useful vocab Flashcards

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to symbolize, être la personnification

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to epitomize, be the personnification of

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to be addicted to smth

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to be hooked on smth

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être bienveillant

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to be benevolent

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qlq qui se préoccupe pas de qqch (adj)

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to be regardless

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ressentir un manque

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to experience withdrawal

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just, only

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solely

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au long terme

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in the long-run

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détériorer

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to undermine

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constant

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steady

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serieux, grave

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severe

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monter en fleche

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to skyrocket, soar, surge

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la montée en fleche

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the surge in

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s’effondrer (descendre vite)

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to collapse, plunge, slump, plummet

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to get worse

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to exarcerbate, escalate

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l’effondrement

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the collapse, slump in

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atroce, éprouvant

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harrowing

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tomber dans qqch (la drogue)

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to fall pray to smth

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mettre en scène (description d’un doc)

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to portray, feature, depict

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which reminds us of

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which is reminiscent of

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un acronyme

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a short

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au detriment de

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at the expense of

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to be meant to be

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to be bound to be

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to reverse the trend

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to turn the tide

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to damage smth

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to deteriorate, ruin

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to reduce
to curb
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citadins (habitants)
city-dwellers
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citoyens
citizens
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une décision
a ruling
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handicaper qqn/qqch
to cripple
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fournir
to provide
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so
thus, therefore
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to conclude
all in all/ all things considered
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deux fois plus adj
twice as adj as
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moins de gens
fewer
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le dernier nom
latest thing
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le coupable
the culprit
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mettre l’accent en utilisant un exemple
to draw on the american exemple
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la clé du succès
the key to success
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un avis, une position sur un sujet
a stance, a standpoint
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baffouer qqch
to trample on smth flout smth
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avoir le droit a qqch ( genre une bourse)
to be entitled to smth
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une réforme reformer
an overhaul to overhaul a system
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un pheno fait surface / emerge
smth is taking off is emerging
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un objet électronique dernier cri
a state-of-the-art électronic device
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imminent
impending
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tirer qqn vers le bas
weigh smbdy down
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les répercussions
knock-on effects
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cacher qqch sous le tapis
to shove under the carpet
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attirer l’attention
to draw attention to
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diriger qqch (le volant)
to steer ( the steering wheel)
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prendre de l’importance
to pick up momentum this climate anxiety is picking up momentum in the US
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chercher à faire qqch
to seek to ( ireg seek sought sought)
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la marge de manoeuvre
the leverage
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un argument qui tient pas (pas légitime)
POV/argument that does not hold
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redorer son image
to burnish one’s image
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remettre en question
to call smth into question
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tenir de ses parents
to take after his/her parents
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considerer (pas consider)
to deem
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un domaine
a field a sector
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numerique
digital
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se contenter de qqch
to settle for smth
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regler une embrouille
to settle a conflict
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les profits, le chiffre d’affaires
profits, turnover
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surfait
overrated
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un atout
an asset, an edge
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times are changing (synonym)
the tables or tides are turning
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un tremplin
a stepping stone
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les failles du système
the loopholes of the system
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detourner qqch
to circumsent smth
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proteger (ses avantages, son pouvoir)
to gatekeep smth
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être ancré ds qqch
to be anchored, rooted, embedded, ingrained in smth
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se crisper face à
to bristle at
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parcourir les rues
to roam the streets
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rouler tranquillement pr une voiture
to cruise = faire une croisière
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to insist on smth
to hammer it home that
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passer inaperçu
to go unnoticed to fall under the radar
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être attentif a qqch
to have an eye for smth
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pour le moment
for now, so far,
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porter plainte
to file/ lodge a complaint
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qqch de flagrant
a striking/blatant (thing)
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to cry
to weep
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rendre un devoir un article..
to give in, turn in, hand in an article..
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se contenter
to be content with to settle for
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to be hired synonym
to be taken on
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une decision (un choix de base) ≠ une décision officielle (un verdict officiel de la Cour Suprême)
a decision ≠ a ruling
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she is supposed to
she is to
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une avancée significative
a major milestone a groundbreaking discovery
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étant donné que
given that since as
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aborder (un sujet)
to broach
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aborder (un sujet)
to broach
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faire l’éloge
to pray smth
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qqch d’exagéré
smth far-fetched
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être célébre ( positif et négatif)
to be famous ≠ notorious
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la volonté
willingness
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villes côtieres
coastal town
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qqch de tenace
enduring
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un spectateur/ un temoin
a bystander
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qualifications
credentials
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un préjugé
a bias
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un échelon
a rung
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le monde de l’entreprise
the corporate world
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les domaines
the fields
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big
significant major substantial
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good
positive superior high-quality
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bad
harmful detrimental
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le trafic de drogue
drug trafficking