Step 3 Flashcards

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Casser, briser

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To break

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Enfreindre la loi

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To break the law

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Battre un reccord

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To break a record

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Innover, faire preuve de pionnier

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To break new ground

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… a atteint le point de rupture

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… has reached breaking-point

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Faire sécession, couper les ponts

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To break away from

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Un parti dissident, séparatiste

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A breakaway party

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Échouer, tomber en panne

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To break down

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Une panne (moteur,machine)

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A breakdown

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Une dépression nerveuse

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A nervous breakdown

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L’éclatement de la famille

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Family breakdown

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Entrer par effraction

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To break into

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Pénétrer un marché

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To break into a market

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Éclater (guerre ou conflit)

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To break out

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Une pause, une rupture

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A break

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Faire une pause, se changer les idées, prendre des vacances

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To take a break

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Une percée, une découverte capitale

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A breakthrough

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Une rupture

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A break-up

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Un cas, une éventualité 
Ou
Un procès, une affaire 
Ou
Une valise
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A case

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20
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En pareil cas

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In such case

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21
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Selon le cas

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As the case may be

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En tout cas

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In any case

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En l’occurrence

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In the case in point

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Un exemple frappant

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A case in point

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Juger une affaire
To try a case
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Plaider en faveur de
To make a case for
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Une inculpation
A charge
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Être inculpé de viol
To be on a rape charge
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Les charges portées contre lui
The charges made against him
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Facturer
To make a charge of
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Être responsable de.. | Diriger
To be in charge of
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Facturer, demander un prix
To charge
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Inculper quelqu'un de
To charge someone with
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Vérifier Ou Freiner, enrayer
To check
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Maîtriser, contenir
To put a check on To hold in check To keep in check
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Jeter
To cast
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Jeter l'ancre
To cast anchor
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Rejeter la responsabilité sur
To cast the blame on somebody
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Jeter une ombre sur
To cast a shadow on/over
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Jeter un regard sur
To cast one's eye on
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Jeter un regard critique sur
To cast a critical eye on
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Etre démoralisé
To be cast down
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Prétendre Ou Revendiquer
To claim
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S'effondrer
To collapse
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Une chute, un effondrement
A collapse
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Commettre
To commit
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S'être engagé à, s'employer à
To be committed to
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Un engagement
a commitment
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Obliger
To compel
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Imposer le respect
To compel respect
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Incontestable, irréfutable
Compelling
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Respecter, se plier à
To comply with, to abide by
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Conformité
Compliance
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Conformément à ...
In compliance with
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Etre conforme à
To be compliant with
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``` Une affaire Ou Une entreprise Ou Une inquiétude ```
A concern
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Une entreprise qui marche
A going concern
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Un sujet de grande inquiétude
A matter of great concern
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Un consommateur
A consumer
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Biens de consommation
Consumer goods
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Le consumérisme
Consumerism
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La société de consommation
Consumer society
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La consommation
Consumption
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S'en sortir se débrouiller
To cope
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Faire face à un problème, essayer de le résoudre
To cope with
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Une société
A corporation
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Des entreprises
Corporate
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Les bénéfices des entreprises
Corporate profits
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Une exigence
A demand
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L'offre et la demande
Supply and demand
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Priver quelqu'un de
To deprive someone of
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Mériter
To deserve
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Un problème inextricable, un casse-tête
A conundrum
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Un point discutable
A moot point
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Une mise en garde
A warning
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Un sujet d'importance capitale
A matter of prime importance
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Un sujet qui inquiète tout le monde
A matter of common concern
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Une réalité qui est rentrée dans les mœurs
A fact of life
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La presse écrite
Print journalism
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Un tableau, un graphique
A chart
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Un taux
A rate
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Un slogan accrocheur
A catchword / a catchphrase
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Une affirmation qui est en dessous de la vérité (litote)
An understatement
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Un cliché
A cliché, a stereotype
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Donner un aperçu de
To give an insight into
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Mettre en lumière
To highlight/ to spotlight
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Se concentrer sur
To focus on
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Faire remarquer que
To point out that
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Insister sur
To dwell on
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Éclairer (un problème)
To shed light on
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Souligner
To stress / to underline / to emphasize / to lay emphasis on / to underscore
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Impliquer
To suggest / to imply that
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Déduire
To infer
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Faire le contraire
To do the opposite
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Faire un sport
To pratice a sport
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Avec le temps
Over time / with time
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Aller en vacances
Go on holiday