Chap 3 Flashcards by Sarah Cabantous

Q

Bias

A

Inclination
Tendance
Parti pris

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Biased

A

Qui n’est pas impartial

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Tendentious

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Tendancieux

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To bicker
To quibble
To squabble

A

Se chamailler

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To quarrel

A

Se disputer

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Bid/bid or bade/ bidden

Make a bid for

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Ordonner
Enjoindre
(Faire une offre)

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Takeover bid

A

Offre publique d’achat

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Bill

A

Projet de loi
Facture
Addition
Billet de banque

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To draw up a bill

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Rédiger un projet de loi

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Billboard

Hoarding (GB)

A

Panneau d’affichage

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To bind

A

Lier

Unir

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To be in a bind

A

Être dans une situation difficile

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Bonds

Ties

A

Liens

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To bond

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Créer des liens forts

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Bondage

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Servitude
Esclavage

Bons
Obligations

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To issue a bond

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Émettre un titre

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Binge
Spree
Fling

A

Faire quelque chose à l’excès

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Bishop

A

Évêque

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Priest

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Prêtre

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Preacher

Clergyman

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Pasteur

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Nun

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Religieuse

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Parish

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Paroisse

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Rabbi

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Rabbin

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To blackmail

A

Faire du chantage

Blast

Explosion

Blast-off | Takeoff

Lancement d'un véhicule spatial

Blatant

Criant | Flagrant

To blaze

Flamber Flamboyer S'emporter

To blaze a path, a trail

Frayer un chemin, innover

Trailblazing

Innovateur

Bleak Gloomy Dreary Dismal

Désolé Désert Sombre Peu prometteur

To bleed

Saigner

Blood

Le sang

Bloodshed | Bloodletting

Effusion de sang

To bless

Bénir

Blessing

Bénédiction

Blessed

Bienheureux | Saint

Blesser

To wound

Blizzard

Tempête de neige | Rafale

Block

Bloc | Rues (US)

To block prices

Bloquer les prix

Blockade

Blocus | Barrage

To blow

Souffler

A blow

Un coup

Blow-out | Puncture (GB)

Éclatement de pneu

Blowback

Contre coup

To blow over

Calmer | S'apaiser

To bludgeon

Matraquer, forcer la main à qqun

Blunder Error Mistake

Faute | Gaffe

Slip-up

Gaffe | Cafouillage

Blunt

Émoussé, mal taillé | Être brusque, direct, sans mâcher ses mots (to be outspoken/ to the point)

To blur

Brouiller | Estomper

Board

Planche Comité, Conseil Ouvert, honnête Systématiquement, à tous les niveaux

To boast

Se vanter | Être fier de posséder qqchose

To brag

Se targuer

To bode | To portend

Présager, augurer, annoncer

To be, get bogged down

S'embourber, s'enliser

Bog

Marécage