Bicycle history Flashcards by Zo Zo

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problème de santé, danger, risque pour la santé

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a health hazard

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un généticien

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a geneticist

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étendre

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to expand

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le patrimoine génétique

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the gene pool

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ne plus

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no longer

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monter sur, sauter sur

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to hop on a bike

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pendant, tout au long de, à travers

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throughout a period of time

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une alternative à quelque chose

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an alternative to sth

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ressembler à qlqch

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to resemble sth

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battre des ailes

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to flap (wings)

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avancer

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to move forward

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façonner, former

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to shape sth

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le sommet, le comble de la mode

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the height of fashion

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une hernie

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a rupture

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lutter / avoir du mal à

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to struggle

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une forgeron

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a blacksmith

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promouvoir

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to advertise sth

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susciter l’intérêt pour qlqch

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to drum up interest in sth

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délimiter avec des cordes

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to rope off sth

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se précipiter, foncer

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to burst through a place

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courageux, téméraire

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undaunted

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partir en trombe

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to speed off

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se mettre à faire quelque chose

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to set about doing sth

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roue à rayons

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a wire-spoked wheel

un pneu en caoutchouc

a rubber tyre

le poids total

the overall weight

une vitesse

a gear

argent durement gagné

precarious penny farthing

évoluer

to evolve

lancer un produit

to launch a product

précédemment

previously

être limité, restreint

to be restricted

remettre qlq sur pied, emmener qlq partout

to get sb out and about

pousser qlq à faire qlq ch

to prompt sb to do sth

outré, scandalisé

outraged

sortir de ses gonds, tempêter, fulminer

to thunder that

une femme facile, de petite vertu

loose women

un effort physique

exertion

nuire à

cause harm to sb

surpeuplé

overcrowded

un building, un immeuble à appartement

a tenement

faire la navette vers un endroit

to commute in

faire pression pour, faire du lobbying en faveur de

to lobby for sth

lisse

smooth

ouvrir la voie à

to pave the way for sth

relancer l'économie

to invigorate the economy

passer à quelque chose

to move on to sth

tourner autour du pot

a roundabout way, to beat around the bush

obtenir ce qu'on veut

to get one's own way

changer son fusil d'épaule

to change one's way

connaître la maison

to know one's way around

faire tout son possible

to go out of one's way

gravir les échellons

to work one's way up to

lâcher prise à propos de quelque chose

to give way on sth