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Deck 1 Flashcards

1
Q

A 10% Discount

A

un rabais de dix pour cent, une réduction de dix pour cent

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2
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a 100-watt light-bulb

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une ampoule de cent watts

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3
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a 300-horsepower engine

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un moteur de trois cents chevaux

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4
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a 300m drop

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une dénivellation de trois cents m

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5
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a 35-minute aerobic workout

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une séance d’aérobic de trent-cinq minutes

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6
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a 40-minute car journey

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un trajet en voiture de quarante minutes

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7
Q

a 5% increase

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une augmentation de cinq per cent

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8
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a 5% reduction

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un rabais de 5%, une réduction de cinq per cent

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9
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a bad man

A

un homme mauvais

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10
Q

a 5-hour journey

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un voyage de cinq heures

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11
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a 10-car pile-up

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un carambolage impliquant dix voitures

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12
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a babbel of noise

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un brouhaha confus

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13
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a baby girl

A

une petite fille, un bébé

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14
Q

a back complaint

A

une affection du dos

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15
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Discount

A

un rabais, une réduction

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16
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Drop (as in a drop of 10 feet)

A

une dénivellation

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17
Q

Give your upper body a workout by using handweights.

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Faites travailler le haut du corps en vous servant d’haltères.

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18
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Sixty per cent of teachers are women, but a mere 5 percent of women are heads or deputies.

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Soixante pour cent des enseignants sont des femmes mais seuls cinq pour cent sont principales ou principales adjointes.

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19
Q

Only 5%

A

seuls cinq pour cent

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20
Q

Weight

A

Poids (m)

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21
Q

What is your height and weight?

A

Quel est votre taille et votre poids ?

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22
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What weight are you?

A

Combien pesez-vous ? ⧫ Quel est votre poids ?

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23
Q

to lose weight

A

maigrir ⧫ perdre du poids

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24
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to put on weight

A

grossir

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25
Q

sold by weight

A

vendu au poids

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26
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A great weight lifted from me.

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Je me sentis soulagé d’un grand poids.

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27
Q

a weight of responsibility

A

le poids des responsabilités

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28
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to carry weight (= be respected)

A

avoir du poids

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29
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to pull one’s weight (= do one’s share)

A

faire sa part de travail

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30
Q

to throw one’s weight around

A

faire de l’autorité

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31
Q

to throw one’s weight behind sth (= support)

A

peser de tout son poids en faveur de qch

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32
Q

He’s forty

A

Il a quarante ans.

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33
Q

in the forties (as in in the 1940’s)

A

dans les années quarante

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34
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A Motor/Engine

A

un moteur

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35
Q

a light-bulb

A

une ampoule

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36
Q

a session

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une séance

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37
Q

to give one’s body a workout

A

faire travailler son corps

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38
Q

to go for a workout

A

aller s’entraîner

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39
Q

to be in one’s forties

A

avoir la quarantaine

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40
Q

the forties (as in 1940’s)

A

les années quarante

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41
Q

a workout

A

une séance d’entraînement

42
Q

His background was in engineering

A

Il avait une formation d’ingénieur.

43
Q

a backlash against sth

A

une réaction violente contre qch

44
Q

a backward step

A

un pas en arrière

45
Q

a bad accident

A

un accident grave

46
Q

backward

A

en arrière

47
Q

backward and forward movement

A

mouvement de va-et-vient

48
Q

a bad cough

A

une mauvaise toux

49
Q

A cough

A

Une toux

50
Q

An accident

A

Un accident

51
Q

a bad film

A

un mauvais film

52
Q

It’s a very bad line

A

La ligne est très mauvaise.

53
Q

How bad is the pain? (informal)

A

Tu as très mal ?

54
Q

The pain was so bad he could hardly stand.

A

La douleur était telle qu’il pouvait à peine se tenir debout.

55
Q

I’ve got a bad headache.

A

J’ai très mal à la tête.

56
Q

a bad habit

A

une mauvaise habitude

57
Q

a bad patch

A

une période difficile

58
Q

a bad person

A

quelqu’un de mauvais

59
Q

I was selling drugs, but I didn’t think I was a bad person.

A

Je vendais de la drogue mais je ne pensais pas être quelqu’un de mauvais.

60
Q

a bag of chips

A

un paquet de chips

61
Q

a bag snatch

A

un vol de sac à main

62
Q

a bagful of sth

A

un sac rempli de qch ⧫ un sac plein de qch

63
Q

The magazine performed the usual balancing act between privacy concerns and the public’s right to know.

A

Le magazine a comme d’habitude jonglé avec la protection de la vie privée et le droit qui revient au public de savoir. ⧫ Le magazine a fait le tour d’adresse habituel pour satisfaire à la protection de la vie privée et le droit qui revient au public de savoir.

64
Q

a bald pate

A

un crâne chauve ⧫ un crâne dégarni

65
Q

a bale of straw

A

une botte de paille

66
Q

a ball of fire

A

une boule de feu

67
Q

a bamboo raft

A

un radeau de bambou

68
Q

a ban on doing sth

A

l’interdiction de faire qch

69
Q

ban

A

une interdiction

70
Q

There was a ban on smoking.

A

Il était interdit de fumer.

71
Q

to lift a ban on sth

A

lever l’interdiction sur qch

72
Q

to ban

A

interdire

73
Q

The BBC were banned from the country.

A

La BBC était interdite sur le territoire.

74
Q

to be banned from doing sth

A

ne pas avoir le droit de faire qch

75
Q

He is banned from entering the US

A

Il est interdit de séjour aux États Unis.

76
Q

He was banned from driving.

A

On lui a retiré le permis de conduire.

77
Q

a bang on the head

A

un coup sur la tête

78
Q

a bank robbery

A

un hold-up

79
Q

a bar job

A

un boulot dans un bar

80
Q

Work/job

A

un boulot

81
Q

J’ai beaucoup de boulot en ce moment

A

I’ve got a lot of work to do at the moment.

82
Q

Anita a trouvé un boulot.

A

Anita has found a job.

83
Q

Found

A

trouvé

84
Q

plump ⧫ tubby

A

boulot, boulotte

85
Q

a bar of chocolate

A

une barre de chocolat

86
Q

a gold bar

A

un lingot

87
Q

a bar of soap

A

une savonnette

88
Q

a bare patch

A

un endroit dégarni

89
Q

it’s a matter of taste

A

c’est une affaire de goût

90
Q

that’s my business

A

ce sont mes affaires, cela me concerne

91
Q

foreign affairs

A

les affaires étrangères

92
Q

a drugs case

A

une affaire de drogue

93
Q

His business is doing well.

A

Son affaire marche bien

94
Q

to do a deal

A

faire affaire

95
Q

a real bargain

A

une bonne affaire

96
Q

It’s a bargain at that price.

A

C’est une affaire à ce prix là.

97
Q

to get sb out of trouble

A

tirer qn d’affaire

98
Q

to get oneself out of trouble

A

se tirer d’affaire

99
Q

this will do

A

ceci fera l’affaire

100
Q

to be faced with ⧫ to be dealing with

A

avoir affaire à

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