Step 4 Flashcards

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Dissuader

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To deter from

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Un moyen de dissuasion

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A deterrent

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Exercer un effet de dissuasion

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To act as a deterrent

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Décevoir

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To disappoint

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Décevant

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Disappointing

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De manière décevante

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Disappointingly

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Déception

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Disappointment

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Licencier, renvoyer

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To dismiss

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Rejeter une idée

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To dismiss an idea

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Un licenciement

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A dismissal

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Déranger

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To disturb

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Des troubles, des incidents, des émeutes

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A disturbance

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Troublant, inquiétant

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Disturbing

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Minimiser

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To downplay, to play down

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Laisser tomber

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To drop

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Quitter l’école, laisser tomber ses études

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To drop out of school

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Un jeune qui abandonne ses études ou un marginal, un laissé-pour-compte

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A drop-out

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18
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Augmenter progressivement

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To edge up

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19
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Diminuer progressivement

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To edge down

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Faire de légers progrès

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To edge forward

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21
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Un bord

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An edge

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Avoir une légère supériorité sur

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To have an edge on

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Crispé, stressé, énervé

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Edgy

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Apparaître, émerger, surgir

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To emerge.. from

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Il en résulte que
It emerges from this that
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La naissance, L'émergence
The emergence of
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Émergent
Emergent
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L'urgence
The emergency
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En cas de nécessité
In case of emergency
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Un état d'urgence
To declare a state of emergency
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Une sortie de secours
An emergency exit
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Un atterrissage forcé
An emergency landing
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Le service des urgences (hôpital)
The emergency service/ward
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Englober
To encompass
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S'efforcer
To endeavour
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Faire appliquer la loi
To enforce the law
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Imposer
To enforce on/upon
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L'application
The enforcement
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Entraîner, provoquer
To entail
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Éradiquer, supprimer
To eradicate
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L'éradication
The eradication
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Un événement
a event
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L'actualité
Current events / current affairs
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Au cas où
In the event of
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Dans tous les cas, quoi qu'il arrive
In any event
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Expulser
To evict
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Dépasser
To exceed
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Extrêmement
Exceedingly
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Un excès
An excess
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Boire à l'excès
To drink to excess
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Pousser à l'excès
To carry to excess
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Attendre, s'attendre à
To expect
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Une attente, une espérance
An expectation
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Dans l'attente de, en prévision de
In expectation of
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Vivre dans l'expectative
To live in expectation
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Répondre aux attentes de quelqu'un
To come up to somebody's expectation
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Au-delà de toute attente
Beyond expectations
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Une future mère
An expectant mother
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L'espérance de vie
Life expectancy
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Agrandir Prolonger, lancer, offrir S'étendre, s'appliquer
To extend
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Le degré, la mesure, l'ampleur l'étendue
The extent
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La disparition
The extinction
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Disparu
Extinct
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Estimer, penser, croire
To reckon/deem/consider/suppose/believe
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Supposer
To surmise/to assume
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Critiquer ou fustiger
To criticize ou to castigate/ to chastise
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Prétendre que
To content that
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Adhérer à une opinion générale
To endorse a common opinion
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Souligner
To emphasize/ to lay emphasis on
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Ne pas tenir compte
To ignore, to disregard
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Rester sur le terrain des faits
To stick to the facts
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Prendre au pied de la lettre
To take something at face value
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Prendre le parti de
To speak for To defend To take a stand on behalf of To be committed to
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Plaider en faveur de.. / contre ...
To make a peal for, | to plead for/against
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Avancer des arguments irréfutables en faveur/contre
To make compelling case for/against
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Défendre une cause perdue, une opinion
To support a lost cause/an opinion
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Porter une accusation contre
To level an accusation against
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Être à côté de la question
To be beside the point
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Être pertinent
To be to the point
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Être considéré comme acquis, comme allant de soi
To be taken for granted | To be in sharp contrast with
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Établir un lien entre
To set up a connection between
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Citer un exemple
To cite ou to quote | A case of/an example of
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Mettre en évidence
To bring to the fore
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Se résumer à, se réduire à
To boil down to
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Souffrir d'une crise
To undergo a crisis
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Avoir de la chance
To be lucky
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Une exposition
An exhibition
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Le succès
The succeed
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Le niveau de vie
The standard of living
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Produire
To produce
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Sensibiliser
To make aware
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Aller dans les rues (manifestants)
To take to the streets