone

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s’apitoyer sur (le sort de) qn

57
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to pass (time), to flow (river)
to drain, escape from X into Y
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s’écouler

s’écouler de X dans Y

58
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silly

silly thing

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sot/sotte (adj.)

sot/sotte (n m, f)

59
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meadow

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pré (m)

60
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to grab (hold of) , to seize
to grapple with someone
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empoigner (par, au = by)

s’empoigner avec quelqu’un

61
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shamelessly

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sans vergogne

62
Q

ring binder

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classeur (m)

63
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travel expenses

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frais de voyages

64
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to get used to verb

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s’habituer à verbe

65
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to teach someone to, to get someone used to

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habituer quelqu’un à

66
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sticky

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collant/collante

67
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calculator

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calculette (f)

68
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demeaning, debasing

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avilissant, avilissante

69
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to bully

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rudoyer

70
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due date

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échéance (f)

71
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truce

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trêve (f)

72
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out of reach

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hors de portée

73
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to crumple

crumpled

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chiffonner

chiffonné, chiffonnée

74
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stunned

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ahuri, ahurie (ahurir vi)

75
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clear, striking; blatant, flagrant

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criant, criante

76
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filthy, foul, revolting

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immonde (adj.)

77
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to give, throw, hurl

to deal someone a blow

A

assener

assener un coup à quelqu’un

78
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to ruin, wipe out, lay waste to

to be shattered

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anéantir

s’anéantir

79
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counterpart, opposite number

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homologue (f/m)

80
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gap, discrepancy

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décalage (m)

81
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parcel

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colis (m)

82
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so that

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de sorte que (+ le subjonctif en cas d’incertitude, l’indicatif en cas de certitude)

83
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well/badly off

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bien/mal lotie(e)

84
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simpleton (n), retarded (adj)

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demeuré(e)

85
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greed

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goinfrerie (f)

86
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to sweat (literal or e.g. work hard)

A

transpirer

87
Q

to sweat

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suer

88
Q

to whisper

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susurrer

89
Q

to admit

A

convenir (vt)

90
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to suit, to agree with

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convenir à

91
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agitation, turmoil

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émoi (m)

92
Q

distance between objects, events; interval

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écart (m)

93
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stealthily

to look at someone stealthily

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à la dérobée

regarder quelqu’un à la dérobée

94
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to compromise, endanger, jeopardize

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compromettre

95
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to stink

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puer

96
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sweat (n)

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transpiration (f)

97
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to speak ill of, to badmouth

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médire

98
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to flatter, to compliment

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flatter

99
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to fill in, to catch up
to make up for lost time
the country has caught up in the field of technology

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combler
combler son retard
le pays a comblé son retard technologique

100
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will (n)

to show goodwill

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volonté (f)

faire preuve de bonne volonté

101
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to offend (by doing)
to be offended by
A

offusquer (en faisant)

s’offusquer de

102
Q

even more so

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à fortiori

103
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to highlight

A

mettre à valeur

104
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to fill up

filled up with noun

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remplir

rempli/remplie de nom

105
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to develop

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mettre au point

106
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tenant

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locataire (m, f)

107
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to be subjected to, so suffer

to subject someone to

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subir

faire subir à quelqu’un

108
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or even, not to say (adverb)

A

voire

109
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especially since + sentence

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d’autant que + phrase

110
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workforce

A

main d’oeuvre (f)

111
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detriment

at the expense of

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dépens (m pl.)

aux dépens de

112
Q

heart attack

A

infarctus (m)

113
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excessive

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démesuré/démesurée

114
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deliberately, on purpose

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exprès (adv.)

115
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to state

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préciser

116
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either or

either cheese, or a cake, or fruit

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soit, soit

soit du fromage, soit un gâteau, soit des fruits

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