osce pa Flashcards
(68 cards)
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ininterrompue
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unbroken uniterruprted
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de ligite
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conflict in contention
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diamétralment
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diametrically
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de gaz a effet de serre
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warming
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l’ere
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era
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s’efforcer
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try hard to to
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redresser
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transitive verb
Verb Table
[+ arbre, mât] to set upright, to right
[+ pièce tordue] to straighten out
(aviation, automobiles) [+ auto, avion] to straighten up
redresser les roues to straighten up
[+ situation] to put right
[+ économie] to sort out, to straighten out
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pérenniser
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to ensure the continued existence of
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l’assainissement
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stabilizaion, sanitization
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raviver
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rekindle, revive,
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sous-jacente
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underlying
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saine
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healthy
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a plusieurs reprise
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on several occasions
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soigneusement
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carefully
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chef de file
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party leader
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engagement
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(= recrutement) taking on
(military) enlistment
(= lancement) [d’offensive, manoeuvre] starting
(= mise en œuvre) [de ressources] investing
(= promesse) commitment
prendre l’engagement de faire to undertake to do
sans engagement (business) without obligation
(= implication de soi) commitment ⇒ Son engagement politique lui fait honneur, mais cela lui a coûté son poste. His political commitment is to his credit, but it cost him his job.
(military(= combat) engagement
(sport, dans une compétition) entry
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fournutire
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feminine noun
[de matériel] supply
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gagner
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to be better off doing ⇒ Il y gagne. It’s in his interest., It’s to his advantage.
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lignes directrices
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guidelines
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souscrire
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intransitive verb
Verb Table
souscrire à to subscribe to
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dresser le bilan
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to balance the books
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ci-apres
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hereafter
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tirer parti
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to take advantage of, to turn to good account
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faire date dans
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to be a milestone
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afférent à
pertaining relating to
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sur
adjective
(= certain) sure, certain ⇒ Tu es sûr? Are you sure?, Are you certain?
sûr et certain absolutely certain
sûr de qch sure of sth, certain of sth
être sûr de qn to be sure of sb
sûr de soi self-assured, self-confident ⇒ Elle est très sûre d'elle. She's very self-confident.
(= digne de confiance) reliable ⇒ C'est quelqu'un de très sûr. He's a very reliable person.
peu sûr (= peu digne de confiance) unreliable
(= sans danger) safe ⇒ Ce quartier n'est pas très sûr la nuit. This neighbourhood isn't very safe at night.
le plus sûr est de ... the safest thing is to ...
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accru
adjective
[rôle, risque, pouvoir] increased
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imprégner
transitive verb
```
Verb Table
[+ tissu, tampon] to soak
imprégner de to soak in
[+ lieu, air] to permeate
être imprégné de to be permeated with
(figurative) [amertume, ironie] to pervade
```
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denrée
commodity
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louer
(= faire l'éloge de) to praise ⇒ Les journaux ont loué le courage des pompiers. The newspapers praised the bravery of the firefighters.
louer qn de to praise sb for
se louer de to congratulate o.s. on
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incitatif
incitatives incentives
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enchérir
enchérir sur qn (aux enchères) to outbid sb, to make a higher bid than sb (figurative) to go one better than sb
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ultérieur
later, subsequent
| remis à une date ultérieure postponed to a later date
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occulter
(figurative) to overshadow
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delit
masculine noun
offence (British), offense (US)
constituer un délit to constitute an offence
un délit passible de an offence punishable by
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escompter
(business) to discount
(= espérer) to expect, to reckon upon
escompter que to reckon that, to expect that
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ardu
adjective
arduous, difficult
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attester
(= certifier) [+ véracité, authenticité, honnêteté, exactitude]
[personne] to attest to, to vouch for
[chose] to attest to, to prove
attester que [personne] to testify that [fait, document] to prove that
attester de qch (= témoigner de) to testify to sth, to be a testament to sth
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déceler
(= remarquer) to detect
croire déceler qch dans qch ⇒ J'ai cru déceler une pointe de sarcasme dans vos propos. I thought I detected a note of sarcasm in what you said.
