Fifth week Flashcards

(104 cards)

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gronder/ réprimander

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to chide

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une corvée

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a chore

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un beau morceau

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chunk

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employé de l’Etat/(haut) fonctionnaire

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(hight) civil servant

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un civil

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a civilian

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revendiquer (un assasinat) / réclamer un droit / détruire

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to claim

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demandeur (prestation social)

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claimant

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déclarer/prétendre que

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to claim that

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désavouer/ nier

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to disclaim

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serrer la vis / freiner (abus)

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to clamp down on

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un durcissement

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a clamp down

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dégager/ nettoyer / disculper

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to clear

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tenir à l’écart de

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to keep clear of

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expliquer / préciser

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to clarify

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boucher / obstruer

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to clog

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claquer

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clout

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avoir de l’influence

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to have clout

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indice

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clue

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19
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charbon

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coal

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20
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mines de charbon

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coal mines

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mineurs

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miners

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fer

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iron

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acier

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steel

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plomb

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lead

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s'effondrer / s'écrouler
to collapse
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éditorialiste
columnist
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rubrique/ chronique
column
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rencontrer quelqu'un par hasard
to come across
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obtenir par hasard / rendre visite
to come by
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être l'objet de / subir
to come in for
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changer d'avis / se laisser persuader
to come round
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s'en tirer
to come through
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revenir à / aboutir à
to come to
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se poser / se soulever
to come up
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se heurter à
to come up against
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to come up with
inventer/ trouver
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être égal à
to be commensurate with
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commettre
to commit
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s'engager à faire qch
to commit oneself to sth
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être engagé
to be committed to sth
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matière premiere
commodities
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denrées alimentaires
foodstuffs
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faire un trajet journalier
to commute
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train de banlieue
commuter train
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contraindre / obliger / forcer
to compel
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compenser
to compensate for
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faire concurrence à
to compete with
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passer, faire un concours
to contest
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se plaindre
to complain
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obéir à/ se plier à
to comply with
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ajouter à / aggraver
to compound
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mélange
compound
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composant
component
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remords / scrupule
compunction
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sans scrupules
unscrupulous
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cacher / dissimuler
to conceal
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une préoccupation / une société
concern
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être préoccupé par
to be concerned with
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béton / concret
concrete
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excuser
to condone
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se faire remarquer
conspicuous
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circonscription électorale
constituency
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électorat / électeurs
electorate
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détruire/dissiper/consumer
consume
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consumer
consommateur
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société de consommation
consumption society
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soutenir que
to contend that
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faire face à
to contend with
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adversaire
contender
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avis/argument
contention
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inventer / combiner
to contrive
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artificiel
contrived
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maitriser/dominer/ surveiller / contrôler
to control
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commode
convenient
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commodités
conveniences
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communiquer/ transporter
to convey
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tapis roulant
a conveyor belt
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un moyen de transport
a means of conveyance
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déclarer coupable
to convict
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condamnation
condamnation
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faire face à une difficulté
to cope with
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cuivre
copper
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étain
pewter
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coeur / trognon
core
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mettre quelqu'un au pied du mur/coincer
to corner
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accaparer le marché
to corner the market
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Se détériorer/se décomposer
To decay
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Tromper
To deceive
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Trompeur
Deceptive
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Tromperie
Deception
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Malhonnête
Deceit
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Action
Deed
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Méfait
Misdeed
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Juger
To deem
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Désamorcer
To defuse
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Un fusible
A fuse
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Retarder
To delay
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Exiger / revendiquer
To demand
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Exigeant
Demanding
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Mort/échec d'un entreprise
Demise
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Nier / démentir (+ing)
To deny
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Réduire / épuiser
To deplete
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Déposer / mettre
To deposit
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Désapprouver
To deprecate