n9 Flashcards

(50 cards)

1
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a bequest = a legacy

A

un leg

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2
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the mainstay

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un soutien de famille

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3
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in every nock and cranny

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dans tous les recoins

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4
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a nock

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un recoin

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5
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the recesses of one’s mind

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les recoins de ton esprit/ au fin fond de la mémoire

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6
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to rub in it

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remuer le couteau dans la plaie

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7
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as mad as a hatter

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fou a lier

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8
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it’s a bitter pill to swallow

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c’est dur a avaler

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9
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to give somebody a taste of his own medecine

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rendre la monnaie de sa piece

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10
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to bleed somebody dry/white

A

saigner qqn a blanc

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11
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shaky / faltering / flicker / wobble / stagger

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shaky = vacillant 
faltering  = vacillant (fig)
flicker = vaciller (flamme)
wobble = vaciller (objet)
stagger= vaciller (personne)
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12
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lining

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ce qui borde / la doublure

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13
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a scrap

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un bout

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14
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frenzy

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frenesie

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15
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a frenzy of rage

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un excès/cris de rage

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16
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a muddle

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un désordre/fouillis

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17
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a pinnacle

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un pic

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18
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a clamour

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une revendication

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19
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a sprout

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un germe/pousse

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20
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a freeloader

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un profiteur

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21
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a cheat= a trickster

22
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staple

23
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a fallacy

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une idée fausse

24
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an ease

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une aisance, facilité, aise

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vagarieS
un caprice
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stealth
furtivité
27
a quest
une quete
28
mastery
maitrise
29
rattling
rale/cliquetis
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peer-to-peer
pair à pair
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a busle
act grouillante/agitation
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a covenant
un engagement/contrat
33
a contender
un concurrent/participant
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a challenge
un defi
35
a pundit
un expert
36
a headship
direction
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an assertion
une affirmation
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boldness
audace
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a stash
une planque/cachette
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a handful of
une poignée de
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propensity
inclination/propension
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a plot
complot
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heartland
le cœur (d'un pays)
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an hatchet
une hachette
45
a bucket
un seau
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the upkeep
le maintien
47
affluence
richesse/abondance
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a mismeed
un mefait
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demise
mort
50
compliance
conformité