En General Flashcards

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Diner avec qqun

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To have dinner with SB / to dinner

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Parking

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A parking lot/ car park

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Avoir honte de qqun

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To be ashamed of sb

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Aperitif

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Appetizers,drinks

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Un tabouret

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A stool

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Impensable

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The unthinkable

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Gonflé

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Bloated

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Bodly

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Courageusement

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Se plaindre

Se plaine/ se lamenter

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To whinge

To lament

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Le petit matin

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The early hours

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Une mise en garde

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A warning

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La degringolade

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The tumbling

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Plonger

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To plunge/ to dip

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La Manche

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The Channel

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Un avant gout

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A taste

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Des recettes d’impots

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Tax receipts

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Un depart precepité

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A flounce out

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Le redecoupage

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A redrawing

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Diviser

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To split

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Nuisible

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Harmful

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Se demarquer

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To stand out

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A court terme

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In the short run

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L’OTAN

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NATO

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Des tranches

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A chunk

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To amount to
Representer
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Le FMI
The Imf
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Une requete
An entreaty
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Une effusion
An outpouring
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To spurn
Rejeter
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Les depenses
Spending
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Etre esclave a
In thrail to
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En consequence
Accordingly
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Fleurir
To thrive
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Reduire
To curb
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Un resultat
An outcome
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Manquer de qqch
To be short of
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Agriculture
Farming
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Main d'oeuvre
Labour
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Le batiment
The building race
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Solder/liquider
To sell out
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Perdre contact avec qqun
To lose touch with
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Accuser
To blame
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Red tape
Des formalités
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Numerique
Digital
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Reglementation
Regulation
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La campagne
Countryside
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Miroiter (scintiller,briller)
Sparkle,gleam
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Reverbere
Street lamp
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Rare
Rare,uncommon,unusual
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Banquette arriere
The rear seat
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Impliquer
Imply,involve
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La Méditerranée
mediterranean
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Croiser qqun
To run into sb,to bump into sb
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Rassembler
To gather
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Valise
Suitcase
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Trousseau de clé
Bunch of keys
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S'assurer de qqh
To make sure of smth
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Un porteur
A bellshop
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Dechirer
To rip
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Saisir
To grab smth
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Un paquet
A wad
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Jeter un oeil
To glance
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Menton
A chin
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Griffes
Claws
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Un tas/une pile
A stack
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Fuir qqun
To flee sb
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Ouvrir la porte a qqun
To open the door to
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Durer
To last
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Bondir
To jump
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Exploser (chiffre)
To surge, to boom, to soar, to skyrocket
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Se faire comprendre
To make yourself understood
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Regretter de faire qqch
To regret doing sth
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Donner qqch a qqun
To give sb sth
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Accorder qqch a qqun
To grant sb sth
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Bien que
Although
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Il va sans dire
Needlees to say / it goes without saying
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Régulièrement
Steadily
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Legerement
Slightly
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Fortement
Sharply
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Notamment
For instance
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Desormais
Henceworth
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En matiere de ..
Regarding.. Ou in terms of
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Au sein de ..
Among ..
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Prendre des news de qqun
To hear from sb
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Entendre que
To hear for sth
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Etre reconnaissant
To be grateful
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Les responsables
The officials
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Taper des pieds
To bang feet
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Autoroute
Highway/motorway
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Les occidentaux
The Westerns
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Un refuge
A refuge
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Radicalement
Dramatically
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Un cessez le feu
A Cease-fire
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Un cadre
A manager
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Le rez de chaussée
The ground floor
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L'ancien président
The former president
