French Vocab 1 Flashcards

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To push back

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Repousser

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to support, prop up

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étayer

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to take a sample of, to take or remove, withdraw

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prélever

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to alienate someone

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se mettre quelqu’un à dos

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a stand or stall

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un étal

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to roast eg coffee

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torréfier

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a shape

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une forme

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to focus on

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mettre l’accent sur

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thrust of a knife

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un coup de lame

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to spread out, to extend, to stretch

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étendre

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to undertake, to start, set about

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entreprendre

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it’s hardly reasonable

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ce n’est guère raisonnable

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to promote

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promouvoir

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a raise

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une augmentation

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they know how to manage their business

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ils savent gérer leurs affaires

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to move or stir

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émouvoir

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the director never keeps his promises

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le directeur ne tient jamais ses promesses

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caffeine keeps her awake

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le caféine la tient éveillée

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she’s having the dress made

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elle fait faire la robe

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decidedly, clearly, markedly

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nettement

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preliminary, prior

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Préalable

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to withdraw, leave, retire

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se retirer

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to blend

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se mêler

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to urge

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presser

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to tie/tie up, to establish
nouer
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to draw up
dresser
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a shrub
une arbuste
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barn
une grange
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fundamentally
foncièrement
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to escape the daily grind
sortir de la grisaille quotidienne
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ugly, rude, disgusting
laid
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he can’t help it
il n’y peut rien
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rabbit hutch
un clapier
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pulling out, digging out
l’arrachage
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dullness
la grisaille
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yew tree
un if
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to set one’s heart on
jeter son dévolu sur
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embankment
un talus
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concrete slab
une dalle de béton
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there’s no doubt about it
ça n’a pas fais un pli
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weeding
arrachage des mauvaises herbes
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to enact, decree
édicter
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to sniff
renifler
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it’s rude to do that
c’est laid de faire ça
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to lift up
soulever
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advocated
prôné
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patented
breveté
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exclusive
fusionnel
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to beset
assaillir
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reach out to someone
tendres les bras
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devestated
boulversé
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at the very most
a tout casser
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to get oneself into, to let oneself in for
s’embarquer dans
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moreover
du surcroît
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to stammer
balbutier
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to provide care, offer treatment
prodiguer des soins
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to demonstrate, show
faire preuve de
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to lose one’s temper
s’emporter
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to contain
renfermer
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disturbed
perturbé
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to echo in one’s head
résonner en quelqu’un
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crazy
loufoque
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to sneak in
s’incruster
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to pass away
s’éteindre
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eventually
a terme
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to not be able to take it anymore
ne plus y tenir
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homeless person
sans domicile fixe (SDF)
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decent
digne
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to waste
gaspiller
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gathered
recensé
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soil
le terreau
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in short
en somme
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in need
démuni
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begging
mendicité
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pension fund
une caisse de retraite
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to suppress
refouler
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contempt
le mépris
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to infringe on
porter atteinte à
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omnipotence
la toute puissance
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discussion, consultation
concertation
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accession
l’avènement (m)
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to look at something objectively
prendre de la hauteur
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to admit to
concéder
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to highlights
mettre en lumière
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to highlight
mettre en lumière
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a stir or impact
un retentissement
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indeed
effectivement
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exciting, booming
en ébullition
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easy
évidente
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interwoven
entrelacé(e)
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a course of action
une ligne de conduite
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springboard
un tremplin
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fabric, material
une étoffe
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to arrange
disposer
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to follow suit
emboîter le pas à quelqu’un
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to darken, cloud over
s’assombrir
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questionable
contestable
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to proudly wear
porter haut les couleurs
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to be on the rise
avoir le vent en poupe
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to stay true to
rester fidèle à
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a prejudice
un préjugé
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behind the scenes
les coulisses (f)
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material, fabric
un tissu
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along with
conjointement à
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to be less cautious
se montrer moins frileux
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simplistic
réducteur
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exploit, stunt
un coup d’éclat
