step_39 Flashcards

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un troupeau

une foule

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a flock

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entrer, sortir en foule

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to flock in/ out

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rater (un examen)

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to flunk (an exam, a test)

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une rafale de vent

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a flurry

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une tempête de protestations

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a flurry of protest

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médico-légal

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forensic

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la médecine légale

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forensic medicine

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un expert légiste

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forensic expert

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quinze jours (brit.)

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a fortnight

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frénétique

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frantic

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frénésie

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frenzy

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un monstre

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a freak

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froncer les sourcils

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to frown

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voir d’un mauvais oeil

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to frown upon

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caramel (des échappatoires, des faux-fuyants)

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fudge

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truquer

falsifier

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to fudge figures/ accounts

to massage

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esquiver

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to fudge a question

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à part entière (fig.)

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fully-fledged

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un ingénieur diplômé

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a fully-fledged engineer

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un oisillon (propre)
un novice, un débutant (fig.)
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a fledging

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baillonner (propre et fig.)

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to gag

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la bile

le fiel

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to gall
to irritate
to exasperate

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avoir le culot de

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to have the gall

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criard (couleurs)

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gaudy

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un équipement
gear
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du matériel de pêche
fishing gear
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les vitesses (voiture)
the gears
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changer de vitesse (propre) | recommencer une nouvelle vie (fig.)
to change gears
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équiper | adapter
to gear
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des manipulations électorales | to divide an area for election purposes so as to give one group or party an unfair advantage over the others
gerrymandering
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un truc | un gadget
a gimmick
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un procédé pour gagner des voix (élections)
an election gimmick
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du gingembre
ginger
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un groupe de pression (polit.)
a ginger group
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l'essentiel
the gist
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"résumez-moi en deux mots ce qu'il a dit"
"give me the gist of what he said"
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charme séduction prestige
glamour
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séduisant | prestigieux
glamourous
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évident | qui saute aux yeux
glaring
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joie jubilation (uncountable)
glee
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joyeux | heureux
gleeful
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criard tapageur kitsch
glitzy
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une surabondance
a glut
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déverser qqch à la tonne sur
to dump sth by tonne onto sth
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lutter avec | se débattre avec
to grapple with | to cope with
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la base
the grass roots
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l'avidité
greed
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gourmand vorace cupide (fig.)
greedy
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âpre au gain
greedy for gain
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sombre | lugubre
grim
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de sombres perspectives
grim prospects | a grim outlook
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la dure réalité
the grim reality
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un fait brutal
a grim fact
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sale | sordide
grubby
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un cobaye
a guinea pig
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crédule
gullible
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enthousiasme | vigueur (uncountable)
gusto
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un pirate informatique
a hacker
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le piratage informatique
hacking
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le poinçon | la marque
a hallmark
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harnacher | exploiter (énergie, ressources)
to harness
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fantaisiste n'importe comment au petit bonheur
haphazard
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trépidant
hectic
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tenir compte de | faire attention à
to heed
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to take no heed
ne pas faire attention à
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"n'écoutez pas ces rumeurs"
pay no heed to these rumours
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étourdi | insouciant
heedless
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un talon
heel
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être sur les talons de quelqu'un
to be hot on sby's heels
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déguerpir
to show a clean pair of heels
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sous la botte de (fig.)
under the heel of
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gros | lourd
hefty