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Gastronomique
Gourmet
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Une salle de sport
A gym
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Un groupe
A group/ a cluster
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Attentivement
Intently
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Etre affalé/vautré
He sprawled on sth
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Finalement
Eventually
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Un logiciel
A software
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Lancer
To launch
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Stocker
To store
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Numeriser
To scan
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To be shrouded
Qqcho de couvert | etre couvert de neige
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Repenser
To recall | To think again
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A la reflexion
On reflexion | On seconds thoughts
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Accoster (une rive)
To land on the side
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Solitaire
Lone
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Pele-mele
Pell-mell | Haphazardly
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Un trousseau de clefs
A bunch of keys
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Entrer en trombe/ se precipiter
To burst through
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S'appuyer contre qqch
To lean against sth
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Etre essouflé
To be panting
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Etre trempé
To be soaked
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Se refugier ( dans un endroit)
To retreat to sth
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Le portier/ le groom
A bellHop
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Un paquet
A wad
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To glance
Jeter in oeil
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Triple menton
A trible menton
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Griffes
Claws
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A steam
Une buée/ | Fumée
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Une pile/ un tas
A stack of
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Etre trempée/(baigner)
To be drenched
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Se replier sur soi mm
To withdraw
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Épais
Thick
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Etre blottie
To be curled up | To be huddled
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Flaque d'eau
A puddle
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Etre interrompu
To be interrupted
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Faire entrer qqun
To usher sb in | To let sb in
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Se douter
To have a feeling/ | To suspect sth
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Cacher qqch a qqun
To hide sth from sb
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Rien de special
Nothing in particular
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Ouvrir les yeux grand ouverts (3)
To open his eyes wide To be wide-eyed Sb's etes widdened at the sight
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Baisser la tete 2
To look down | To hang my head
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Tu es tombé sur la tete ( tu es fou )
You must be out of your mind/ to be out your mind
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Au sens propre du terme
Literally
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Avoir l'intention de faire qqch
To have the intention of doing sth
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Un comptoir ( du style bar)
A counter
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De son propre chef
By itself | On my own
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Causer des problemes
To spell problems
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L'eclatement
The break up of sth
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Etre forcer a quitter ( un pays par exemple)
To be dragged out of
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Declencher
To trigger
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Affirmer que
To argue that
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Chercher des raisons pour qqch
To search grounds for sth
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S'averer etre
To turn out to be
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Fournir
To provide
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L'affirmation
The claim
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Etre pressé
To be in a rush
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S'assurer de
To secure that
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La chute
The slump
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Une derogation
An opt-out
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Un but 2
An aim | A purpose
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Le marché unique
The single market
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Adopter l'Euro (la monnaie)
To join the euro
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La libre circulation
The free movement
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Tres probable
Highly likely
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L'aptitude politique
Political skill
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L'hésitation de
The floundering of
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Encourager
To embolden
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Un accord
A deal
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Les marchandises
Goods
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En net contraste
In stark contrast
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L'extrémité | Le sommet
The tip
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Du type norvegien
Norwegian-style
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Etablir qqch 2
To set up sth | To set out sth
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Freiner
To dampen sth
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Renforcer
To strenghten
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Tout sauf uni
Anything but united
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Une mesure
A move
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Retablir
To reinstitute
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Le commerce transfrontalier
Cross-border trade
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L'appartenance
Membership
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Demander
To ask | To call for sth
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Exclure qqch
To rule out sth
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Un poste de controle
A checkpoint
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Une subvention
A grant
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Etre soutenu par qqun
To be underpinned by | To be supported by
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Deposer les armes
To put down weapons
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Concernant qqch
Pertaining to sth
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Le processus de paix
The peace processus
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Efreindre qqch
To be in breach of sth
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Inconcevable
Inconceivable
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Exiger /demander
To require
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Etre en assez bon etat
To be in resonable shape
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Une menace
A threat
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Ailleurs
Elsewhere
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A part entiere
A fully fledged blabla
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Disparaitre petit a petit
To dwindle
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La voie ferrée
The track
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Le quai
The platform
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To grab sb in a bear hug
Serrer qqun tres fort
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Le tribunal | Palais de justice
The courthouse
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Un ami de longue date | Ami de toujours
My lifelong friend
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To jump down
Descendre en sautant
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Lever les yeux
To look up
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To look up the road
