Journal'ease week 15

vocabulaire, semaine 15

vocabulaire, semaine 15


V. S.
This flashcard set helps university-level learners improve their French vocabulary and communication skills. It covers a wide range of expressions, from everyday phrases like "to live down" to more complex terms like "to leverage" and "to linger behind." The set includes practical examples such as "to litter," "to cap," and "to land a deal," making it useful for travelers, students, and anyone looking to enhance their fluency. The platform supports backward learning, allowing users to practice from the target language to the source language, making it a versatile tool for intermediate to advanced learners.
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451
Utilisateurs
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Langue
Français
Catégorie
Anglais
Niveau
Université
Créé / Mis à jour
05.02.2015 / 05.02.2015

Cartes-fiches

le flux et le reflux

the ebb and the flow > to ebb

travailler au noir

to moonlight

être nerveux, irritable

to be edgy/on edge

avoir un avantage sur qn

to have an edge on sb

gros, flagrant, choquant (with sth negative)

egregious

s'écouler (temps)

to elapse

être transporté de joie

to be elated

susciter, faire dire

to elicit

scellé dans, fixé dans

embedded in

escroquer, détourner des fonds

to embezzle

mettre l'accent sur

to lay emphasis /stress on

entourer, inclure> complet

to encompass> all-encompassing

mettre sur pied un projet

to engineer a project

être absorbé dans, plongé dans

to be engrossed in

mettre en valeur, rehausser la vvaleur de, augmenter> VA

to enhance> enhancement

se laisser entraîner

to get entangled

captiver

to enthrall

séduire, leurrer> attrayant, effrayant

to entice > enticing

widespread (syn)

rife

inferior (syn)

sub-par

les manigances

the wheeling and dealing

mettre un terme à

to scuttle

embourber

to mir

matter more than

to trump

to give oneself  away

to prescribe

bring togetther two things that don't go together

to conflate

congenial

agréable

être totalement opposé

to be poles apart

terme inappropprié

misnomer

rester  sur ses positions

to stick to one's guns

achever

to put the last nail into one's coffin

détruire  (un mythe)

debunk/deride

vouloir qch sans contrepartie

to watn sth for nothing

sous la coupe de

under the thumb of

une solution à mi-chemin

a halfway house

payer

to fork out

refoulé

pent-up

un accro à

a dent in

aborder

to broach

désarroi

disarray

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