8.14.05.2014 Flashcards by Carlos Domingo

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une arnaque

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a rip off

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victorious (syn)

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triomphant

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il sortit vainqueur (aux élections)

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He emerges as the winner / as the victor

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up to face of it

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à première vue

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corruption (syn)

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bribery

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in a series of (2 syn)

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in a spate of

in a string of

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se remplir les poches

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to line one’s pockets

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la famille (au sens large)

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relatives

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profiter de, tirer de l’argent de

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to cash in

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des combines, des trucs louches (3)

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shenanigans
fiddling
skulduggery

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un héritier

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an heir

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Soweto
So?
We?
To?

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So : south
We : West
To : township

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faire le vide autour de soi

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to drive all one’s friends away

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tomber dans des oreilles sourdes

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to fall on deaf ears

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se faire huer

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to be booed

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enlever

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to snatch

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une violation des droits des droits de l’homme

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a human rights abuse

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violer les droits de l’Homme

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violate human right

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un acte de barbarisme

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an act of barbarism

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des barbares

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barbarians

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insiter quelqu’un à faire quelque chose

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To urge someone to do something

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inhumain

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inhuman

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terroriser

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to terrorize

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intimidation (syn)

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browbeating

≈ un batteur de femme

wife batterer

coupable de non assistance à personne en danger

guilty of not protecting

dommages et intérêts

Damages

frapper à la tête

to hit in the face

brulure de cigarette

cigarette burn

brutaliser

To bully

être l’objet de mauvais traitements

Being abuse

un retournement de la situation (2

a turn around / a reversal of the situation

pétrole

Oil

mettre le genoux à terre

to go down on one keen

fléchir devant, se plier devant (2)

to bow down before | to kneel down before

renflouer

To bail out

transsexuel

transsexual

porter des œillères

to have blinkers

massively (syn)

overwhelmingly

être approuvé par une large majorité

to be approved by a large majority

être élu par un plébicit

to be elected by a plebiscite

nationaliste

Nationalist

réactionnaire

reactionary

ne pas s'en remettre

not to get over it

déclin

the decay

sortir de l'ombre, du placard

to come out of the closet

subir une opération

To undergo surgery.

ressortir, se détacher

to stand out