week 5 Flashcards
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a domestic/household task
ie washing the dishes, doing the laundry
A
a chore (N)
2
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loss of trees
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deforestation (N)
deforested (adj)
3
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the natural disappearance of sth (soil) due to wind / water
A
soil erosion (N)
4
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extinction animale
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animal extinction
5
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animaux en voie d’extinction
A
endangered animal / species (almost extinct)
endanger (V)
the endangerment of animals
6
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inondation
A
- flood (N) (countable) (specific)
The 3 floods / the flood of 1971 killed over 300,000 people - flooding (N) (uncountable) (general)
Flooding is a common problem in this part of the country.
7
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overstep your power
A
exceed your authority
8
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avoir accès
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gaining an understand / access TO a building, a computer
9
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faced
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encountered
10
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very competent
A
stiff
encountered stiff opposition / competition
11
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so focused in sth, you’re not distracted by anything else
very positive
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to feel (completely) in my element
12
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être très heureux, ravi
être au 7ème ciel
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to be over the moon
to be on cloud 9
to be ecstatic
13
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avoir confiance en qqch, qqn
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to put one’s trust IN sb / sth
14
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to participe
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to take part IN
15
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most of the time
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more often than not
16
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happy
to feel happy with
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contented (adj)
to feel content WITH sb, sth
17
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work at night
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work the graveyard shift
18
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travailler à l’intérieur / dehors
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to work indoors / outdoors
19
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advantages, extra to your income, fringe benefits
A
perks (N)
20
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rendre qqn (triste, bouleversé) sentiment
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to make sb upset (feeling adj)
21
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to have enough time to do sth
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to get round TO sth / doing sth
22
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to fix (sth again)
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to get sth working
23
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to connect sb (phone)
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to put sb through
24
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to distract sb
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to put sb off
25
to postpone
to put sth off
26
to host, accommodate
to put sb up
27
to put up with
to tolerate, endure
28
to be discouraged
to be put off
29
to stop working, tomber en panne
to break down
30
to raise
to bring up
31
to cancel
to call off
32
to discover, find
to come across
33
to disconnect (phone)
to cut off
34
didn't happen, didn't eventuate
to fall through
35
to have a good relationship
to get on well
36
to expire (i.e. milk)
to go off
37
to continue, to persist
to keep on
38
I am eager, excited
I am looking forward to -ING form
39
to look like, ressemble
to take after
40
to learn outside typical classes
to pick sth up
41
to understand
to make out
42
to support sb
to back sb up
43
to reject, to decline
to turn down
44
to quit, to stop
to give up
45
to reveal the truth
to give (sb) away
46
to hire, contract, employ
to take on
47
to start, begin, fonder
to set up
48
to refuse
to turn away
49
to encounter, to face (problems)
to run up against
50
to decide
to make up (my mind)
51
to save $
to put by / away
52
to start (alarms)
to go off
53
when you think you are better, to patronize, when you are snob
to look down on (people)
54
to survive
to get by
55
to fail, not keep up
to fall behind
56
to boast
to show off
57
to separate, divorce
to split up
58
Créé pour
Designed to
59
Laisser qqn, qqch avec qqn, qqch
To leave sb, sth WITH sb, sth
60
Isolation (chaleur)
Insulation (N)
| To insulate sth
61
May cause cancer
Carcinogenic (adj)
62
Describes sth that contains cancer
Cancerous (adj)
63
To make a "fake" passport
To forge a passport, a document
A forged passport
A forger (n, p)
64
Argent faux
Counterfeit money
65
To lose one's job
| Here it doesn't tell you how
To be given the boot
To sack sb / to be sacked
To fire / to be fired
-> you made a mistake
66
When there's no more work for you
To make sb redundant
To be made redundant
To be laid OFF
67
A lot of
Prevalent (adj)
Incidence (N)
68
A professional, office-based job
A white-collar job
69
Labourer, manufacturing (job)
A blue-collar job
70
To work for a low salary
To work for peanuts
To be paid peanuts : be paid badly
71
Mariage arrangé
An arranged marriage
72
To make fun OF sb FOR
To tease sb FOR sth
73
- to make sth perfect, to perfect, to master
| - to make sharp, to sharpen
To hone
- > your accent
- > a specific skill
My sword is blunt, not straight. I need to hone it.
