Unit 10 Flashcards

1
Q

exiger = nécessiter = requérir

A

to call FOR sth

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2
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exiger que = lancer un appel à, pour, en faveur de, réclamer qqch

A

to call FOR sth

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3
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causer

A

to cause

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4
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provoquer

A

to provoke, to arouse

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5
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déclencher une polémique

A

to stir controversy

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6
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faire débat

A

to stir up controversy

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7
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mettre au défi, remettre en question, contester

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to challenge sb/sth

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8
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(se) changer en, (se) transformer en

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to change INTO sth

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9
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affirmer, prétendre, soutenir une idée

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to claim that…/to do/to have done

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10
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s’effondrer, s’écrouler

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to collpase # (no object)

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11
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avoir, imaginer, produire, découvrir

A

to come UP WITH sth

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12
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commettre un délit

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to commit a crime, an offence

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13
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se suicider

A

to commit suicide = to kill oneself / to take one’s life

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14
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comparer avec (pour établir des similitudes, des différences)

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to compare WITH sb/sth

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15
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comparer à (établir une comparaison, une ressemblance)

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to compare TO sb/sth

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16
Q

la concurrence

A

competition

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17
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un concurrent

A

a competitor

18
Q

l’offre et la demande

A

supply and demand

19
Q

le coût de la vie

A

cost of living

20
Q

Directeur Général

A

a CEO

21
Q

Président DG

A

chairman/woman (of the board) and CEO
or chairperson
or Presiding member

22
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le conseil d’administration

A

the board (of directors)

23
Q

les actionnaires

A

shareholder(s)

24
Q

un cadre

A

an executive

25
Q

les employés

A

employee(s)

26
Q

le siège social / le siège / le quartier général

A

headquarters

27
Q

une entreprise

A

a firm = a business = a company

a corporation : a big company or a multinational

28
Q

mondialisation

A

globalization

29
Q

(dé)raisonnable / (pas) sage

A

(un)wise to do

30
Q

(in)digne de…

A

(un)worthy OF

31
Q

fâché, en colère

A

angry

32
Q

irrité, agacé, énervé

A

annoyed

33
Q

énervant = ennuyeux = embêtant = agaçant

A

annoying

34
Q

de base, fondamental, élémentaire

A

basic

35
Q

ennuyé, qui s’ennuie

en avoir assez de

A

bored WITH / OF doing

36
Q

d’entreprise, lié au monde des affaires

A

corporate

37
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optimiste

A

optimistic ABOUT

38
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pessimiste

A

pessimistic ABOUT

39
Q

commode, pratique, qui arrange

A

convenient

40
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incommode, qui dérange, gênant, pas pratique

A

inconvenient