5th week Flashcards

(127 cards)

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serrer la vis / freiner (abus)

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to clamp/crack down on

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un durcissement

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a clamp down / a crack down

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degager,nettoyer / disculper

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to clear

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tenir à l’ecart de

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to keep clear of

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expliquer, preciser VS expliquer, informer

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to make clear, clarify, explain, specify VS to clue sb in

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boucher, obstruer

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to clog up

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claque / avoir de l’influence, pv politique

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clout / to have clout

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indice, indication

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clue

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charbon / charbon de bois

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coal / charcoal

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mines

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coal mines, pits

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mineurs

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miners

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fer

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iron

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acier

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steel

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etain

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tin / pewter

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plomb

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lead

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s’effondre, s’ecrouler

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to collapse

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17
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etablissement enseignement qui donne diplome

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college

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18
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diplômé dun college

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college graduate

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editorialiste, collaborateur, chroniqueur journal

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columnist

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rubrique, chronique

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column

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rencontrer qq ou qqch par harsard / se communiquer, faire de l’effet

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to come across

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obtenir, souvent par hasard / rendre visite, sans facon

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to come by

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changer d’avis, se laisser persuader / rendre visite

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to come round

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s’en tirer

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to come through

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revenir à, aboutir à
to come to
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se poser, se soulever
to come up
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se heurter à
to come up against
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inventer, trouver
to come up with
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être egal à, de meme mesure que
to be commensurate with
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commettre
to commit
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s'engager à faire qqch, se devouer a qqch
to commit oneself to sth
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un engagement
a commitment
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être engagé, se consacré à qqch
to be committed to sth, to doing sth
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qui n'engage pas
noncommital
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produit de base, matiere 1eres, tout ce qui s'achete et se vent / tout ce qui est utile, nécessaire
commodities
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denrees alimentaires
health facilities foodstuffs
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denrees de base
staples
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commodités, confort
conveniences
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faire un trajet journalier
to commute
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qq qui fait un trajet journalier pr aller au L
a commuter
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train de banlieu
commuter train
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contraindre, obliger, forcer
to compel
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prenant, irresistible
compelling
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obligatoire
compulsory
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dédommagement, indemnité
compensation
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compenser
to compensate for
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faire concurrence à
to compete with
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etre competitif
to be competitive
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concurrence
competition
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concurrent
competitor
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concours
competion, competitive exam / a contest (commercial)
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passer / faire un concours
to a enter a competition
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se plaindre
to complain
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grief, doléance
a complaint
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obeir à, se plier à
to comply with
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en conformité avec
in compliance with
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ajouter à, aggraver
to compound
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melange, composé
a compound
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composant
component
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remords, scrupule
compunction
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sans scrupule
unscrupulous
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cacher, dissimuler
to conceal
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préoccupation / société, affaire, maison
concern
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une affaire qui marche
a going concern
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etre preoccupé par, inquiet
to be concerned with/about
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concernant
concerning
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béton / concret
concrete
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excuser/ accepter qqch à force de fermer les yeux sur un mal
to condone
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qui attire les regards
conspicuous
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se faire remarquer
to make oneself conspicuous
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consommation ostentatoire
conspicuous consumption
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circonscription electorale, groupe d'électeurs
constituency
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electeur dans une division electorale
constituent
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electorat, electeurs
electorate
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detruire, dissiper, consumer/ consommer
to consume
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consommateur
consumer
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société de consommation
consumer/comsuption society
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soutenir que
to contend that
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faire face à, avoir affaire à
to contend with
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disputer qqch à qq
to contend with sb for sth
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adversaire
contender
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avis, argument, assertation
contention
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sujet de desaccord
a subject of contention
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service contentieux
legal department
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inventer, combiner (plan), s'arranger de maniere astucieuse
to contrive
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invention astucieuse, mecanisme
a contrivance
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artificiel, forcé cominé
contrived
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maitriser, se controler, dominer / surveiller, controler
To control
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commode
convenient
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communiquer (une idée), transporter
to convey (one's idea) / truck convey goods
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tapis roulant
conveyor belt
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un moyen de transport
a means of conveyance
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declarer coupable
to convict
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condamnation
conviction
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un detenu / une certitude, conviction
a convict/ a prisoner
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faire face à une difficulté, s'en sortir (je ne m'en sors pas)
to cope with (I just can't cope)
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cuivre
copper
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cuivre jaune, laiton
brass
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coeur, trognon (fruit), noyau (Terre) (le fond du pb)
core (the core of the pb)
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voir la dure réalité
to get downnto the nitty-gritty
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mettre qq au pied du mur, coincer
to corner
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accaparer le marché
to corner the market
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corner
coin, angle (rue)
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société à responsabilité limitée
corporation
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impots, droit des sociétés
corporate taxes, law
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effort collectif
corporate effort
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societe mere
parent company
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siege social
head office
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société debutante, nouveau né
fledgling company
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cout de la vie
cost of living
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niveau de vie
standard of living
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neutraliser / contrebalancer
to counteract
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un lâche
a coward
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lachement
cowardly
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fourrer, gaver / bachoter
to cram
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bourré de
crammed with
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avoir un besoin intense, qui peut etre maladif / un desir, un besoin intense
to crave / a craving
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ramper / avancer à un pas tres lent
to crawl
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inflation rampante / prgressive
creeping inflation
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engouement, mode, manie
craze
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le dernier cri
the latest craze
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croyance, systeme religieu, credo
creed
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trouver digne de foi
to give credence to
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équipe, equipage
crew, team
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handicaper, paralyser
to cripple
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marcher avec difficulter, boiter
to hobble
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être l'objet de, subir
to come in for