Voc Flashcards

(76 cards)

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Tabagisme passif

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Second-hand smoking

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Les contrevenants s’exposent à de lourdes amendes

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Breaking the law is not cheap

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Avoir du pain sur la planche

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To know his plate is full

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Considérer

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To look upon

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Un moyen

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A tool

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Élever du bétail

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To raise cattle

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Tolérants

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Liberal views

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En voie d’achèvement

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Is nearing completion

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Un inconvénient

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A downside

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Laid

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An eyesore

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Homologue

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Counterpart

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Déséquilibre femme homme

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Gender gap

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Point culminant

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To peak

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Enfin

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At last

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L’agitation

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The turnoil

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Descendre la rue

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To take the street

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Allocations familiales

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Family allowances

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A prospèré

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Thrived

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Année de croissance

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Boom years

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Progrès ou fléau

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Boon or bane

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Sombre

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Doom and gloom

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Compte tenu

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Given

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Peu de visiteurs

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Low turnout

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Un feu de paille

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A flash in the pan

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Un feu de paille
A flash in the pan
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Vendre la peau de l'ours
Count their chicken
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La naturel a déjà repris le dessus
Some have already reverted to type
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Les rôles sont inversés
The boot is on the other foot
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Endiguer
To stem
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S'en mordre les doigts
To live to regret it
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Crise de l'emploi
Jobs crisis
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Ne pas durer longtemps
Short-lived
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Aggraver la situation
To make matter worse
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Se fier
To go by
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Un retour de balancier
The pendulum is bound to swing back
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Tôt ou tard
Sooner or later
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Toujours prêts à faire la guerre
To go on strike at the drop of a not
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A diminué
Has contracted
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L'interdiction totale
The blanket ban
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Approuvé par tous le monde
Unanimously applauded
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Renoncer
Foregoing
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Entre parenthèses
On hold
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Se font rares
Has been thin on the ground
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Entre parenthèses
On hold
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Se font rares
Has been thin on the ground
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Limitées dans le temps
Time limited
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Élevé dans du coton
Molly cuddled
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S'engager sur une pente savonneuse
It's the thin end of the weage
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S'engager sur une pente savonneuse
It's the thin end of the weage
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Toucher le fond
The bottom out
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Grossir les rangs
To join the ranks
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Salaire
Wage
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Donner comme favori
To be tip
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Conséquences a long terme sur quelque chose risquant d'être désastreuse
We are sitting on something time-bomb
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Incontrôlable
To spiral out of control
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Promesse en l'air
Empty promises
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Marche ou crève
Sink or swim
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Faire ou défaire
Make or break
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Du jour au lendemain
Overnight
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Ventes de produits
Sales of own-brand goods
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Optimisme prudent
Causiously optimistic
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Surmonter
To weather
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Crise
Downturn
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S'est arrêté
Grown to halt
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Fuir
To shy away
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La curiosité est un vilain défaut
Curiosity killed the cat
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Tenir tête
To stand up to
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Dire ses 4 vérité
To tell someone a few home truth
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S'écoules 15 ans
15 year time-lag
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Suivre
To toe
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Se rendre compte
To wake up
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Disparaître en 1 clin d'oeil
To go in a flash
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Une force avec laquelle il faut compter
A force to be reckoned with
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S'engager
To pledge
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Plus compliqué que cela en a l'air
There are wheels within wheels
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Sur le point de faire faillite
About to go belly up