Practice Exam 8 (Knowledge Circle #6) Flashcards by S Green

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déplacer

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to move/ shift

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un laissez-passer

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pass

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reculer

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to push/ move back

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devancer

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to get ahead of/ to arrive ahead of

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apaisant

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soothing

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désormais

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from now on/ henceforth

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vitrine

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window display/ showcase

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pourtant

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yet/ even so/ all the same

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esclavage

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slavery

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éprouver

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to feel/ to experience

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reporter

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to defer/ shift/ take back

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aussitôt (que)

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immediately (as soon as)

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en ce qui a trait à

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in terms of

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préalablement

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first/ beforehand

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alourdir

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to weigh down

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accuser réception de

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to acknowledge receipt of

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déchanter

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to become disenchanted/disillusioned

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aborder

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to take up/ embark/ approach

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hardi(e)

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bold/ daring

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gaz a effet de serre

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greenhouse gas emissions

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déboucher sur

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to open into/ to lead to

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prévenir

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to inform/ warn/ prevent/ anticipate

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supplanter

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to displace/ to take over from

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une prestation

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allowance/ benefit/performance

rattacher

to tie up/ do up again (connected/ linked to)

quant à

as for/ to

oeuvrer

to work/ to strive

par le truchement de

through/ via

une lutte

struggle

rassembler

to collect/ gather

entendre

to hear

ressortir de (à)

to emerge/to flow from (to pertain to)

la représailles

reprisal/ retaliation

défaillant

declining/ failing/ weakening/ faltering

une rétroaction ascendante

upward feedback

gâter

to spoil

sinon (que)

otherwise/ or else (except that)

un écueil

pitfall/ danger/ hazard

du moins

at least

primesautier

impulsive/ spontaneous

enfin

finally/ in short/ still/ however

tel

such

tabagisme

tobacco addiction

pernicieux

noxious/ injurious

inchangé

unchanged/ unaltered

au fur et à mesure (de) (que)

gradually (as) (as soon as)

ne...que

only

préciser

to make clear

une cotisation

subscription/ dues

frais de séjour

living expenses

indemnisation

compensation

accorder

to give/ grant

apparaître

to appear/ to emerge/ to develop

se raviser

to change ones mind

ne..plus

no longer