2Nd Year French Exam

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raffoler

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be mad about

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repérer

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to spot

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piège

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trap

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avaler

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swallow or take in

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goinfre

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greedy pig

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décrié

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critisized

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par poignées

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in large quantities

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tiré du pétrole

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derived from petrol

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ronflement

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murmor or rumble

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rayonnement

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expansion or spreading

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persiflage

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making fun of

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les biocarburants

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biofuels

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flou

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blurred or vague

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sous la houlette de

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under the leadership of

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d'Antan

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of old

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voyous

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delinquants

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le récidive

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repeat offending

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detourner du droit chemin des jeunes

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get kids back on the right track

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subitement

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suddenly

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fuite

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leak or flight

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s'étaler

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to spread

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aléatoire

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unpredictable or risky

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recracher

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to spit out

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démarrer

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start again or relaunch

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peaufiner

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to refine

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rallonger

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to extend

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bondir

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to leap or to rocket

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au fil des années

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over the years

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aller au fil de l'eau

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go with the flow

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avoir le vent en poupe

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to have the wind in one's sails

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greffe de moelle osseuse

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bone marrow transplant

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imposition

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taxation

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banaliser

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to trivialize or make common place

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demeurer

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to reside or remain

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disparité

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range or difference

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d'emblée

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straight away or from the outset

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léguer

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to bequeath or hand down

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quotité

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share

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épineux

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thorny or tricky

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contourner

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to pass by or skirt round

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se débrouiller tout seul

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left to one's own devices

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se remuer

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to get a move on

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débordant

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overflowing

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battre en brèche

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to make step back or beat down

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susciter

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to stir up or provoke

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l'aubaine

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windfall or bargain

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remettre en cause

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call into question

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homme à femme

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ladies' man

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fana de culture

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culture vulture

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la quincaillerie

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hardware

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s'interoger sur

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to wonder about

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préciser

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to specify

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se préciser

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to become clear

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le bruit court que

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word has it that

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surexploiter

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to over exploit

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l'agriculture à grand renfort d'engrais chimiques

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agriculture heavily reliant on chemical fertilizers

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brader le patrimoine naturel

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to sell one's natural heritage down the river

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les effets néfastes

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the harmful effects

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la fonte des calottes polaires

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the melting of the polar ice caps

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le seuil catastrophe

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the brink of disaster

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se tourner les puces

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to twiddle one's thumbs

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les laissés-pour-compte

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the rejects

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la puissance revendicative des syndicats

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the bargaining power of trade unions

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une penurie de main d'oeuvre

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a shortage of workforce

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entretenir

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look after or maintain

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mettre en valeur

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to emphasize

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s'activer

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to bustle about

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abrité par les musées

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housed by the museums

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engouement

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infatuation or fad

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agréé

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authorised or registered

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préalable

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preliminary

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prendre son essor

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expand rapidly

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prendre un nouvel essor

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enjoy a new boom

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débouché

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opportunities or market

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tenter sa chance

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try one's luck

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tenter le coup

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chance it

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se balader

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to gallivant

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envoyer balader

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to chuck it all in

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difficilement gérable

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hard to handle

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faire office de

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to act or serve as

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relativiser

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put into perspective

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s'emballer

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to spiral out of control or get carried away

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il n'y a pas de quoi s'emballer

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no need to get carried away

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se lancer dans

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to launch into

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faire des émules

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to be emulated

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voyages cartonne

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package holidays

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empressé

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eager or willing

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le gros

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the majority or bulk

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siège

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headquarters

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actionnaire

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shareholder

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englober

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to encompass or incorporate

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englouti

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swallowed or engulfed

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affolant

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alarming

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à la veille de

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on the eve or brink of

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écouler

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to sell off

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se frotter les mains

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to rub one's hands with glee

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se laisser griser par le succès

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to let success go to one's head

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cinéaste

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film director

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lever un lièvre

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to hit on a problem

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averse

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shower or downpour

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bruine

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drizzle

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surchargé

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overloaded

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parer

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to deck out

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parer de bijoux

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bejewelled

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éblouir

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to dazzle