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Anglais 2 Flashcards

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Donner un signal d’alarme

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To blow the whistle

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Chapeau melon

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Bowler hat

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Doubler quelqu’un / trahir

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To doublecross

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Preuve

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Évidence

Proofs

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Mettre en place

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Implement

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Une piste de ski

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A ski slope

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A defect (synonym)

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A flaw

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Perfect (synonym)

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Flawless

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What does health care inflation imply?

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Because companies pay, they keep wages low
They pay 67% of insurance
If you want to change jobs, you think twice

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Freiner / gener / faire obstacle

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(Something) hinders

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Have to pay ..

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To foot the bill

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Revenir en arriere

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To backpedal

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Les coûts sont faramineux

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Costs are sky high

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13
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Arbitraire

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Arbitrary

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14
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Compulsory

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Mandatory

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15
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Cosy deal

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Off the record arrangements

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It was a shambles

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It was a muddle / a mess

America’s health shambles

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17
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Big government

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Interventionist government

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18
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To make fun of something

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To deride something

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19
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Mid term elections

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Where the senate and the congress get elected

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20
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Moyenne

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Average

Below average

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21
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To foot the bill

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Negative connotation

Reluctant to pay

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22
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Medicare

Medicaid

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Medicare: For the old who cannot pay
Medicaid: for the not very well of

Created in the 1960' 
Ancestors created after the WWII 
=> shortage of workers 
=> offer health cover as a bonus with salary 
=> to boost work market
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23
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2 meanings of “resort “

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A skiing resort

As a last resort

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24
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To be hard up

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To be poor

To be broke

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25
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An insurance premium

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The price you have to pay for insurance

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…sure

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Insure
Ensure (make sure)
Assure ( I confer )

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27
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To haggle

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To look for the best price

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28
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Sky high / sky is the limit

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Tres important

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29
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To ban

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To forbid

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30
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Mixed results

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Double sided

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Dangerous / risky

Advantages and disadvantages

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A double edged sword

32
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A handout

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Faire la manche

An entitlement society ( you can get something from the society)

33
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To nudge someone to do something

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To spur someone to do something
Macbeth, spurred by his wife kills King Duncan

/ he did it on the spur of the moment

34
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To scrap a law

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To abolish a law

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Terrible

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Gruesome

36
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Se dérober

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To unfold

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Fuir

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To flee

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Pays ravagés par la crise

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Crisis torn countries

39
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Emanations de gas

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Engine fumes

40
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Calé de bateau

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Vessel’s hold

41
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Se bousculer

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To scramble

42
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Poignarder

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To stab

43
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Embarcation

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Vessel

44
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Blasé

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Inured

45
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S’échouer

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To ram on

46
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Demandeur d’asile

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Asylum seekers

47
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Une poignée

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A handful

48
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Les derniers …

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The remaining …

49
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S’intégrer

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To blend in

50
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Cabane en rondins

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Log cabin

51
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La rue qui descendait de l’église

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The road which sloped down from the church

52
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Des réfugiés

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Displaced people

53
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Transmettre

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Pass down

54
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Représenter

“ les demandeurs d’asile politique représentent 5% du total des immigrés “

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Account for

55
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Une personne arriérée

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A backward / retarded person

56
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Dans les environs

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In and around

57
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Record historique

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Historic high

58
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Bafoué

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Flouted

59
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Être dans une situation inextricable

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To be in a bind

60
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Se porter garant de

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To vouch for

61
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Travel by boat

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A voyage

62
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L’apogée

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The heydays of

113
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Un président avec le congrès et Le senat de l’autre partie

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A lame-duck president

114
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Peu importe combien je travaille, je ne comprends pas

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No matter how hard I work, I do not understand

115
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Démentir / nier

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To deny

To be in a denial

116
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Être acquitté

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To be acquitted

117
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Poursuivre quelqu’un en justice

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To sue someone
To file a complaint
To go to court

118
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the Bronte sisters

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Winthering Heights

Jane Eyre

119
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Faire une Remarque

Remarquer

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To Witness

120
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Engouement / mode

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A fad

A new fad

121
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Perdre une mauvais habitude

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To grow out of something

122
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Ancien

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Former

123
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Avouer

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Admit

Confess

124
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J’ai perdu mon énergie

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I lost my mojo

125
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Traîner d pieds

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To shuffle

Anglais (2 decks)

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