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70 Cards in this Set
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le fossé
ça a creusé un fossé entre eux le fossé des générations |
ditch, moat, gap, rift
it caused a rift between them generation gap |
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une fosse
une fosse commune |
pit, sandpit
mass grave |
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un régime amaigrissant
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slimming diet
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une carence
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deficiency
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tergiverser
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to dither
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sombrer
sombrer dans [le désespoir] |
to sink (lit, fig)
to sink into despair |
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s'abîmer
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to get damaged
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la forêt primaire
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old-growth forest (in Britain: ancient woodland)
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enrayer
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to check, curb, stop escalating
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la perturbation (d'un service)
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disruption, upheaval
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un calvaire
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ordeal
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une étincelle
jeter des étincelles faire des étincelles |
spark, flash, sparkle
to glitter to do brilliantly |
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le millésime (de vin)
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vintage, year
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enrayer la crise
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to stem the crisis
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l'ultime recours pour
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the last option for
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l'argile
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clay
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action cotée en bourse
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share listed on the stock market
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l'houillière
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coalmine, colliery
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l'exploitation houillière
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coal mining
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la profession libérale
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liberal profession
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le notaire
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notary public
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évincer (de)
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to oust (from), unseat, supplant
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plébisciter
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to elect, select, choose with a huge majority/ in large numbers
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incomber à
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to fall to (task, mission, expense)
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jeter les fondations
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to lay the foundations
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recourir à
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to resort to
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la buée
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condensation, steam
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anti-buée (adj)
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anti-mist (adj)
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un dispositif
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device
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rude
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hard, tough, harsh
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déchirer la France
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to tear France apart
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en deux mots
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in a nutshell
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une affaire
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case
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deuxième bureau de l'État-major général
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France's external military intelligence agency from 1871-1940
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services de renseignements
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intelligence services
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un bordereau
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slip of paper, note
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l'attaché militaire
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military attaché
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canon de 120 mm
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120mm gun
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enquête bâclée
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rushed/botched investigation
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annexion de l'Alsace-Lorraine
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annexation of Alsace-Lorraine
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le contrôle des naissances
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birth control
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au moment où éclate la Révolution
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at the outbreak of the French Revolution
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le contrôle des naissances
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birth control
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les funestes secrets
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lit "fatal secrets" - reference to birth control
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au moment où éclate la Révolution
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at the outbreak of the French Revolution
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se propager
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to spread
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les funestes secrets
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lit "fatal secrets" - reference to birth control
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le ventre
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stomach, womb
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se propager
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to spread
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apporter la confirmation de qch
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to confirm sth
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le ventre
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stomach, womb
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la politique
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politics, policy
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apporter la confirmation de qch
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to confirm sth
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le taux de fécondité en Europe se situe actuellement à environ...
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the fertility rate in Europe is currently about...
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la politique
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politics, policy
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le baby-boom
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baby boom
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le taux de fécondité en Europe se situe actuellement à environ...
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the fertility rate in Europe is currently about...
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s'amorcer
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to start
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le baby-boom
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baby boom
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s'amorcer
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to start
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le bombardement
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bombing
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la tendance
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trend
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se prolonger
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to persist, to go on
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la natalité
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birth rate
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déboucher sur
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to lead to
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les évolutions démographiques
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demographic changes
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interroger
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to interview, to question (police/ journalist)
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décerner
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to award (a prize)
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les responsables militaires
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military personnel
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de dizaines de milliers de
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tens of thousands of
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