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step 29 Flashcards

1
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une fermeture definitive

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a shutdown

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une navette spatiale

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a shuttle

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prendre parti pour/contre … se ranger a l’avis de

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to side with/against

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soupirer

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to sigh

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regretter

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to sigh over smth

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choisir ,selectionner

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to single out

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Célibataire

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Single

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pere / mere celibataire

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a single parent

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un aller simple

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a single ticket

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un aller-retour (billet)

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a return ticket

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considerable

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sizeable

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12
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une competence un savoir faire

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a skill

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ouvrier qualifié

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a skilled worker

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un gratte-ciel

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a skyscraper

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monter en fléche

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to skyrocket /to soar

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une gifle

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a slap in the face

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reduire brutalement

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to slash

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18
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abatte un animal , massacrer

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to slaughter

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un carnage

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a slaughter

a bloodbath

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20
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la corruption , la sordidité

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sleaze

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21
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merite

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credit

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une tranche

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a slide

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léger , petit

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slight

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24
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moindre idee

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slightest idea

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un derapage

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a slip

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un lapsus

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a slip of the tongue

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une limasse

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a slug

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28
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mou , lent

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sluggist

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29
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un taudis

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a slum

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les quartiers pauvres

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The slums

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31
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tomber brutalement ,chuter

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to slump ,

to plummet

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32
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casser briser

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to smash

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33
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pulvériser un record

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to smath a record

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34
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casser en mille morceau

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to smash to smithereens

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lisse , doux

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smooth

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36
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bien former

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to run smoothly

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passer en fraude

faire du traffic

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to smuggle

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38
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un inconvénient

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a snag

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39
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mou,doux

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soft

40
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avoir un faible pour

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to have a soft spot for smtg/smbd

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adopter une ligne modérée

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to take a soft line on smtg

42
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amortir un choc

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to soften a blow

43
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calmer

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to soothe

44
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rechercher

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to shought-after

45
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une ame

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a soul

46
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adjectif: solide , qui tient debout

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sound (adjectif

47
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une affaire solide

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a sound buisness

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espace , place

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space

49
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gagner du temps

consacrer du temps

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to spare time

50
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sauver la vie de qqn

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to spare smbd’s life

51
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la chambre d’amis

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the spare room

52
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une durée

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a span of time

53
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la durée de vie moyenne

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the average span of life

54
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un court instant

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for a brief span

55
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déclencher

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to spark off

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une étincelle

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a spark

57
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une espece

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a species

58
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les détails spécifiques

les precisions

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the specifics

59
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accélerer

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to speed up

60
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le vitesse

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speed

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épeller

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to spell

62
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l’orthographe

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spelling

63
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perdre la tete

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to go haywire

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ne pas ménager ses effort

se donner du mal

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to go to great lengths/ to great pains

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se tromper

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to go wrong

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passer inaperçu

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to go unnoticed

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ne pas forcer sur

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to go easy on

68
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accorder , permission

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to grant 
ex subsidies (subventions)
69
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jeter un coup d’oeil

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to have a look

70
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se reposer

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to have a rest

71
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essayer

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to have a try

72
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faire une tentative

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to have a go

73
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avoir son mot a dire

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to have a say

74
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frapper brutalement

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to hit hard

75
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atteindre des niveaux record

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to hit record levels

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prendre la route

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to hit the road

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garder a l’oeil

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to keep tabs on

78
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ne pas souffler mot

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to keep mum

79
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garder une attitude ferme

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to keep a firm stance on/against

80
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garder secret

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to keep in the dark

81
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laisser dans l’ignorance

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to keep someone in the dark

82
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infliger,porter un coup

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to land a blow

83
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décrocher un travaille

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to land a job

84
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atterir

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to land

85
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lancer un slogan

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to launch a slogan

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rejeter la resonsabilité sur

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to lay the blame on

87
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progresser

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to make headway

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faire des histoire

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to make a fuss

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s’assurer que

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to make sure that

90
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se faire de l’argent

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to make money

to make a fortune

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reussir

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to make it

92
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etre conforme a des normes

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to meet standards

93
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repondre au attentes

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to meet espectations

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rater l’occasion

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to miss the cue

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ne rien comprendre

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to miss the point

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