c-d Flashcards

(59 cards)

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convaincant

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cogent

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2
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frapper de la monnaie

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to coin

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3
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inventer un mot/une expression (fig)

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to coin a term/phrase

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substituer, commuer, faire la navette

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to commute

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5
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un train de banlieue

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a commuter train

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6
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satisfait de soi

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complacent

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7
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une confiance excessive

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complacency

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8
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escroquer

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to con/bamboozle/hoodwink

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9
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un escroc

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a conman

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10
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trouver des excuses, fermer les yeux sur

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to condone

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11
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mener à, conduire à

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to conduce to

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être favorable/propice à

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to be conducive to

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13
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une éventualité

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a contingency

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14
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dépendre de, être subordonné à

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to be contingent on

to depend on

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15
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un problème inextricable

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a conundrum

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16
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le centre/coeur/noyau

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the core

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17
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pourri jusqu’à la moelle

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rotten to the core

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18
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être qqc jusqu’au bout des ongles

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to be smtg to the core

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19
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contrebalancer

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to counteract

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20
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intimider

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to cow

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21
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désirer ardemment, avoir soif de

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to crave/long for

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22
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un creuset

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a crucible (fig=severe test)
a melting pot
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23
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une croisière

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a (pleasure) cruise

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tomber en miettes

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un couvre-feu
a curfew
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une malédiction
a curse
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maudire, jurer
to curse
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limiter, freiner
to curtail
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bête, absurde
daft
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redoutable
daunting
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discréditer, démystifier
to debunk
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pourrir, dégénérer
to decay
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vaincre
to defeat
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défier
to defy, to stand up to (orders, the law, authority)
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braver la mort
to defy death
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une attitude de défi
defiance
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au mépris de la loi
in defiance of the law
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une attitude provocante
a defiant attitude
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une illusion
a delusion
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réduire, épuiser
to deplete
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uranium appauvri
depleted uranium
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diminution de la couche d'ozone
ozone depletion
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en ruines, abandonné
derelict
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désobligeant, vexant
derogatory
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sens péjoratif
derogatory meaning
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les dés
dice
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risqué, hasardeux
dicey
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la saleté
dirt
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se salir les mains (fig)
to get one's hands dirty
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les handicapés
the disabled
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un enfant mentalement handicapé
a mentally disabled child
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une allocation d'invalidité
disablement benefit
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faire capoter, ruiner
to dish
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distribuer généreusement
to dish out
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désorganiser, bouleverser
to dislocate
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un bouleversement
a dislocation/disruption
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lugubre, morose
dismal
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déformer
to distort
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idem
ditto