Correction CB 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Route nationale

A

Highway

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2
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Autoroute

A

Motorway (BR)

Freeway - expressway (USA)

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3
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Sinueux

Route qui serpente

A

Winding

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4
Q

Code de la route

A

Highway cod

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5
Q

Wind

A
Enrouler 
Remonter (mécanisme)
Finir par faire quelque chose : wind up 
Fermer une entreprise : wind up 
Se relaxer : wind
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6
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Brume

A

Mist

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7
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S’étaler

A

Roll in

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8
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A l’aube

A

At dawn

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9
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LE crepuscule

A

Dusk

Twilight

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10
Q

Jonché

Recouvert de

A

Stewn

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11
Q

Comment as tu pu arriver si bas ?

A

How could You sink so low ?

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12
Q

Ça passe ou ça casse

A

It’s sink or swim

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13
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Il se dégarni

A

His hair is receding

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14
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Se retirer

S’éloigner

A

To recede from

To move away

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15
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Enfouir

Enfoncer

A

Sink

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16
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Immense

A

Vast

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17
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Nègre

A

A ghost writer

To ghost write

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18
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Poser une bombe

A

Plant a bomb

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19
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Graine/grain pépin

Semance

A

Seed

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20
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Ensemencer

A

To seed

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21
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Cimetiere

A

Graveyard

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22
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Tout au long de la vie

A

From the cradle to the grave

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23
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Lièvre

A

Hare

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24
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Bec de lièvre

A

A harelipped ghost

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Anguille sous roche
To smell a rat
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LES années folles
The roaring twenties
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Faire une affaire en or
To do a roaring trade
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Se noyer
To drown
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Barboter | Patauger
Wade into
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Allumer
Light lit lit
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Doré
Golden Gilded Gilt
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Plaqué or
Gold plated
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Éclairer | Expliquer
Enlighten
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Siècle des lumières
The Enlightenment
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Alléger Éclaircir une pièce Illuminer Détendre l'atmosphère
To lighten
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Briquet
Lighter
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En avoir assez
To be done with sthg To be fed up with To be sick and tires of To have had enough of
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Commerciaux
Marketer
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Commerçant
Shopkeeper
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Ragots
Gossip
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Sale gueule
An ugly mug/faces Nasty looking Ugly looking
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Avoir le begin pour
To have the crush on smdy
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Concasser | Écraser
To crush
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Cendrier
Ashtray
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Cendres
Ash
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Plateau
Tray
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Percuter | Avoir un accident
To crash
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Scratch
Se gratter
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Tirer
Draw | Pull
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Clope
Cig(gie)
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Tirer sur une cigarette
To take a puff on | To puff on
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Que je ne lui connaissais pas
I didn't know was hers | I didn't know she belongs
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Débarrasser la table
Clear the table
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Aimer le mieux faire
To like doing best
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Contrejour
Backlight
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Collier
Necklace
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Refléter | Capter les reflets
Reflect | Catch the raise of light
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Insectes grouillants
Creepy?crawlies
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Disputes
Row (aw)
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L'aviron
Rowing
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À la suite | D'affilé
5 days in a row
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Scarabée
Beetle
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Fondre
Melt
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Mélanger
Blend
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Remuer
Stir
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Provoquer attiser uun débat | Faire sensation
Stir up trouble | To cause a stir
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Semer la pagaille
Stir things up (négatif)
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Faire bouger les choses
To shake things up | Positif
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Un morceau de sucre
À lump of sugar
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Avoir une boule dans la gorge
To have a lump in One's throat
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Légèrement
Lightly
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Sur le côté
On one side
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Réfléchir profondément
To ponder over
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Gratter une allumette
strike a match
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Vapoter
Vape ecigarettes
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Un berger
Sheperd
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Prairie
Meadow | Pasture
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Pendant ce temps
Meanwhile
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Australie en mode coloqual
Down under
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Être déterminé (mauvais sens)
To be bent on sthg
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Vert difficulté situation
Plight
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Soulager
Alleviate
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Faire de quelque chose un point d'honneur
To make a point of doing sthg
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Traiter examiner un dossier, une candidature
To process an application
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Sordide
Squalid
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Moisissure
Mold
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Impitoyable | Insensible
Callous
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Durs épreuves
Severe ordeals
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Encourager
Foster | Promote
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Alimenter
Fuel
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Apporter de l'eau au moulin
To add grist to smdy's mill
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Réprimandé
Lambast
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Absurde | Grotesque
Preposterous
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Suivre évolution | Suivre ce sûil se passe
Move with the Times
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Absurde insensé
Nonsensical
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Grave aigu
Acute
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Dénoncer quelqu'un
To expose sbdy as
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Amèrement | Farouchement
Bitterly | Fiercely
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Sévir | Prendre des mesures coercitives
Crack down on
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Être éligible pour
To qualify | To be eligible for
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Flagrant | Éhonté
Blatant
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Soulager
Alleviate
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Être intraitable
To be adamant
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Détresse
Plight
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Être dans l'incertitude
To be in limbo
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Dans l'attente de
Pending + nom | While waiting for something
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Infliger | Imposer
Mete out | Inflict ...on
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Endiguer
Stem
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Ancre enraciné
Ingrained
110
Être de connivence | Complice
To collude with smdy
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Très tenace Inexorable Borné
Obdurate | Blinker
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Et pire encore
Even worse
113
Refuser à quelqu'un le droit de
To deny somebody the right to do sthg
114
Ne voit pas le mal dans
It sees nothing wrong with
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Déshonneur
Disgrace
116
Assumer ses responsabilités
To face up to
117
Sévir
To be rife
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Ferme
Hardline
119
À peine
Hardly | Scarcely
120
Travailler durement
Hard
121
En fin de compte
At the end of the day | Pas neutre !!!