#8 Creativity Flashcards

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Une urgence

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An emergency

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Ressembler à qqch/qq

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To look like = to resemble sth/sb

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Un camion

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A truck = a lorry

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révolutionnaire

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revolutionary

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“c’est une idée si révolutionnaire”

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“It’s such a revolutionary idea”

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Nommer, désigner

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To nominate

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un prix - décerner un prix

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an award - to award a price

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une récompense - récompenser qq pour avoir fait qqch

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a reward - to reward sb for doing sth

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être devant un défi

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To face a challenge

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avoir qqch en tête

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To have sth in mind

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dépenser de l’argent pour qqch, en qqch

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To spend money on sth

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sensible - sensibilité

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Sensitive - sensitivity

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utiliser - un utilisateur

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To use - a user

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Trancher (du pain, de la viande) - une tranche

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To slice (bread, meat) - a slice

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Viser qq/qqch

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To aim at sth/sb

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un champion - se faire le champion de/défendre - un championnat

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A champion - to champion - a championship

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demander à qq de faire qqch

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To ask sb to do sth

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Aider qq à faire qqch

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To help sb (to) do sth

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une proposition

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a proposal

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traiter avec condescendance - condescendant

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To patronize - patronizing

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se concentrer sur qqch

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To focus on sth

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une aptitude, capacité # incapacité, invalidité

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an ability # a disability

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être handicapé

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to be disabled = to be handicapped

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un ruban

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a ribbon

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coller - un autocollant
To stick (stuck, stuck) - a sticker
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fermer (à clé) # ouvrir (ici libérer) - une serrure
To lock # to unlock - a lock
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un bulletin d'information
a news report
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des prévisions météo
a weather forecast
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"Laisse moi bien comprendre"
"let me get this straight" (straight = clear dans ce contexte)
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laisser qq faire qqch
To let someone do sth
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plier # déplier - pliable - une chaise pliante
To fold # unfold - foldable - a folding chair
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un fauteuil roulant
a wheelchair
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se replier complètement
To fold up
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entreposer, stocker - entreposage, stockage
To store - storage
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Le bien # le mal
Good (noun) # evil
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Permettre (donner le moyen) à qq de faire qqch
To enable sb to do sth
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rendre qq plus fort, plus indépendant, plus apte à s'assumer
To empower (empowering - empowerment)
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par comparaison avec/par rapport à
compared to/with
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selon
According to
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un bureau (meuble) - un bureau (pièce)
A desk - an office
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sur le lieu du travail
In/at the work-place
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faire une tentative (de faire qqch)
(to make) an attempt (to do something) | to attempt to do something
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changer > un changement
To alter = to change > a change
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ça change !
That makes a change !
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une habitude (de travail/sommeil)
A (working/sleeping) habit
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une combinaison (d'idées)
a combination (of ideas)
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de temps en temps
(every) once in a while
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quelque temps - pendant un petit moment
a while - for a little while
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un petit somme - faire un petit somme
a nap - to take/to have a little nap/ to nap
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désigner
to designate
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se reposer
to rest - to have a rest
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réaliste # irréaliste
realistic # unrealistic
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rejeter (une solution, une mesure)
to dismiss (a solution, a measure) = to reject
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licencier qq (d'une entreprise)
to dismiss a person (from a company)
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être bénéfique à...
to be beneficial (to)
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réaliser son potentiel
to fulfil one's potential = to achieve one's potential
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effectuer un sondage/une étude pendant deux ans sur...
to carry out a two-year survey into...
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mener une recherche sur...
to conduct research (uncountable) into/on...
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rattraper (le temps perdu)
to make up (for) (lost time)
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ailleurs
elsewhere
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concevoir (un bâtiment, un objet, un produit)
to design (a building, an object, a product)
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un store
a blind
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trouver, avoir l'idée d'(une solution)
to come up with (a solution)
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las - la lassitude - lassant
weary - weariness - wearisome
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situé - un emplacement
located - a location
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fournir qqch à qq
to provide somebody with something
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une caractéristique
a feature
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impliquer de...
to involve + ing
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être impliqué dans qqch > l'implication
to be involved in sth > involvement
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avoir tendance à faire qqch
to tend to do something
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avoir de grandes espérances, une grande attente
to have high expectations
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s'attendre à ce que qq fasse qqch
to expect sb to do sth
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supposer, présumer (que...)
to assume (that...)
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faire des suppositions
to make assumptions
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être conscient de...
to be aware of...
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un chirurgien
a surgeon
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un avocat
a lawyer
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omettre/manquer de faire qqch
To fail to do sth
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ne pas arriver à faire qqch
#To manage to do sth
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arriver à faire qqch
to succeed in +ing sth
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démanteler
to dismantle
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résoudre, trouver, élaborer
to work out (a problem, a solution, a plan)
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je n'arrivais pas à trouver celle-là non plus
I couldn't work that one out either
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une contrainte
a constraint
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entourer
to surround
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un bord (ici), aussi une limite, une frontière
a border
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un bouchon
a cork
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elle n'est pas assez grande pour atteindre le bouton
She's not tall enough to reach the button (enough AFTER adj, BEFORE noun)
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elle n'est pas assez riche pour acheter une voiture
She isn't rich enough to buy a car
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elle n'a pas assez d'argent pour acheter une voiture
She hasn't enough money to buy a car
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Pouvoir passer jusqu'à 6 heures par jour à jouer aux jeux vidéos était le rêve de Nick.
Being allowed to spend up to 6 hours a day playing video games was Nick's dream.
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Nick n'a pas pu faire face à toutes les difficultés auxquelles il était confronté. Il n'était pas assez mûr.
Nick (wasn't able to handle)(couldn't cope with) all the difficulties he (was faced with)(had to face). He wasn't mature enough.
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C'est impossible ! Sa mère n'a pas pu le laisser faire de l'ordinateur pendant des heures et des heures sans se rendre compte qu'il y avait un problème. Elle n'a pas pu être si naïve !
It's impossible ! His mother can't have let him use the computer for hours and hours without realizing there was a problem. She can't have been so naive.
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Selon moi, le comportement de Nick a dû beaucoup effrayer ses parents.
(I think/feel/believe)(In my opinion,) Nick's behaviour must have scared/frightened his parents a lot.
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Sa mère n'a pas eu le choix. Elle a dû faire soigner son fils.
His mother didn't have a choice. She had to get/have her son treated.
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Il a pu penser au début qu'il n'était pas accro à l'ordinateur, mais il avait tort
(At the beginning,) He may/might have thought he was not addicted to the computer (at first) but he was wrong.
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Grâce aux médecins, Nick a pu reprendre une vie normale.
Thanks to (the) doctors, Nick was able to resume a normal life.
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Video - Designers embrace collaborative approach
Today, designers must design service & products with an old population in mind (the elderly). Collaborative approach : working with the users to fully understand what they need and what is going to work for them. (bananas : show me what phone you want - simple, practical...) They are often hard of hearing. Flop : Microsoft Zune MP3 supposed to compete with the iPod, launched in 2006.
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0 conditional 1st conditional 2nd conditional
if + present + present (general truth) if + present + will (possible) if + past + would (possible, less likely) (if + had been + would have been) definite consequence (if + had been + might/could have been) (possible conseq)