Feuille 7 Flashcards

(45 cards)

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Un roturier

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A commoner

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Piller, saccager

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To loot

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2
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Tenter sa chance

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To try one’s luck

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3
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Poignarder

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To stab

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4
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Fétide

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Foul

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5
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S’attaquer à

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To take on

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6
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D’une humeur de chien

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Like a bear with a sore head

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Poussé par

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To spur

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8
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Échauffourées

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Clashes

Skirmishes

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9
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Un détroit, une situation difficile

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A strait

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10
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Les élus locaux

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The city fathers

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11
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Conseil municipal

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The city council

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12
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Les arrivants

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Newcomers

Incommers

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13
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Nouveau record

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A broken record

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14
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En un temps record

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In record time

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15
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Refléter

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To mirror

To reflect

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Être attirer par

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To be attracted to
To be drawn to
To be pulled to

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17
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Des taudis

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Slums

Hovels

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18
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Un bidonville

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Sordide

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Être blotti les uns contre les autres

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Huddled together

21
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Campement insalubre

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Insalubrious camps

22
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Des relents de scandales

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It smacks of scandal

23
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Un associé

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Associate

Partner

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Ne pas avoir l'air suicidaire
Do not look suicide prone
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Les retombées
Fallout
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Se réjouir
To gloat over
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Carrément
Downright
28
Déloger
Dislodge
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Être miné par
To be riven by
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Tireur d'élite
A sharpeshooter
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Un bon tireur
A good shot
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Prendre au piège
To ensnare
33
S'embraser
To flare up
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Le Pas-de-calais
The straits of Dover
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Aller au barreau
To go to the Bar
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Une mort délibérée
Self-inflicted death
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Expérimenté, chevronné
Seasoned
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Faire beaucoup de victimes
To claim lives
39
La poule aux œufs d'or
The golden goose
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Un beignet
A doughnut
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Une émission de télé
A program
42
Une émission de gaz
An emision
43
Le bipartisme
A two-party system
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Le président sortant
The incumbent president