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36 Cards in this Set
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greed
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la cupidité
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family circle
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l’entourage (m.)
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bankrupt
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en faillite
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to work hard, to labour
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peiner
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to put it plainly
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en clair
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swindler
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un escroc
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motive
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un mobile
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to deceive
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abuser
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to exploit, abuse
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abuser de
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to strip sb/sth of
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dépouiller qqn/qch de
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to get over, recover from
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se remettre de
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con, rip-off
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une arnaque (fam.)
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to act/respond ruthlessly
to be rife to be on the loose (hum.) |
sévir
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to warn sb about
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mettre qqn en garde contre
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to mistrust
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se méfier de
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striking
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criant(e)
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understaffed/understaffing
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en /le sous-effectif
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headache, problem
brain-teaser |
un casse-tête
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stretcher
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un brancard
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to boast about, pride os on
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se targuer de
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guardianship (of child)
supervision, protection (e.g. state) |
la tutelle
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at sb’s bedside
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au chevet de qqn
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Rocky Mountains, the Rockies
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Les Rocheuses
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highly prized
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prisé(e)
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foot (poem)
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un pied
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to club together (e.g. to buy a present)
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se cotiser
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outbreak
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une recrudescence
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to pay one’s subscription/dues
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cotiser
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by and large
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globalement
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because of
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en raison de
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to get tangled up in
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s’empêtrer dans
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it’s a rip-off (fam)
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c’est (de) l’arnaque
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after work
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en rentrant du travail
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in advance
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à l’avance
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supplies
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des vivres (m)
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talks
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des pourparlers (m)
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