Vocabulaire Divers Chloé Flashcards

(166 cards)

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Sonner à la porte

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To ring The bell

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Les traits du visage

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Facial features

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Parler de choses et d’autres

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To talk about this, that and the other(s)To make small talk

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La meme longueur d’onde

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The same wavelength

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Mener sa vie

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To lead one’s lifeTo have one’s life

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Aux antipodes de (2)

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Light years fromTo be poles apart from each other

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Le contraste frappant

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The sharp contrast

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Courant principal, pas marginal

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Mainstream

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Compatriote

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Fellow citizen

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Des fantasmes vehicules par

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Fantaisies conveyed by

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Emboiter le pas

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To follow the steps of

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Le quotidien

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The daily life

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Une position (politique)

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Stance

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Faire une remarqueRemarquer

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To remarkTo notice

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PuisqueOu bien

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SinceOr else

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Signaler

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To point out sth

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Gagner de l’influence

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To gain ground

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Un discours (devant une assemblee)Un discours, une idee, une pensée

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A speechA rhetoric

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Profiter de

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To take advantage of sth

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L’argument mis en avant

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The argument which is put forward

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L’accent est mis sur

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The focus is on

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Au premier plan (sens figure)

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In the forefront of

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Etre alimenté par

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To be fuelled by

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Par dessus le marché

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Into the bargain

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Hors de sa portéAu dela
Beyond his graspBeyond
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Extenuant
Grueling
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Deposer qqchose
To drop of
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Mauvaise qualite
Low qualityPoor quality
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Casser sur
To break over sth
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Dans tous les cas (2)
In any caseAnyway
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Un enfant gate
A spoiled brat
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Habitude (3)
Current practiceHabitCustom
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Passer au feu rougeRound poindCarrefourLes feux
Ro jump the lightsA roundaboutCrossroadsthe traffic lights
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PietonPassage pietonTrottoirBord du trottoir
PedestrianA zebra crossingPavement (uk) / sidewalk (usa)A kerb
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ScandaleuxScandalisé
OutrageousOutraged
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PresupposerUn presupposé
To assumeAn assumption
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Fondé
Grounded
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Emmener qqun en voiture
To give sb a lift
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Ministere des affaires etrangeresLe ministre (usa)
The state departmentThe secretary of state
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Comprendre le sens de sqchose par raisonnementFaire de l'exercice physique
To work out
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Etre en deuil
To be mournyTo mourn
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Etre a la hauteur de qqch
To be up to sth
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EnterrementObseques
BurialThe Funeral (singulier)
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Se mefier (3)
To be wary ofTo be suspiciousTo distrust (des personnes)
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D'une certaine maniere
Somehow
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Dur (4)
HarshToughUnfeelingForbidding
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Rendre visite
Courtoisie : to pay a visit / to call on sbSinon : to visit sb
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Gène (le sentiment) (3)
AwkwardnessEmbarrassmentDiscomfort
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Candidature
Application
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Mal a l'aise(2)
Ill-at-easeUneasy
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L'aisance
Ease
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Un obstacleFaire obstacle
HindranceTo hinder
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S'immiscer
To find one's way into
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Un sur trois
One in threeOne out of three
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Prevision
Forecast
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Empoisonner la vie (2)
To pest sbTo make live a misery
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Quartiers defavorises du centre ville
The inner cities
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Monter la noteBaisser la note
To upgradeDowngrade
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Suffir
To be sufficient
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Une etude (2)
A surveyA study
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A l'infini
In definitely
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S'agiterS'inquieter
To fret
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Blocages
Gridlock
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Aller trop loin
To overreach
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Mal conçu
Ill-drafed
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Un reglage
A tweak
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Considerer
Deem
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Contrecarrer
Thwart
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Complet, global
Comprehensive
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Qui respectent la loi
Law-abidind
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Etendue, portee
Scope
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Reperer
To spot
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Provisoire
Provisional
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Avancer des arguments en faveur de
To make a case for