Regarder l'autre bout de la route
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Vers, en direction de
Toward sth
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Venir me rendre visite
To come to see me
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Tensions
Tensions
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S'engager a faire qqch
To undertake to do sth
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Amorcer qqch (=commencer qqch)
To initiate sth
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Un rapprochement ( politique)
A rapprochement
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Se preparer a qqh
To Prepare for
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L'afflux
The influx The flood The rush of
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Une liaison ( avion)
An air link
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Peser ( rendre une situation tendue)
To put a strain on sth
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Assouplissement
Flexibility ( invariable)
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Une exposition
An exhibition
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L'interdiction de Venir chez moi
The ban on going at my place
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Avaler
To swallow
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Une pilule, un cachet
A pill
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En mauvais état
In terrible shape
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Est faible / affaibli
To look frail
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En general
Overall
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Gerer qqch
To run sth
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Retarder
To delay sth
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Au dela de
Beyond
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Le financement de la pac
The funding of the pac
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Depasser
To outstrip
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C'est difficile a accepter
It is hard to stomach
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Mettre l'accent sur
To emphasize
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L'offre
Supply
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Sans pitié
Ruthless
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Impliquer
To involve
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L'efficacité
The efficiency
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Peu contestable
Uncontroversial
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Une pénurie
A shortage
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Les fonctions administratives
The back-office functions
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Perdre bcp d'argent
To bleed money
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Faire face a qqch
To tackle sth
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Je fais des heures sups
To work overtime
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Un malaise ,un inconfort
A discomfort
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Reduire
To shrink
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Disponible
Available
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Reduire de facon drastique
To slash
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Entrainer qqch
To incur sth
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Freiner qqch
To rein sth
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Se consacrer a
To devote to sth
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Ralentir
To temper
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Futile
Frivolous
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Une ordonnance
A prescritpion
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Essentiellement
Fundamentally
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Atteindre des objectifs
To meet target
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Se detourner de moi
To shift away from me
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Effectuer qqch
To carry out sth
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Soigner une maladie
To treat an illness
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Les telephones dernier cri
State of the arts telephones
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En matiere de
In terms of | Regarding sth
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En cause
That is due to
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La frequentation
The attendance
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Plus souvent
Most often than not
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Le champ
Field
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En principe 4
To be supposed to be In theory Basically In principle
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Joindre les 2 bouts
To make ends meet
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Gagner du terrain
To gain grounds
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Une verriere
A glass roof
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Nettoyer
To clean
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Ranger ( la maison)
To tidy up | To clean up
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Un pantalon
A pair of trousers
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Le necessaire
The essentials
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Boucler son bagage
To close my bag | To pack my bag
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Une tasse
A cup
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Une coupe de fruit
A bowl of fruit
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Regarder dans le vide
To spare into space
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Un wagon
The carriage
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Un tramway
The car ( aux USA)
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S'etouffer
To choke
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Chaleureux
Warm-hearted
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Digne de confiance
Trustworthy
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Taper sur l'epaule
To pat someone's shoulders
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Au bord de la route
By the roadside
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Sordide
Squalid
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Un intrus
An intruder
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Arret du bus
The bus stop
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La gare routiere
The bus station
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Franchir une porte
To go through the door
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Fourrager
To rummage around
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Penombre
The dark/ the darkness
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Maneouvrer qqch
To manage to ( do) sth
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To fetch sb
Chercher qqun
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Passer un coup de fil a qqun
To give sb a call
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An ordeal
Une epreuve a surmonter
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Ostensibly ( faux amis)
En apparence
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Un trimestre
A quarter
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Se vanter de qqch
To boast that
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Bidouiller les resulats
To craft sth
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Etre avare
To be stingy
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Rechercher qqch ( ardemment)
To pine for sth
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Bien etre
Well'ess
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Loin derriere moi
Far away behind me | Far behind me
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Une cabane
A shack / a hut / a shed
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Une cabane en bois
A wooden shed | A wood shack/hut
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Au bord de la route
AT the roadside
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Pour ainsi dire blabla
Blabla so to speak
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Guetter qqch
To watch sth
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Grignoter qqch
To nibble sth
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J'ai grignoté gqqch
I had a snack
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Un chemin
A path
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Dune
A dune
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Une pente
``` A slope (A ski slope =pente de ski) ```
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Passer son chemin
To steer clear off