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104 Cards in this Set
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le dépouillement
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counting (of votes)
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régner en maître
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to reign supreme
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faire en sorte de
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to see to it that... ; to make sure that...
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saccagé
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ransacked
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le compte-rendu
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report ; proceedings ; minutes
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guetter le moindre indice / bruit...
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to be alert for the slightest indication / sound
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un moteur de recherche
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search engine
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bâclé
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sloppy
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les péchés
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sins
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le paludisme
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malaria
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le fleuron
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flower; jewel in the crown (figuratively), (e.g. "la marque fleuron").
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franchir
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to cross, to traverse
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les chiffres d'affaires
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sales, turnover
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ravir
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to delight
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le carré de soie
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silk scarf
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un millésime
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a vintage year
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la maroquinerie
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leather goods
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embaucher
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to hire, to recruit
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les ateliers
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the factory floor (l'atelier = workshop)
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les parts de marché
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market share
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L'effet domino
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domino effect, snowball effect
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briguer
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to crave, to set one's sights on, to aspire to
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Il a lâché du lest
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He made concessions.
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renvoyer
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to send back or dispatch; also to sack, cut, expel
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basculer
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to topple over, to tip up
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miner
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to undermine
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l'expérience
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experiment
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Il ne sera possible qu'en 2030
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It won't be possible until 2030.
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fouler
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to tread, to trample
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mener
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to lead, to guide
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faute de
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in the absence of
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surnommer
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to nickname
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la revendication
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claim, demand
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le caniche
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poodle
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même (ou autre) son de cloche
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same (or different) version of the facts
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courtois
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courteous
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verser
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to pour ; to pay ; to tip
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l'état-major
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headquarters
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l'officier d'état-major
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staff officer
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l'état-major
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headquarters
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l'officier d'état-major
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staff officer
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ringard
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dated, out of date, behind the times
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faire froid dans le dos
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to send a chill down the spine (equiv.)
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la centrale
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power station
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de tous les temps
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of all time
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s'approcher de qn / qch
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to come near sb / sthg
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débourser
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spend, cough up (cash),
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montrer patte blanche
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to show one's credentials
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le clou
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highlight, high point, star attraction
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s'écouler
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to pass (time), to flow (water)
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sûr
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reliable, sound, safe
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soulager
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to relieve
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une ville fantôme
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a ghost town
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la masque à gaz
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gas mask
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rien ni personne
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nobody and nothing
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un conte de fées
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a fairytale
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à bord (de)
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on board, in
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la plaque (d'immatriculation)
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(vehicle licence) plate
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le débutant
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beginner
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sans fausse note
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without problems
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dévorer qqn de baisers
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smother sb with kisses
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un baiser
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a kiss (nb the verb form is offensive)
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le gotha
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aristocracy, high society
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un peu plus tôt
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a little earlier
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triés sur le volet
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handpicked
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se livrer à
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to lose os in, to devote os to
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le croisé
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Crusader
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Le siège social
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headquarters
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le / la consommateur
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consumer
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désaltérer
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to quench, allay, assuage
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ça me désaltère quand j'ai soif
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It quenches me when I'm thirsty
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malsain
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unhealthy
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reculé
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remote, distant
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le brocanteur
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second-hand dealer, bric-a-brac trader
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un tourniquet
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turnstile, revolving stand, sprinkler; also (medical) tourniquet
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les arrière-pensées
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ulterior motives ; after-thoughts
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or
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and yet
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tout le monde fut de son avis.
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everybody accepted his report
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Il ne faut pas leur en vouloir.
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Do not blame them
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s'en vouloir
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to blame oneself
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continuer tant bien que mal
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to stumble on,
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mangeassent
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3e personne du pluriel de l'imparfait du subjonctif
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venir à bout
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to win through, to come to the end of
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C'est exact!
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That's true!
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comme il s'agissait là d'une évidence
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as if it was obvious
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se débarrasser de qch
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to get rid of sthg
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aller bon train
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to continue to gather steam, to move along, to gather pace
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en mesure de
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capable of
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pâtir de
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to suffer as a result of
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entrer en lice
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to enter the lists, to enter the contest
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l'égérie (f)
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muse
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la grosse cylindrée
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a powerful car or powerful motorbike
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fantasque
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capricious, unpredictable
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le motard
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biker
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défiler
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to march, to parade
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le déplacement
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a trip
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à aucun titre particulier
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for no particular reason
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le berger, la bergère
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sherpherd, shepherdess
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les pâturages
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pastures
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écœurant
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sickening, nauseating
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à la botte de qn
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under someone's heel (thumb)
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tomber sur un os
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to come across a snag
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la circonscription
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electoral ward or constituency
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huppé
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crested, upper crust (posh, high class)
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