Vocab 2 Flashcards

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1
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route nationale

A

main road

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un cirque (2)

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an amphitheatre, a cirque

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3
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des étendues

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stretches

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4
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des éclats

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fragments

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5
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des mottes de terre

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clumps of earth

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couverture

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rug

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7
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étinceler

A

sparkle

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courant d’air

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draught/draft

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fer forgé

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wrought iron

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portail (2)

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portal, doorway

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une guérite

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a booth

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12
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banderoles

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streamers

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d’importance

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prominent

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14
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produits pharmaceutiques

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pharmaceuticals

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15
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se plaindre (col)

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to rail against

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16
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des machinations

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dark dealings

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l’ouverture des frontières

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open borders

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18
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clouer le bec

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to stop short

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19
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à contrecoeur

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grudgingly

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20
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des disputes

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rows

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21
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sentencieux

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pompous

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22
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prévoyant

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provident

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23
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les policiers

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the police repris par they

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ça ne m’étonne pas de toi

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you would

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la caserne
the barracks
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des bagages
luggage -indénombrable
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une preuve certaine
a proof
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un élément de preuve
an evidence
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une bonne vingtaine
a good twenty
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un logement
an accomodation
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à cinq minutes à pied
five minutes' walk
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exigeant
demanding
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prendre des dispositions
to arrange for something
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l'ordre du jour
the agenda
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voir clair dans le jeu de quelqu'un
see through sthing
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la redevance
license fee
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une entreprise
a company
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réduire quelque chose à
boil down to
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cadrer avec
dovetail with
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nécrologie
obituary
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hommage
appreciation
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tourner autour du pot
to skirt the issue
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écraser
squelch
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modeste
demure
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augmenter
to ratchet up
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blâmer qqun
to lay the blame at one's feet/door
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rentable
profitable
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à deux vitesses
a two-tier thing
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la publicité
advertising
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être indécis
to be sitting on the fence
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une accusation
an indictment
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une commère
a gossip
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des commérages
gossips
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perdre ses repères
to lose one's bearings
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un contrebandier
a bootlegger
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extraordinaire
inordinate
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une rampe
a bannister
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un manque, pénurie
paucity
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un concours
a competitive exam
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craintif
fearful
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tiède
lukewarm