Chap 5 Flashcards

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dean (of a college)

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doyen (m)

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to foil ( a plan), to evade (surveillance)

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déjouer

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stake, issue

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enjeu/enjeux (m)

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to claim responsibility for, to claim authorship of NOUN

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revendiquer + NOM

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aim for, intend for NOUN
to aim for first place
intended for young people

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viser NOM
viser la première place
visé aux jeunes

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breath
to be out of breath
to be short of breath (person)/running out of steam (thing)

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souffle (m)
être à bout de souffle
avoir le souffle court

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opposition forces

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contre-pouvoirs (m)

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to deliver

livrer à domicile

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livrer

to do home deliveries

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leave (noun)
to take some time off
to be off
to have Mondays off
Sick leave
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congé (m)
se mettre en congé
être en congé
avoir congé le lundi
congé de maladie
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balance, balance sheet

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balan (m)

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elsewhere
everywhere else
nowhere else
my mind was elsewhere

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ailleurs
partout ailleurs
nulle part ailleurs
j’avais la tête ailleurs

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moreover, besides,

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par ailleurs, d’ailleurs

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13
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grant, subsidy

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subvention (f)

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14
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to be fluent in a language

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parler une langue couramment

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to harm, be harmful to, to undermine something

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nuire à quelque chose

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16
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a market study

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une étude de marché

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17
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to highlight, emphasize

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mettre en valeur

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18
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abroad

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à l’étranger

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19
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to demand, ask for, beg

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réclamer

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to board (trans) - ship, plane
to board (trans) - bus, train
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monter à bord de

monter dans

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21
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to board (interns)

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embarquer

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22
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to apply for

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postuler (à, pour)

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23
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complaint

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reclamation (f)

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24
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attachment

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pièce joint (f)

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to manage, to run a company
gérer (un entreprise)
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to succeed
aboutir (vi)
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to lead to, to end up in, at (place, situation)
aboutir à (vt)
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convenient
commode
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leader to have leadership qualities master of ceremonies
meneur (m) avoir les qualités de meneur meneur de jeu
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crowd, mob
foule (f)
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group, stock, installation, number (of things) | group, team, number (of people)
parc (m) | effectif (m) ou group (m)
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and
ainsi que
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salaried employee, wager earner
salarié (m, f, or adj.)
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stiffness, inflexibility | stiffly
raideur (f) | avec raideur
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to delight, to gladden
réjouir (vt)
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obese
obèse
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bastard
salaud (m)
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to calm down, to pacify, to appease
apaiser /s'apaiser
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calm (n)
apaisement (m)
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to bloom, to open out, to light up
épanouir/s'épanouir
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to exhaust, wear out
épuiser/s'épuiser
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dairy
laitier/laitière (adj.)
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to lighten | low-fat, diet (adj.)
alléger | allégé/allégée (adj.
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nearby | next to, beside, near to
auprès | auprès de
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rate, level
taux (m)
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fat (n) | vegetable fat
graisse (f) | grasse végétale
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to harm, damage
nuire
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to fill up full filled with
remplir rempli, remplie rempli de
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a reprimand, a row
engueulade (f)
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unlikely, improbable
invraisemblable (adj.)
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to fear, to dread
redouter (de + infinitif)
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make out, understand someone
cerner
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to crave, to set one's sights on
briquer (vt)
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to injure, to do wrong
léser (vt)
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accounting, bookkeeping
comptabilité (f)
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to feel sorry for someone
s'apitoyer sur (le sort de) qn
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``` to pass (time), to flow (river) to drain, escape from X into Y ```
s'écouler | s'écouler de X dans Y
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silly | silly thing
sot/sotte (adj.) | sot/sotte (n m, f)
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meadow
pré (m)
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``` to grab (hold of) , to seize to grapple with someone ```
empoigner (par, au = by) | s'empoigner avec quelqu'un
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shamelessly
sans vergogne
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ring binder
classeur (m)
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travel expenses
frais de voyages
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to get used to verb
s'habituer à verbe
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to teach someone to, to get someone used to
habituer quelqu'un à
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sticky
collant/collante
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calculator
calculette (f)
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demeaning, debasing
avilissant, avilissante
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to bully
rudoyer
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due date
échéance (f)
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truce
trêve (f)
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out of reach
hors de portée
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to crumple | crumpled
chiffonner | chiffonné, chiffonnée
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stunned
ahuri, ahurie (ahurir vi)
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clear, striking; blatant, flagrant
criant, criante
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filthy, foul, revolting
immonde (adj.)
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to give, throw, hurl | to deal someone a blow
assener | assener un coup à quelqu'un
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to ruin, wipe out, lay waste to | to be shattered
anéantir | s'anéantir
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counterpart, opposite number
homologue (f/m)
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gap, discrepancy
décalage (m)
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parcel
colis (m)
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so that
de sorte que (+ le subjonctif en cas d'incertitude, l'indicatif en cas de certitude)
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well/badly off
bien/mal lotie(e)
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simpleton (n), retarded (adj)
demeuré(e)
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greed
goinfrerie (f)
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to sweat (literal or e.g. work hard)
transpirer
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to sweat
suer
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to whisper
susurrer
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to admit
convenir (vt)
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to suit, to agree with
convenir à
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agitation, turmoil
émoi (m)
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distance between objects, events; interval
écart (m)
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stealthily | to look at someone stealthily
à la dérobée | regarder quelqu'un à la dérobée
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to compromise, endanger, jeopardize
compromettre
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to stink
puer
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sweat (n)
transpiration (f)
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to speak ill of, to badmouth
médire
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to flatter, to compliment
flatter
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to fill in, to catch up to make up for lost time the country has caught up in the field of technology
combler combler son retard le pays a comblé son retard technologique
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will (n) | to show goodwill
volonté (f) | faire preuve de bonne volonté
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``` to offend (by doing) to be offended by ```
offusquer (en faisant) | s'offusquer de
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even more so
à fortiori
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to highlight
mettre à valeur
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to fill up | filled up with noun
remplir | rempli/remplie de nom
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to develop
mettre au point
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tenant
locataire (m, f)
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to be subjected to, so suffer | to subject someone to
subir | faire subir à quelqu'un
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or even, not to say (adverb)
voire
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especially since + sentence
d'autant que + phrase
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workforce
main d'oeuvre (f)
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detriment | at the expense of
dépens (m pl.) | aux dépens de
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heart attack
infarctus (m)
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excessive
démesuré/démesurée
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deliberately, on purpose
exprès (adv.)
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to state
préciser
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either or | either cheese, or a cake, or fruit
soit, soit | soit du fromage, soit un gâteau, soit des fruits