step_37 Flashcards

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convaincant

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cogent

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frapper de la monnaie

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to coin

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inventer un mot, une expression

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to coin a term/ a phrase

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substituer

commuer

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to commute

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un banlieusard qui utilise les transports en commun pour aller à son travail

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a commuter

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un train de banlieue

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a commuter train

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satisfait de soi

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complacent

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une confiance excessive

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complacency

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escroquer

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to con

to bamboozle

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un escroc

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a conman

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trouver des excuses

fermer les yeux sur

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to condone

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12
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mener à

conduire à

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to conduce to

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être favorable/propice à

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to be conducive to

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une éventualité

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a contingency

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des plans d’urgences

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contingency plans

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dépendre de

être subordonné à

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to be contingent on

to depend on

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un problème inextricable

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a conundrum

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le centre
le noyau
le coeur

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the core

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pourri jusqu’à la moelle

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to be rotten to the core

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il est anglais jusqu’au bout des ongles

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he is english to the xore

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contrebalancer

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to counteract

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intimider

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to cow

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désirer ardemment

avoir soif de

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to crave for

to long for

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un creuset

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a crucible

a melting pot

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une dure épreuve
a severe test
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une croisière
a cruise
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tomber en miettes
to crumble
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un couvre-feu
a curfew
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une malédiction
a curse
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maudire | jurer
to curse
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limiter | freiner
to curtail
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bête | absurde
daft
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redoutable
daunting
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discréditer | démystifier
to debunk
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pourrir | dégénérer
to decay
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vaincre
to defeat
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defeated
frustrés
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défier
to defy | to stand up to
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braver la mort
to defy death
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une attitude de défi
a defiance
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au mépris de la loi
in defiance of the law
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une attitude provocante
a defiant attitude
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une illusion
a delusion
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réduire | épuiser
to deplete
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uranium appauvri
depleted uranium
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diminution de la couche d'ozone
ozone depletion
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en ruines, abandonné
derelict
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une maison abandonné
a derelict house
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désobligeant | vexant
derogatory
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péjoratif
derogatory meaning
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risqué | hasardeux
dicey
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les dés
dice
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acheter des actions de la Nouvelle Économie reste une affaire risquée
buying New Economy shares remains a dicey business
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la saleté
dirt
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se salir les mains
to get one's hands dirty
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les handicapés
the disabled
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handicapé mental
a mentally disabled child
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une allocation d'invalidité
disablement benefit
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faire capoter | ruiner
to dish
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distribuer généreusement
to dish out
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désorganiser | bouleverser
to dislocate
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un bouleversement
a dislocation | a disruption
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lugubre | morose
dismal
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déformer
to distort
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idem
ditto