60 Flashcards

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une feuille de calcul, un tableur

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a spreadsheet

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être dans une impasse

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to be in a no-win situation

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être un cible légitime

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to be a fair game

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cela change la donne

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to be a game changer

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se calmer

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to simmer down*

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augmenter

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to heighten

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se montrer plus malin que

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to outwit

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bousculer, pousser

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to jostle

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jouer des coudes

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to jostle for sth

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être en chute libre

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to go into free-fall

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dernière ressource

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to be a lifeline

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une digue

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a levee

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renoncer à

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to forgo

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raconter des bobards

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to tell fibs

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recueillir

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to garner

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circonspect

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circumspect

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de qualité inférieure

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to be substandard

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abandonner

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to forsake

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harceler qn pour qu’il fasse qch

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to goad sb into doing sth

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to alleviate

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to allay

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chanter, prôner

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to extol

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référence absolue

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a gold standard

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s’extasier sur qch

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to rave about sth

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une critique dithyrambique

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to rave review

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sans preuve, sans fondement
unsubstantiated
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politiquement correct
right on
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antiavortement
right-to-life
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sur la scène internationale
world stage
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honnête, bien comme il faut
upstanding
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un type
a bloke
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a queer
a poof
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une fusillade
a shootout
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une mamie
a granny
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avoir une bonne chance
to stood a chance
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qui monte, plein d'avenir
up-and-coming
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un geste de bonne volonté
a gesture of goodwill
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un jaune (grève)
a blackleg
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un bretzel
a pretzel
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sur ce chapitre
on this score
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soustraire, retrancher
to substract
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un traversin
a bolster
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soutenir
to bolster
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a lack
a dearth
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être contigue
to abut on sth
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se remettre sur pied
to turn around
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une élection anticipée
a snap election
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costaud
hefty
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un enquenquineur
a gadfly
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original, inattendu, décalé
quirky
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des rencontres physiques
in-person meeting
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mettre qqn dans l'embarras
to put someone on the spot
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tenir le compte de qch
to keep the tally of sth
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concorder avec
to tally with
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souple
supple
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gaulois, français
gallic
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narquois
snide
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délirant
over-the-top
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une fripouille
a scamp
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la prochaine élection
the forthcoming election
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être disponible
to be forthcoming
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ouvert, communicatif
forthcoming
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travailler très tard la nuit
to burn the midnight oil
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potelé
pudgy
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une proie
a quarry
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une sirène
a mermaid
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sauver la mise, la situation
to save the day
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méditer, songer
to muse
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constituer, comprendre (100 membres...)
to comprise
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être aux premières loges
to have a ringside view
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respecter les règles
to play by the rules
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en finir avec qch
to get sth out of the way
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faux, infondé
spurious
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un petit juif
a funny bone
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qch de louche
a funny business*
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une maison de fous
a funny farm*
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sommes astronomiques
funny money*
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se retirer de qch
to back out of sth
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mettre en désordre
to muddle up
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confondre qn avec qn
to muddle up sb wih sb
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s'embrouiller
to get muddled up
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minutieux
fiddly
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le décès
the demise
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lourd (atmosphère)
muggy
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un caniveau, une gouttière
a gutter
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transfrontalier
cross-border
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un travesti
a cross-dresser
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comprendre qn de travers
to be at cross-purposes with sb
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un échantillon
a cross-section
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contre-courant
cross-current
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vérifier par recoupement
to cross-check
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bref, en coup de vent
fleeting
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un stade de base-ball
a ballpark
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dans la fourchette
in the ballpark
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approximatif
ballpark figures
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cela les rend comparables
this put them in the ballpark
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aussi bien que qn
to be in the same ballpark as sb
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pommelé
dappled
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citerne
a cistern
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un chou frisé
a kale
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chimérique
quixotic