Vocabulary Flashcards

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Sauver

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To save, to rescue

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Incarner

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To embody

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Âge de la retraite

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Retirement age

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Un journal

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a newspaper, a broadsheet, a quality paper

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Commérage

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Gossip

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Un aspect positif

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An asset, an advantage

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Un aspect négatif

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a drawback

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Un produit

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a product, a good

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Un problème

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An issue, a problem

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Délocaliser

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To relocate

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Être impliqué dans

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To be involved in, to be committed into

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Être une star avare

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To be money hungry star

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Se tenir à son rôle

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to stick to the script

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réussir

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to succeed in

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grimper l’échelle sociale

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to climb up the social ladder

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Être issu d’une famille pauvre

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To start from scratch

To go from rags to riches

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Travailler en tant que (métier)

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To work as

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Avoir le poste de (place dans une société)

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to hold the position of

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19
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qqn qui se bat pour des causes

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An activist

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Atteindre son but

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to achieve one’s goal

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tout le monde est égal

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to be on the same foot

Everybody’s equal

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Accomplir un rêve

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to fulfill a dream

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Des collèges

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Co-workers

Colleagues

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Richesse

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Wealth

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Une foule immense
a huge crowd
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Ruée des journalistes
media scrum
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Donner une interview
to hold conference | to give an interview
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Répondre à des questions
To iterate
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Toujours se motiver
to push one’s self
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Classé, évalué
rated
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Être connu partout dans le monde
to be worldwide known
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Monté en flèche
skyrocketed
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Industrie de boisson
beverage industry
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Fusionner
To merge
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diriger une firme
To lead a firm/a corporation
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Frais de scolarité
tuition fees
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« mega-rich people of the world »
A tycoon
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Popularité de la marque
Brand notoriety
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Péter un câble
to lose one’s temper
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Tenir pour acquis
to take for granted
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Être en compétition avec
To compete with
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Fuite des cerveaux
Braindrain
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Une bourse
a grant, a scolarship
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Rendre hommage
To pay tribute
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Une personnalité/ un caractère
a temper
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avoir un bon tempérament
to have a good temper | to be an easy-going person
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Se sentir à l’aise
to feel at ease
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Une main d’œuvre pas chère
a cheep labor force
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Persévérer
To persevere
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Être à la retraite
Get retired
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Une presse à scandale
a gutter press
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Une amélioration
an improvement
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S’améliorer
to improve one’s self
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Travailler à la chaîne
To work on the assembly line
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Gagner sa vie
to make a living
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Manifester
to demonstrate
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CEO suit
white collar jobs
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Manual workers suit
blue collar jobs
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Bien s’entendre avec ses collègues
to get on well on your colleagues
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Rebooster
To lead up
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Une carrière professionnelle
a career path
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Diffuser
to broadcast
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Changer
to alter
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Le sida
HIV/AIDS
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Un logiciel
A software
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Un composant
A hardware
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My dream job
- you have fun - to exercise power on people - the one that makes you happy - you can make money - to lead/manage a company - you enjoy doing it