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to sum up, to come down to, to be limited to
se résumer à
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physical store
une enseigne physique
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hand crafted
artisanal
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to originate from
puiser sa source dans quelques choses
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another step
un pas de plus
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the main courtyard
la cour d’honneur
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chandelier
une lustre
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mansion
un hôtel particulier
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to put into practice
appliquer
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to put into practice
appliquer
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expense report
un bilan des dépenses
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to network
être mis en réseau
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fern
une fougère
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domestic violence
la violence conjugale
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to inject some freshness
insuffler de la fraîcheur
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on a personal level
à titre personnel
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gilding
la dorure
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splendour
le faste
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power to get things done
un levier d’action
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spin off product
un produit dérivé
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to pick up, capture
capter
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tons of
un tas de
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a belief
une croyance
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food bank
une banque alimentaire
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to keep going, to hold on
tenir le coup
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to have to do with
avoir trait à
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legal network
un dispositif légal
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to move in
emménager
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a range
une gamme
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to fit out
aménager
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unwell, indisposed
incommodé
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denial
un démenti
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to supervise, train
encadrer
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a mixture, hotchpotch
un amalgam
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to ill treat
brutaliser
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to ill treat
brutaliser
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run-off
le ruissellement pluviale
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to fill in
combler
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to empty, drain, dry up
assècher
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to spread
répandre
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unquestionable, indisputable
incontestable
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to lie at anchor
mouiller en rade
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to pile, hoard, cram
entasser
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to be left stranded
rester en rade
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threshold, doorstep, doorway
le seuil
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shore
la grève
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harbour
la rade
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to get stuck, bogged down
s’enliser
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fruitful, productive
fructueux/fructeuse
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moat, drainage ditch
un douve
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a separatist
un/une autonomiste
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to leave somebody stranded
laisser quelqu’un en rade
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to leave somebody stranded
laisser quelqu’un en rade
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liver fluke
une douve de foie
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streaming, cascading, dripping
le ruissellement
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to go back 20 yrs
remonter 20 ans en arrière
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a commitment
un engagement
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water streaming down the windows
le ruissellement de l’eau sur les vitres
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to go back in time
remonter dans le temps
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to leave with warning
partir sans prévenir
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to make a commitment
prendre un engagement
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taxpayer
un/une contribuable
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to chase
poursuivre
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ignorant
ignare
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to subsidise
subventionner
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to keep, hold, possess
détenir
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code of silence, honour
une omertà
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to be part of
faire partie
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Incentive
Une incitation
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out of date
périmé
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livestock
le cheptel
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without prior notice
sans avis préalable
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harmony
l’entente (f)
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shareholder
un/une actionnaire
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to plead
plaider
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to continue
se poursuive
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to get closer, nearer
se rapprocher
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subsidy
une subvention
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precondition, preliminary
un préalable
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to get out of control
déraper
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on a drip
sous perfusion
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gap, discrepancy, time lag
le décalage
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to recommend, advocate
préconiser
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discharge, waste
un rejet
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loan
un prêt
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to create, acquire, set up
se doter
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I’m completely knackered
je suis complètement claqué
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breaking off, rupture
une rupture
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market, outlet
un débouché
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administrator
un/une gestionnaire
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to fall, drop, go down, decline
décroître
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intervention
l’entremise (f)
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to lead to, to end up in
aboutir
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disillusioned
désabusé(e)
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sign, notice board, panel
un panneau
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to repay
rembourser
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to tangle, confuse
embrouiller
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margin, scope, leeway
une marge
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unstoppable
imparable
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old granny
une mémère
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blurred, soft, woolly, hazy
flou(e)
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to put into debt
endetter
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to take shape, begin, be established
se nouer
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wading bird
un echaissier
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to glean
glaner
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worm, maggot, grub
un ver
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to run aground, to be beached
s’échouer
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nuthatch
Une sittelle
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ordinary, nondescript
quelconque
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to challenge, to object to
récuser
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to get into debt
s’endetter
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mudflat
une vasière
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the wheels of bureaucracy
les rouages bureaucratiques
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to harm, to be harmful to
nuire à
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deficiency, lack, shortcoming
un carence
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fuzziness, wooliness
le flou
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state of being stranded
un échouement
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to free oneself
se dégager
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to bind, stack. Also to puke
gerber
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to be worn eaten
être mangé par les vers
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to take something/somebody back up (eg upstairs), to climb/come back up
remonter
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