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PuissantContraindre
CompellingTo compell
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Tentative
Attempt
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Credule
Gullible
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Serment
Oath
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Lier
Bind
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Diffamer
To smear
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Faire de la politique
Being in politics
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Se faire a l'idee que
To come to terms with
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Rendre public
To be made public
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Prevoir :Un faitUne action
ForeseeAnticipate
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S'engager a
To commit oneself
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Les annes d'apres guerre
Post-war-years
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Nominations
Appointments
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Debattre
To discuss
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Assister a
To attend sth
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Agassant
Annoying
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A cette epoque la
Back then
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Avoir des nouvelles de qqunEntendre parler de
To hear from sbTo hear of sth
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Il parait (2)
ReportedlyAllegedly
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Contester
To question
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Super, genial (2)
TremendousSplendid
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Crise du logement
Housing crisis
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L'emprunt immobilier
Mortgage
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RetraiteLes retraités
RetirementPensioners
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Un filet de securite
A net
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A tord ou a raison
Rightly or wrongly
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La Campagne
The country side
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Prendre pour une evidence
To take for granted that
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Confirmer
To bear out
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L'information
Information technology
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Pendant la durée de
Throughout
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Les trente glorieuses
Post war boom years
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Sujet d'actualité
Topical question/issue
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Restructurer, remanier
To overall sth
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Presente comme
Billed as
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Le soutien de
The backing of
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Un public
An audience
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De maniere manifeste, tres visible
Conspiculous
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Tiedeur
Lukewarm
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Une grande quantite de
A host of
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Les entreprises de l'agro alimentaire
Retail group
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L'evasion fiscaleServices fiscaux
Tax avoidanceUsa : internal revenue system IRSUk : HMRC
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Etre tres clairDire ouvertement
To be outspoken
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Un dementi
A denial
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Une serie de, un enchainement
A string of
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Chiffre d'affaire (2)
TurnoverRevenue
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Groupe de reflexion
A thinktank
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Dejouer, contourner un systeme
To game a system
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A cause de Etre redevable
Owing toTo owe sb sth
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Etrenle plus touchéEtre en premiere ligne
To bear the brunt of
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Une faille
LoopholeTax loophole : une niche fiscale
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ConcevoirUne machine (souvent domaine electronique)Une maniere d'agir
To deviseA device
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Faire echouerAvorter un plan
To derail
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Projets
Plans
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RepanduMonnaie courante
WidespreadCommonplace
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Les effets
Impacts
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Le genre humainL'humanite (concept,sentiment)
MankindHumanity
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Meme si :HypotheseConcession (bien que)
Even ifEven though
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Ces dernieres annes
In the last/past few years
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Envahir
To invade
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Pour dire les choses brievement
To make a long strory short
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Grande ville
Large city
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Il n'y a rien entre
There is nothing in between
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Se retirer
To pull out
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Mecontenter
To discontent
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Etre content de
To be happy with
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Compromis
Compromises
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Tirer/dessinerRediger une loi
To drawA drawer = un tiroirTo draw up a law
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Faire pression sur
To put pression on
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Concilier
To reconcile
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La gauche (politique)
Left-wing
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Compenser (2)
To compensate for sthTo offset sth
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Les xhoses pour lesquelles on se propose de faire
Agenda
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ImpliquerS'impliquer
To implyTo get involve
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Etre dependent deIndependent de
To be dependent onTo be independent from
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Connaitre (sens figuré, experimenter)
To go throught
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Grave, important
Severe
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Diviser en
To divide into
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Retour de baton
A backlash
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Syndicats (2)
Trade union = ukLabor union = usa
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Propositions
Proposals
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Les personnes âgées
Senior citizensThe elderly
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D'ici deux ans (période/quantite )D'ici l'année prochaine (point)
Within two yearsBy next year
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Pertinent
Relevante
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Cultured (agriculture)
Crops
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Se confronter à, s'attaquer, faire face(Activement)
To take on
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Faire face passivement, a un obstacle devant nous
To be faced To sth
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Loisirs
Leisure Attention jamais de "s" derrière, jamais de "a" devant
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Cv
Resume
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Universitaire, chercheurs
Scholars
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Manifeste, délibéré, conscient
Overt
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