Jones Flashcards

(114 cards)

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Caresser

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Strock

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Taper des pieds

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To bang your fête

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Les routiers

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Truck drivers

Lorry drivers

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Permis à points

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Penalty point licence

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Autoroutes

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Motorways

Highways

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Occidental

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Western

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Réduire

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To cut down

To reduce

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Coûts de main-d’œuvre

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Labour costs

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Radicalement

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Dramatically

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Cela ne sert à rien

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It’s no use + ing
There is not point in + ing
Tins no worth + ing

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Un cessez-le-feu

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A cease-fire

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Les occidentaux

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Westerners

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Politiser

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Turning

Politicizing

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S’étonner de

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Wonder at

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Les coûts de production

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Production costs

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Précautions

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Precautions

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J’ai hâte de voir…

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I’m looking forward to +ing

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18
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Héros malgré lui

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Accidental hero

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19
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Ce film sort à Londres

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This movie is released in London

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20
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Malgré

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In spite

Despite

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21
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Bombardements

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Bombings

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Se retirer

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To retire

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Un mandat

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A mandate

A term

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Main d’œuvre

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Workforce

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Un citoyen moyen
An average citizen
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Détourner
To embezzle
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Fonds publics
Public funds
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Afin que
So that
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Changer
Change Modify Alter
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Il y a de grandes chances que
You are bound to
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Si il devait être ... ça serait ...
If he was to be... it would be ...
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Respecter une déchéance
To meet a deadline
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Il est regrettable
It is regrettable It’s a pity It’s a shame
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Juger bon
To see fit
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La météo nationale
The Met office
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Des avis de coups de vent
Warnings of gales
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Fin d’après-midi
Late afternoon
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Début de soirée
Early evening
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Suffisante/ adéquate
Adequate
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Organiser
To stage
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Réclamer
To claim
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Pas nécessaire
Unnecessary
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Pas acceptable
Unacceptable
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Chômage
Joblessness | Unemployement
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L’ordination
Ordination
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Rapprochement
Rapprochement
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Poursuivis en justice pour
Brought to Court for
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Interdir
To ban
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Diffuser
To Broadcast
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Massacre
Massacre
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Je regrette que
I wish + ed/would + bv
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Lutte/combat
Struggle
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Un fonds de solidarité
A solidarity fund
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Être indemnisé
To be compensated
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Une enquête
An inquiry
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Déterminer
To determine
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Vive la reine !
Long live the Queen !
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C’est intolérable
It’s unacceptable/intolerable
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La Croix Rouge
Red Cross
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Des convois humanitaires
Relief convoys
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Un quart
One fourth | A quarter
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Émeutes
Riots
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Non respectés
Flouted
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Descendance européenne
European descent
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Il serait temps
It’s about time | Tins high time
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Regagner la confiance
To regain/ won back the confidence
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Il est regrettable
It’s regrettable
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Un revers
A set-back
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Sondages d’opinions
Opinion polls
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Les Danois
The Danish
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Préféreraient
Had rather
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Ils ont eu beau faire ...
Try as they might...
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Le flot de lave
The flow of lava
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Temporairement
temporarily
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Annuler
Cancel/call off
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Accord
Agreement
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Coalition
Coalition
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Avortement
Abortion
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Inadmissible
Unacceptable
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Politisé
Politicized
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A ce point
To such a degree/an extent
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Être désavoué
To be disowned
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Complices
Accomplices
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Renforcer
Reinforce
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De peur
Lest
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Perpétuer
Perpetrate
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Éclater
Break out/erupt
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Intervenir militairement
To intervene militarily
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Ne pas signer
To opt out
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Asile
Asylum
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Ont été multipliés par 10
Have increased tenfold
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Mandat
Term/mandate
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Licencier
Make redundant/ lay off
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Dès
As early as
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Sportif
Sporting
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Levé
Lifted
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Sauver
To rescue
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Fécondation in-vitro
In-vitro fertilisation
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Pratiqué
Carried out
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Les dégâts
Damage
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Évalué
Assessed
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Plus facilement
More freely
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Temps partiel
Short time/part-time
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Entrer en vigueur
To take effect
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Le démantèlement
The dismantling
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PDG
GDP/chairman
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Entrer en fonction
To take office
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Ce n’est pas pour autant
That is no guarantee that
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Révisé
Reviewed
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Interdiction de vol
No-fly zone
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Renforcement des contrôles
Closer control
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Le stockage
Storing
113
Manutention
Handling
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Remonté
Picked up