(formal(= révéler) to indicate
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révéler
```
[fait, étude] to show
[personne] to disclose, to reveal
(= dénoter) to reveal, to show
(faire connaître au public)
révéler qn/qch to make sb/sth known, to bring sb/sth to the public's notice
```
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indument
```
(= sans raison valable) without due cause
(= illégitimement) wrongfully
```
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prétendre
transitive verb
Verb Table
(= affirmer) to claim ⇒ Il prétend tout savoir sur la question. He claims to know all about it.
prétendre que to claim (that) ⇒ Il prétend qu'il ne la connaît pas. He claims he doesn't know her.
(= avoir l'intention de)
prétendre faire qch to mean to do sth, to intend to do sth
(= réclamer)
prétendre à [+ droit, titre] to lay claim to
pouvoir prétendre à qch to have a claim to sth
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prétendant
(à un trône) pretender
| [de femme] suitor
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se traduire par
(= être traduit) to be translated
se traduire par to translate into
(= se manifester)
se traduire par to result in, to translate into
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habileté
feminine noun
skill, skilfulness (British), skillfulness (US)
l'habileté technique technical skill
[de manœuvre] cleverness
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resolument
adverb
resolutely, steadfastly
résolument contre qch resolutely against sth
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prestataire
(business)
prestataire de services service provider
(= bénéficiaire d'une prestation sociale) person receiving benefits
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ferroviaire
adjective
[réseau, transport, industrie] rail modifier
[gare, voie] railway modifier (British), railroad modifier (US)
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concours
(= épreuve) competition
un concours de chant a singing competition
(education) competitive examination
recrutement par voie de concours recruitment by competitive examination
see hors
(= assistance) help, assistance
apporter son concours à to give one's support to
concours de circonstances combination of circumstances
par un heureux concours de circonstances by a happy coincidence
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recourir
(= avour recours)
recourir à [+ ami, agence] to turn to, to appeal to [+ force, ruse, emprunt] to resort to, to have recourse to
(= courir de nouveau) to race again
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fardeu
burden
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portee
```
(= distance) [d'avion, fusée, canon] range
à portée de within reach of
hors de portée out of reach
hors de portée de out of reach of
à portée de la main within reach
à portée de main within reach
à portée de voix within earshot
(= capacités)
à la portée de qn at sb's level
à la portée de toutes les bourses to suit every pocket, within everyone's means
(= importance) import
(= conséquences, effets) impact
[de chatte, chienne] litter
(music) stave, staff
```
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empressement
masculine noun
eagerness
empressement à faire qch eagerness to do sth
montrer peu d'empressement à faire qch not to seem too keen to do sth
le peu d'empressement à faire qch the lack of will to do sth
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s'attacher
Translations
| to become attached to
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en ce qui concerne
Translations
| as far as this is concerned, with regard to this
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rélevement
[de taux, niveau] raising
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circonscription
feminine noun
district
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reticent
not open or communicative; not saying all that one knows; taciturn; reserved
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frontalier
adjective
border modifier, frontier modifier
travailleurs frontaliers workers who cross the border to go to work
masculine noun, feminine noun
(personne qui habite à proximité d'une frontière) person who lives near a border
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ultérieurement
later
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rubrique
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(= titre, catégorie) heading
(press(= article) column
```
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tributaire
(= dépendant)
être tributaire de to be dependent on
(geography)
être tributaire de to be a tributary of
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s'en remettre à qn
to leave it up to sb
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decouler de
to ensue from, to follow from
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emettre
transitive verb
Verb Table
[+ son, lumière] to give out, to emit
(radio) [+ signal, message] to transmit
(= mettre en circulation) [+ billet, timbre, emprunt, chèque] to issue
(= formuler)
[+ hypothèse, avis] to voice, to put forward
[+ vœu] to express
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etayer
transitive verb
Verb Table
(= soutenir)
[+ mur, voûte] to prop up, to shore up
(figurative) [+ thèse, accusation, affirmation] to back up
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s'etendre
(figurative)
| s'étendre sur (= expliquer) to elaborate on, to enlarge on
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mettre au point
[+ mécanisme, procédé] to develop
| [+ appareil-photo] to focus
