Vague 4 Flashcards

(117 cards)

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C’est à dire, soit

A

That is to say

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2 fois plus…

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twice as many as….

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une augmentation de 15¨% (2)

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a 15% rise

a 15% raise

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une bosse (dans métal)
un creux (bed...)
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a dent

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Il a cabossé sa voiture

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he made a dent in his car

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cabosser

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to dent

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oreiller, coussin

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pillow

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les revenues

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incomes

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ainsi

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thus

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…pendant que (=alors que)

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while

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attendre un peu

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to wait a while

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Dans l’ensemble (=globalement)

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On the whole

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eux même

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themselves

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s’intérroger

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to wonder

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Une merveille

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a wonder

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16
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refaire surface

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resurface

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17
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refaire

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redo

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la pauvreté

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the poverty

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19
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l’issue

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the way out

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un fardeau

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a burden

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21
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proéminent

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prominent

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22
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transmettre

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to convey

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de tout façon (2)

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besides

anyway

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à propos (qui.. à propos…)

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incidentally

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d'un autre coté
otherwise
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sympathiser
to sympathise
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l'après-midi
the afternoon
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un discours télévisé
a televised speech
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discours d’inauguration (2)
inaugural lecture/speech
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déclarer
to declare
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annoncer
to announce
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il n'y aura pas d'augmentation (Et cond.)
there will be no rise (there would be...)
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augmentation (2)
a rise | an increase
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Beaucoup de probèmes
a package of Issues
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a été soulevé
was raised
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soulever
to raise
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il ajouta (2)
he added | he went on to say
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avec until => temps ?
présent
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22 ans
22 year old
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la foule
a crowd (of people)
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les foules
the masses (the mass singulier)
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devant un bâtiment
outside
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le siège du gouvernement
the seat of...
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pierres
stones
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jeter
to throw i threw thrown
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malgré (2)
In spite of | Despite /:/
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le chaos
the chaos | chaotic scenes
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un chaos de ruine
tangled heap of ruins
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régner, prévaloir
to prevail
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literallement
literally
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chasser ( pas de le sens animal )
to chase
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la police est...
the police are
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menancer
to threaten
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déclarer
to claim
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Un arbre généaolgique
a Family tree
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un cache-oeil
an eye patch
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lignage, descendance... (3)
lineage ancestors roots
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un blason
a coat of arms
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enlever, kidnapper (2)
to abduct | to kidnap
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Un coffre au trésor
a treasure chest
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le butin
the loot
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piller
to loot
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Les "Pères pèlerins"
The Pelgrim Fathers
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le pape
the pope
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fuir
to flee
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un monopole
a monopoly
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Guerre de Sécession
The American civil war (1861/1865)
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se séparer = faire sécession
to secede
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une blessure
a wound
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blesser
to wound
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gratter, griffer
to scratch
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un grattement, une égranitunure
a scratch
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à partir de rien
from scratch
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passer de la misère à la richesse
to go from rags to riches
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un chiffon
a rag
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taquiner
to rag
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grimper, escalader
to clim
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confiance
confidence
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glisser (sens chuter)
to slip
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une glissade (dans le sens erreur)
a slip
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entièrement
fully
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au moins
fully
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l'enquête
the survey
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riche, fortuné (adjectif)
wealthy
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les riches
the wealthy
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sévère, dur = déprimmé
grim
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déprimé, abbatu
depressed
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légèrement
slightly
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au-delà-de
beyond
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indiscipliné, turbulent, grincheux
fractious
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foi, croyance
the faith
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phénomène
a phenomenon
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perspectives, horizon
outlook
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la récupération, la reprise (économique par exemple)
the recovery
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La génération Y
Millennials
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effondrement
collapse
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beaucoup, largement assez, abondance...
plenty
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qql chose de plus profond
something deeper
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la panne, la décomposition
the breakdown
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diminuer
to diminish
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caractéristiques
hallmarks
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apparement
seemingly
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roussir, brûler
to scorch
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La politique de la terre brûler
the scorched-earth policy
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raide, fort, élevé (adj)
steep
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fuir, éviter
to shun
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les jeunes marriés
the bride and groom
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un groupe d'experts
a think tank
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Maternité
motherhood
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retarder
to delay
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inciter, pousser
to prompt
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acharné
hell-bent
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une avalanche (de données...)
a flood
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tenir en haleine
to keep you in suspense
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sortir (un film sort..)
realease
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une filiale
a subsidiary
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énorme, immense
huge