voc anglais - about spies Flashcards

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1
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a close-up

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un gros plan

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a five-pointed star

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une étoile à cinq branches

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the hammer and sickle

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le marteau et la faucille

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a novelist

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un(e) romancier(ère)

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5
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a silencer

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un silencieux (arme)

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the Soviet Union

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L’Union Soviétique

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classified

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top secret

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classy

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élégant/chic

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plain

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simple/banal

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prolific

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productif

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seductive

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séduisant

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tough

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dur

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to explode [sth]

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faire exploser [qqch]

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to point [a gun] at [sb/sth]

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braquer [un pistolet] sur [qqn/qqch]

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to unearth [sth]

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déterrer, révéler [qqch)

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Le Colisée

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The colosseum

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17
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réseau d’éspion

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a spy ring

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un(e) méchant(e)

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a villain(ess)

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décontracté

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casual

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20
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chic

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formal

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21
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égocentrique

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self-obsessed

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rigide

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stiff

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élégant

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stylish

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accomplir

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to complete (a mission)

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regarder qqch/qqun fixement
to gaze at sb/sth
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lancer un regard noir
to glower at sb/sth
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surveiller qqun qqch
to monitor sb/sth
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être aux antipodes de [qqn/qqch]
to be poles apart from [sb/sth]
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se tenir dos à dos
to stand back-to-back
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un(e) agent
an operative
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service de renseignement de l'URSS post-stalinienne
KGB
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la discretion
stealth
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se chamailler
to bicker
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se faire beau, belle
to preen
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un sous entendu
a double entendre
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à contrecœur
grudgingly
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désinvolte
devil-may-care
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guindé(e)
buttoned-up
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fusionnel(le)
covalent
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partir de zéro
to start from scratch
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introduire [qqn/qqch] clandestinement
to smuggle [sb/sth]
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vivacité
wit
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délicat(e)
ethereal
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la morosité
bleakness
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doux comme du beurre
buttery
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rougir
to blush
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un atout
an asset
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une pièce d'échecs
a chess piece
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le codage
coding
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un(e) adversaire
a foe
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une taupe = un(e) agent double
a mole = a double agent
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intelligent(e)
brainy
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sous-jacent(e)
underlying
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un)reliable
(pas) fiable
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trahir [qqn/qqch]
to betray [sb/sth]
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dissimuler [qqch]
to conceal [sth]
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déchiffrer [qqch]
to decipher [sth]
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crypter [qqch]
to encode [sth]
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regarder fixement [qqn/qqch]
to stare at [sb/sth]
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une combinaison en cuir
a one-piece leather suit
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un bouclier
a shield
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une veuve, un veuf
a widow, a widower
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intrépide
fearless
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impitoyable
pitiless
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sûr(e) de soi
self-confidend
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couvrir, protéger [qqn]
to have [sb]'s back
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partir en guerre contre [qqn/qqch]
to wage war on [sb/sth]
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Les mots donnent une impression de…
The words convey an impression of…
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Le texte est un récit de…
The text is an account of…
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Le paragraphe fait allusion à…
The paragraph alludes to…
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L'auteur(e) met en avant…
The author sheds light on…
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Green Beret
Les Bérets verts (forces spéciales de l'armée de terre américaine)
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une mission
an assignment
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se remettre de [qqch]
to recover
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le chagrin
grief
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à l'étranger
overseas
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transmettre un objet en le dissimulant dans une cachette secrète
a dead drop
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une remise d'informations par le biais d'une voiture
a car toss
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faire semblant
to pretend
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un tour de passe-passe
a sleight of hand
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glisser [qqch]
to slip
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inventer [qqch]
to devise [sth]