step_38 Flashcards

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suivre de près

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to dog

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obstiné

tenace

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dogged

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résolument optimiste

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doggedly optimistic

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faire don de

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to donate

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un donneur

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a donnor

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cesser le travail

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to down tools

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terne

gris

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drab

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un avant-projet

une ébauche

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a draft

a blueprint

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sinistre

morne

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dreary

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aller à la dérive (propre et fig)

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to drift

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sombrer peu à peu dans la délinquance

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to be slowly drifting into crime

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une corvée

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drudgery

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surnommer

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to dub

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douteux

sceptique

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dubious

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détourner des fonds

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to embezzle

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détournement de fonds

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embezzlement

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embrasser

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to embrace

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épouser une cause (fig)

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to embrace a cause

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une revue d’ensemble

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an all-embracing review

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doter de

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to endow with

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sombrer dans

être submergé par

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to be engulfed in

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un enchevêtrement
un imbroglio (fig)
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an entanglement

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s’inscrire

inscrire

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to enrol

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encourager

inciter

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to entice

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un entrepreneur
an entrepreneur
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dynamique
entrepreneurial
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irrégulier changeant fantasque
erratic
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exiger | obtenir
to exact
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se dépenser | se donner du mal
to exert oneself
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l'exposition
exposure
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la couverture médiatique
media exposure
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la corruption
political sleaze
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léger
faint | slight
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je n'en ai pas la moindre idée
i haven't the faintest idea about
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le prix du transport
the fare
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ultra rapide | expéditif
fast-track
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to be on the fast-track
to be on the fast-track
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faisable | réalisable
feasible
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un exploit
a feat
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un honoraire
a fee
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les honoraires du médecin
medical fee
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l'écolage
school fee
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abattre
to fell | to cut down
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abattre un arbre
to fell a tree
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assommer un opposant
to fell an opponent
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se débrouiller tout seul
to fend for oneself
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repousser | écarter
to fend off a blow, an attack
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un engrais
a fertilizer
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``` une querelle un conflit (entre deux familles) ```
a feud
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un démon | un monstre
a fiend
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a tennis-fiend
un fou/mordu de tennis
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infernal | diabolique
fiendish
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abominablement difficile
fiendishly difficult
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d'une intelligence redoutable
to be fiendishly intelligent
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un dossier
a file
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crasseux
filthy
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une amende
a fine
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bouche-bée | sidéré
flabbergasted
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éclater | flamber
to flare up
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fragile
flimsy
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désinvolte
flippant