d-f Flashcards by Charleene Xu

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suivre de près

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to dog

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être poursuivi par la malchance

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to be dogged by ill-fortune

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obstiné, tenace

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dogged/stubborn

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faire don de

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to donate

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un donneur

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a donor (un seul “n”)

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cesser le travail

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to down tools

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terne, gris

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drab

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un avant-projet, une ébauche

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a draft/blueprint

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sinistre, morne

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dreary

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dériver (au sens propre et fig)

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to drit (into crime, into a crisis)

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une corvée

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drudgery (uncountable)

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surnommer

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to dub

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douteux, sceptique

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dubious

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détourner des fonds

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to embezzle

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détournement de fond

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embezzlement

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embrasser une cause

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to embrace a cause

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une revue d’ensemble

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an all-embracing review

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doter de

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to endow with

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sombrer dans, être submergé par

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to be engulfed in

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un enchevêtrement, un imbroglio (fig)

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an entanglement

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s’inscrire

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to enrol

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encourager, inciter

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to entice

to talk smbd into/out of smtg

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un entrepreneur

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an entrepreneur

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dynamique

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entrepreneurial

un jeune cadre dynamique

a entrepreneurial junior executive

irrégulier, changeant, fantasque

erratic

exiger, obtenir

to exact

exercer

to exert (force, pressure)

se dépenser, se donner du mal

to exert oneself

l'exposition

exposure

la couverture médiatique

media exposure

la corruption

political sleaze

léger

faint/slight (noise, smile)

Je n'en ai pas la moindre idée !

I haven't the faintest idea about it !

le prix du transport

the fare

ultra rapide, expéditif

fast-track (career, company streamlining=restructuration de l'entreprise)

faisable, réalisable

feasible

un exploit

a feat

un honoraire

a fee (medical, tuition fees)

abattre

to fell (a tree, an opponent)

se débrouiller tout seul

to fend for oneself

repousser, écarter un coup/une attaque

to fend off a blow/an attack

un engrais

a fertilizer

une querelle, un conflit entre deux familles

a feud

un démon, un monstre

a fiend

un fou/mordu de tennis

a tennis fiend

abominablement difficile

fiendishly difficult

d'une intelligence redoutable

fiendishly intelligent

un dossier

a file

crasseux

filthy

une amende

a fine

bouche-bée, sidéré

flabbergasted

éclater, flamber

to flare up

fragile

flimsy

désinvolte

flippant