Liste 1 Flashcards
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Slum
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Bidonvilles
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Shelter
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Abri
Refuge
We need to seek a shelter before the storm arrives
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Banlieue
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Suburb
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To hail from
Who hails from the north
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Venir de
Etre originaire de
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A takeover
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Un rachat (of company) Une reprise
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To undergo
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Subir
Éprouver
Endurer
To endure
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To acknowledge
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Admettre
Reconnaitre
I acknowledge that I could have made better decisions = j’admets que j’aurais pu prendre de meilleurs decisions
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Une grève
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A strike
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Une escale (quand tu voyages en avion par exemple)
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A layover
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Aspirateur
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Vacuum
Vacuum cleaner
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Tricky
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Difficile
Délicat
Épineux
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Stint
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Période
Période de travail
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Barely
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À peine
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Colère
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Anger
Ire
Rage
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Un pansement
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Un apósito
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Soar
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Monter en flèche
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Argue that
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Affirmer. Soutenir
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Blackmail
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Faire du chantage
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Wrist
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Poignet
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Steadily
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Constantly
Régulièrement
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Is colour an issue ?
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Issue : problème
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Gloomy
Greece’s gloomy future is Ireland’s past
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Gloomy : morose (perspective)
Gloomy : couvert, maussade (temps)
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Sweetener
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Edulcorant
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Upbeat
Upbeat assessment
Upbeat comments
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Optimiste
Évaluation optimiste
Commentaires optimistes
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Rainbow
Arc-en-ciel
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To avert
Eviter
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Lawmaker
Législateur
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In the wake of
A la suite de
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He was found bleeding
En sang
| Qui saigne
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The bill has triggered opposition from
The assassination of the archduke triggered the war
A provoqué
| A déclenché
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The culprit
Le coupable
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The alleged would-be terrorist
Le présumé aspirant terroriste
Alleged = présumé
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To boast
Se vanter
Se fanfaronner
Se la raconter
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To drown
People drowned
Se noyer
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To enhance
Améliorer
| =improve
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The burden
La charge
Le fardeau
Le poids
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A whale
Une baleine
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To entice
To attract
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Hopelessly
Désespérément
Avec désespoir
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To drop
Baisser
Diminuer
Chuter
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To plummet
Chuter
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To soar
Monter en flèche
Augmenter
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To rise
Augmenter
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Word-of-mouth
Bouche à oreille
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To shrink
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Réduire
Diminuer
Rétrécir
Qui devient plus petit
To become smaller
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A borough
District
Quartier
arrondissement
Municipalité
Every borough of N-Y is growing
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To collapse
S'effondrer
The building collapsed after the fire
The collapse: l'effondrement
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A pilgrim
Un pèlerin
Pilgrimage = pèlerinage
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The rubble
The wreckage
Les décombres
People are trapped beneath the rubble
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A shelf
Une étagère
Pluriel : shelves
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To oversee
Superviser
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To tighten
Renforcer
Resserrer
Brazil has tightened controls on corruption
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To dive
Plonger (dans une piscine)
Ho to dive correctly into a swimming pool ?
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A sailor
Un marin
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A tire
Pneu
How to change a car tire ?
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A wheel
Une roue (ex d'une voiture)
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Le volant (d'une voiture)
The wheel
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A runway
Piste d'un aéroport
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To kick out
Renvoyer
Exclure
I was kicked out of class for refusing to turn off my ipod
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A handful of
Une poignée de
A handful of corporations
A handful of companies
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To cope
Surmonter
S'en sortir
Lutter
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To lambaste
To criticise
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Uneven
Inegal
The uneven distribution of the tax
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Long-haul flight
Vol long courrier
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Heels
Chaussures à talons
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The plight of
La situation difficile (=désespéré)
The plight of refugees in Pakistan
Refugees' plight in Australia
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To dismiss
To fire
Licencier
Ne pas prendre en compte
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A ghost
Un fantôme
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To skip
Ne pas aller
Sauter
Sécher
I skipped the meeting because I was too busy
He skipped three chapters of the book
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On the verge of
Sur le point de
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A sentence
Une condamnation
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To sentence
Condamner
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To harass
Harceler
Persécuter
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A windfall
Une rentrée d'argent imprévue
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Drug smuggling
Traffic de drogue
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To convict sb of
Reconnaitre coupable
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Classy
Élégant
Chic
Classe
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A helmet
Un casque (de moto)
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A landscape
Un paysage
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To be worn out
Etre epuisé
We were worn out after all the hard work
I am too worn out to....
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To last
Durer
The first world war lasted five years
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To take up
Se mettre à
John decided to take up golf on weekends
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The sink
L'evier
Le lavabo
Put the dirty dishes in the sink and I will clean them later
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To attend
Assister à
We must attend the annual board meeting tomorrow
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Do you go out ONCE IN A WHILE on weekends ?
Once in a while = de temps en temps
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For the time being
Pour l'instant
My car fell apart so I'm using my bicycle for the time being
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To go for a walk
Faire une promenade
My parents often go for a walk after dinner
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A mouth guard
Un protège-dents
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To chair
Présider
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To hike
To raise sharply
Augmenter brusquement
The central bank hikes interest rates
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To pass away
Décéder
His wife passed away last night
His father passed away after a five year struggle with cancer
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Neighbourhood
Quartier
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To put (sth) up for auction
Vendre aux enchères
We put our house up for auction
To put the building up for auction
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Outskirts
Périphérie
Banlieue
On the outskirts of Chicago
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At noon
A midi
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To be in charge
Etre responsable
I am trying to find out who is in charge here
My assistant John will be in charge in my absence
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To vow
To pledge
Promettre
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To deepen
Intensifier
| Accroître
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To lampoon (sb/sth)
Ridiculiser
Tourner en dérision
Charlie Hebdo had lampooned islam
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To surrender
Abandonner
