Septembre Flashcards

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Engager les hostilités

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To engage in hostilities

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Intervenir (2)

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To intervene

To step in

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Susciter

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To spark

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Prendre les armes

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To take up arms

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Être en guerre contre un pays

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To be at war with a nation

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Être en quarantaine

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To be in quarantine

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Armes massives de destruction

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Massive destruction weapons

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Attaque de représailles

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A reprisal attack

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Déployer (2)

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To array

To deploy

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Un bourbier

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A quagmire

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Avoir le feu vert

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To get the go ahead

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Le contre-coup (2)

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The aftereffect

The aftershock

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Un coup

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A blow

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Un coup dur

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A nasty blow

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Le moral

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The morale

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En prendre un coup

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To take a bit of a bashing

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Une trahison(2)

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A betrayal

A Treachery

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Retrait des troupes

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Withdrawal of the troops

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Manque de soutien

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Defection of support

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Clouer au sol

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To pin down

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Dépendre de

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To depend on

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Brocanteur

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Second-hand dealer

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Un livre d’occasion

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A second-hand book

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Marchander le prix (2)

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To bargain about the price

To haggle over

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La foire aux manèges
The fun fair
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Antiquaires
Antique dealers
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Vendre peu cher (3)
To sell for a song To sell off To sell cheaply
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Inverser la tendance
To reverse engines
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Célibataires endurcis
Confirmed bachelors
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Vieilles filles
Spinsters
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Soit disant
So-called
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Supposer (3)
To assume To suppose To infer
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Possible | Éventuel
Prospective
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Un groupe
A congregation
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A l'air libre (2)
Outdoor | Open air
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D'humeur enjouée
A jovial mood
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Un groupe hétérogène
A mixed lot
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En aucune façon
By no means
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Le niveau de langue
The register
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Hautain (2)
Haughty | Supercilious
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Silhouette | Chiffre
Figure
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Faire une sale tête
To cut a sorry figure
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Raide
Straight
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Courbé
Convex
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Un nez en trompette
A turned-up nose
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Dispositif
Device
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Aller aux toilettes
To go to the loo
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Guirlande
Tinsel
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Un radeau
Raft
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Un paquebot
A liner
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Une couchette
A berth
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Une locomotive
Steam engine
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Un chauffeur de train
A stoker
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Un fourgon à bagages
A luggage-van
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La salle d'attente
The waiting room
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Un employé des chemins de fer
A railway-clerk
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La consigne
The left-luggage office
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Un wagon(2)
A carriage | A coach
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Un filet à bagages
Rack
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Une traversée (2)
A crossing | A passage
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Le buffet de la gare
The refreshment room
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Un aller simple
Single ticket
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Un billet aller retour
Return ticket
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Retourner sa veste
To change one's colours
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Un changement
A Change
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Des dents vers l'avant
Prominent teeth
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Le quai de la gare
The station's platform
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Combien coûte le ticket pour Londres?
How much is the fair to London?
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Attendre l'offensive
Holding fire
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Rentrer chez soi (de l'armée)
To be discharged
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L'étendu
The extent
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Sur le qui vive
On alarmed
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Aborder le sujet (2)
To tackle | To deal with
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La semaine dernière
Last week
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Faire la guerre
To make war
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Fournir une dot
To provide a dowry
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Données
Data
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Opposant (politique)
Opponent
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Radiodiffuser
Broadcast
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Captiver l'audience
To hold the audience
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La 5ème fois consécutive
The fifth time in a raw
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Fasciner/hypnotiser (2)
To fascinate | To mesmerize
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Un habitué de la télévision
A seasoned performer
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Un pupitre
Lectern
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Ploucs/beaufs
Rednecks
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Le fait que ça soit juste
Rightfulness
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D'autant plus que
All the more so as
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Malin
Crafty
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Télévision
Idiot box
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Infrastructures
Facilities
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A l'antenne
On the air
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Voleur (2)
Burglar | Thief (pl:thieves)
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Laïcité
Secularism
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Heure de grande audience
Peak viewing time
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Malfaiteurs
Criminals
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Le pays hôte / d'accueil
The host country
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Être en fuite
To be on the run
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Éducation laïque
Secular education
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La peine capitale (3)
Capital punishment Death penalty Death sentence
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Convaincre l'opinion publique
To convince public opinion
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Dédaigneux
Disdainful
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Tripes
Guts
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Avoir du cran
To have guts
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Une pointe | Un soupçon
A hint
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Transporter | Transformer
To convey
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Un sale phalocrate
A male chauvinist pig
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Percher la voix très haute
To pitch one's voice
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Désirer qq. chose
To eager to something
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Regarder de manière circulaire
To glance round
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S'assoir entre 2 chaises
To sit on the fence
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Inoffensif | Anodin
Harmless
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La vénerie (art de la chasse)
Hunting field
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La lie de l'humanité (vermine)
The scum of the earth
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Belliqueux
A warlike person
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Aller de l'avant (2)
To go ahead | To move forward
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S'en prendre à un problème
To cope with a problem
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Planifier
To plan for
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Un petit morveux
A little brat
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Sauf (3)
Save But Except
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Choyé
Pampered
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Avoir son métier à soi
To have an occupation of one's own
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Gâter
To sploilt
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Concubin
The live-in-lover (US)
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Câliner
To cuddle
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Sain et sauf
Safe and sound
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Dorloter
To coddle
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Avoir un métier
To have a career
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Élever dans du coton
To mollycoddle
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Assurer (3)
To get by To hold one's ground To stand one's own
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Programmer
To schedule
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Réussir
To succeed in + ving
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Viser qq. chose
To aim at
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Sur tous les plans
On all levels
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Journées bourrées à craquer
Action-packed days
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Racler
To scrape
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Imaginer/concevoir
To devise
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Un domaine
A realm
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Lâchement
Loosely
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Tentative
Endeavour
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Les profondeurs de l'océan
The depths of the ocean
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Maladroit
Clumsy
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Se perdre de vue
To get out of touch one ´s with
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Avoir un double métier
To work two jobs
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Être à l'aise à la télé
To be telegenic
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D'une certaine manière (2)
Somehow | Somewhat
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Une vie bien remplie
An eventfull life
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Ahurissant
Astounding