Journal Ease Week 5 Flashcards

(31 cards)

1
Q

To chide

A

Gronder, réprimander

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2
Q

Corvée

A

Chore

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3
Q

Chunk

A

Un bon morceau

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4
Q

Fonctionnaire

Militant pour les droits civiques

Un civil

A

Civil servant

Civil rights activists

A civilian

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5
Q

To claim

Claimant

To claim that

A

Revendiquer, détruire

Demandeur

Déclarer, prétendre que

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6
Q

Serrer la vis, freiner

A

To clamp down on

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7
Q

To clear

To keep clear of

To make clear

A

Dégager nettoyer, Disculper

Tenir à l’écart de

Expliquer, préciser

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8
Q

Boucher, obstruer

A

To clog (up)

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9
Q

Clout

To have clout

A

Claque

Avoir de l’influence

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10
Q

Éditorialiste, collaborateur, chroniqueur du journal

Rubrique

A

Columnist

Column

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11
Q

To come across

To come by

To come in for

A

Rencontrer qlq par hasard/ se communiquer, faire de l’effet

Obtenir, souvent par hasard/ rendre visite

Être l’objet de, subir

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12
Q

Changer d’avis, se laisser persuader

S’en tirer

Revenir à, aboutir à

A

To come round

To come through

To come to

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13
Q

To come up

To come up again

To come up with

A

Se poser, se soulever

Se heurter à

Inventer, trouver

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14
Q

Commettre

S’engager à faire qch

Qui n’engage pas

A

To commit

To commit oneself to sth

Noncommittal

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15
Q

Commodities

Foodstuffs

Staples

A

Produits de base, tout ce qui est utile

Denrées alimentaires

Denrée de base

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16
Q

Faire un trajet journalier

17
Q

To compel

Compelling

Compulsory

A

Contraindre, obliger, forcer

Irrésistible

Obligatoire

18
Q

Obéir à, se plier à

En conformité avec

A

To comply with

In compliance with

19
Q

To compound

A compound

A

Ajouter à, aggraver

Mélange, composé

20
Q

Remords, scrupule

Sans scrupule

A

Compunction

Unscrupulous

21
Q

To conceal

A

Cacher, dissimuler

22
Q

Béton

Concret

23
Q

To condone

A

Excuser, accepter qch

24
Q

Qui attire les regards

Consommation ostentatoire

A

Conspicuous

Conspicuous consumption

25
Constituency Constituent
Circonscription électorale Électeur
26
Soutenir que Faire face à Disputer qch à qlq Adversaire
To contend that To contend with To contend with sb for sth Contender
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To contrive Contrived
Inventer, combiner Artificiel
28
Commode, confort
Convenient, conveniences
29
To cope with
Faire face à une difficulté
30
Cœur, trognon, noyau
Core
31
To corner To corner the market
Mette qn au pied du mur Accaparer le marché