Text 4 Flashcards

1
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flanked

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encadrée, entourée
militaire : flanquer, contourner par le flan

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concrete

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beton
concret, concrete, tangible

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ditches

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fossé

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4
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wide

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large, grand, vaste

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conifer

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conifère

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beyond

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au-delà de
derrière
après

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swatch

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échantillon
nuancier

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stumps

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(d’un arbre) souche, chicot
(d’un membre) moignon

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bracken

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fougères

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to ditch

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larguer, abandonner, plaquer, laisser tomber, jeter, bazarder, planter (inf)

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wilding conifer / wilding pine

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pin sauvage

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to stump

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coller, poser une colleà, to be stumped : sécher

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swathe

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envelopper, emmailloter, enrouler

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overtake

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dépasser, doubler

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to snake

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serpenter
draguer, séduire = snake sb

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through

A

à travers
jusqu’a fin
par

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17
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slap

A

gifler, donner une claque

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18
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windscreen

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pare-brise

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to cling to –> clung

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s’accrocher à, se cramponner à

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rear

A

arrière
de derrière
élever des enfants

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bouncing

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rebondissant

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swaying

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balancement, chancelement

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a slew of sth

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un tas de, une flopée de qqch

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to slew/slue

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pivoter, déraper, faire pivoter

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spark

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étincelles, éclair

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a spark of sth

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une trace de, une lueur de

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sunshine

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soleil, ensoleillement, chaleur du soleil

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fly off

A

s’envoler

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so far

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jusqu’ici, jusqu’à présent, jusqu’à maintenant, pour l’instant, jusqu’à ce jour

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padlock

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cadenas, cadenasser

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flange

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bride, collerette
embase

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scrawled

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griffonné, gribouillé

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grime

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crasse

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whinnying

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hénissement

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scraped

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rayé, gratté, raclé, éraflé, écorché

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propel

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propulser, pousser

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a flame
to flame

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flamme
insulter, injurier (inf)

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a bulge

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bosse, renflement, gonflement

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to bulge

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se gonfler, ressortir, bomber

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bulge with sth

A

etre plein de qqchose
être plein à craquer de qqchose

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camshaft

A

arbre à cames

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gear box

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boite de vitesse

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upended

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retourné, renversé, debout, sur une tranche

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somersault

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saut périlleux,
roulade, culbute, galipette
revirement

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radiator grill

A

calandre

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downward

A

vers le bas

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deep

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profond
grave

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boom

A

retentissement, fracas

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a surge

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flot, hausse, déferlement

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dried out

A

desséché, seché

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1 foot

A

12 inches
30cm

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1inch

A

2.5cm

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1 yard

A

91.44cm

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1 mile

A

1.609km

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hiatus

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hiatus
ou anomalie
interruption (mais plus seance en procès ou théâtre)

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slew
slew right round

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slew = déraper par l’arrière
slew right round = faire un tête à queue

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upended

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renversé

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oisif

A

idle

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somersault

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tonneau, saut périlleux

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flash

A

reflet

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surge along

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poursuivre sa trajectoire/lancée
along = poursuite, surge = lancée

62
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Quand plusieurs verbes à la suite

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pas toujours “puis” “et” bien d’utiliser “avant de”