Volume 8 Flashcards

(92 cards)

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une douche écossaise

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series of ups and downs

roller-coaster ride

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douché (ad)

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all wet

unreasonable

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buter sur/contre

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to stumble on/into

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indépassable

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unavoidable

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infranchissable

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unavoidable

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un écueil

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reef
obstacle
pitfall

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la velléité

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mere wish
wishful thoughts
vague attempt

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un trompe d’œil

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sham
illusion
smokescreen

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un bras de fer

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arm wrestling

trial of strength

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par défaut

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by default

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se dérober à

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to default on

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12
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la finalité

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aim
finality
conclusiveness

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intersidéral (adj)

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interstellar

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la retrouvaille

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reunion

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15
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en deçà de

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on this side of

less than

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décacheter

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to unseal

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amortir

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absorb

deaden

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18
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sacrément

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incredibly

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19
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Et j’en passe…

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and so on…

skipping the details…

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20
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récurer

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to scour

scrub

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21
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une défausse

défausser

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discarding

to renounce
discard
straighten out

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le dérapage

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skidding
slipping    (eg auto)

blunder

be out of control (eg prices)

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déraper

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to slip, slew

go out of conrol

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la casse

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breakage

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un casse
heist | break-in
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une épave
wreck derelict debris
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l’imposture (f)
fraud | deception
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se foutre à poil
to strip naked (with impatience)
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foutre
to put (impatiently)
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foutre qu’est-ce que tu fous? J’en ai rien à foutre
to do what are you doing? (with impatience) I don’t care
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foutre Fous-moi en paix Ça fout les boules
to give, leave Leave me alone It’s scary
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se foutre de Tu te fous de moi?
to make fun of Are you making fun of me?
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Il est bien foutu Elle est bien foutue
He is good looking. She is good looking.
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un moteur moteur de recherche
motor driving force seach engine
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gronder
rumble growl to brew up (a threat) scold
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le bien commun
the common good
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certes
indeed | surely
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concurrentiel (adj)
competitive
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condamner
to sentence condemn punish to seal off
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le brai
pitch
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le bouleau
birch
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les moyens du bord
the means at hand
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le paludisme
malaria
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ô miracle!
and presto!
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ô combien
greatly | very
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une frange frangé de
fringe trimmed with
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s’etendre sur
to stretch for
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enclavé (adj)
enclosed | landlocked
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être grand comme deux fois la France
to be twice the size of France
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très majoritairement
almost entirely
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avoir de la peine à faire qch
to have difficulty doing...
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sur fond de
against the backdrop of
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l’avancée (f)
advance | headway
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une saillie ce qui saillir
projection | jut out
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chasser de
to chase from | drive out from
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nébuleux (adj)
nebulous obscure cloudy
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une crise sécuritaire
security crisis
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l’ampleur (f)
size | importance
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à longueur d'année
all year round
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lits de réanimation
critical care beds
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un rapt
abduction | kidnapping
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un chef de file
leader
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un ravisseur | une ravisseuse
abductor
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se tenir
to take place
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proroger
to defer extend adjourn
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en charge de
responsible for
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d’ici là
by then | in the meantime
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l’intégrale (f)
complete total unabridged all about
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intégral (adj) paiement intégral en version intégrale
in full payment in full uncut version unabridged version
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un clash
clash conflict confrontation
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un écran de fumée
smoke screen
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impitoyable (adj)
merciess relentless ruthless
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débarrer
unbar
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saborder
to scuttle
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l’incurie (f)
negligence | carelessness
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le contre-pouvoir
opposition (political)
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contreproductif (adj)
counterproductive
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désemparé (adj)
handicapped bewildered perplexed
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desemparer
to throw into confusion
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faste (ad)
magnificent
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le faste
splendour grandeur pomp
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un passeur | une passeuse
boatman ferry person smuggler mule (colloq)
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léguer qqc à qqn
to pass down | leave st to sb
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les fréquentations il a des fréquentations douteuses
company He keeps bad company.
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embarder
yaw | deviate from course
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se jouer se jouer de
to take place to deceive trick
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une embardée
swerve | abrupt change of direction
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irriguer
to irrigate
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LREM
La République en Marche | party founded by Macron
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engueuler
sound off | to tell sb off
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tailler
to cut carve whittle trim
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une igname
yam