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1. Leçons vidéos: La culture et la société Flashcards

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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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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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d’ici un an

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a year from now

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un effectif

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size, staff, numbers, workforce

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qu’en est-il de …

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what about …

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plancher sur la question

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to ponder the question

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on pourrait dire

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we could say

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être bien porter

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to go down well

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les grilles

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the (radio) schedules

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à une exception

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with one exception

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à quelques exceptions

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with a few exceptions

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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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fidéliser un public

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to build up a loyal audience

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singulier

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remarkable, stand out, odd

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une audience

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an audience

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un boursicoteur

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a stockbroker

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spéculer
to speculate
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arrondir ses fins de mois
to supplement one's pay
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le conté
county
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le grand boum
the big boom
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la boum
the party
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les actions (f)
shares
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les signataire
signatory
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l'investissement
investment
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passer par des hauts et des bas
to go through ups and down
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mettre au point
to develop, to focus
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effondrer
to collapse
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sous-évalué
undervalued
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mettre de côté
to put to one side
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l'hareng (m)
herring
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la fraîcheur
freshness
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démunis
?
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les consommateurs
the consumers
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à une large échelle
on a large scale
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au plus haut point
the most, the highest, at the highest point
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en primier lieu
first of all, firstly
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la traçabilité
traceability
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la surpêche
overfishing
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halieutique
relating to fisheries
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le multilinguisme
multilingualism
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en coulisse
behind the scenes
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le gros de
the bulk of
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un eurodéputé
an MEP
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des conditions de direct
live conditions
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l'interprétariat (m)
interpreting
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la CECA
Communauté européenne du charbon et de l'acier / European Coal and Steel Community
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un ciment
a foundation
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un fondement
a foundation
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La CECA first meeting?
10 Septembre 1952 président Paul-Henri Spaak (socialiste belge)
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le bon vieux temps
the good old days
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regretter
to regret, TO MISS
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le 25 mars 1957 - les Traités de Rome
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
L'Allemagne, Les Pays-Bas, La France, L'Italie, La Belgique, Le Luxembourg
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au bout du compte
at the end of the day
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un plénipotentiaire
a representative (of gov with authority to take independent action)
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Le Conseil européen
un traité en 1986, un état membre de l'Union dirige le Conseil. La présidence change tous les six mois.
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gagner en poids
to gain weight
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au sein de
within
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habile
skilful
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puiser dans qqc)
to draw (from sth)
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le chef de file
the leader
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dépourvu de
devoid of, lacking in

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