voc Flashcards

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une durée de deux semaines

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a fortnight

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une onction

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an unction

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oindre, consacrer

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to anoint

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l’extrême onction

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the last rites

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être un mal pour un bien

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it’s a blessing in disguise

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la base du parti politique

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the party grassroots

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un incident

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a blip, a quirk

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atténuer

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to tone something down

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laisser tomber un projet

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to put a cork on something

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un bouchon

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a cork

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suite à

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in the wake of

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suscité par

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aroused by

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un tollé

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outcry, furore, hue and cry

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une facture papier

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an invoice

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l’après guerre

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the post-war period

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famine

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starvation

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je suis affamé

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I’m starving

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prospérer

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to thrive, throve, thriven

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creuser

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to dig, dug, dug

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verser

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to wip, wept, wept

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une larme

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a tear

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des larmes de joie

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tears of joy

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l’immobilier

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real estate

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un changement radical

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a sea change

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selon lequel
whereby
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un large choix de
an array of
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très élevé
sky-high
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être témoin de
to witness
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laisser sur le bord de la route
to leave by the wayside
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une utopie
a pipe dream
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un sentier
a swath
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envelopper
to swathe
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respecter (les lois)
to abide by the laws
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rentrer dans le rang
to toe the line
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présenter quelqu'un
to introduce one
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les auditeurs
the adressees
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commérer
to gossip
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montrer ses sentiments
to wear one's hurt on one's sleeve
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soit dit en passant
by the way
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taux de participation
the turnout
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s'attaquer à quelque chose
to take on something
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raisonnable
sensible
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sensible
sensitive
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chercher
to seek
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jouer à cache cache
to play hide and seek
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soutenir
to back up to support to advocate
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dégringoler
to plummet
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rencontrer quelqu'un
to meet somebody
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respecter, tenir un délais
to meet a deadline
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satisfaire les attentes de quelqu'un
to meet somebody's expectations
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garantir
to warrant
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gêner, encombrer, entraver qqch
something is in the way
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un pêché
a sin
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les sept pêchés capitaux
the seven deadly sins
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feignant
idle, lazy
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mince
thin, paltry
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comment se fait-il que ?
how come that
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faire voter
to push through
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expliquer
to account for | to explain
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routé goudronnée
asphalted road
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des pas
steps
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éclairer
illuminated
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comptoir
counter, desk
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fourmillant
teeming
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se réchauffer
to warm up
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un écho
an echo
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un tapis
carpet
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se tapir
to lurk
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les ténèbres
darkness
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un vieillard
an old man/ an elder
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gercé
chapped
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vertige
vertigo
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bicorne
bicorne hat
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joint (adjectif)
joined
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regarder bouche bée
to gape
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poubelle
a dustbin
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jeter
throw threw thrown
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agitation/nervosité
restlessness
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compagnon
fellows
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plainte/ réclamation
grievance
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mourir de faim
to starve
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une escale
a port
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répandu
widespread
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un champs
a field
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un conte de fées
a fairy tale
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un conte
a tale
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se développer
to expand
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le clair de lune
moonlight
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un bouquet
a bouquet
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trapu
squat
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un porche
a porch
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un abri
a refuge
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un monastère
a monastery
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dévisager
to stare at
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gravement
severely
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faire la moue
to pout
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tapoter
to pat
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baguette
baguette | stick
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sauvage (nom)
savage
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sauvage (adjectif)
wild | natural