case 1 02/11 Flashcards

(96 cards)

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sur le pt de

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on the edge of

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une minie jupe

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a mini skirt

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une societe ou la repartition en classes so est tres importante

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a class-ridden society

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renverser un gouvernement

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to topple

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ordonné

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uncluttered

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perdre sa couleur

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to fade

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le coucher de soleil

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the sun set

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voler en eclat

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to rip apart

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s’arreter, passer voir qn

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to stop BY

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remettre qch

rendre qch

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to hand IN

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trainer

se ballader

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to roam

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s’habituer à qch ( rarement utilisé)

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to take ON

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rester au nv de qch

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to keep UP WITH

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commencer

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to make a start

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rabaisser qn

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to put someone DOWN

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bien que

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even tough

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le feu des projecteurs

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limelight

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mouchoirs en papiers

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paper handkerchiefs

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grossier

maladroit

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botch

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décorer publiquement

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to award honours

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prétentieux

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cocky

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il avait bu bien trop de wisky

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he had drunk much too much wisky

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il avait trop bu

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he had been drinking to much

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un ( verre) de trop

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one ( glass) too many

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rappeller qch à qn
to remind sb of sth
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ne pas supporter qn ou qch
to put UP with sb/sth
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etre à court de qch
to run OUT OF
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manquer de
to be short of sth | I am £50 to short
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etre la forme abrégée de qch
to be short FOR sth
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il etait bien trop en colere pour se rendre compte de son erreur
he was much too much angry to realize his mistake
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il pleut comme vache qui pisse
it's raining cats and dogs
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cet exercice est tellement diffcile qu'on ne peut pas le faire 2
this is so difficult an exercise/ such a difficult exercise that we cannot do it
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exiger
to demand
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de l'avis général
by any standard(s) | by anyone's opinion or values
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une partie importante ( de qch)
a large part OF a good part OF ... the project is devoted to facilities
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Veux tu venir à la maison ? | Disons samedi
Do you want to come at home ? | ( Let's ) say Saturday
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c'est à dire | 3
That is that is to say namely
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ce n'est pas peu dire !
that is saying a lot !
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dis donc ! ca alors ! 2
Say ! | I say !
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qu'est ce que tu dis de cela ?
what do you say of that ?
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cela, vous pouvez le dire !
You can say that again !
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Ma mere me fait faire mes devoirs | obliger qn à faire qch
my mother makes me do my homework make sb do sth
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voix passive on faisait repeter cette phrase aux enfants
the children were made to repeat this sentence
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appartenir à
to belong to
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penser à qch, qn | 2
to think of/ about sth
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le marche obligataire
the bond market
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soutenir
to bolster
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un marriage blanc
a bogus marriage
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faux, bidon
bogus
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un blocus
a blockade
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une aubaine
a blessing
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fauche, sans le sou
broke
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un courtier
a broker
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un butoir, un tampon
a buffer
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une zone tampon
a buffer zone
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contraindre qn par la menace à faire qch
to bull sb into doing sth
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rater, bousiller | 2
to bungle, to botch
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un travail baclé | 2
a bungled job/ a botched job
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faire faillite | 3
to bust to go bust to go bankrupt
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iln'y a pas de rose sans épine
there is no rose without a thorn
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une tâche, une souillure, une honte
a blemish
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maladroit
clumsy
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une apogée, un point culminant
a climax
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une situation à suspense, un moment d'angoisse
a cliffhanger
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sécher les cours
to skip classes
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un marché actif, porteur | 2
buoyant, bullish | a buoyant market
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enterrer
to bury
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pratiquer la politique de l'autruche
to bury one's head in the sand
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enterrer la hache de guerre
to bury the hatchet
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etre plongé dans son travail
to be burried in one's work
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plongé dans ses pensées
to be burried in one's thought
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une expression à la mode
a buzz word
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contourner
to bypass
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vulgaire
coarse behaviour
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grossier, ordinaire
coarse
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trouver des excuses, fermer les yeux sur
to condone
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un taxi
a cab
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mettre qn au pied du mur
to call sb bluff
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commander, avoir le dernier mot
to call the tune
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dépendre de, etre subordonné à | 2
to be contingent on | to depend on
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une eventualité
a contingency
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etre favorable/ propice à
to be conducive to
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mener à, conduire à
to conduce to
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un cours
a class ( faux-ami)
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une corvée | 2
a drudgery | a chore
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impertinent (comportement)
cheeky
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une graphique, une courbe
a chart
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le plafond
the ceiling
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un gvt provisoire
a caretaker government
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un concierge, un gardien
a caretaker
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pourvoir aux besoins de | satisfaire, répondre à
to cater for
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se renverser, chavirer
to capsize
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sonder l'opinion
to canvas opinions
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faire du démarchage electoral | solliciter des votes
to canvas
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etre fauché | 2
to be bust | to be broke
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adopter une attitude ferme face à
to take a strong stand against