Voc 6 Flashcards

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avoir recours à

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to resort to +nom, pronom, ou vb-ing

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il faut reconnaitre que etc

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admittedly

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exprimer

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to voice

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le revers de la médaille

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the other side of the coin

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promettre, jurer

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to vow

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qui vit aux dépens/crochets des autres

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freeloading

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sous la coupe de, esclave de

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in thrall to

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un jeu à somme nulle

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a zero-sum game

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écarter, repousser, contrer

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to stave off

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sombrer

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to founder

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décliner

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to decline

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terrible, urgent

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dire

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s’inspirer de qqun

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to take your cue from

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trouble, tourmente

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turmoil

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conflit

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strife

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deux semaines

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a fortnight

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l’écorce

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the bark

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un saule

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a willow tree

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un platane

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a plane tree

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un hêtre

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a beech

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un bouleau

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a birch

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la glycine

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wisteria

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paperasse

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paperwork

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plutôt, de préférence

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preferably

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envoûté
entranced
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vagabond
drifter
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une ampoule
a light bulb
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il n'y a pas de mal à ça
no harm in it
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amadouer qqun pour qu'il fasse qqch
to coax sb into doing stg
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un acteur (participant actif)
a player
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par conséquent, ainsi
thus
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clivant, qui divise
divisive
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synonyme chauvinism
jingoism
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engendrer, (élever, cultiver)
to breed
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prétendument
allegedly
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redoutable, impressionnant
formidable
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champ d'activités (ex: foreign affairs, political)
arena
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progresser, avancer
to make headway
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négocier (un deal)
to broker (ex: peace)
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complètement / à plates coutures
soundly
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un succès retentissant
a resounding success
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faire respecter, maintenir, confirmer
to uphold
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engagement, contrat, convention
covenant
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grouillant de
teeming with
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vivre de la terre
to live off the land
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influence, emprise
sway --> to be under sb's sway ; to hold sway over
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maigrir à vue d'oeil
to waste away
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phare
beacon, lighthouse
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emboîté, embriqué
nested
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inefficace
inefficient
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bouleversement
upheaval
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déchirer
to tear
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il a eu ce qu'il méritait
he had it coming
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..., je suppose ?
I take it
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she thinks she's it
she thinks she's very important
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veiller à ce que
see to it that
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il est capable de
we wouldn't put it past him to
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trafiquer, bidouiller
to fiddle
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to have a serious discussion to clear up stg
to have it out
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bien s'entendre, devenir amis
to hit it off
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vivre à la dure
to live rough, to rough it
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escroquerie, fraude, arnaque
scam
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to be very rich
to be rolling in it
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décrocher/ raccrocher
to pick up the phone / to hang up
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ligne/téléphone fixe
a landline
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ne quittez pas
hold the line
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je vous le passe
I'm putting you through
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sèchement
drily, curtly
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stupide, ridicule
foolish
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échoué, abandonné
stranded
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de crainte que, de peur de
lest + phrase normale/ for fear of
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susmentionné
aforementioned
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cracher le morceau, faire des révélations
to spill the beans
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escroquer
to swindle
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trottoir
pavement (UK) (chaussée aux USA), sidewalk (US)
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pavé
a cubble
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une nature morte
a still life