Vocabulary Theme (special book) Flashcards

(75 cards)

1
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un ruisseau

A

a brook

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déverser des déchets dans

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to spill (waste) into

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l’enfance

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childhood

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4
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à Rome

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in Rome (pas at Rome)

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5
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reprendre (négocations)

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to resume

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menacer qq de faire quelque chose

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to threat sbdy with doING sthg

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7
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démissionner

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to quit one job

He quits his job

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8
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se décider à

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to decide oneself to do sthg

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9
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passer à l’acte

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to turn words into action

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se décider enfin à faire quelque chose

Lorsqu’il il se décida enfin à passer à l’acte

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eventually to decide oneself to do sthg

when he eventually decided himself to turn words into action

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depuis (en milieu de phrase) dans le sens depuis lors

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since then

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penser à quelqu’un

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to think of someone

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13
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arriver à Sydney

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to arrive in Sydney

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14
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rassurer

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to reassure

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15
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un e-mail

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an email

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quand j’aurai fini de diner, j’irai me coucher

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When I have had dinner, I will go to bed

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réparer quelque chose

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to fix something

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18
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un tracteur

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a tractor

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19
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Plus … plus

Plus la police fera respecter la loi, plus les criminels seront prudents

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the more… the more

The more police enforce laws, the warier criminals will be / the more careful criminals will be

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compter faire quelque chose

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to be considering doing sthg

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21
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déménager

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to move

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22
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un beau frère

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a brother in law

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23
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un écologiste

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an environmentalist

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24
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énergies renouvelables

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renewable energies

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avoir recours à
to resort to
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le peuple japonais
the Japanese people
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une centrale nucléaire
a nuclear plant
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dangereux (2)
hazardous | dangerous
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SI seulement !
if only
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couramment (parler une langue)
to speak a langage fluently
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travel (PP)
traveLLed
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(être au) lycée
(to be in) high school
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il est grand temps ...
It is high time (to)
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se décider
to make up one minds
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le départ
the departure
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partir
to leave, left, left
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retardé (un avion)
delayed
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perdre du temps
to waste time
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les volets
the shutters
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violet
purple
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un avocat
an attorney
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nécessairement
necessarily
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offrire
to offer
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plaire
to please | It pleases me
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un stylo-plume
a fountain pen
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grand père
grandfather
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un CV
a résumé
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soulever l'indignation
to arouse indignation
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la bas
there
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ici
here
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tenir une promesse
to hold out a promise
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le dernier (en date)
the latest
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un poste d'ambassadeur
a post as an ambassador
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un porte parole
a spokesperson
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les secouristes
the rescuers
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être en proie à
to be rife with | to be plagued / struck
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épouvantable | 2
dreadful | terrible
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un ouragan
a hurricane
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causer la mort | 2
to claim fatalities | to cause deaths
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entre ceux qui ... et ceux qui ...
What with those who ... and those who....
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être résigner
to resign oneself to sth
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abimer
damage
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les dépenses (de santé) | 2
(health) expenditure / spending
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être voué à
to be bound to
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juger (opinion) | 2
consider | to deem
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la fracture numérique
the digital divide
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pousser quelqu'un a faire qqc
to push sb into doing
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des biens de consommation
consumer goods
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encourager à
to urge to
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un scandale à propos
a scandal over
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faire les gros titres
to heat the headline
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des entreprises florissantes
thriving businesses
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fermer définitivement
to close down
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une crise économique | 3
an economic slump / crisis / downturn
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intervenir | 2
to step in | to intervene