Voc 2 Flashcards

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un phare/un signal lumineux

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a beacon

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confiance en soi

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self-belief

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une saute d’humeur

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a mood swing

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descendre dans l’arène

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to enter the fray

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faire de la lèche

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to schmooze

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graver dans la mémoire

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to etch on the memory

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générosité/don

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bounty

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une parabole (langage)

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a parable

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to pare down

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réduire

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un mastodonte

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a juggernaut

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derelict

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en adjectif = tombé en ruine, abandonné

en nom = une épave (humaine)

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gâcher (un événement)

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to mar

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une mésaventure

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a mishap

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se dépêtrer de

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to disentangle (oneself) from

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to pin down

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immobiliser/coincer

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bégayer

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to stutter

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sheepishly

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d’un air penaud

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boisterous

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tapageur/turbulent

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to wobble

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trembler/vaciller

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a jamboree

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un grand rassemblement/ des festivités

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to carp at

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critiquer/ trouver à redire

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bespoke (adjectif)

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fait sur mesure/ sur commande

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Il y avait cinquante invités en tout

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there were fifty guests altogether

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envisager
to consider + V-ing
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je ne pouvais m'empêcher de rire
I couldn't help laughING
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des fournisseurs
suppliers
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en quelques heures
within a few hours
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les deux autres Chinois
the other two Chinese
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à l'époque
in those days
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fondamental
basic
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s'affirmer
to assert oneself
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As-tu eu des nouvelles de tes parents récemment ?
Have you heard FROM your parents lately ?
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ce qui n'a pas été facile
which wasn't easy
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pendant encore quelques mois
for another few months
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quand même
even so
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quand on y regarde de plus près
on closer inspection
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un nain
a dwarf
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by and large (adverbe)
généralement
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se faire renverser (par une voiture)
to get run over
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se confier à un ami
to confide IN a friend
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inciter quelqu'un à faire quelque chose
to prompt sby to do sthing
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s'engager à
to committ oneself to V-ing
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approuver une décision
to approve OF a decision
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profiter d'une occasion
to take advantage of an opportunity
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parler de quelque chose avec quelqu'un
to talk sthing over with sby
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technologique
technological
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éthique
ethical
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ethnique
ethnic
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un éditeur
a publisher
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plus loin
farther away
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infesté de
infested with
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You will have to …….. an effort if you intend to graduate this year.
make (et pas have an effort)
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After a serious dispute over inheritance, the two brothers made ……...
up (car make up = se réconcilier)
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I can’t understand your attitude. You do nothing but ……...
complain (pas V-ing ni to complain)
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What are you having ……..?
to drink
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You …….. alterations to your plans again.
have done (car alteration= falsification)
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He’s been living in France …….. he was 10.
ever since
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You are doing well. Keep …….. the good work.
up (=continuer, maintenir)
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We won’t be here next week. We …….. to London for a wedding.
will be travelling
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We didn’t know that the hotel was …….. with rats.
infested (et non infected)
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There has been an accident. Could you please call …….. ambulance
an
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se rendre, capituler (terme militaire)
to surrender
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Leave it to me! I’ll see …….. all the arrangements.
to (car to see to sthing =veiller à qqchose)
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Following the accident, he was prosecuted for …….. driving.
reckless
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I would advise you to …….. clear of that part of town.
steer (car to steer clear of sthing = éviter qqchose)
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You promised …….. the goods by June and it is now September.
to deliver (toujours promise + to-BV)
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In Northern Ireland a bomb went …….., killing two people.
off (ici, go off= se déclencher)
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The lawyer …….. the contract, so we are now ready to go ahead with the deal.
has drawn (car toujours rapport dans le présent)
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The meeting tomorrow is ……...
off
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I can’t stand …….. in your shadow
living (toujours to not stand + v-ing = ne pas supporter de)
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…….. surrendered, we would have been forced to declare war
Had they not
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The …….. damaged.
equipment is (car equipment est indénombrable)
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He told the judge that his poverty had …….. him to crime.
driven (car drive sby to do sthing = pousser qqun à faire qqchose)
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s'enorgueillir de
to pride oneself on + V-ing
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se tailler la part du lion (une place de choix)
to get/ to take the lion's share
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faire mieux que
to outdo ( par exemple, courir plus vite que= to outrun)
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to alleviate
soulager (la douleur)
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une réforme globale
a comprehensive overhaul
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défectueux/imparfait
flawed (adjectif)
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minimiser/ réduire l'importance de
to understate
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to belie
démentir ou donner une fausse impression
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for all
malgré
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se faire remarquer
to look conspicuous
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décrochage scolaire
school dropout
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sans réserve (accepter sans réserve)
wholeheartedly
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doter de/ être doté de
to endow with/ to be endowed with
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une solution miracle
a silver bullet solution
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déposer un brevet
to file patent
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to supersede
remplacer/ prendre la place de
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étiqueter en tant que
to pin down as
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une dispute conjugale
a matrimonial row
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un drame
a tragedy ( a drama= un drame au théâtre)
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s'enfermer
to shut oneself away
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faire le ménage
to do the housework
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ne pas pouvoir s'empêcher de
can't help oneself+ v-ing
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to grind on (a day, a year)
s'écouler PENIBLEMENT
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laisser-aller/ négligence
carelessness
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aspirer à
to yearn for/after
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un présage
a portent
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le flegme britannique
British phlegm
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to be pelted with
être bombardé de
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une question controversée
a hot-button issue
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débarrasser qqun de qqchose
to rid sby of sthing
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élécteur (de la circonsciption d'un député)
a constituent
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le mur budgétaire
the fiscal cliff
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zeitgeisty
tendance (à la mode) --\> familier
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YOLO
you only live once
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a portmanteau word
un mot-valise
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réfléchir sur/méditer sur
to ponder (pas de préposition) ou to ponder on/over (pour méditer sur)
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to worsen
empirer/ se détériorer
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is the glass half full or half empty?
Le verre est-il a moitié plein ou à moitié vide ?
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mettre son grain de sel/contribuer (à une collecte)
to chip in
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jouer des coudes pour obtenir qqchose
to jostle for
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une collecte de fonds
fund-raising
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les objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement
Millenium Development Goals
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l'indice de Gini
Gini index
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