Set 6 Flashcards

(34 cards)

1
Q

Déconcerter

A

Baffle

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2
Q

A deux doigts

A

Brink of

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3
Q

Monter en flèche

A

Soared with

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4
Q

Renverser

A

To topple

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5
Q

Museau

A

The snout

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6
Q

Griffes

A

Caws

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7
Q

Mœurs

A

Mores

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8
Q

Impudique, obscène

A

Lewd

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9
Q

Affaiblie (un parlement affaibli)

A

Enfeebled

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10
Q

Le mat

A

The mast

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11
Q

Le calcaire

A

Limestone

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12
Q

La flèche

A

The spire

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13
Q

Bouleversement / tourmente

A

Upheaval

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14
Q

Étrangement = sinistrement

A

Eerily

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15
Q

Astucieux

A

Canny

=>uncanny : étrange / mystérieux.

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16
Q

Imposer une choseh

A

Saddling with

Ex : saddling them with taxes

17
Q

Révision / refonte

18
Q

Semer / planter

A

Sow

Ex: the seed will be Sown

19
Q

Enrichir / préciser

A

Fleshed out

Ex : once his plans are fleshed out

20
Q

Synonyme / devise

A

Byword

Cf. Motto

21
Q

Inégal / asymétrique

22
Q

Tolère / excuse

23
Q

Installé

A

Enconced

Ex : confortable enconced

24
Q

Superviser

25
Qualités / propriétés
Attributes
26
Modeler
To pister
27
Une performance
À peppy
28
Enfler / augmente fortement
To surge -> surging
29
Dynamique
Buoyant
30
Réaffirmer
Reassert
31
Gaz à effet de serre
Greenhouse gases
32
Complaisant
Complacent Complacency : complaisance
33
Sous estimer , minimiser
To underplay
34
Se dérober, s'abstenir, reculer devant
To have shied away from