English 5 Flashcards

(95 cards)

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tenir à distance, éloigner

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to ward off

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instaurer

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to implement

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démolir

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to pull down

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réhabiliter

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to rehabilitate

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une zone piétonne

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a pedestrian precinct

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une liste électorale

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an electoral roll

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susceptible de + conséquence

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likely to

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rejeter une candidature (pour un travail)

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to turn down an application

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qualifié *2

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qualified skilled

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10
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l’accusé

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the defendant

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porter (conjuguer)

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bear bore born

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s’allonger (conjuguer)

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lie lay lain

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être allongé, poser à plat (conjuguer)

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lay laid laid

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une robe de chambre

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a dressing gown

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un gilet *2

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a waistcoat a vest

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des chaussures de sport

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sneakers

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fermer une veste

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to fasten up a waistcoat

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s’habiller à la dernière mode

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to dress in the latest fashion

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un bracelet

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a bracelet

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des boucles d’oreilles

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earrings noter le double r

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une cane

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a walking stick a cane

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l’automatisation

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automation

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l’industrie informatique

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the computing industry

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facile à utiliser

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user-friendly

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nous vivons dans un monde mû par la technologie
we live in a technology driven world
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un abonné
a subscriber
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souffrir d'une maladie
to suffer from an illness
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une oie (+ pl)
a goose 2 geese
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la volaille
poultry
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diminuer fortement
to plummet
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être obèse
to be obese
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les boissons gazeuses
fizzy drinks
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les boissons sucrées
sugary drinks
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être rejeté par la société
to be ostracized by society
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être en état de manque
to go cold turkey
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l'industrie du tabac
the tobacco industry
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une boite d'allumettes
a matchbox
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être chauve
to be bald
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Alzheimer
Alzheimer's
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une ride
a wrinkle
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brocoli
broccoli
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harreng
herring
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maquereau
mackerel
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participer à *2
to participate in to take part in
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un prétendant, un compétiteur
a contender
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un prestige incalculable
untold prestige
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dernier cri
state-of-the-art
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un panneau publicitaire *2
a billboard, a hoarding
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un produit dopant
a performance-enhancing product/drug
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la masse musculaire
muscle bulk
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l'endurance
stamina
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des accusations de dopage *2
doping allegations, doping charges
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une station balnéaire
a seaside resort
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bronzer
to sunbathe
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un vacancier
a holiday-goer
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all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
<3 <3
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la forêt tropicale
the rainforest
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irrespirable
unbreathable
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polluer
to pollute
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un égout
a sewer
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un espèce menacée
an endangered species
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l'empreinte écologique
the carbon footprint
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respectueux de l'environnement
environmentally-friendly
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biodégradable
biodegradable
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tomber en panne
to break down
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des engagements contraignants
binding commitments
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un critère
a criterion
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la campagne
the countryside
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mariage *2
marriage wedding noter le double r
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adamant
inflexible, intransigeant
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hunched
courbé
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le voyage aller
the outward journey
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un accro à la drogue
a drug addict
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sans pareil
second to none
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partir de rien
to start from scratch
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un colosse aux pieds d'argile
a giant with feet of clay
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la RPC
the PRC people's rep of China
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protectionnisme
protectionism avec un seul n
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faire candidature à l'adhésion à l'UE
to apply for membership of the EU
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le Cachemire
Kashmir
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le Gange
the Ganges
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un usage répandu
a widespread use
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délocaliser
to outsource
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réaliser une promesse
to deliver on a promise
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sers-toi
help yourself to et pas with
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séance
session
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romancier *2
novelist novel writer
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peste
plague
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nappe
tablecloth
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pare-brise
windshield
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salle de concert
concert-hall
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douanes
customs
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provoquer la peur *3
to cause, to inspire, to instill fear
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alimenter la peur
to fuel, to highten fear
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frapper (déccliner)
strike struck struck