Thèmes et Versions (new voc en vrac) Flashcards

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maigrir

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to lose weight

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grossir

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to put on weight

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il est parti (sans être revenu)

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he has gone

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il est parti (il est revenu)

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he has been

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être abimé/amoché

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to be messed up

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dater de

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to date

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en quoi ça te regarde

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what does it got to do with you ?

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rendre visite (au passage)

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to call by

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passer voir

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to drop by

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rendre visite

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to come AND visit

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expliquer qqch à qqun

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to explain smtg to sby

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envisager de

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to consider doing smth

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avoir recours à

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to resort to doing smth

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charges patronales

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payroll taxes

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le monde du travail

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the working world

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ne pas cesser de

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to keep doing something

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la direction

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the management

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avoir confiance: croire à qqch // être optimistr

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to trust // to have confidence

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préfèrerait

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would rather

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un intérimaire

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a temp-worker

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reprocher à qqun de faire qqch

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to reproach sby WITH doing sth // to blame sby

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aller voter

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to turn out at the polls

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se disputer à propos de qqch

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to argue/fight/quarrel OVER something

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courir à la catastrophe

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to head for disaster

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un chef charismatique: c'est ça qu'il nous faut
a charismatic leader: that's WHO we need
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venir avec qqun
to come along with sby
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mentalité
mindset
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ce n'est pas prêt d'arriver
it's not likely to happen soon
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j'aime mieux celui là
I like that one better
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un adjoint
a deputy
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cette idée est apparue
this idea immerged
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une part de responsabilité
a share of responsibility
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un état de fait
a state of affairs
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faire face à qqch
to cope with smth
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faciliter
to make it easier (for sby)
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Moyen-Orient
Middle East
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l'espace Schengen
the Schengen area
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servent-ils à qqch
Are they any use? / Do they serve any purpose?
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faire le jeu de
to play into the hands of
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gagner de l'influence
to gain ground/momentum (xenophobic parties are gaining momentum)
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faire des migrants des boucs émissaires
to turn migrants into scapegoat
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clandestins
undocumented
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des déclarations
statements
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faire avancer la solution du problème
to move forward the solution TO the problem
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finira par se faire sentir
will eventually be felt
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diminuer de 10%
to decrease by 10%
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empêcher qqch
to stop smth
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pour le moment
for now
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Beaucoup de
Many
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Il y a quelque temps
some time ago
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déménager
to move INTO
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inculper
to charge sby WITH
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détourner (frauduleusement de l'argent)
to embezzle
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blanchir de l'argent
to launder money
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réclamer qqch
to call for sth
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sans succès/en vain
to no avail
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Ce n'est pas la première fois que...
It HAS NOT BEEN the first time that
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s'en prendre à/ s'attaquer à
to take on
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parlent trop peu
speak too little
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cambrioler une banque
to rob a bank
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avoir bon coeur
to be good hearted
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une malédiction
a curse
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maudire
to curse
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le mal
evil
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désoler
to distress
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quant à
as for
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être à même de
to be in a position to do smth
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se mettre à faire qqch
to take to doing smth
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J'avais quand même pensé à partir
in spite of this I thought of living
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gagner sa vie
to earn one's living
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être à cours d'argent
to be penniless
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vivre à credit
to live on credit
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délabré
shabby (pour une maison) / dilapidated
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le chaggrin
sorrow
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destin tragique
dum
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écrire à qqun
to write to sby
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traduction de QUAND
quand il relie 2 propositions il ne peut pas être suivie de WILL
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Je n'espère plus rien de vous
I hope nothing from you
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Je n'y peux rien
there's nothing I can do
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un héritier
a heir
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jouer (casino)
to gumble
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par hasard
by chance
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au hasard
at random
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l'égalité des chances
equal opportunities
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il y a de fortes chances pour que
there are many chances
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une rencontre fortuite
a chance meeting
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la chance
luck
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être chanceux
to be lucky
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un coup de chance
a fluke of luck
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la chance
serendipity
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sain
sound
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construction d'augmenter
to raise + complément | rise + ø
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la peste/ frapper/accabler
to plague
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un silex
a flint
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enroué/rauque
hoarse
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nier faire qqch
to deny doing smtg
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une grasse matinée
a lye-in
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être penché en avant
to be bend forward
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le gardien
the keeper of
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lancer qqch
to fling/flang/flung
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soutenir
to uphold
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un joug
a yoke
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faire face à
to wrestle with smth | we're wrestling with a pretty catastrophic budget shortfall
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agitation, tourmente (politique)
political turmoil
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fusionner
to merge
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opposer qqun à qqun
to pit somebody against sby
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un fléau
a scourge
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donner des frissons
to draw shudders from
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une aubaine, une bénédiction
a boon
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une graine
a seed
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étrange, inquiétant
eery
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attention, tenir compte de
to heed
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sur le long terme
over the long haul
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point critique
tipping point
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laïque
secular
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tarnish
ternit
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radicalement, de façon spectaculaire
dramatically
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faire une chute, chuter, plonger
to plummet
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confession religieuse
denomination
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voler en éclat, se fracasser, se briser
to shatter
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qui créé des divisions
divisive
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abandonner, délaisser
to foresake
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oubli
oblivion
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mépriser
to despise
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trahir
to betray
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malchanceux
hapless
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joyeux, joyeuse
gleeful
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imperturbable
unabashed
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remodeler
to remold
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promettre
to pledge
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constitution, composition (ethnique)
makeup
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être à la hauteur de
to live up to
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revenir en arrière | baisser les prix
to roll back time | to roll price back
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présager qqch de mauvais
to bode ill | That aging base, however, bodes ill for the party’s long-term prospects
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la base ( le peuple)@
the rank and file
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rouler, entuber
to shortchange
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échapper à
to elude smth
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liquider
to sell out
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ancêtres
forebears
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invoquer, appeler
to call by forth
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examen de conscience
soul-searching
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réaction violente contre qqch
a backlash
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louer, vanter, chanter
to extol
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réévaluation
reassessment
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faire partie des priorités
to be on the agenda
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insatisfaction
discontent
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la recherche de
the quest for
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souiller
to defiel
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imprudent
reckless
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débridé
unfettered
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faire le point sur/le bilan sur
to take stock of
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diminuer, épuiser une ressource
to deplete
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ne serait ce que
albeit
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se vanter de
to boast about
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spectaculaire
dramatic
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dramatique
tragic
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se battre bec et ongles
to fight tooth and nail
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un tournant
a milestone
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fair edu chantage
to blackmail
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des gisements (energie)
deposits
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schistes bitumineux
shale oil
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destabiliser
to unsettle
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frapper durement, gangrener
to plague
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de façon économe, avec parcimonie
sparingly
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expirer (date)
to lapse
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en ce temps là, à l'époque
back then
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chute libre
free fall (The banking crisis had just sent the economy into free fall)