OLS Flashcards

(166 cards)

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L urne

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The ballot box

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Allouer, donner de l argent

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To allocate

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Abandonner, quitter

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To give up, to quit, to stop

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Astronomique

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Astronomical

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Calmement

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Peacefully

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Diverger

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Diverge, to become different, to run apart, to separate

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Simpliste

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Simplistic

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Entièreté, globalité

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Entirety, wholeness

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Studio de tournage

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Studio set

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10
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Miracle

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Miracle

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Téléspectateur

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Viewer

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Risquer

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To risk

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Taux d abstention

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Rate of abstention

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Résoudre

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To solve

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Avec un coup de baguette magique

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With a stroke of a magic wand

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En faveur de

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In favour of, in support of, approving

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Employer, engager

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To hire

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Confiance

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Confidence, trust, faith, belief

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Identité d entreprise

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Corporate identity

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Aborder, discuter de certains points

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To address several points

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Animé, vivant

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Lively

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Donner la parole

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Give the floor

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Réalisable, possible

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Feasible

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Au nom de

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Behalf

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Ajouter qqch, une idée, un argument
To add something
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Accomplir avec succès
To achieve
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Subir, souffrir de qqch
To suffer
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Tendre, avoir tendance à
To tend
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Gérer, être en charge de
Manage
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Endurer, supporter qqch de pesant
To endure
31
Inspire de l énergie, détermination pour réaliser qqch
To drive
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Loyauté
Loyalty
33
Rentabilité
Profitability
34
Caissier
Cashier
35
Plein temps
Full-time
36
Taux d imposition
Tax rate
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Etre plongé dans, poussé de façon soudaine, être amené de facon soudaine
To be plunged into
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Prévaloir
Prevail
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Carrière
Career
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Cotisation
Contribution
41
Sécurité sociale
Social security
42
Retraité
Pensioner
43
Se référer à, faire allusion à
To refer to
44
CDD / CDI
Fixed-term/ permanent contract
45
Protection sociale
Social protection
46
Salaires
Wages
47
Réclamer, exiger
To demand
48
Travail à temps-partiel
Part-time job
49
Retraite
Retirement
50
Déplorable
Deplorable
51
Syndicats
Trade unions
52
Faire la sourde oreille
To turn a deaf ear to so/sthg
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Couverture santé
Health coverage
54
Précaire
Precarious
55
Concurrent ( éco)
Competitor
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Niveler
To level
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Économiser
To save
58
Installer, instaurer
To set up
59
Renforcer
To strengthen
60
Législation
Legislation
61
Enjeu,intérêt (éco ou émotionnel)
A stake
62
Indécent
Indecent
63
Encourager, motiver, supporter
To encourage
64
Enveloppe budgétaire
Budgetary envelope
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Diriger, gérer, être en charge
To manage
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Mandat
A term of office
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Faire d une pierre deux coups
To kill two birds with one stone
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Digne, respectable
Dignified
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L électorat
The electorate
70
Mériter
To deserve
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Argumenter
To argue
72
Montrer de l intérêt dans
To take an interest in
73
Expatriés
Expatriate
74
Devenir célèbre, se faire un nom
To make a name for oneself
75
Etre intéresser par qqch
To be interested in sthg
76
Participation/ taux de participation
To turn-out/ turn-out rate
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Se disputer, se quereller
To squabble / a squabbling
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Obligatoire
Compulsory, mandatory, required
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Faire les gros titres
To make the headlines
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Le coupable
Culprit
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Tempête
Storm
82
Résultat, issue
Outcome
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Le vol
Theft
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Inflation
Inflation
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La foule
Crowd
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Une plainte, un grief
A complaint
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Miner, affaiblir
To undermine
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L envoyé spécial
The special correspondant
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Rejoindre
To join
90
A solution, une issue
Way out
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En un instant
In a flash
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Cambriolage
Burglary
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Une tablette
A tablet
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Répandre
To spread
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Inquiétant
Worrying
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Concurrencer, rivaliser avec
To compete with
97
Un passant
Passer-by
98
Preuves
Evidences
99
Journaux de qualité
Broadsheet
100
Prévisions meteo
Weather forecast
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Se renseigner
To inquire
102
Si =if dans une yes no question
Whether
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Doute
Doubt
104
Se précipiter
To rush
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Réussir à, parvenir
To manage
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La projection d un film
The screening of a film
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Hors du commun
Out of the ordinary
108
Louer, faire l éloge
To praise
109
Sans précédent
Unprecedented
110
Mettre en scène
To stage
111
Affiche
Poster
112
Publier,paraître
Release
113
Scénario film
Screenplay
114
Personnage de 1er rôle
Protagonist
115
Déconcerté
Baffled
116
Extrait, passage
Excerpt
117
Prévoir, projeter
To plan, to intend
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Serviette
Towel (beach, bathroom)
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Il est grand temps que
It s high time that + preterit
120
Moteur
Engine
121
Se reposer
To rest
122
Sieste
Nap
123
Gêné, dérangé
Embarrassed
124
Potager
Vegetable garden
125
Bio
Organic
126
Commerce équitable
Fair trade
127
Volumineux
Bulky
128
Un geste, une attention
Gesture
129
Cultiver
To grow
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Fournir
To provide
131
La fabrication
The making
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Combustible
Fuel
133
Toit
Rooftop
134
Polluant
Polluting
135
Energie verte
Clean energy
136
Appareils électriques
Electric appliances
137
Pétrole
Oil
138
Facture
Bill
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Fournisseur d energie
Energy supplier
140
Éolienne
Wind turbine
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Station service
Gas station
142
Combiné
Combined
143
Isoler
Insulate
144
Chauffage
Heating
145
Pompe à chaleur
Heat pump
146
Satisfaire les besoins
To meet the needs
147
Difficile délicat
Tricky
148
Subvenir aux besoins
Provide for the needs
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Immobiliers
Real estate
150
S abriter
To shelter
151
Étendre
To expand
152
Enrichir
To enrich
153
Autoriser
Authorise
154
A plus d un titre
In more than one way
155
Empiéter
Encroach
156
Un cadre, décor, lieu
Setting
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Sans cesse
Endlessly
158
Un terrain, une parcelle, terrain à batir
Building lot
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Demander, faire la requête
To request
160
Potager collectif
Collective kitchen garden
161
Quartier
Neighbourhood
162
Financement
Subsidy, grant
163
Décharge
Landfill
164
Pile
Battery
165
Déchèterie
Dump
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Déterminer
To determine