10.21.05.2014 Flashcards by Carlos Domingo

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une photo, un cliché

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A snapshot

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abandonner (ses etudes par exemple)

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To drop out

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quelqu’un qui abadonne ses etudes

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A drop out

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jouer pour de l’argent

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to gamble

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final

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eventual

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to be worried (syn)

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To be upset

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a surprise (syn)

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An upset

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l’espace schengen

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the Schengen space

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recommander, prôner

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to advocate

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un retour à

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a return to

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la souveraineté nationale

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national sovereignty

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être sur le déclin

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to be on the wane

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être nul

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to be hopeless

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to finish first (aux élections) (syn)

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to come out first.

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She has snatched the election (syn) (2)

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She has carried the election

≈She has swept (sweep) the election

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easily (syn)

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handily

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gagner haut la main

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to win hands down

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sans effort

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Effortlessly

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en masse, très largement, d’un écrasante majorité

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Overwhelmingly

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une belle victoire

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a handsome victory

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≈être une surprise

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to come as a surprise

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le grand favori (élections)

- le favori

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the heavy favourite

the front-runner

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grisé par le succès

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flushed with success

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une période de grâce

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A grace period

faire saute les bouchons de champagne

to pop champagne corks

savourer la gloire ; jouir de la gloire ; profiter de la gloire

to bask in one's glory

défendre (une idée)

to stand for

gagner du terrain

to gain ground

les partisans d'une philosophie politique traditionaliste anglo-saxonne.

the Tories

contestataire

anti-establishment

un adieu

a farewell

réveiller les morts

to wake the dead

charisme, "pouvoir d'attraction des votes"

a vote pulling power

on ne reveille pas un chat qui dort

“let sleeping dogs lie”

faire renaître l'enthousiasme (2)

to reawaken enthusiasm | to revive enthusiasm

casqué

helmeted

la "police de sécurité de l'état"

the state security policemen.

un sourire espiègle

a mischievous smile

une tache de rousseur

a freckle

charisme

charisma

des talents d'éloquence

oratory skills

charismatique

Charismatic

éloquent

Eloquent

être télégénique

to come over well on TV

frapper dans ses mains, applaudir

to clap one's hands