Vochelle 2.1 Flashcards

(100 cards)

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Garer sa voiture

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To draw up his car

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Rendre visite à qqn

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To visit sbody

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3
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Un gros porteur

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A wide-bodied jet

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Faire grincer des dents

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Make sbody cringe

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5
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Se pencher sur (2)

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To focus on

To look into

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Une inauguration

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A grand opening

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Abriter

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To house

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La visite

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The tour

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Représenter

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To depict

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10
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Monter

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Go upstairs

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Avec impatience

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Eagerly

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12
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Mécènes

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Patrons

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13
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Dont la moitié

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Half of whom (personne)

Half of which (chose)

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Financer

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To fund

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Incarner

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To embody

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Être l’exemple même du progrès

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Be the very epitome/embodiment of progress

Be progress itself

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17
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Ancêtres (3)

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Ancestors
Forebears
Forefathers

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18
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Trembler

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To shiver

To shake

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19
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Héberger

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To put sbody up

To accommodate sbody

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20
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Une dispute

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An argument

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21
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Se débrouiller seul (3)

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To fend for himself
To manage on his own
To get by by himself

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22
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Sortir avec qqn

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To date someone

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23
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Mettre à la porte

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To throw out

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24
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Je ne supporte pas … (3)

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I can’t stand/bear/put up with …

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Errer
To wander
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Dériver
To drift
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Un type (2)
A guy | A bloke
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Se fâcher avec qqn
To fall out with sbody
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Étrange (3)
Dodgy Fishy Shady
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Aléatoire (2)
Haphazard | Random
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Trépidante
Hectic
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Odieux
Heinous
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Morose
Gloomy/grim/bleak
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Une victoire écrasante | Une victoire submergeante
A landslide victory | A overwhelming victory
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Un diplômé
A graduate
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Licencier (plan social)
To make sbody redundant | To lay off
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Licenciement eco
Lay offs | Redundancies
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Chercher ses mots
To grope for words
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Empiéter sur
To impinge on | To infringe on
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Empêcher, entraver (4)
Hinder Prevent Hamper Impede
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Éviter
To avoid | To get out of
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Surmonter
To overcome | To get over
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Traverser, subir (3)
Go through Experience Undergo
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Sexisme
Sexism | Male chauvinism
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Laxisme
Laxity
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Raviver un débat
To reignite/revive a debate
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Être disposé à
To be prone to
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Ouvert d’esprit
Liberal
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Un penchant
A leaning
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Rendre visite
To call on sbody
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Appeler à, demander
To call for
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Ne jurer que par
To swear by
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Contestataires
Dissenters
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Plaider en faveur de (2)
To argue for | To make a case for
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Être franc (2)
To be outspoken | To be vocal
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Être laxiste
To be lase
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Peurs sans fondement
Ill-founded fears
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Exagérer
To play sthg up
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Atténuer
To play sthg down
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Mettre sur écoute
To tap a phone
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Exploiter les ressources naturelles
To tap natural ressources
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Puiser dans
To tap into
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Être obligé
To have no choice but to
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Déclencher
To spark off
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Un taulé
An uproar | An outcry
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Un retour de bâton
A backlash
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Représenter — % de
To make for/account for —% if
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Il y a 4 fois plus de —
There are 4 times as many — as — one
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Parler d’un élément tabou
The elephant in the room
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Rabaisser
To demean
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Démissionner (2)
To resign | To setup down
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Être assailli par (2)
To be beset/surrounded with sthg
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Attitude envahissante
Pervasive attitude
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C’est plus intéressant que ça en a l’air
The is more to eat than meets the eyes
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Discrimination positive
``` Affirmative action (US) Positive discrimination (UK) ```
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Marquer un point, faire valoir un argument
To make a point
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Rare
Scarce
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Franchise
Frankness
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Aduler
To lionize
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Déposer une plainte
To file/lodge a complaint
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Saluer qqn en hero
To hail sbody as a hero
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Suivre les règles à la lettre
To stick to rules
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Honorer sa réputation
To live up to its reputation
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Être dans le pétrin
To be in the bind
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Ignorer (2)
To overlook | To pay no attention
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La canicule
The dog days
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Technologie à la pointe
State-of-the-art technology
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Cet argument ne tient pas la route
This argument does not hold water
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Naïf, crédule
Naive, gullible
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Élargir (2)
To broaden | To widen
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Présumé
Alleged
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Renvoyer un employé | Rejeter un argument
To dismiss an employee | To dismiss an argument
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Tromper, leurrer
To delude
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Impliquer
To Imply
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Gênant, pénible, problématique
Troublesome
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Éclater de rire
To bust out laughing
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Reprendre un magasin
To take over a shop
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Une OPA
A takeover bid
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Être docile
To be submissive | To be biddable
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Raisonnable Sensible Absurde
Sensible Sensitive Nonsensical