Vocabulary 3 Flashcards

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simuler

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to simulate, feign

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une tendance

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a tendency

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en vogue

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in style

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galvauder

une expression galvaudée

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to overuse to the point of making a term meaningless

a hackneyed expression

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entamer

Une étude entamée en 2008…

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to start, launch

A study launched in 2008…

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véridique

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truthful

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une affirmation

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an assertion

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simpliste

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simplistic

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scientifiquement

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scientifically

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impassible (adj)

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imperturbable, impassive

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dépeindre

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to depict

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malmener

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to bully

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que jadis (adv)

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than in the past

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sacrément (adv) (colloquial)

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incredibly

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créer

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to create

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une enquête

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an inquiry, investigation

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ébranler

s’ébranler

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to rattle, shake, weaken

to move off (as a train or convoy)

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la colonne

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pillar

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la pègre

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the underworld

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le grand jour

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field day

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avarier

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to damage, cause harm

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s’avarier

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to go rotten

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avarié (adj)

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tainted

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notamment

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in particular, especially

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échapper
to escape
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échappé
escaped
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traquer
to track, hunt down
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une traque
a hunt
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l'élevage (m)
livestock farming
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résistant (adj)
hardy
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dépourvu de (adj)
lacking in, devoid of
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en dépit de
in spite of
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futé (adj)
smart, sharp
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un enclos
an enclosure
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l'ampleur (f) prendre de l'ampleur
fullness to spread
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gruger
to grind
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l'écorce d'arbre
the bark of a tree
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un tribun
an orator
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incarner
to embody
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la revanche
the revenge
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rimer
to rhyme
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un glaneur
a gleaner (scavenger)
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la temporalité
temporality, impermanence
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un croque-mitaine
an ogre
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une mitaine
a fingerless mitt, usually elbow length worn by women
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viser
to intend
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épargner
to spare, to save
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auparavant
beforehand, previously
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contrairement
contrary to
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un porte-parole
a spokesperson
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éveiller Cette musique éveille quelque chose dans leur esprit de très important.
to arouse, awaken This music awakens something in their mind that's very important.
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démissionner
to vacate one's post
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repêcher Un des enregistreurs de vol a été repêché
to recover a drowned body to give a second chance (informal) One of the flight records has been recovered.
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mouvementé
eventful
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la prouesse
prowess, feat, exploit
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préjuger
to prejudge
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le préjugé
bias
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la nostalgie de
nostalgia for
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secouer
to jolt, rock
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corrompre
to corrupt, bribe
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corrompu (adj)
corrupt
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perpétuel
perpetual
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une uvre
a charity
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une quête
a collection | a quest
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avouer
to confess to
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s'avouer Certains s'avouent nostalgiques à l'epoque du dictateur.
to admit to being Some admit to being nostalgic for the period of dictatorship.
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les représailles (fp) Une série de mesures en représailles aux operations piratage infomatique...
reprisals A series of measures in reprisal for computer hacking...
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outre
besides
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harceler
to harass
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le harcèlement | le harcèlement sexuel
harassment | sexual harassment
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viser
to aim for
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nuire
to harm
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nui (adj)
harmful
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l'implication (f)
implication
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le gui
mistletoe
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susciter
to arouse, evoke
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une audience
an audience | a hearing
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prôner
to extol, advocate
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acquis (adj)
acquired
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acquérir
to acquire
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accaparer
to monopolize
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poindre
to dawn, to break
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pressentir | pressentir que...
to assume in advance | to have a premonition that...
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le sein ...pour les principaux postes au sein du prochain gouvernement américain.
breast, bosom for the main positions at the centre of the next american government
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étroitement
closely
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une volonté une volonté de fer
a will | an iron will
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survenir
to happen, to take place
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attiser
to inflame
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un divertissement
entertainment, distraction
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sonder
to sound out, to probe
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une mise à jour
updating
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une fuite
an escape, a leak
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la souplesse
flexibility
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un tollé
an outcry
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fustiger
to lambast
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gazouiller
to twitter
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le cap
head
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un ressortissant | une ressortissante
foreign national
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à l'affût...
on the lookout for...
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errer (par...)
to wander (about...)
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assiéger
to besiege
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posé (adj) Le ton est maintenant plus posé.
calm, serious The tone is now more calm and serious.
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porter Le ton est moin porté à la confrontation.
to be inclined The tone is less inclined toward confrontation