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French vocab
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Language - French
Undergraduate 4
10/31/2015
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to profit sb
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profiter à
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to seize an opportunity
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profiter d'une occasion
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in custody
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en garde à vue
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interrogate/interrogation
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interroger/un interrogatoire
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to wonder, ask oneself (abt sth, to sound one's conscience
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s'interroger (sur qch)
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to place, organise/settle in, sit down
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installer/s'installer
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to take a break, break off/to interrupt
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s'/interrompre
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shame
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la honte
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to allow sb to do sth
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permettre à qn de faire qch
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to have access to sth
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avoir accès à qch
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to hesitate to do sth
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hésiter à faire qch
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to prevent sb from doing sth
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empêcher qn de faire qch
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still, nevertheless
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n'empêche/il n'empêche
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to put in place/the arranging, positioning
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mettre en place/la mise en place
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to stage/the staging of sth
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mettre en scène/la mise en scène
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to highlight, emphasise/emphasising (n)
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mettre en relief/la mise en relief
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to demonstrate one's worth
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se mettre en valeur
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to gain sb's trust
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mettre qn en confiance
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to get going
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se/mettre en route
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stuck
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coincé
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to do one's best
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faire de son mieux
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it's the best that I can do
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c'est le mieux que je puisse faire
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adjust, alter/adjustment, modification
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ajuster/ajustement
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to reverse
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reculer
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with hindsight
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avec le recul
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wardrobe
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une garde-robe
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cupboard
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un placard
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piece of furniture/furnished flat
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un meuble/un meublé
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real estate, property market
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l'immobilier
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knock, blow, shot, stroke
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un coup
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to hold out
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tenir le coup
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acknowledge a hit
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accuser le coup
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to have a drink (fam)
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boire un coup
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to deal a/the fatal blow, finishing stroke
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porter un coup fatal, le coup de grâce
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to fight back, give tit for tat
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rendre coup pour coup
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love at first sight, lightning strike
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le coup de foudre
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a helping hand
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un coup de main
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kick (n)
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un coup de pied
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punch (n)
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un coup de poing
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a jog, nudge
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coup de coude
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gunshot
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coup de feu
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brand, make, label
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une marque
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cut (of a dress)
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la coupe
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spirit of the times
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l'air du temps
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sign, brand
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une enseigne
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we're all in the same boat
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on est tous logés à la même enseigne
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range, assortment
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une gamme
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top of the range, high end
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le haut de gamme
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bottom of the range, low end
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le bas de gamme
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medium range
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une gamme moyenne
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line, figure (body)
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une ligne
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to watch one's figure
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garder la ligne
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auction
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une vente aux enchères
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to sell cheaply/at a loss
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vendre à bas prix/vendre à perte
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sales
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les soldes
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price list
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un tarif
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to sell well
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faire recette
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lower, drop/decrease (n)
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baisser/une baisse
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rise, increase, hike
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une hausse
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growth, development
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la croissance
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globalisation
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la mondialisation
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globalised
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mondialisé
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to relocate
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délocaliser
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to sub-contract/sub-contracting
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sous-traiter/la sous-traitance
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anticipate, forecast, predict
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prévoir
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weather forecast
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les prévisions météorologiques
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finished/over
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révolu
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consumer/consumer society/consumerist
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le consommateur/la société de consommation/consumériste
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lasting, sustainable
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durable
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sustainable development
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le développement durable
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announcement, indication
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une annonce
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to post up/poster
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afficher/une affiche
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to claim
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réclamer
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advertising, sign
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une réclame
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to demand, claim (a right)/demand, claim (n)
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revendiquer/une revendication
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to manufacture/manufacturing (n)/factory, make (n)
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fabriquer/la fabrication/la fabrique
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to produce/production/producer
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produire/la production/un producteur
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to offer unbeatable prices
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défier toute/la concurrence
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to add/added value/an addition
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ajouter/la valeur ajoutée/un ajout
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to disappoint/disappointed/disappointing/disappointment
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décevoir/déçu/décevant/une déception
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from one season/day to the next
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d'un/e jour/saison à l'autre
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heritage
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le patrimoine
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purchase, acquire/benefit, gain, asset/acquisition
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acquérir/un acquis/une acquisition
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established social rights
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les acquis sociaux
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partner
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un partenaire
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partnership
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le partenariat
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to tie one's laces
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nouer ses lacets
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to start a friendship
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nouer une relation d'amitié
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knot (n)
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un noeud
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the lastest, most recent
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le dernier en date
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to be successful
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faire un tabac
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to be successful (fam)
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cartonner
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beautiful/embellish, adorn/bright spell, lull
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beau/embellir/une embellie
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ugly/deface, make sth ugly/ugliness
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laid/enlaidir/la laideur
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on the side of
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du côte de
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in any case
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en tout cas
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to glue/sticky/tights
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coller/collant/un collant
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copy-paste
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coller-copier
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pursue, chase/pursuit, chase (n)
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poursuivre/une poursuite
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to stand out, distinguish o.s.
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se démarquer de
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