Feuille 1 Flashcards

(48 cards)

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Qui ne cède pas, implacable

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Unyielding

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En dépit de

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Inspite of / despite

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Un dealer

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A drug-peddler

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Un stratagème

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A ploy

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Se faufiler

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To sneak

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En douce, en cachette

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On the sly

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Une débandade

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A scurry

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Une décharge

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A dump

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Un fugueur

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A runaway

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Une arnaque

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A rip-off

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Tout en foufelle

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Randy

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Un chaud lapin

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Randy devil

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Mal parler de

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To speak ill of

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Dénigrer

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To disparage

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Faire un tabac

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To break big

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Les indécis

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The don’t knows

Floating voters

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Une explosion/ une vague de

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An outburst

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Une poudrière

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A powder keg

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Dégénérer

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To get out of hand

To spin out of control

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Prendre en compte

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To take into account

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Toucher le fond

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To reach the dephs

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Décence

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S’en mettre plein les poches

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To make a packet

To line somebody’s pocket

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Se vendre à x exemplaires

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To rack up x sellers

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Se vendre comme des petits pains
To sell like hot cakes
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Ivoire
Ivoiry
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Aborder un pb
To Touch on an issue
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Profiter de
To profite by | To take advantage of
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Profiter de (comme un parasite)
To cash in on
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À l'apogée
At the climax
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Alcool
Booze
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Faire des dégâts
To take one's toll
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Pur
Sheer
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Aller de mal en pis
To go from bad to worse
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Terre à terre
Down to Earth
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Une exposition
An exhibition
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Couler à flot
To flow freely
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An contre coeur
Grudgingly
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Rare
Scarce
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Un pot-de-vin
A bribery
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Les intellectuels
High brows
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Dans le sillage
In the wake of
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On sait peu de chose sur
Very little is known about
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Avoir le dessus
To have the upper hand
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Un procès
A trial
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Homicide involontaire
Involuntary manslaughter
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Avec préméditation
With malice aforethought
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Libre circulation des armes
Accessiblity of arm