brand brand new words Flashcards

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swell

swell folks

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enfler, ballonner

chics types

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mayhem

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grabuge, destruction

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un pansement

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a dressing

a wound dressing

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fag

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pd

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spark

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étincelle

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grue

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crane

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égout

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sewer

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wobble

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osciller, trembler

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cushion

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coussin

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être en deça des espérances

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to fall short of expectations

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Conspicuous

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ostentatoire, visible

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bien mal acquis

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ill-gotten gain

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apogée, âge d’or

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heyday

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être en difficulté

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to be ailing

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au lendemain de

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in the wake of

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presser, oppresser

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to squeeze

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aggraver (2)

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to aggravate

to compound

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jeopard, jeopardise + syn

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compromettre, mettre en péril
to undermine (saper)
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bittersweet

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aigre-doux

mitigé

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flint

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silex

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to blaze

to kindle
kindling

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flamber, flamboyer, s’embraser

allumer, enflammer, attiser, embraser
du petit bois

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hairy

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poilu, velu, hirsute

épouvantable

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to pitch

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lancer, bazarder, tanguer

être projeté

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to flicker

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scintiller, vaciller; se remuer; clignoter

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haut débit
broadband
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haut de gamme
high-end
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un ruisseau
a trickle
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soutenir, servir de base à
to underpin
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se prosterner, se courber, faire la révérence
to kowtow
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circumvent
circonvenir : contourner, faire échouer, mettre en échec
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wily
rusé, malin, astucieux
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to blunder
gaffer; faire une faute stupide; marcher à tâton
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neat
soigné, propre
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pompeux
pompous
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ape
singe
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tu as intérêt à
you better + inf (subj)
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cripple
paralyser, estropier
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override
passer outre, dépasser, supprimer
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cough
coriace
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to delve (into)
fouiller, creuser un sujet, approfondir
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coy
timide
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brawn
la force des muscles
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to bolster | bolster
appuyer, soutenir, rembourrer un traversin
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smug
content de soi, suffisant
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utter
prononcer, proférer
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marchandage, chipotate
haggling
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to bungle | bungle
bousiller, rater | gâchis, échec
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étriller
to trounce
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l'armement
weaponry
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gear
équipement, outils, | fringues
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nimbly
agilement
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boldness
audace, hardiesse
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courtiser
to court, to woo
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distant de
aloof from
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to prod into
pousser à
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graver
to etch
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boast | to boast
vantardise, fierté, orgueil, arrogance | se vanter
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a hardship
une épreuve, difficulté
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foe
ennemi, adversaire; rival; opposant
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abiding
constant, éternel
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grim
sinistre, lugubre, macabre, sévère | sardonique (sourire)
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the polity
le régime politique, l'administration politique, l'Etat
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farewell
d'adieu
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scope scale and scope
la portée d'échelle et d'envergure
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malin
malignant (sens péj) cunning smart
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son homologue français
his french counterpart
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le butin
the spoils the loot the booty
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roughly
grossièrement, approximativement
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couper la poire en deux
to split the difference
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conspicuous
visible, manifeste, remarquable
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largeur 3
breadth, width, beam
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la marée
the tide
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quête de
quest for
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remettre à plus tard
to postpone
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condition préalable
prerequisite
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tapette à mouches
fly swatter
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a lens | seen through the lens of ..
``` la lentille (optique) vu à travers le prisme de .. ```
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assertive
péremptoire (irréfutable, sans réplique)
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a loom | to loom
un métier à tisser | apparaître
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to behold
voir, apercevoir
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tycoon
magnat, brasseur d'affaires
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economic clout
poids/puissance/influence économique
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au delà de toute comparaison
beyond compare
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harbinger
présage / messager, annonciateur
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par conséquent, d'où
hence
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éveiller, susciter
``` to arouse to spark (étincelle) ```
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de peur que
for fear that
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mépris (3) | mépriser (3)
contempt, scorn, disregard | to despise, scorn, disregard
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stupéfaction
amazement
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réprimander
to berate
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aspirer à | aspiration à // nostalgie de
yearn for | yearning for
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mimer
to mimic
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caveat
mise en garde | notification d'opposition
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Nul besoin d'être (un partisan de la chine...) pour..
One need not be.. to
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le moindre
the merest | the slighest
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GWOT
global war on terror
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marteau
hammer
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vainqueur (2)
winner, victor
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important
prominent, significant
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to be intent ON + ing
avoir l'intention de
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to relent (in)
s'adoucir, relâcher ses efforts
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to ramble (on)
radoter, divaguer
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sans rancune
no hard feelings
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to loathe sb
détester, répugner, abhorrer
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hors de portée
out of touch
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to cling to sth
se cramponner à, empoigner, tenir bcp à..
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to make much of sth
faire largement cas de qqch, insister sur, donner une grande importance à
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"méthodes d'interrogatoire renforcées"
Enhanced interrogation technique
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a rider
une annexe
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to run afoul of
avoir des ennuis avec
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a fray
une bagarre, un combat
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fade, terne
bland
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débouché / point de vente / tuyau de sortir
outlet
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to cater for the tastes / needs of
pouvoir aux gouts / besoins de
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volaille
poultry
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a spell for a spell to spell out
une période, un temps / un sort pendant un certain temps expliquer clairement
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bullish
à la hausse / franchement optimiste
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drove droves in droves
troupeau foules de gens en masse
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bygone
du passé
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jamming
brouillage (radio)
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``` a requisite (for) requisite ```
une condition pour | exigé, requis
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to have misgivings about sth / sb
avoir des craintes quant à qqch | avoir des doutes au sujet de qqn
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trawl (for) | to trawl for information
le chalut, pêcher au chalut | aller à la pêche aux informations/renseignements
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stark | a stark choice
brut, sévère, saisissant // nu, cru, âpre | un dilemme
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to fathom out | fathom
comprendre | sonder
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hefty
imposant, puissant, considérable..
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to nudge
pousser du coude
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raccourci
shortcut
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éclairage, indication, idée
insight
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compliance
action de se conformer à, soumission
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impliquer
to entail
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dawn
aube, aurore
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frailty
fragilité, précarité
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swell (adj)
classe, chic (inf), formidable
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swell (nom)
la houle
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fil barbelé
barbed wire
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a hurdle
une haie, obstable (à cheval)