Cours 2 Flashcards

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Indemniser

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To compensate

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Hériter

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To inherit, vt

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3
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Contourner

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To circumvent

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4
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Reprendre

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To take over

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5
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Citoyen de second-rang

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Second-tiers citizens

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Un critère

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A criterion

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7
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Plus large

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Wider

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8
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Se débarrasser de

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To get rid of

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9
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Une vocation

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A calling

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Connaître une ascension sociale

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  • To climb the social ladder

- To experience (upward) social mobility

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11
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Presser

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squeeze

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12
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Les cris de joie et les larmes

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Cheers and sobs

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13
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Avoir les meilleurs arguments

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To have the better of the argument

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14
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Régulièrement

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Steadily

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15
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Arrondissement

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Borough

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16
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Élargir

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To expand

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17
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D’une part, d’autre part

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For one thing, for another thing

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18
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Tenir beaucoup à qqchose

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To be keen on something

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19
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Être rejetté

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  • To be turned down

- to be rejected

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20
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Collègue

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Fellow

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21
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Aspirer à

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To yearn for

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22
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Avancer, progresser dans quelque chose

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To get ahead

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23
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Un bambin

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A toddler

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24
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Frais

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Fee

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Obligatoire
Compulsory
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Trier, sélectionner
Screen
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Bourse d'études
Scholarship
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Un classement
A ranking
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Classer
To rank
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Se classer
To rank | Ex: I ranked second in the race
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Expliquer clairement
To spell out
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Un héritier, une héritière
An heir, an heiress
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Hériter de l'argent
To inherit money
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Mettre de l'argent hors de portée du fisc
To place money outside the reaches of the IRS
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Le problème en jeu
The issue at stake
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Façonner, orienter les débats
To shape debates
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Donner (de l'argent, des biens, sans contrepartie), faire don de
To donate
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Une donation
A donation
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Optimisation fiscale
Tax optimisation
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Mettre en danger
To jeopardize | Ex: to jeopardize democracy
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L'oeuvre charitative
Charity (faux-ami)
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Déclarer ses impôts
To file one's taxes
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Être en bourse
To be publicly traded
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Manquer d'argent
- to want money | - to lack money
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Général, global
Comprehensive (faux-ami)
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Bénéficier aux riches
To benefit the rich
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Héritage spirituel
Legacy
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Héritage financier
Inheritance
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Reculer
Recede
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Plus loin
Further
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inoffensif
harmless
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partout dans le monde
throughout the world
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débordés/submergé par
overwhelmed with
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feuilleton, série
serial
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simplement, uniquement, seulement
merely
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disparaître
to die out
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subtile
subtle
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déclencher
to trigger
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un défit de taille
a tall order
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dans l'intérêt de
for the sake of something
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paradis fiscal
fiscal haven
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un bienfait, une bénédiction
a blessing