Le Monde Flashcards

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Mosque

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Mosquée f
Le for the church la for the city
Mecque

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Pilgrim

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Pelèrin

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Change course, change direction

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Changer de cap

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Earthquake

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Séisme m

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Estate property
Assets
Inheritance

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Patrimoine m

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Flooding, flood n

Influx, deluge

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Inondation f

Even fig

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Plonk

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Pinard m

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Saudi Arabia

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L’Arabie saoudite
Royaume kingdom
le Royaume-Uni the United Kingdom

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Gob smacked

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Estomaqué

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Fire extinguisher

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Extincteur

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Impassive

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Impassible

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Certainly

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Certes

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Canvas n

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Toile f

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Shamelessly unashamedly

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Sans vergogne

Vergogne shame

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Hypersensitive
Thin skinned
Highly strung

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Fleur de peau

avoir une sensibilité à fleur de peau highly sensitive adj

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Falsify, rig, jig v

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Truquer

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Joint management

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Cogestion f

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From now on

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Désormais

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Despise, hold in contempt

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Honnir

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Listless, sluggish, apathetic
Broken down
Wheezy, short-winded

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Poussif -ve

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Package, measures ( gov’t, political etc)
Plan
Device

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Dispositif m

Anti-fog system dispositif antibuée

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Merger n

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Fusion f

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Dock (legal)

Seat, stool , furniture stand

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Sellette f

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Shock wave

Wave

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Onde de choc

Onde f

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Director, manager n | In power, leading adj
Dirigeant m Le parti dirigeant Le dirigeant de l'entreprise
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Monotonous
Monocorde | Parler d'un ton monocorde
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Decriminilasation
Dépénalisation f
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Without blushing
Sans rougir
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IVF
PMA | Procréation médicalement assistée
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EU
UE | L'union européenne
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During, while
Lors de Dès lors , à partir de ce moment fr then on, since then, since when, consequently Il a rencontré son fiancée lors de son séjour à P. He met....during his stay...
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Excise
Octroi m | And gift
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Embezzlement, misappropriation | Diversion
Détournement m
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Beech tree
Hêtre m
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DIY
Faites-le vous-même
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Prune
Pruneau m
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Megalopolis
Mégalopole f
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Urge, desire, momentum
Élan m (and moose, elk) Perdre de l'élan lose momentum Prendre son élan gain momentum
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Ear muffs ( protect fr sound)
Casque anti-bruit m
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Road infrastructure
Les infrastructures routières
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Behind closed doors, closed hearing, in camera
À huis clos
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User, service user, customer, traveller, commuter, passenger n
Usager Des milliers d'usagers empruntent cette autoroute. Il y a des millions d'usagers du francais
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Application, implementation
Mise en oeuvre
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In force, in effect, applicable
En vigueur Entrer en v be effective, be in effect Mettre en v Put into effect
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No matter who | No matter what
N'importe qui | N'importe quoi
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Set in motion, engage, unleash, set off
Enclencher
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With regard to
À l'égard de
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To tweet
Tweeter | Il a tweeté
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Handbook, manual
Vade-mecum And le manuel Voiture manuelle
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High tide
Marée haute/basse f | Or basse mer f
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Travel, traverse, roam, cross | Fly/go/sail to and fro, fly back and forth
Sillonner
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No through road, cul de sac, dead end | Deadlock, stalemate
Impasse f
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Intense, fierce, raging, burning
Ardent -e
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Commitment | Appointment, hiring n
Engagement m | Engagement
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Appeal, speak in favour of | Invoke
Plaider Plaider coupable/ non coupable Plaider la cause de speak up for, plead a cause Plaider la légitime défense plead self defence
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In return
Inversement
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Stimulate, boost
Doper And dope Se doper take steroids, drugs Doper les ventes boost sales
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World heritage
Classé au patrimoine mondial ( de l'humanité) | Patrimoine génétique gene pool
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Archbishop
Archevêque
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Take into account, take on board
Prendre en compte
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Bishop
Évêque
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Slight, snub, affront, humiliation, mortification
Camouflet m | Essuyer un c...suffer a humiliation/lose face
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No-claims bonus
Bonus-malus m
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Drum | Revolving
Tambour m Une porte à tambour Il joue du tambour
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Benefactor
Bienfaiteur
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Tarmac, asphalt, pave v
Goudronner
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Young chicken, chick,
Poussin m | Mon poussin fam pet, honey bun, hun
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Five year period, five years, five yr term
Quinquennat m
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Stronghold, kingdom
Fief m Fiefdom ..sur son fief électoral
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Undertaker
Croque-mort
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be on the alert v | keep your wits about you expr
être sur le qui-vive
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Jug pitcher
Broc m
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Dilapidated
Vétusté adj
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Criticism
La critique | Le critic
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Method
Le mode | La fashion
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Clock
La pendule | Le pendulum
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Stove
Le poêle | La frying pan
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Job n
Le poste | La post office
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Nap n
Le somme | La sum
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Vase
Le vase | La mud
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Veil
Le voile | La sail
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Pit ( fruit)
Noyau m -aux pl
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Fertility
Fécondité f
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Birth rate
Natalité | taux de mortalité
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Flamboyant flashiness n
tape-à-l'œil nm
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Thaw melt n
Fonte f
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Truce, break
Trêve | trêve hivernale nf suspension of tenant evictions during the winter period n
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Jump a light
Griller un feu (rouge)
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Plea, appeal, petition n
Plaidoyer m
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Self harm n and v
Automutilation f s'automutiler⇒ v pron s'infliger des mutilations vi
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Bit by bit
Petit à petit
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Curfew
Couvre-feu m
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Riot | Disturbance
Émeute f | Émeute raciale race riot
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Shortfall, lack, shortage
Pénurie f
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Challenge n
Défi m | And defiance
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Male chauviniste (...pig)
Phallocrate m
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Screening for breast cancer
Dépistage du cancer du sein | Récolter des dons fundraising
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Raise awareness
Sensibiliser Les campagnes anti-tabac sensibilisent les jeunes Anti-smoking campaigns raise awareness among young people Sensibiliser qqn à un problème
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at twilight, at dusk, at nightfall
entre chien et loup
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missus n (informal, pejorative) little woman n (informal, pejorative) wifey n
Bobonne f
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(mouvement brusque et irrégulier) jerk n | jolt, bump, twitch n
Saccade f saccadé jerky, jolting, halting adj twitchy adj
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act like a pig vi (mainly US) act like a jerk, act like a schmuck vi (UK, vulgar) act like a prick, act like a dickhead vi
Se conduire comme un goujat
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(petit fait d'actualité) miscellaneous news item, minor news item n
fait divers nm
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ungrateful, unappreciative adj
Ingrat ingrat adj (difficile à vivre) (task) thankless adj (experience) unrewarding adj (experience) difficult, trying adj And ingrateful person as a n
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Pride
Orgueil m
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Ultrasound
Échographie f
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Pretty attractive inf
Jojo
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Pet ( inf)
Bichon m
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What a pain! What a pain in the neck! expr
La barbe! | Quelle barbe!