September Flashcards

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Menial tasks

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Tâches ingrates ou sans intérêt

Menial / servil, de baja categoría

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Swathe

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Bande de terre

Franja, venda / envolver

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Remit

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Attributions, pouvoirs
Misión
that’s outside their remit cela n’entre pas dans (le cadre de) leurs attributions
our remit is to … il nous incombe de…

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Haul

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Prise
Botín
Long haul / largo camino

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Impervious

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Imperméable, resistant

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Moose

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Orignal

Alce

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Plod

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Marcher lourdement

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Stir up

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Attiser, provoquer

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Sleuth, sleuthing

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Enquêter, détective, travail de détective

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Grope

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Tâtonner, aller à l’aveuglette, tripoter, peloter

Andar a tientas, toquetear, meter mano.

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Adamant

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Résolu, inflexible

To be adamant that / insistir en que

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Vial

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Fiole, frasco

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Smallpox

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Variole, Petite vérole, viruela

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Pox

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Vérole, sífilis

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Unaccounted for

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Inexpliqué, manquant, disparu

Inexplicable, no tenido en cuenta, pasado por alto.

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Downpour

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Averse, déluge

Chaparrón, aguacero

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Maroon

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Abandonner, faire naufrage

Incomunicado, aislado

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Coach

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Car, autocar, wagon

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Treasure trove

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Trésor

Tesoro escondido

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Outlandish

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Bizarre, exotique, barbare

Extravagante, estrafalario

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Dust-up

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Accrochage, prise de bec, rixe, dispute

Reyerta, riña

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Flimsy

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Débil, poco sólido

Léger, peu solide, fragile

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Hairdo

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Coiffure

Peinado

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Hamlet

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Hameau, petit village

Aldea

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Callous
Dur, sans coeur, impitoyable | Despiadado, cruel
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Stem
Arrêter, endiguer, contenir, étancher (du sang) | Contener, detener, restañar (sangre)
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Incumbent
En fonction, en exercice | Titular
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Flounder
Aller tant bien que mal, patauger péniblement, s'empêtrer | Debatirse, forcejear, titubear
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Reshuffle
Restructuration, remaniement | Remodelación
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Offload
Décharger, débarquer | Echarle algo encima a alguien
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Exhaust
échappement, pot, tuyau d'échappement, d'échappement | Gases de combustión, tubo de escape
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To be rife
Être répandu, être abondant
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Trample
Piétiner | Pisar, pisotear
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To warp
Pervertir, fausser | Retorcer, combar, pervertir
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Smirk
Sonreir desdeñosamente | Sourire avec suffisance
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Lane
Voie, file, chemin, rue | Carril, vía, camino, calle, callejón, callejuela, ruta
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To contend that | To contend with
To contend that = soutenir que | To contend with = faire face à, lutter contre
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Ground-breaking
Révolutionnaire, percée
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Bead
Cuenta, abalorio, gota | Perle, grain, goutte
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Mesh
S'accorder, s'harmoniser, s'engrener, cadrer | Encajar
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Beset
Harceler, assaillir, accabler, infester | Acosar, plagado de, agobiar
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Blitz
Attaque, bombardement
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Ingenuity
Ingeniosité | Ingenio, inventiva
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Sloth
Paresseux | Perezoso
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Ti crouch
S'acceoupir, se tapir
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swashbuckling
Fanfaron, de cape et d'épée | Intrépido, de aventuras
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beguiling
Charmant, séduisant | Encantador
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Unravel
Défaire, démêler, éclaircir | Desenmarañar
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To quip
Plaisanter, lancer malicieusement | Bromear
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Payload
Chargement, charge utile, puissance | Carga útil, carga explosiva
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Groundhog
Marmotte, marmota
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Roam
deambular
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Intertwined
Entrelazar, entrecruzar
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bedrock
base sólida, fundamento, roca firme
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grist
molienda, abasto, suministro, provisión
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flaunt
alardear, presumir, hacer ostentación