Eight week Flashcards

(96 cards)

1
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pousser quelqu’un à faire quelque chose

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to drive sb to do sth

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2
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chasser

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to drive out

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3
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énergie/dynamisme

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drive

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4
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tomber/baisser/laisser tomber

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to drop

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5
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une légère baisse

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a dip

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6
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qn qui abandonne ses études et se met en marge de la société

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a dropout

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7
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sécheresse

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drought

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8
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sécher

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to dry

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9
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travail pénible/ corvée

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drudgery

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10
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avoir des doutes /être discutable

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dubious

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11
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ennuyeux

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dull

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12
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atténuer/engourdir/diminuer

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to dull

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13
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jeter/rejeter

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to dump

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14
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dépotoir/décharge

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garbage/rubbish

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15
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faire du dumping

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to dump goods

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16
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s’étendre sur une pensée

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to dwell on

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17
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habiter /demeurer

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to dwell

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18
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hommes des cavernes

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cave-dwellers

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19
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s’affaiblir/diminuer

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to dwindle

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20
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désireux de

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eager to

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21
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réservé, affecté à

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earmarked for

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22
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gagner

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earn

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23
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gagner sa vie

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to ear a reputation

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24
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gains

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earnings

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tremblement de terre
earthquake
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refluer/décliner
to ebb
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le flux et reflux
the ebb and the flow
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en amont en aval
upstream, downstream
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econome/économique
economical
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des économies
savings
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économie de marché
free market economy
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économie dirigée
state controlled economy
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travailler au noir
to moonlight
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bord/nerveux/irritable
edge
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être à la pointe du progrès
to be on the leading
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avancer petit à petit
to edge forward
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prendre la place d'un concurrent
to edge up to a competitor
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preparer une revue/ corriger
to edit
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rédacteur
editor
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une maison d'édition
a publishing house
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qui a de l'effet/efficace
effective
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effectivement
in fact, indeed
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efficacité
efficiency
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gros/flagrant/choquant
egregious
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s'écrouler
to elapse
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joie/allégresse/exultation
elation
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être transporté de joie
to be elated
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assez agé
elderly
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les personnes agées
the elderly
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le vieillissement
ageing
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susciter/faire dire
to elicit
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scéllé/fixé dans
embedded in
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escroquer
to embezzle
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escroc
embezzler
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incarner
to embody
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incarnation
embodiment
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urgence
emergency
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émerger
to emerge
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souligner/insister sur
to emphasize
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mettre l'accent sur
to lay emphasis
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employer
to employ
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employeur
employer
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salarié
employee
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travailleur indépendant
self-employed
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petit personnel
clerk
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donner à qn le pouvoir/ rendre plus fort, plus confiant
to empower
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entourer/ inclure
to encompass
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empiéter sur
to encroach on
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s'efforcer de/ s'appliquer à faire qch
to endeavor to do sth
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un effort, une tentative
an endeavor
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souscrire à/approuver/endosser
to endorse
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appliquer/faire obéir/respecter
to enforce
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promulguer une loi
to enact a law
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embaucher
to engage
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se fiancer
to get engaged
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ingénieur
engineer
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école d'ingénieur
engineering school
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être absorbé par/ plongé dans
to be engrossed in
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mettre en valeur/ rehausser la valeur de qch
to enhance
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valeur ajoutée
enhancement
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s'engager/s'enrôler
to enlist
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s'inscrire/ inscrire qn
to enrol
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comporter/ nécessiter
to entail
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implication
entanglement
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démêler
to disentangle
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être impliqué dans
to be implicated in
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divertissement
entertainment
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une soirée amusante
an entertaining evening
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une pièce de théâtre
a play
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fascinant/captivant
enthralling
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captiver
to enthrall
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être esclave de
to be in the thrall of
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un discours passionné
an impassioned speech
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être passionné pour
to have a passionate interest in
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séduire
to entice
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le fait d'avoir droit à quelque chose
entitlement