n10 Flashcards

(42 cards)

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a draft

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une ebauche

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2
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a surrogate

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un substitut

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3
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a remark

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une reflexion

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4
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a pretense

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un faux prétexte

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5
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bewilderment/ astonishment

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stupéfaction

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6
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the heyday

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l’age d’or, les beaux jours

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7
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a substitute

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un remplacant

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8
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a grandstand

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une tribune

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9
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a try

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un essai

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10
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a scrum

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une melée

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11
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a seducer

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un seducteur

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12
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the kick-off

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le coup d’envoi

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13
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a smooth talker

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un beau parleur

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14
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a demand

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une exigence

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15
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a stepladder

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un escabeau

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16
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a spell

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une période

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17
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an ascent

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une ascention

18
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a mismatch

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discordance, decalage

19
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a liability

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une responsabilité

20
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cooling

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refroidissement

21
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relevance

22
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a rebuff

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un refus/rejet

23
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a zero-sum view

24
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saviour

25
an outlook
une perspective
26
ill-will
rancœur/rancune
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a shortcoming
un defaut
28
an harbinger
un messager/signe annonciateur
29
an outbreak
eclatement/propagation/epidemie
30
the mainstream
courant dominant, opinion majoritaire
31
class-action
recours collectif
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a backdrop
fond de décor
33
an activist
un militant
34
a TV set
un poste de tele
35
down-to-eath
pragmatisme
36
a guise
une apparence
37
a freak
une horreur (monstrueux physiquement)
38
the upsurge
le regain
39
meddling
ingérence/intervention/intrusion
40
an uprising
un soulevement, révolte
41
a cauldron
une situation délicate
42
a misgiving
doute, appréhension