Chap2 Flashcards

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To attend

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Assister à

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2
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To auction off

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Vendre aux enchères

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3
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Available

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Disponible

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4
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To avail oneself of

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Saisir l’occasion

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5
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No avail

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Futile

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6
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Average

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Moyenne

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7
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To be adverse to

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Être contre

Répugner à faire qqchose

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8
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To avert

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Prévenir
Éviter
Détourner

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9
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To avoid

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Éviter

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10
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To award

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Décerner un prix, une bourse

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11
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Aware

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Conscient
Informé
Au courant

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12
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Awareness

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Prise de conscience

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13
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Awe

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Sentiment de respect mêlé de crainte et d’admiration

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14
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Awesome

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Impressionnant

Imposant

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15
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Awful

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Affreux

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16
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Awfully

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Très mal
Terriblement
Extrêmement

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17
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Awkward
Clumsy
Uncomfortable

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Maladroit

Embarrassant

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18
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To go awry

A

Aller de travers

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19
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To back

To support

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Soutenir

Appuyer (candidat, politique)

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20
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To back down

To back out

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Revenir sur ses engagements

Se dérober

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21
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To back up

A

Faire marche arrière
Soutenir, appuyer, épauler
Sauvegarder

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22
Q

To backfire

A

Faire un raté
Échouer
Avoir l’effet inverse que prévu

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23
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Background

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Arrière-plan
Milieu
Documentation, contexte
Expérience

24
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Backlash

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Retour de bâton, contrecoup

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Backward
En arrière, à la traîne | Retardé, arriéré
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To badger
Harceler
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To be baffled
Être dérouté | Confus
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Bail
Caution
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A lease
Un bail
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To balk
Hésiter Résister Refuser Regimber
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To ban
Interdire | Proscrire
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Bane
Fléau, poison, source d'un mal
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To bank on something
Compter sur qqch
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To bar
Exclure | Empêcher
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Bare
Dénudé Dépouillé Révélé
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A bare living
A peine de quoi vivre
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Barely Scarcely Hardly
À peine
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Barren
Stérile, improductif
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To baregain | To haggle
Marchander
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To barter | Swap
Faire un échange
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On the basis of
À partir de
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Batch
Fournée Lot Paquet Tas
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Bundle
Paquet ou quantité de choses attachées ensemble
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To bear
Supporter
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To bear up
Ne pas se laisser abattre
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Bearable | Unbearable
Supportable | Insupportable
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Bear in mind
Ne pas oublier
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To beat
Battre Frapper Vaincre
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Upbeat (mood) | Downbeat (mood)
Tendance vers le haut Tendance vers le bas Optimiste Pessimiste
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To batter
Frapper
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On behalf of | In the name of
De la part de | Au nom de
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To bestow
Accorder | Conférer
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To betray
Trahir | Révéler
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To beware of
Se méfier
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Bewildered
Désorienté | Dérouté