step_13 Flashcards

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aveugle

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blind

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fermer les yeux sur qqch

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to turn a blind eye to

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avoir une confiance aveugle dans

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to have a blind faith in

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conduire dans une impasse

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to lead up a blind alley

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5
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embarquer

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to board

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une planche

un comité, un conseil, un organisme officiel

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a board

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le conseil d’administration

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the board of directors

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un jury d’examen

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a board of examiners

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à bord

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on board

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à bord de l’embarcation

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on board the craft

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un internat

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a boarding school

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un pensionnaire

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a boarder

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13
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tomber à l’eau

échouer

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to go by the board

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se vanter

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to boast about/of
to boast (transitif)
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une bombe

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a bomb

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un attentat à la bombe

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a bomb attack

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poser

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to plant a bomb

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une bombe à retardement (sens propre et figuré)

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a time-bomb

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prospérer, être en plein essor (remonter en flèche)

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to boom

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une économie en dents de scie

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a boom-bust economy

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une frontière

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a border

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avoisiner
être proche de
friser

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to border on

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le fond

le bas

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the bottom

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se renverser

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to go bottom up (to capsize)

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toucher son niveau le plus bas
to bottom out
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l'essentiel
the bottom line
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de fond en comble
from top to bottom
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démolir un argument
to knock the bottom out of an argument
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des prix "sacrifiés"
rock-bottom prices
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assimiler à | mettre dans le mec sac
to bracket with | to bracket together
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``` une parenthèse (entre parenthèses) un tranche (la tranche des gros revenus) ```
``` a bracket (in brackets) a bracket (the upper-income bracket) ```
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tranche d'âge
age-bracket
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des limites
bounds
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ne connaît pas de limites
knows no bounds
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être tenu de | être sûr de
to be bound to
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illimité | sans frontières
boundless
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ennuyeux
boring
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se préparer pour une épreuve
to brace oneself for
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étendre ses activités se diversifier aller vers de nouveaux débouchés
to branch out
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une succursale | une agence
a branch
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une marque
a brand | a trademark
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une image de marque
a brand image
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des produits de marque
branded goods
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``` marquer le bétail cataloguer comme (fig) ```
to brand
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escrocs
crooks
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un soutien de famille
a breadwinner
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un pot-de-vin
a bribe
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corruption
bribery
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élever un enfant
to bring up
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le bord
the brink
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être sur le bord de (sur le point de)
to be on the brink of
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le gros de | la majeure partie de
the bulk
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le gros du travail est fait
the bulk of the work is done
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un poids | un fardeau
a burden