Vocnico Flashcards by Nicolas Durante

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Plutôt

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Rather, instead

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À peu près

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Roughly

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Répendu

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Widespread

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Augmenter

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Rise, raise

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Laïque

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Secular

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Sévère

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Harsher

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Projet de loi

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Bill

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Loi

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Law

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Obtenir

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To grant

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rétrécir

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shrink

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au-delà

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beyond

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fondamentalistes

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fondamentalists

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placard

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cupboard

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fierté

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pride

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confortablement installé

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seated

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la cible de critique

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the target of criticism

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phrases

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sentences

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condamnation à mort

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a death sentence

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écran d’ordinateur

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a computer screen

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accueillir les JO

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to stage/host the olympics

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porteurs de torches

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the torch bearers

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basse classe sociale

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background / lower-class

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haute classe sociale

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the upper class

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ça m’est étranger

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it’s foreign to me

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à l'inverse

conversely

esprit ouvert

broad minded

digne de

worthy

offrir quelque chose à quelqu'un

to offer sb sthg

entre le marteau et l'enclume

between a rock and a hard place

je vais très bien, je suis en forme

as fit as a fiddle

stupide

stupid / silly

colonisation

plentation policy

en avoir mare

to be fed up

Il est temps

It's time

Respecter les lois

To abide by the law

Suspicieux

Suspicous

Though

Bien que

Règle

Rule

En direction de la maison

Homeward

En direction du nord

Northward

A badly paid job

Un emplois mal rémunéré

Guère surprenant

It's hardly surprising

Faire confiance à qqun

To trust sb

N'importe qui

Anybody

Le casseur de grève

A scrabe

Une grève

A strike

L'offre et la demande

Offer and demand

Le piquet de grève

The picket line

Exiger

To demand

Salaires

Wages

Luxe

Luxury

Compter sur quelqu'un

To count upon sb

S'appuyer sur quelqu'un

To rely on sb

Être (tenu pour) responsable

To be (held) accountable

Un compte en banque

A current account

Crisser (pour une voiture)

To screech

Une loutre

An otter

Entrer/sortir à toute vitesse

Dash in/out

Les draps de lit

Bed-sheet

Déchirer

To tear, tore, torn

Gâter

To spoil, spoilt, spoilt

Jouer des coudes

To elbow

Aussi jeune qu'il soit

Young thouh he may be

Une demi-douzaine

Half a dozen

Dont

Wich

Question, sujet

Issue

In the wake of

Dans le sillage de