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Rosetta Stone Vocab > 1. Leçons vidéos: La culture et la société > Flashcards

1. Leçons vidéos: La culture et la société Flashcards

1
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le giron

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the lap

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placer sous les feux de la rampe

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to place in the limelight

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les paupières

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eyelids

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racheter

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to redeem, to ransom

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millards

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billions

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au bas mot

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at the very least

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la prouesse

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prowess

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8
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blanchir de l’argent sale

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to launder dirty money

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un coup de neuf

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a facelift

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10
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d’ici un an

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a year from now

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11
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un effectif

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size, staff, numbers, workforce

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12
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qu’en est-il de …

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what about …

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13
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plancher sur la question

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to ponder the question

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14
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on pourrait dire

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we could say

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15
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être bien porter

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to go down well

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16
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les grilles

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the (radio) schedules

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17
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à une exception

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with one exception

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18
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à quelques exceptions

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with a few exceptions

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19
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à l’étroit

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cramped

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être à l’étroit dans ses vêtements

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to be wearing clothes that are too small

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21
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fidéliser un public

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to build up a loyal audience

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22
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singulier

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remarkable, stand out, odd

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23
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une audience

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an audience

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24
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un boursicoteur

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a stockbroker

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25
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spéculer

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to speculate

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26
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arrondir ses fins de mois

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to supplement one’s pay

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27
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le conté

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county

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28
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le grand boum

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the big boom

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la boum

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the party

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les actions (f)

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shares

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les signataire

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signatory

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l’investissement

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investment

33
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passer par des hauts et des bas

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to go through ups and down

34
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mettre au point

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to develop, to focus

35
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effondrer

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to collapse

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sous-évalué

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undervalued

37
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mettre de côté

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to put to one side

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l’hareng (m)

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herring

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la fraîcheur

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freshness

40
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démunis

A

?

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les consommateurs

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the consumers

42
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à une large échelle

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on a large scale

43
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au plus haut point

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the most, the highest, at the highest point

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en primier lieu

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first of all, firstly

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la traçabilité

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traceability

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la surpêche

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overfishing

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halieutique

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relating to fisheries

48
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le multilinguisme

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multilingualism

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en coulisse

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behind the scenes

50
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le gros de

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the bulk of

51
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un eurodéputé

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an MEP

52
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des conditions de direct

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live conditions

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l’interprétariat (m)

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interpreting

54
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la CECA

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Communauté européenne du charbon et de l’acier / European Coal and Steel Community

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un ciment

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a foundation

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un fondement

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a foundation

57
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La CECA first meeting?

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10 Septembre 1952 président Paul-Henri Spaak (socialiste belge)

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le bon vieux temps

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the good old days

59
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regretter

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to regret, TO MISS

60
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le 25 mars 1957 - les Traités de Rome

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la signature à Rome de deux traités; l’un institue la Communauté économique européenne CEE; l’autre la Communauté européenne de l’énergie atomique ou Traité Euratom

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six pays fondateurs des Traités de Rome

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L’Allemagne, Les Pays-Bas, La France, L’Italie, La Belgique, Le Luxembourg

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au bout du compte

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at the end of the day

63
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un plénipotentiaire

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a representative (of gov with authority to take independent action)

64
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Le Conseil européen

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un traité en 1986, un état membre de l’Union dirige le Conseil. La présidence change tous les six mois.

65
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gagner en poids

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to gain weight

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au sein de

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within

67
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habile

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skilful

68
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puiser dans qqc)

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to draw (from sth)

69
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le chef de file

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the leader

70
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dépourvu de

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devoid of, lacking in

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