French Vocab Flashcards

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Une Atteinte

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An attack

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prôner

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to advocate, extol

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Un effondrement

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A collapse

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Défoncer

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To break in, smash down

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en vigueur

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in force

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Atteint (adj)

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Affected

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Hécatombe

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Slaughter, massacre

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Sillonner

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Criss-cross

Ces femmes ont sillonné des villes juives et arabes

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percuter

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to crash/run into

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mener

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to lead, to take

le bus te mènera jusqu’à l’hôtel
cette porte mène à la cave

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écharpe, foulard

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scarf

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emboîter

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to fit together

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Octroyer

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To grant

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soutenir

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to hold up, support

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heurter

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to strike/hit/knock

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là-bas

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over there

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poignarder

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to stab, knife someone

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La Cour pénal internationale (CPI)

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ICC

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la ou en grève

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strike

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Démarche

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A step, a move

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augmentation

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increase

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huit-clos

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portes et fenêtres fermées

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ralentir

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to slow down

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Exaucer

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To grant, to fulfill

D’exaucer son souhait

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Prêter serment
To take an oath
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bienfait
benefit les bienfaits de la civilisation
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empêcher
to stop, prevent pousse-toi, tu m'empêches de voir
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lors de
during, at the time of
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Nier
To deny Le prédicateur religieux nie toute participation
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Endosser
To endorse
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Ce qui s’est passé c’est que...
What happened was...
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maigre
thin
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cessez-le-feu
ceasefire
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précaire
precarious
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écarter
to part, to separate
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entraver
to hold up, hinder, hamper, get in the way entraver une négociation
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tendu
tense
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néanmoins
nevertheless
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Envergure
Scale, scope, breadth
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Aboutir
To succeed
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Enceinte
Pregnant (adj) Wall, enclosure (noun)
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Un pari
A bet, wager
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revendiquer
to claim, demand
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constater
to note, observe, notice, certify, record, assess
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remporter
to take back, to win/get
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reposer
to repeat, to rest or lie down
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mise en garde
warning
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débordement
overflow, a rush, a torrent, an outburst
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par ailleurs
otherwise, moreover
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Une faille
A fault, flaw, weakness
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Parvenir
To get to, to reach, to achieve
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Gosse
Kid - informal
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Hisser
To hoist, raise, lift up Hisser les libéraux au pouvoir
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Frileux
Timid, unadventurous
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Un appui
Support, backing
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Une Attente
Expectation, or a wait Il a la responsabilité de répondre aux attentes.
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Ébranler
To shake, to weaken Il se dit fortement ébranlé par les propos publiés ce matin.
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Courber l’échine
To give in, to submit
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Secouer
To shake, shake off La crise des réfugiés continue de secouer ce pays
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Cru (adj)
Raw, uncooked, coarse, crude
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Combler
To fill (in)
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Attarder
To linger, to stay late
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Ingérence
Interference, intervention
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Braquer
To point, to aim, to lock
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Une zone tampon
A buffer zone
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Au bord du gouffre
At the edge of the abyss
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Recourir à
Recourse to
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Limpide
Clear
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Affronter
To confront
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Auto-stoppeur
Hitch-hiker
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La morsure
A bite
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Meurtrissure
A bruise
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Dorénavant
Henceforth, from now on
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Une bosse
A bump, a lump
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Repérer
To notice, to discover Canada à déclenché un enquête après avoir repéré des transactions irrégulières
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Encadrer
To frame, to supervise C’est une occasion de mieux encadrer l’utilisation de ce genre des cartes
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Éprouver
To feel, to try, to test, to experience Éprouvés par le passage de l’ouragan
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Sueur (f)
Sweat L’élection de trump a donné des sueurs froides à des millions de gens entrés illégalement aux E-U.
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Effroyable
Frightening, dreadful, appalling Épouvantable
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Doter
Endowed, equipped L’église était doté d’une caméra de surveillance
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désormais
henceforth, from now on
