9.21.05.2014 Flashcards by Carlos Domingo

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argot

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Slang

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rendre furieux

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to infuriate

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le metro de Londre

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The tube

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le metro de Paris

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the metro

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le métro de NY

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The subway

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le métro

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the underground

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embellir

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To spruce up

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en faveur des pietons

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Pedestrian friendly

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un labyrinthe

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A maze

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se remettre de (2)

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To recover from

to get over

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rencontrer, tomber sur (2)

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rencontrer

tomber sur

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céder à la pression (2)

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to yield to the pressure / demands

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réaffirmer l’influence de

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To reassert the influence of

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en désordre, en bazar (2)

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in a mess

in a shambles

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grandiose

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grandiose (ça fait français de dire ça)

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conservateur (de musée)

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curator

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to be fired (syn) (3)

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to be sacked
to be given the sack
to be given the bounce

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ce fut un choc

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This came as a shock

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compétent

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competent

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au nom de

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in the name of

on behalf of

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finir sur le blanc des accusés

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to end in the dock

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anxiogène

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Anxiety-provoking

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atiser

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to stir up

to rouse

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une image décadente

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a decaying image

l'accès à la culture

the acces to culture

de moins en moins

fewer and fewer

abhorrer

to loath

prendre garde, se méfier de

to beware of

legs, chose léguée

bequest

art contemporain

contemporary art

quelqu'un qui dit toujours oui ; un "béni-oui-oui"

a yes-man

chercher les compromis

to seek (sought, sought) the middle ground

être consensuel

to be consensual