Vocab September Flashcards

(90 cards)

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Couler

A

To sink

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2
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Se noyer

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To drown

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3
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Disparaitre en mer

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Disapear at sea

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To hit the headlines (to make the headlines) antonym

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To be swept from the spotlight

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5
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beaucoup de gens aisés

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A handful of wealthy people

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6
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To spark (s)

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to generate = déclencher

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7
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Dépasser

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To outweigh

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8
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much less (s)

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far less

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9
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Une chaîne tv

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A Tv channel

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10
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Even though (2s)

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Although = Though

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To swear (3s)

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To vow = to promise = to pledge to do something

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Un potentiel (président)

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A hopeful

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13
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Le siège social

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The headquarter

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14
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Se plaindre de

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To complain about

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15
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To crash (3s)

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To collapse, to grunge, to plummet

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16
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A nickname (s)

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A moniker

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17
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To be similar to (s)

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To be akin to

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18
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To fire (2s)

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To dismiss, to make someone redundant

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19
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A physician (s)

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A doctor

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20
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To plunge (s)

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To slump

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21
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They came out ON the same day (s)

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They were released ON the same day

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22
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The space race (s)

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The space conquest

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23
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Une fusée

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A rocket

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Louer (sens gratifier)

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To praise something

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Unexplored (s)
Uncharted
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To throw (2s)
To cast, to hurl
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Art work (2s)
Artefact, work of art
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The consequence (s)
The fallout
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Someone who works there
An insider
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Un vol (d'objet)
A theft
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Un gouvernail
A rudder
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Une centrale nucléaire
A nuclear power plant
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Atteindre un point important
To reach a milestone
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Ce n'est pas un remède miracle
This is not a silver bullet
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To break a record (s)
To smash a record
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Juste avant
In the run up to
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Juste après
In the wake of
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To deteriorate
To decay
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Fournitures scolaires
School supplies
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Out of control fires
Wildfires
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To increase (3s)
To soar, to skyrocket, to surge
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Des personnes malveillantes
ill-intentioned people
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Être induit en erreur
To be misled
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Sans précédent
Unprecedented
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Atteindre un point de non retour / critique
To reach a tipping point
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Omniprésent(e)
Ubiquitous
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Généreux
Bountiful
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GPA
Surrogacy
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Attirer l'attention
To garner attention
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À qui l'on doit
Credited with
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Une soif de
A thirst for
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Une raison de s'inquiéter
A cause for concern
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Poignant
Harrowing
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Avoir du mal à faire qqchose (2)
To struggle to do something / to have a hard time +ing
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Être méfiant
To be weary of something
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Épineux (2)
Tricky = thorny
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Être émerveillé, admiratif
To be in awe
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Un fauteuil
An armchair
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Se tenir la tête
To hold one's head
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L'autour (l'environnement)
The surrounding
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L'anxiété concernant l'écologie
Ecoanxiety
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Reprocher à quelqu'un
To blame someone
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La société de consommation
The consumption society
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Rester les bras croisés
To sit on your hands
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Pas fertile (terre)
Barren
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Tirer la sonnette d'alarme (2)
To raise/sound the alarm
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Souffrir de qqchose
To suffer FROM something
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Être dans le déni (2)
To turn a blind eye to something = to look the other way
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Un climatosceptique
A climate skeptic (to be skeptical)
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Paralyzing
Debilitating
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Appartenir à
To belong to something
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Faire une supposition
To make an assumption
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Être recroquevillé
To be huddled
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Un linge
A cloth
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Anxiété, angoisse au sens psychanalytique
Angst
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Les couverts
Silverware
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Unconfortable
Ill-at-ease
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Une maladie chronique
A condition
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Running down
Streaming down
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To raise people's awareness about/of
To sensitize people to
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Des companies pétrolières
Fossil fuel companies
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Sur la droite de l'image, la gauche
ON the left hand side, right hand side
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Tenir une pancarte sur laquelle on peut lire
Holding a sign that reads
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Le planant (qui plane)
The looming
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Fastfood
Junkfood
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Jetable
Disposable
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Poumons
Lungs
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Dégrader des oeuvres d'art
To deface artworks
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Un crane
A skull
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To reduce (s)
To phase out (the use of fossil fuel)