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Le poing
Fist
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Une Émeute
Riot
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J’ai sommeil
I’m sleepy
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Éprouver
To feel, experience
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Faire des courses
Go grocery shopping
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accabler
to overcome, overwhelm; to condemn
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s’immiscer dans
to interfere with
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Inanition
Starvation
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Aigu
Sharp, severe, acute
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Ménage
Household
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Paisible
Peaceful, quiet
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Piètre
Poor, mediocre
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Démuni
Destitute, powerless, resourceless
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Munir
To equip, supply
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Le libellé
Wording
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Aboutissement
Outcome, conclusion
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Épouvantail
Bogeyman, a fright
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Afférent à
Relating to, relevant to
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Bafouer
Flout, defy, ridicule
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Avoir hâte de
Look fwd to
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Le litige
Dispute
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Accaparer
To monopolize, to absorb
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Chambouler
To mess up, to turn upside down, to ruin/wreck
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Une embuscade
Ambush
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Embaucher
To hire
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Bousculer
To push, shove, rush
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pénible
hard, tough, tiring
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remaniement
shuffling (of cabinet)
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les faits saillants
the relevant facts
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prôner
to advocate, extol
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détendre
to relax
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un gâchis
a waste, a mess
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quelle déception!
how disappointing
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ça dépasse l'entendement
beyond all comprehension
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une proie
prey
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fais-moi savoir il m'a fait savoir...
let me know he let me know
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ingérence
intervention, interference
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pot-de-vin
bribe
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soudoyer
to bribe
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Achever
To finish, to end, to bring to a close
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Échelle (une)
Des événements à l’échelle mondiale Also ladder
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Gêner
To bother, inconvenience, embarrass
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je viens de me rendre compte que...
I just realized...
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Basculer
To topple, fall over
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Une rafale
Blast, gust, burst
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Avouer
To admit, confess, own up
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En mesure de
Able to
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Encadrer
To frame
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Consacrer
To devote, dedicate
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Une assise
A foundation
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Tirer
To pull, to shoot
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Fouiller
To search
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Rendre visite à
To visit (someone)
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Chaleureux
Warm
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Entreposer
To store, warehouse
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se détendre
to chill, relax
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allonger
to lengthen, stretch out
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le produit intérieur brut (PIB)
GDP
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se fier à se méfier de
to have trust, confidence in to be careful, wary, on guard
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trébucher
to stumble, trip
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en contrepartie contrepartie
on the other hand compensation
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un panneau (de circulation)
roadsign
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l’angle mort
blind spot
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éternuer
to sneeze
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... a pour objectif de ...
Has as a goal...
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Un bouc émissaire
Scapegoat
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Une bûche
A log
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fondre en larmes
burst into tears
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panser une blessure
to dress a wound
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censé
supposed to on est censé commencer à déconfiner bientôt
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il y a anguille sous roche
something fishy is going on...
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influer sur
to have an influence on, affect
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gêner
to bother, be in the way, embarrass, inconvenience
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je me suis tordu le genou/le dos/le cou/la cheville
I twisted my knee, etc.
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se tenir debout
to stand up
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se détendre
to relax, chill
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se diriger vers...
to head towards
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mettre en route
to set out
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la canicule, vague de chaleur
heatwave
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se passioner (pour)
to get excited about
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tenir le coup
to hold out, to take it, withstand something
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limer
to file (off, down, away); comme des ongles
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s'entendre bien/mal avec qqn
get along with, or not
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s'en ficher de
to not care - je m'en fiche de ses opinions...
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se tromper
to be mistaken, to mess up
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s'en aller
to go away
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s'en sortir
to manage, to cope, to get by
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toucher une corde sensible
hit a nerve...
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en ce qui concerne
in the matter of...
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un tollé
a general outcry
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sevrer
to wean, sever sevrer son pays du charbon
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les energies fossiles/les combustibles fossiles
fossil fuels
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le goulot d'étranglement
bottleneck
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j'aurais/j'aurais pu/j'aurais du
woulda/coulda/shoulda
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a ta place...
in your place...
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un dédale
a maze ...les dédales bureaucratiques...
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fustiger
to criticize harshly, to castigate
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marcher sur la corde raide
walk a tightrope
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je vais me coucher
I am going to bed
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Au courant
To be informed