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Unit 15 Flashcards

1
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accuser qqn de faire qqch

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to accuse sb OF doING sth

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ajouter

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to add

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s’adapter à, se faire à, s’habituer à

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to adjust TO sth/doING = to get used TO sth/doING

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admirer qqn pour / de faire, d’avoir fait

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to admire sb/sth FOR doING sth

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conseiller à qqn de faire qqch

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to advise sb to do

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déconseiller à qqn de faire qqch

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to advise sb AGAINST doING sth

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(ne pas) pouvoir se permettre de faire

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(not) to afford to do sth

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être d’accord avec

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to agree WITH sb ABOUT sth

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être en désaccord avec

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to disagree WITH sb ABOUT sth

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approuver, être en faveur de

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to agree WITH sth / doING sth

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avoir l’intension de, avoir pour but, viser à, chercher à faire

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to aim to do = to aim AT doING

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permettre = autoriser
permettre = rendre possible, faciliter
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to allow sb/sth to do sth

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passer, consacrer du temps à faire qqch

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to spend time/hours/energy doING

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14
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manifester, protester pour ou contre

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to demonstrate
FOR / AGAINST
IN SUPPORT OF / IN PROTEST AT

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15
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défiler, manifester

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to march

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démontrer, prouver, montrer

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to demonstrate sth

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(s’) intensifier, (s’) aggraver, (se) renforcer, (s’) approfondir

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to deepen # (no object)

to deepen sth

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(se) durcir

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to harden # (no object)

to harden sth

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(se) ramolir, (s’) adoucir, (s’) assouplir

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to soften # (no object)

to soften sth

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augmenter, (s’) intensifier, (se) renforcer

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to heighten # (no object)

to heighten sth

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(s’) allonger

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to lengthen # (no object)

to lengthen sth

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(se) raccourcir

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to shorten # (no object)

to shorten sth

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(se) desserrer, (s’) assouplir

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to loosen # (no object)

to loosen sth

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(se) resserrer, (se) renforcer

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to tighten # (no object)

to tighten sth

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(se) renforcer

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to strengthen # (no object)

to strengthen sth

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(s’) affaiblir, faiblir

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to weaken # (no object)

to weaken sth

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empirer, (s’) aggraver

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to worsen, to get worse # (no object)

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aggraver

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to worsen sth, to make sth worse

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améliorer

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to improve, to get better, to make sth better

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(s’) élargir, accroître

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to widen # (no object)

to widen sth

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(se) réduire

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to narrow # (no object)

to narrow sth

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(s’) élargir

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to broaden # (no object)

to broaden sth

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33
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(pas) impressionné

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(un)impressed

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34
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(pas) impressionnant

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(un)impressive

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35
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(pas) intéressé à/par

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(un)interested IN

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(in)intéressant

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(un)interesting

37
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(im)probable

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(un)likely

38
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avoir de forte / peu de chances de

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(un)likely to do

39
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(in)habituel, (a)normal

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(un)usual

40
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réticent à faire / disposé à faire

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(un)willing to do

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(dé)raisonnable / (pas) sage

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(un)wise to do

42
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conservateur

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conservative

43
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progressiste

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progressive

44
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controversé, qui fait controverse, polémique

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controversial

45
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profond

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deep

46
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peu profond

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shallow

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dur

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hard

48
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mou, souple, doux

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soft

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haut

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high

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bas

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low

51
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long

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long

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court

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short

53
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lâche

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loose

54
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serré

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tight

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fort

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strong

56
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faible

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weak

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large

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wide, broad

58
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étroit

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narrow

59
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être bon à, en

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good AT

60
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être mauvais à, en

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bad AT

61
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lent

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slow

62
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rapide

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fast

63
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épais

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thick

64
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mince

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thin

65
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la politique

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politics

66
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un homme / une femme politique

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a politician / a woman politician

67
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une politique

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a policy

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politique intérieure / économique / fiscale / étrangère

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domestic, economic, tax, foreign policy

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un bilan (positif / négatif)

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to have/enjoy/suffer from a (good/bad) record

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la majorité

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the government (UK) / the party in power = the ruling party

71
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un parti de droite / gauche

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a right-wing (conservative) party / a left-wing party

72
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un parti d’extrême droite / gauche

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a far-right / far-left party

73
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un état laïc

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a secular state

74
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une enquête

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a survey

75
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un sondage

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an opinion poll

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une étude

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a study

77
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la criminalité / le taux de criminalité

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crime / crime-rate

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une émeute

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a riot

79
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un émeutier

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a rioter

80
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une fuite

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a leak

81
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un lanceur d’alerte

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a whistle-blower

82
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descendre dans la rue

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to take to the streets

83
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petite délinquance

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petty crime

84
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délinquant

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a criminal

85
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un attentat, un attentat terroriste, un attentat à la bombe

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an attack, a terror-attack, a bomb-attack

86
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un attentat-suicide

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a suicide-attack

87
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être emprisonné

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to be jailed = to be incarcerated

88
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agresser

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to attack = to mug

89
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agresseur

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an attacker = a mugger

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