01/10/18 Flashcards

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1
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Une politique

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A policy

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La politique

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Politics

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Au delà/ par delà

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Beyond

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Un rôle secondaire/de figuration

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A bit part/ a spear carrier

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5
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Une lance

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A spear

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Diriger/ orchestrer

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To run sth

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La chambre des communes

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The house of commons

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Convoquer qn

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T’as summon sb

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Les gens en vus les acteurs majeurs

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The great and the good

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N’avoir aucune idée

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To have no clue

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Soumettre qch

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To submit sth

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Un groupe

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A set

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Un journaliste

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A columnist

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Penser qch/ analyser

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To think sth out

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Trois X en un

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Three X rôles into one

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Une ambassade

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An embassy

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17
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Démesuré

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Outsized

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Accueillir / héberger

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To be home to sth

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19
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Comprendre qch

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To consist of sth

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En dessous de qch

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Beneath sth

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21
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Mal + ADJ

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Ill + adj

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Mal éduqué

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Ill behaved

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23
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Alimenter nourrir

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To Foster sth

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Sensé

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Sensé

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sensible

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Sensitive

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Lamentable / catastrophique

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Dismal

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Les entraves / les chaînes

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Shackles

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Épouser qch

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To embrace sth

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Expliquer qch

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To account for sth

30
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Un système de privileges

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A legacy system

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Candidats privilégiés en raisons de liens familiaux

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Legacies

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fardeau

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Burden

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Accabler qn de qlch

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To burden sb with sth

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Un droit acquis/ un du

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An entitlement

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Un chaudron

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A cauldron

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Bouillonner

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To bubble

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Reposer qq par

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To rest somewhere

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S’appuyer sur qch (principe idée)

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To rest on sth

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Empêcher qn de faire qch

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To prevent sb from doing sth

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Florissant

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Booming

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Crible de qch

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Riddled with sth

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Avaler qch

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To swallow sth

43
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Une dispute

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A row

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Une fois / autrefois

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Once

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Un huitre

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An oyster

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Une perle

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A pearl

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Disperser qch

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To scatter sth

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Souligner

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To point out sth

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Participatif

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Bottom up

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Une réserve/une nuance/ un diplome

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A qualification

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L’emporter sur qch

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To trump sth

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Un atout

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A trump card

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Compter/ s’appuyer sur qch

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To rely on

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Concevoir qch

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To design sthet

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Sautiller

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To bounce

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S’étirer

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To stretch

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Un inconvénient

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A downside

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Quoique

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Albeit

59
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Escrocs

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Scammers

60
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La corruption est ancrée dans le système

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The system entrenches corruption