Le Monde 3 Flashcards

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Pressure

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Contrainte f

And coercion

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Interview n

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Entretien m

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Continue, carry on

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Perdurer

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Culprit, offender

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Fautif nm

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Scholarly leaned

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Érudit

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Embittered (sourpuss)

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Aigri -e

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Erect (building)

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Dresser

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Learning n

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Apprentissage m
And apprenticeship
L’apprentissage est un processus long et complexe.
Learning is a long and complex process.

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Disagreement
Dispute
Clash

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Désaccord m

Être en désaccord avec qqn

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Multiply proliferate v

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Pulluler 
pulluler vi	(contenir énormément)	be rich in, be abundant in, have a wealth of v expr
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Story tale account

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Récit m

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Offend

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Offusquer

S’offusquer be offended take offense

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Supplies provisions

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Vivres nmpl

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Simply unoriginally

In the most common way

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Banalement adv

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Bluntly crudely

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Crûment adv

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Viable feasible

passable

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Praticable adj

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Calm down, become calm

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S’apaiser

Apaiser pacify calm appease

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Boastfulness cockiness n

Snobbery

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Forfanterie f

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Salt shaker n

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Salière f

Poivrière f

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Taunt mock scoff , laugh at

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Narguer

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Unfashionable

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Démodé

Se démoder go out of fashion

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Unpredictable erratic hit and miss

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Imprévisible

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Generous (person, meal)

Fertile (soil)

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Généreux -euse adj

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Reassuring comforting

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Rassurant adj

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Pasture
Pâturage m
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Turn back, retrace ones steps , double back v
Rebrousser chemin
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Blister n
Ampoule f
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Shorten abbreviate crop
Écourter Écourter une réunion cut a meeting short L'orateur a écourté son discours
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Shelter, sanctuary, mountai hut
Refuge m
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Beaten track
Sentier battu m
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Rush hurry
Brusquer
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Streetlight lamppost
Réverbère m
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Laundromat laundry room
Buanderie f
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Mattress protector under sheet
Alèse f alaise
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Affection tenderness
Attendrissement m
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Novice, puppy, wet behind the ears
Blanc-bec
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To like (Verlane)
Kiffer | Kif-kif so and so
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Fire, sack Resign, stand down, quit Capitulat
Demissioner
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Break (short trip) | Breakaway
Échappée f
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Predictable
Prévisible | Dans un avenir prévisible
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Purchase n
Emplette f | Faire l'emplette de
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Drive sb nuts, drive sb up the wall
Faire tourner en bourrique
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Baby-wipe, wipe n
Lingette f
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Exhausting, wearing tiring
Harassant adj | Harasser qqn tire sb out
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Toilet seat
Lunette f | And telescope, rear wind screen
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The good for nothings
De bons à riens
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Argue, having a slanging match, row
S'engueuler
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Air conditioner fam
La clim
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Wax, earwax
Cire f
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Self-esteem n
Estime de soi f
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Chase, run after Follow, pursue fam
Courser
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University degree
Diplôme universitaire m | Diplômé a graduate
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Life expectancy
L'espérance de vie
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Good Friday
Vendredi saint m Le dimanche de Pâques Lundi de Pâques La Paque is jewish passover eg w article
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Lent
Carême m
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March, prosession parade
Défilé m
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Scorn | Disgrace shame
Opprobre m | Ce cousin est l'opprobre de la famille.
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Search check frisking n | Dig excavation
Fouille f
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Contempt of court
Contumace f
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Customs habits lifestyle
Mœurs fpl
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Claim demander v
Revendiquer Se revendiquer to consider ur self to be, claim ur self to be Il se revendique marxiste
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Money laundering
Blanchiment d'argent
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Suicide bomber
Kamikaze | Un attentat-suicide
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Out of date, expired
Périmé adj
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Contaminate
Frelater qqc
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Penalise, punish
Sanctionner
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Mercy
Miséricorde f
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Confession, admission
Aveu m faire l'aveu de qch Le suspect fit l'aveu de son larcin.
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Brothel
Lupanar m
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Fall of a horse
faire une chute de cheval | Elle s'est tassée 2 vertèbres en faisant une chute de cheval.
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Junk food
Malbouffe f
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To splash
Asperger s'asperger le visage to splash one's face with water • se faire asperger* (par une voiture) to get splashed; (par un arroseur) to get wet
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morphosis, transformation, reinvention n | (with emphasis on development/maturing) coming of age
Mue f
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Plaque
panonceau m
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all the more so, even more so expr | with all the more reason
A fortiori
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Convertible
Décapotable f
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(symbole graphique du communisme) hammer and sickle expr
la faucille et le marteau expr
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(informal, figurative) go downhill vi + adv | grow worse, become worse vi + adj
S'envenimer | En un mois, la situation de l'entreprise s'est fortement envenimée.
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Barking n
Abois nmpl | Un animal aux abois
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Greedy, gasping (fig)
Avide | Avide de qqc hungry, keen for sth
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Leg less person
Cul-de-jatte
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One-eyed adj
Borgne
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Butcher v
Charcuter
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Fork garden bike
Fourche f
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Spade shovel
Pelle f
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Smash shatter
Fracasser
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Anchor n
Ancre f
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Purchase n
Emplette f
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Well n
Puits m
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Motive
Mobile m
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The Labour party
Le Parti travailliste
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Barge | House boat canal boat
Péniche f
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Wind farm
Parc éolien m | L'énergie éolienne n'est pas assez développée en France.
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Coal ( industrial)
Houille f. H audible gaz de houille nm coal gas n houille blanche nf hydroelectric power n hydroelectricity n
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Donkey
Bourrique f
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Mill, grindstone
Meule f
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Eloquence flair
Verve f
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Win n
Sacre m
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Dismiss turn away reject | Inf boot out usher out
Éconduire
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Fast, fasting
Jeûne m
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Retrace ones steps , turn back
Rebrousser chemin | Rebrousser brush against
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Care protection guardianship
Tutelle f Il est encore sous la tutelle de ses parents. sous la tutelle de under the care of mise sous tutelle nf guardianship, supervision n
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(Humour) sworn enemy, fierce opponent
pourfendeur nm
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``` Tremor, jolt Shake up (fig) ```
Secousse f L'affaire Dreyfus a provoqué une forte secousse politique. Ceinture de feu du Pacifique ring of fire
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Log, large stick
Rondin m
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Favourite adj
Fétiche | Au loto, je joue toujours mes numéros fétiches.
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Balaclava
Cagoule f
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Fear dread v
Redouter | Je redoute le pire
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People smuggler
Passeur -euse
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Track, hunt down v
Traquer | Les policiers ont traqué le fugitif toute la journée.
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Dummy corporation, front organization
société boîte aux lettres nf | société écran nf
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To go viral
Faire le buzz
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Data, information
Données fpl base de données nf database n données financières nfpl financial information n financial data n, npl données informatiques computer data données nominatives personal information n
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Word of mouth
Le bouche-á-oreille
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Crook | Rascal
Filou
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Male chauvinimsm
Machisme m
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Wear, wear and tear
Usure f
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Nonsense
Fariboles nfpl | Mon père aime raconter des fariboles.