Vocabulary Flashcards

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Significatif,historique

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Defining

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Déclarer, établir

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Stated to

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Au début, dès le départ

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In the wake of

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En plus… aussi

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I addition to… also

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Permettre

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To enable

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Étant donné la situation (=délicate)

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Given the predicament

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Être censé (faire quelque chose de censé)

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To be expected (to)

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Pour faire rage

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To rage though

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Transcender

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Transcend(ing)

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Plonger, creuser dedans

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To delve into

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Le fruit de […] labeur/travail

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Fruit of […] labour

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Aubaine,opportunité,bénédiction

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Boon

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Tirer sa force (de…)

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To draw (its) power from

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Actuellement

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Presently

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D’un autre côté

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On the other hand

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Faire apparaître

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To spawn

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Ouvrir la voie (à…)

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To pave the way (for…)

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18
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Dépenses personnelles

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Out of pocket

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Avoir dépasser les bornes

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To be out of pocket

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20
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Un monopole

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Hegemony

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Avoir le monopole/contrôle total sur

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To have a monopoly over

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Boucher un trou

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To plug the/a hole

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Boucher une fuite

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To plug a leak

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Clair et net

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Clear and resounding

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Une relation qui dure
A lasting relationship
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Fournir
To supply
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Le rideau a été ouvert/levée
The curtain has been pulled back
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Être un atout (pour..)
To be an asset (for…)
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Favoriser aveuglement
To blindly favor
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Mettre la main sur
To get your hands on
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Plutôt-tôt
Early on
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Prôner/défendre
To advocate
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Accorder
To grant
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Au-delà
Beyond
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Autoriser/permettre
To alllow
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Avoir pour résultat
To result in
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Faire face à
To face
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Étendre
To extend
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Posséder
Owning
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Sinon, autrement
Otherwise
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D’où
Hence
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Surtout
Above all
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Ce qui signifie que…
Which means that
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De plus
Besides
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Comme si
As if
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Ainsi
Thus
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Par exemple
For insane
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Effectivement
Actually
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Dans l’ensemble
On the whole
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Oeil pour œil dent pour dent
Tit for tat
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L’entraînement rend parfait
Practic makes perfect
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Vendre
Sell
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Méfier
Beware/be caution
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Ne pas être au courant
Be oblivious to the fact
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Exploit
Feat
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Requérir, avoir besoin de
To require
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Demande, exigence
Requirement
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Augmenter un prie
To hike something
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Planer sur, (se rapprocher)
To loom
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Octroyer
Endowed
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Quoi qu’il arrive
Come rain or come shine
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Il y a toujours du positif dans une situation négative
Every cloud has a silver lining
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L’habit ne fait pas le moine, ne ps se fier aux apparences
Not to judge a book by it’s cover
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Dans un royaume d’aveugle le borgne est roi
In a land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
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Se relever,rebondir
bounce back
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Comme nous pouvons le voir
As we can see
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Changement climatique
Global warming
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Espèce menacée
Endangered species
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Menacée
Threaten, threat
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Règlement
Settlement
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Règle, s’installer
To settle
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Installations
Facilities
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A l’heure où … est de plus en plus débattu
At a time when the issue of … is increasingly debated
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être condamné à l’échec
To be doomed to fail
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promouvoir une dynamique positive qui stimule le pays en entier
to foster a positive dynamic that stimulates the whole country
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Entrelacer
Intertwine
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Séisme
Earthquake