Volume 4 Flashcards

(114 cards)

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frayer
frayer avec...
frayer parmi
frayer avec les autres
frayer la voie
frayer le chemin
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to open a path
to associate with...
to mingle
to socialize
to pave the way
to blaze a trail
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port d’attache

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port of entry

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s’immiscer dans

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interfere in

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un macaron

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a macaroon

a sticker

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remontrer

remonter

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to show again

to remount, to ascend, to recover, to rewind, to work back to

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par le passé

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in the past

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chatter (an anglicism?)

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to chat

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quasiment

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almost, nearly

practically (colloquial usage)

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l’acharnement (m)

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furious energy, ruthlessness

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avoir fini par faire qqc

C’est un ami d’infance, avait fini par dire Gabrielle.

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to finally do qqc

Gabrielle finally said “it’s a childhood friend”.

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l’aménité (?)

Les deux hommes se regardent sans aménité.

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pleasantness

The two men looked at each other without pleasantness.

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décréter

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to decree

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un coutier

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a broker, middleman

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en échange

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in exchange

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hors de question

Il est hors de question qu’ils se servent de ça pour te faire chanter

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out of the question

It’s out of the question that they use that to blackmail you.

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un démenti

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a denial

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un malentendu

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misunderstanding

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fulminer

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to fulminate, protest vigorously

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sitôt

Sitôt dit, sitôt fait (idiom)

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as soon as

No sooner said than done.

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autant

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as much as
as far as
until

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un contretemps

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a setback, delay

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bouleverser

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to distress, upset

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pareil (adj)

Qui peut faire une chose pareille?

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similar, such

Who could do such a thing?

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un cadenas

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padlock

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la cueillette l'equipe est axé principalement sur la cueillette et l'analyse de l'information.
gathering The team is focussed mainly on the gathering and analysis of information.
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dans le but de Nous procédons dans le but de bloquer l'attaque.
with the goal of We procdeed with the goal of blocking the attack.
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un lobby | des lobbies
``` a lobby (group) some lobbies (political pressure groups) ```
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une haie
``` a hedge a row (of people, objects) ```
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périssable (adj)
perishable | expendable
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périr
to perish
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le minerai le minerai de fer
ore iron ore
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informe (adj) informé
shapeless well informed
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la fonte On obteint du metal par la fonte un minerai
smelting We get metal by smelting an ore.
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cassant (adj)
brittle
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écraser
to crush
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le tranchant tranchant (adj)
sharpness sharp
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apte à (adj) inapte à
suitable for unsuitable for
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la glaise
a type of clay rich in Si and Al
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une foire
a fair, market
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voilé (adj)
veiled
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spécialement
specially
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la mâchoire
jaw
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jaillir de Une mâchoire jaillit ausitôt pour s'en emparer.
to rear up from A jaw shot up right away to take it.
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la combinaison
combination scheme overall, jumpsuit
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un noeud
node
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escompter
to discount, disregard | to anticipate
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se fier à
to rely on | to trust in
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la mise sur pied | la mise à pied
the development, build up
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un pigeonnaire
pigeonhole, loft
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un objectif
goal | target
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machinalement
mechanically
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récidiver
to recommit to reoccur to do something again
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réuni (adfj)
combined | assembled
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la sous-traitance
subcontacting | contracting out
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démunir
to part with | give up
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démuni (adj)
destitute | impoverished
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là encore Mais, là encore, il y aurait probablement des rumeurs.
then again But, then again, it would probably be (just) rumor.
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un recoupement
a cross-check (of information)
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trafiquer
``` to traffic (contraband) to tamper/meddle with (slang) ```
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susciter
to arouse, evoke, kindle
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révolutionner par
to revolutionize with
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la subvention
support, subsidy, grant | subvention, subsidization
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un prête-nom une société prête-nom
a straw man (one who disguises activities of another person) dummy company
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le haut du visage | let haut du corps
the top half of the face | the top half of the body
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cogner
to knock, rap (on a door)
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endosser
to endorse | to assume
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le moi
ego, the "I" of the psyche
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et quoi encore?
and then what?
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dans l'espoir que...
in the hope that...
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la formule
formula expression, form device, composition
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maroquiné
maroccan leather
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un maroquinier
a dealer in fine leather goods | a fine leather craftsman
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la saloperie
trash, muck, slop, junk
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la contestation
contestation, question appeal dissent
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opportun (adj)
appropriate, timely
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le merdier
shit, excrement
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la teigne
ringworm | colloquial: a nasty piece of work
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dévisager quelqu'un
to stare at someone
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mon point faible
my weak point
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le recul feu du recul
recession, retreat recoil, regress to back up (reverse) back-up light(s) (on car)
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scrupuleusement
scrupulously
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libeller
to word, to phrase | to make out (as a cheque)
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le libellé
the wording
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sur Internet
on the internet
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innocenter
to exonerate
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n'être pas à prendre à la légère Leur menace n'est pas à prendre à la légère.
not to be taken lightly Their threat is not to be taken lightly.
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un tel item une telle chose Pourquoi est-ce qu'elle merite une telle attention?
such an item such a thing Why does she merit such attention?
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accessoirement
incidentally
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la prouesse
prowess
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une broutille
a flea bite | a trifle
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le traficotage
shady dealings
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un préjugé
bias, prejudice
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égarer
to mislead to misplace to stray
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chercher du côté de qqn À mon avis, vous devez chercher du côté de Thomas Hawk.
look into In my opinion, you should look into Thomas Hawk.
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plisser les yeux
to blink, squint
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plisser
to fold, pleat, wrinkle, crease note: plier = fold
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aminicir s'aminicir
to slenderize, slim to get slimmer
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l'outrance (f) à outrance
excessiveness to excess
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une ingérence
interference, intrusion
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une recrudescence de Il y avait une recrudescence des activités criminales.
an upsurge There was an upsurge in criminal activity.
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en aveugle Il faut que on ne pourvsuive pas en aveugle.
blind We mustn't proceed blind.
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sévir
``` to clamp down to run wild to rage (war) ```
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le butin
spoil, booty, haul (of crime, war) | fruits (of labour, research)
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pourvu que
providing that
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tirailler être tiraillé entre sa famille et son travail
tug, pull to be torn between his family and his work
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éplucher
to peel | to go through something with a fine-toothed comb
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déchaîner se déchaîner
to rouse, excite to go into a rage
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gâcher
to waste, ruin, spoil
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apaiser
to appease, pacify | to calm, ease
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à mesure que...
to the extent that...
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une manie
a mania an obsession a fad
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entreprendre entreprendre qqn
to start to undertake to set about seducing someone
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transiger
to compromise (as a way of settling a disagreement)
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maniable (adj)
easy to handle, manageable | maneuverable