Voc texte 3 Flashcards

1
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stuc / couvert de stuc

A

stucco

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2
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fretté

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fretted

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3
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cour avant / devant

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forecourt

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4
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Maure

A

Moor / moorish

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5
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Hall d’entrée / vestibule

A

a lobby

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6
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Faire pression sur

A

To lobby / press sb for

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7
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en pointillés

A

dotted

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8
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parsemé de qqch

A

dotted with stg

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9
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réception / accueil lieu public

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a desk

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10
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s’avancer brusquement / se jeter sur

A

to lunge

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11
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une fente (gym / escrime)

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a lunge

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12
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aboyer sur qqun

A

snap at sb

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13
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répondre d’un ton sec

A

snap back

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14
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tourner / faire tourner

A

spin, spun, spun (stg)

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15
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contourner

A

bypass stg

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16
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Vérifiable / déterminable

A

ascertainable

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17
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Gamin, mioche

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Nippers

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18
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Régulièrement / façon continue (ne pas cesser de faire qqch)

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steadily

19
Q

garçon de courses

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errand-boy

20
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production, rendement

A

output

21
Q

conformité

A

compliance (following law, norm)

22
Q

gronder, réprimander

A

scold

23
Q

apparemment , de toute évidence

A

seemingly

24
Q

excentrique, original, bizarre

A

quirky

25
Q

revenir à, équivaloir à

A

amount to stg

26
Q

désinvolte, léger

A

glib

27
Q

râler, rouspéter, ronchonner

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grumble (over stg)

28
Q

aigre, acerbe

A

sour

29
Q

entacher, salit, ternir

A

blot stg (pê fig)

30
Q

pleurer (/cry)

A

to weep

31
Q

avec véhémence, force, virulence

A

hotly

32
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ennemi, adversaire (littéraire)

A

foe

33
Q

fuir, éviter

A

shun stg / sb - religious = rejeter / bannir

34
Q

piaule, chambrette, cagibi

A

cubby

35
Q

réduit, dégradé

A

impaired (ability, machine, vision)

36
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matériel, terrestre (ex paradis Bible)

A

earthly

37
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rampe (escaliers)

A

banister

38
Q

persécuté

A

browbeaten

39
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ironie

A

wry

40
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tapoter, donner une tape à

A

to pat stg

41
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corvée, dur labeur

A

drudgery

42
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contrecarrer, faire obstacle à

A

stymie stg

43
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lécher / coup de langue

A

lick

44
Q

hausser les épaules

A

to shrug