74
Marked sth out as special
Distinguished
75
Increase
Crank up
76
Keep its position again others
Hold its own
77
To long for sth
To yearn
78
Boring hard work
Drudgery
79
Inintelligent
Dumb
80
Lightening, making less depressing
Leavening
81
Reactonary
Anarchic
82
Enjoyed very much, couldn't get enough of
Lapped up
83
Making small changes to sth
Tinkering
84
To behave badly
to misbehave
85
Bad luck
Misfortune
86
To not understand exactly
To misunderstand
87
To not trust
To mistrust
88
To deceive
To mislead
89
To not understand the correct meaning
To misinterpret
90
collect,
learn,
draguer
To pick up
91
kiss,
understand,
go (for test)
To make out
92
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start ringing (alarm),
is going off (party -> awesome), expire
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To go off
93
disgust, postpone, distract
To put off
94
raise (prices), accommodate / host,
To put up
put your feet up : relax
95
To act as if one does/did sth
To act as if one does/did sth
96
le salaire moyen
The average salary
97
to survive financially
To get BY ON ($, 5 computers)
We survive in the office with only 5 computers
To manage WITH 5 computers
98
money available after cost
Disposable income
99
not enough money to save, just enough to pay our expenses. Have just enough money to buy the things you need
To make ends meet
100
interesting but strange and surprising
Intriguing (adj)
intrigued (adj)
Intrigue (N)
101
to carelessly waste
To squander
102
without any definite plan
Randomly (adv)
Random (adj)
To do sth randomly/AT random (N)
103
to think of an idea
To come UP WITH
104
sth is obvious, easy to be certain about
Clear-cut
Sth is clear-cut
The solution to this problem is clear-cut
105
in two ways
On two counts (in court)
We found the defendant guilty on two counts.
106
a demand
A call FOR sth
107
Adjective used when technology replace old ones
Obsolete (adj)
108
Lay-offs (N)
Lay-offs (N)
109
pas la peine de faire qqch
Not worth doing sth
110
Reason to do
Reason to do
111
pas "d'intérêts" à faire qqch
No point (IN) doing sth
112
to cease
to desist
lawyers say : "please cease and desist" : please stop and stop
113
insister
To insist ON
114
persister
To persist IN -ing form
115
résister à qqch
To resist sth
116
to be good with numbers
To have a head for figures
117
To be charged WITH
To be charged WITH
118
être accusé de
To be accused OF
119
être critiqué pour
To be criticised FOR sth / -ing form
120
to reprimand
To be told FOR
121
to choose sb for a role
To delegate sb
122
To put back, to invest
To plough /plow/
123
désapprouver
To disapprove OF sth (an idea, plan, proposal)
124
critiquer
To criticise sb, sth
125
ne pas être d'accord avec qqch
To disagree WITH
126
To object TO sth doing sth
To object TO sth doing sth
127
faire qqch en vue de faire une autre chose dans le futur
To do sth WITH a view TO doing sth else in the future
128
"par mes moyens" par l'intermédiaire
ON my behalf
| To do sth on sb's behalf
129
basé sur
Based ON
130
mesuré par
Measured BY
131
qqch est proportionné à
Sth is proportionate TO
132
to be ON a strike
Walk-out
133
to deserve, entitle
to command (respect, a high wage)
134
To be friendly with, on good terms with
to keep UP WITH (your colleagues, in-laws)
135
The prospect OF (future possible)
The prospect OF (future possible)
136
Possible results
Outcome (abstract)
137
Volume/quantity of goods manufactured, produced (physical)
Output
138
To help pay part of the full cost of sth
To subsidise sth
Subsidy (N), a subsidy OF $40, 40%
Subsidisation (n, process)
139
To regain
To get sth back
140
To waste time, to behave badly
To mess around
141
