18/09 Flashcards

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avant un événement

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in the run-up to
ahead of

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à la suite d’un événement

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few days after (event) / in the wake of (event)

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se noyer

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to drown

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4
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couler

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to sink sank sunk

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5
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rempli de plein de

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to be crowded with sb

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en mer

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at sea

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quelques (expression ), une poignée

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a handful

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balayer

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to sweep

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9
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faire la une les grands titres

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to hit / to make the headlines

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10
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déclencher

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to spark to generate

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11
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passer à autre chose

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to move on

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12
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être plus important que , avoir plus d’influence que

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to outweigh

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13
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attirer l’attention

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draw attention

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bien moins

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far less

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15
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chaîne tv

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channel

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16
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meme si

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even though, though, although, even if

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un coup

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blow / punch

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18
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promettre

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to pledge to Bv, to promise to Bv

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candidat / plein d’espoir + contraire

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hopeful / hopeless

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20
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renommer

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rename

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21
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siège d’une institution

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headquarter

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22
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voisin

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neighbour / neighbor

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23
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se plaindre

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to complain about (sth)

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24
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un surnom

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nickname moniker

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se débarrasser de
get rid of
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similaire à une sorte de
akind of / similar to
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chuter
to plummet to crash to collapse to plunge
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renvoyer
to lay sb off/ to fire sb / to dismiss sb / to make sb redundant
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licenciement
a dismissal a redundancy a layoff
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la sortie d’ un film
came out, to be release
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best seller / superproduction
blockbuster
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un mot valise = un mot qui combine plusieurs mots (j’espère que tu préfères ça lucie)
portmanteau
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physicien
a physicist
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un docteur
a doctor, a physician
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souffler à
to prompt
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s’avachir
to slump
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décharger
to dump
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attirer
to entice = to attract
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une fusée
a rocket
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conquête de l’espace
space race / space conquest
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louer, faire l’éloge
to praise sb/sth
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entrer dans l’histoire
to make history
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non exploré
uncharted / unexplored
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lancer
to throw, to cast, to hurl (violent)
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travailleur
insider, worker
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vol
theft
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salle d’exposition
an exhibition room
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exposé
to be on display
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consequences repercussions
fallout
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œuvres d’art
artefacts works of art art pieces
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gouvernail
a rudder
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une centrale nucléaire
a nuclear power plant
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un jalon
a milestone
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détériorer
to deteriorate to decay to deface
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carburant
fuel supplies
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incendie
wildfire / out of control fire
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éclater un record
to smash / to break a record
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sécheresse
drought
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monter en flèche s’envoler
to soar to skyrocket to surge