Divers voc Flashcards by benjamin chevignard

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Dur à digérer

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Unpalatable

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Arrêter / bloquer (une mesure)

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To stall

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Crédit impôt

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Tax credits

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Faire le plein

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To refuel

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la tombée de La nuit

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Nightfall

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Trouver le sommeil

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To get To sleep

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Les gens qui passent dans la rue

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Passers-by

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Passer quelque part

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To pass by

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Les colons

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Settlers

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Le fait de coloniser (la colonisation)

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Settlement

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La colonisation (le fait historique)

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Colonization

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A mi-chemin

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Halfway

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Bretelles

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Braces

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Pieds-nus

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Barefooted

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Fourmies

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Ant

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Le fait de faire semblant

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Make-believe

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Teubé, opiniâtre

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Stubborn

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Narines

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Nostrils

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La neige crissait sous ses pas

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Snow squeaked underfoot

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Peser lourdement sur..

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To hang heavy on..

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Faire une demi tête de plus que quelqu’un

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To be half a head taller than sb

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Trainer les pieds

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To dawdle

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Perplexe

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Puzzled

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La volonté

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Will

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La langue pendante

The tongue lolling

Approfondir, renforcer

To deepen

Rejeter repousser

To spurn

Partage de risques

Risk-sharing

Prospérer fleurir

To thrive

Infortunes malheurs

Woes

Manipulation, prise en main de qlc

Handling

Audace

Boldness

Ferme, ardent

Staunch

Exagéré

Overblown

(Pour une personne) renversé, dépassé

Toppled

à part, à l'ecart

Aside

Récriminations

Grumbling

Ronchonner

To grumble

Opposants

Naysayers

Vagues de migrants

Onrush of migrants

Barrière, obstacle, mur, clôture

Fence

Prendre forme (un projet)

To take shape

Fermer les yeux sur qlc

To turn a blind eye on

Gardien

Gatekeeper

Allocation

Allowance

Candidature

Application

Revenu minimum

Subsistence-level/income support

Allocation au chômage

Unemployment benefit

Allocation à laquelle on a droit

Entitlement

Assurance

Insurance

Prendre sa retraite

To retire to

Misère

Squalor

Reduction de personnel

Staff reductions

S'attaquer à un problème

To tackle a problzm

Cibler

To target

Seuil

Threshold

Prospère

Thriving

Formation

Training

Chiffre d'affaire

Turnover

Main d'oeuvre

Work force