f-h Flashcards by Charleene Xu

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un troupeau/une foule

A

a flock

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entrer/sortir en foule

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to flock in/out

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rater un examen

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to flunk an exam/a test

to fail

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une rafale de vent

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a flurry

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une tempête de protestations

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a flurry of protest

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médico-légal

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forensic

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la médecine légale

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forensic medicine

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un expert légiste

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a forensic expert

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quinze jours (brit)

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a fortnight

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frénésie

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frenzy

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frénétique

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frantic

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un monstre

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a freak

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froncer les sourcils

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to frown

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voir d’un mauvais oeil

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to frown upon

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caramel

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fudge (fig=échappatoires, faux-fuyants)

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truquer, falsifier

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to fudge figures/accounts

to massage

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esquiver une question

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to fudge a question

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un oisillon (fig=un novice/débutant)

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a fledgling

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à part entière

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fully-fledged

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un ingénieur diplômé

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a fully-fledged engineer

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bâillonner (sens propre et fig)

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to gag

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irriter, exaspérer

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to gall/irritate/exasperate

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la bie, le fiel

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gall

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avoir le culot de dire

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to have de gall to say

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criard (couleurs)

gaudy

un équipement

a gear

les vitesses (voiture)

the gears

changer de vitesse (fig=recommencer une nouvelle vie)

to change gears

équiper, adapter

to gear

des manipulations électorales

gerrymandering

un truc, un gadget

a gimmick

un procédé pour gagner des voix

an election gimmick

du gingembre

ginger

un groupe de pression (polit)

a ginger group

l'essentiel

the gist (of a conversation/an article)

charme, séduction, prestige

glamour

séduisant, prestigieux

glamourous

évident, qui saute au yeux

glaring

joie, jubilation

glee (uncountable)

joyeux, heureux

gleeful

criard, tapageur, kitsch

glitzy

une surabondance

a glut

lutter, se débattre avec

to grapple/cope with

la base

the grass roots

l'avidité

greed

gourmand, vorace (fig=cupide)

greedy

âpre au gain

greedy for gain

la dure réalité

the grim reality

un fait brutal

a grim fact

sale, sordide

grubby

un cobaye

a guinea pig

crédule

gullible

enthousiasme, vigueur

gusto (uncountable)

un pirate informatique

a hacker

le piratage informatique

hacking

le poinçon, la marque

the hallmark

harnacher (fig=exploiter)

to harness (energy, ressources)

fantaisiste, n'importe comment, au petit bonheur

haphazard

trépidant

hectic

tenir compte de, faire attention à

to heed

ne pas faire attention, ne pas écouter

to take no heed of | to pay no heed to

étourdi, insouciant

heedless

un talon

a heel

être sur les talons de qqn

to be hot on smbd's heels

déguerpir

to show a clean pair of heels

sous la botte de (fig)

under the heel of

gros, lourd

hefty (fine)