2A6 Flashcards

1
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se terrer

A

to be holed up

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2
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le bout, l’extrémité, la cime

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the tip

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3
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le silence/calme

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the hush

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4
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au petit matin

A

in the small hours

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5
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un camion de marchandises

A

a goods truck

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6
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se fracasser/ se casser avec fracas

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to smash

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7
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une moto

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a motorbike

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8
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vers l’Est

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eastward

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9
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confondre qqch avec qqch

A

to confuse stg with stg

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10
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rugueux, râpeux, irrégulier

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rough

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frotter, frictionner

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to rub

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12
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faire un massage

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to give a rub

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13
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s’éclipser, filer en douce

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to slip away

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14
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le balcon

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the balcony

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15
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une sentinelle

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a sentry

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16
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la pâleur

A

the pallor

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17
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l’aube, l’aurore

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the dawn

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18
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une théorie pleine de failles

A

a theory full of holes

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19
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distributeur de billlets

A

a cash machine

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20
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un silence de mort

A

a deathly hush

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21
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à voix basse

A

in hushed tones

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22
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être hué

A

to be howled down

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23
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hurler de douleur

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to howl with pain

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24
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d’où

A

hence

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25
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le caoutchouc

A

rubber

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26
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une gomme

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a rubber

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27
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quitter une pièce discrètement

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to slip out of a room

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28
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un lapsus

A

a slip of the tongue

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29
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rayonner de bonheur

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to glow with happiness

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30
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un baril de pétrole

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an oil barrel

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31
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un parking

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a parking lot

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32
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la Bourgogne

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Burgundy

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33
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la Normandie

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Normandy

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34
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jusqu’à la fin des temps

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until the end of time

35
Q

au travail !

A

let’s get down to work

36
Q

savourer

A

to relish

37
Q

donner sur, offrir une vue sur, s’ouvrir sur

A

to look out onto

38
Q

un bidon

A

a can

39
Q

une contravention (pour parking, pour excès de vitesse)

A

a (parking/speeding) ticket

40
Q

griller un feu rouge

A

to run a red light

41
Q

Bretagne

A

Brittany

42
Q

coûter sept fois plus cher

A

to cost one seventh as much

43
Q

la dissidence politique

A

political dissent

44
Q

cuisiner qqun (fig)

A

to grill sb

45
Q

tuer à la machette, la hache

A

to hack to death with a machete/ an axe

46
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criard, voyant / à sensation, macabre, choquant

A

lurid

47
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ternir, entacher, diffamer

A

to besmirch

48
Q

garde-chasse

A

a gamekeeper

49
Q

un gardien, porter

A

a gatekeeper

50
Q

chaque (du + individualisé au + global)

A

each, every, all

51
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la bonne volonté, l’empressement

A

the willingness

52
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dans le monde entier

A

all over the world / worldwide

53
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sectarisme, intolérance, bigoterie

A

bigotry

54
Q

une allumette

A

a match

55
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un petit (d’un animal)

A

a cub

56
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une tache, une marbrure (visage etc)

A

a blotch

57
Q

émacié, décharné, morne, désolé

A

gaunt

58
Q

un appât

A

a bait

59
Q

le crépuscule, la nuit tombante

A

the dusk

60
Q

faire un clin d’oeil

A

to wink (at sby)

61
Q

un air renfrogné –> jeter un regard noir à

A

scowl –> to scowl at

62
Q

(donner) un petit coup de coude

A

(to) nudge

63
Q

faire un grand sourire

A

to beam

64
Q

une calèche

A

a carriage

65
Q

s’enflammer

A

to ignite

66
Q

la tarification

A

the pricing

67
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embarrassé

A

annoyed

68
Q

inciter à

A

to encourage to

69
Q

se faire une opinion

A

to form an opinion

70
Q

édicter

A

to decree ; to enact (loi)

71
Q

ces derniers jours

A

over/in the last few days

72
Q

désemplir

A

to empty

73
Q

se laisser aller (paresse)

A

to slack off

74
Q

un travailleur à distance

A

a remote worker

75
Q

fuir, chercher à éviter

A

to shun

76
Q

relire, passer en revue / réviser

A

to review

77
Q

tous pour un

A

all for one

78
Q

un carnet de bord

A

a log

79
Q

la déflation

A

deflation

80
Q

croissance faible

A

weak growth

81
Q

la reprise économique

A

economic recovery

82
Q

les environs

A

the surroundings

83
Q

reprocher qqch à qqun

A

to reproach sb for stg

84
Q

s’attendre à

A

to expect