step_21 Flashcards

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infliger

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to inflict

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les puissants

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the influential

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un afflux

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an influx, an inflow

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se renseigner, s’informer

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to inquire

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une demande de renseignements, une enquête

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an inquiry (to hold, to conduct an inquiry)

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une incursion

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an inroad

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empiéter sur

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to make inroads into someone’s right

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ils ont fait une percée significative sur le marché

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they have made significant inroads into the market

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un exemple

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an instance

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en l’occurrence

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in the present instance

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un cas sérieux de corruption

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a serious instance of sleaze

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avoir l’intention

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to intend

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il l’a fait sans mauvaise intention

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he intended no harm

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la victime visée par l’attentat

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the intended victim of the bomb attack

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une intention

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an intent

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dans une bonne intention

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with good intent

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être absorbé par… / être décidé à

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to be intent on

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s’ingérer, se mêler de

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to interfere

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ingérence

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interference

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la complexité

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intricacy

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compliqué

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intricate

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une prison

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a jail

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mettre en prison

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to jail somebody for

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mettre en danger, menacer

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to jeopardize

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être en danger
to be in jeopardy
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les chômeurs
the jobless
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le chômage
joblessness
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une blague, une plaisanterie
a joke
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plaisanter, blaguer
to joke
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un bond
a jump
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bondir
to jump
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sauter sur une offre
to jump at an offer
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tirer des conclusions hâtives
to jump to conclusions
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de la camelote, des objets sans valeur, du kitsch
junk
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une décharge
a junk heap, a junk yard
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de la nourriture de mauvaise qualité
junk food
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un drogué
a junkie
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une répercussion immédiate
a knock-on effect
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le savoir-faire
the know-how
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manquer de
to lack
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une défaillance
a lapse
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un trou de mémoire
a lapse of memory
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des erreurs de jugement
lapses of judgement
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un laps de temps
a lapse of time
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après un intervalle de 2 semaines
after a lapse of two weeks
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de grande ampleur
large-scale
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durer
to last
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lancer
to launch
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blanchir de l'argent
to launder (money)
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le blanchiment d'argent
money laundering
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un avocat
a lawyer
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un profane, un débutant, un non-initié
a layman
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un licenciement
a lay-off
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licencier, mettre au chômage technique
to lay off
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fuir (tuyau, toit) | divulger
to leak (information)
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une fuite
a leak
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faire un bond
to leap
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un congé
leave (sick, maternité leave)
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filer à l'anglaise
to take French leave
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prêter
to lend
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un prêt
a loan
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un prêt étudiant
a student loan
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diminuer
to lessen
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mortel
lethal
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à la longue
in the long run
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leeway
liberté d'action
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manquer de marge de manoeuvre
to lack leeway
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un niveau
a level
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se stabiliser
to level off/out