To make changes
To shake sth up
142
To be surprised
To be taken aback
143
To become successful quickly
To take off
144
To begin operating
To start out
145
To remove
To clear sth out
146
To complete
To finish off
147
To make jokes, to not be serious
To fool around
148
Not to do anything
To hang around
149
To order people what to do
To boss sb around
150
Being told what to do
To push sb around
151
Montrer les lieux
To show around
An induction
152
To compare quality or price
To shop around
153
To exchange
To switch sth around
154
To make changes in a good way
To turn sth around
155
To scare, to deter
To frighten sb away/off
156
To discard, to get rid of
To chuck away/out
157
To die to (nicer and cleaner) (no negative connotation)
To pass away/on
158
To work hard and continuously
To slog away/on
159
To remove
To clear out/away
160
To detach by accident
To come away/off
161
To keep talking
To chat on/away
162
To stop working (machines)
To cut out
163
To stay where you are, to keep yourself in
To hold back
164
To return
To come back to
165
To go faster
To speed up
166
To stay committed
To stick to
167
To plan in advance
To plan ahead
168
To destroy, to ruin
To tear sth apart
169
Adjective for makes you feel good
Uplifting
170
excited
Eager
171
when you believe sth/sb is worse than you, is inferior
Look down ON
172
raccrocher qqn au téléphone
To be hung UP ON
| To hang UP ON sb
173
what you want to become in the future
Aspire TO
174
sth that can generate a lot of money quickly
Cash cow (N) (informal)
175
to see sth in real life
To see sth first hand
176
office buildings
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Janitorial services
A janitor (n, p) (US) / A caretaker (n, p) (UK)
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A cleaner (n, p) : domestic
177
sb makes a mess, you clean after
To clean UP AFTER sb
178
To take a tour OF
To take a tour OF
179
to live below the poverty line
To live IN poverty
180
to put sth in a way that makes it easy to understand
To put things IN / INTO perpective
181
to start and grow quickly
To break out
182
to represent a large group of people's beliefs
To speak OUT FOR (sb)
183
A serious or root of all problems that is often hidden behind more trivial problems
An underlying problem
184
to recover quickly, suddenly
To bounce back (slang)
185
to show poor judgement or reasoning
Misguided (adj)
186
false idea, belief
Misconception (N)
187
to give the wrong idea or impression
Misleading (adj)
| To mislead sb
188
feelings of doubt/uncertainty about what might happen
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Misgivings (N)
To have (serious) misgivings about that
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189
to interpret sth badly
Misinterpretation (n, c)
190
a typed error in a book
Misprint (N)
191
you don't trust it
To be mistrustful OF sb/sth
192
Trust (N)
To trust sth/sb
To put one's trust IN sb/sth
Trust (N)
To trust sth/sb
To put one's trust IN sb/sth
193
a person you can trust
Trustworthy (adj)
194
used to describe a machine that is typically quite old but is very reliable, well-built and works
Trusty (adj)
195
when sb trusts people too easily, naive
Trusting (adj)
196
the act of avoiding, disliking people
Misanthrope (N)
A misanthrope (n, p)
Misanthropic (adj)
197
by accident
Inadvertently (adv)
198
lacking flavor, dull
Insipid (adj)
199
casually calm, relaxed
Nonchalant (adj)
200
angry, annoyed feeling because sth didn't happen the way you wanted
Disgruntled (adj)
201
ordinary, common, like everything else. Houses, building, people (nothing remarkable)
Nondescript (adj)
202
not wanting to draw attention to oneself
Unassuming (adj)
