20 Flashcards

1
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à en croire ces histoires

A

if these stories are anything to go by

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à en juger par les apparences

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going by appearances

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3
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Mon frère a attrapé la grippe

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my brother’s gone down with the flu

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4
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attaquer, s’en prendre

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to go for

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5
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faire les boutiques

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to go round the shops

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6
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faire un détour par

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to go round by

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7
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dynamique

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go-ahead

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8
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intermédiaire

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go-between

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9
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prospère

A

go-go*

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10
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grève perlée

A

a go-slow

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11
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il est entre la vie et la mort

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it’s touch-and-go with him

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12
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tangent, ne tenir qu’à un fil

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to be touch-and-go

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13
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la laïcité

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secularism

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14
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une pomme de discorde

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a bone of contention

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15
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prétendument

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allegedly

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16
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un partisan résolu de

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a staunch proponent of

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17
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il faut en convenir

A

admittedly

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18
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arracher qqch à qnn

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to wrest sth from sbdy

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19
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le programme électoral

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the party platform

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20
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préparer le terrain à

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to lay the groundwork for

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21
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faire campagne dans tout le pays

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to canvass the country

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22
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aux dépens de

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at the expense of

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23
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un grand électeur

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an Elector

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24
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un scrutin majoritaire

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a “winner-take-all” system, a “fisrt-past-the-post” system

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25
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les Etats susceptibles de faire basculer une élection (qui ne sont traditionnellement acquis à aucun camp)

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swing states

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26
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l’emporter sur qn par un vote

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to outvote

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27
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risquer l’exclusion de son propre parti

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to face party censure

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28
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le discours d’investiture

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the Inaugural Adress

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29
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un président en fin de mandat, affaibli (qui gère les affaires courantes en attendant la passation)

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a lame-duck president

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30
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être gravé/ancré dans qqch

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to lie embedded in sth

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31
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susciter l’enthousiasme

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to stir enthusiasm

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32
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éloquence

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oratory

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33
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un conflit interne

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an inner strife

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34
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irrémédiablement

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irretrievably

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35
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un sujet clivant

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a polarising issue

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36
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connaître un développement inattendu

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to take an unexpected turn

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37
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exploiter, tirer parti, profit de

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to capitalise on

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38
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avoir l’effet inverse de celui escompté

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to backfire

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39
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marquer un tournant dans

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to mark a shift in sth

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40
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un rebelle, un anti-conformiste

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a maverick

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41
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un élan d’enthousiasme

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a boost in enthusiasm

42
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une réunion publique

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a rally

43
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lancer une insulte à qqn

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to sling an insult at sbdy

44
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être cohérent, en harmonie avec

A

to be congruent with

45
Q

fréquenter qqn

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to pal around with sbdy

46
Q

faire vibrer la corde patriotique

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to strike a patriotic note

47
Q

calomnier

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to slander

48
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prendre l’avantage

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to pull ahead

49
Q

débâcle financière

A

Financial meltdown

50
Q

qui menace, imminent

A

looming

51
Q

couverture médicale

A

health coverage

52
Q

tenace

A

resilient

53
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troubler, brouiller

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to blur

54
Q

s’allier à qqn

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to line up with sbdy

55
Q

un riverain mécontent

A

~ a nimby

56
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en ce qui concerne, quant à

A

as to

57
Q

être déterminé à faire qqch

A

to be intent on doing sth

58
Q

tenir une promesse

A

to deliver on a promise

59
Q

un évènement donne lieu

A

an event is met with…

60
Q

une campagne de dénigrement

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a negative advertising

61
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une attitude distante

A

aloofness

62
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tergiversations

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dithering

63
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s’embourber

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to become bogged down

64
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la jurisprudence

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case laws

65
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remplacer, supplanter

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to supersede

66
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un greffier

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a clerk

67
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un notaire

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a solicitor

68
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préparer, rédiger

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to draft

69
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un testament

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a will

70
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être en garde à vue

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to be kept in custody

71
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être remis en liberté sous caution

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to be released on bail

72
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s’enfuir

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to abscond

73
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tiré au sort sur les listes électorales

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randomly drawn from the electoral register

74
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citer un témoin à comparaître

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to summon a witness

75
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rendre un verdict

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to return a verdict

76
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une sommation (dans le cadre d’une liberté conditionnelle)

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a bind-over

77
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travaux d’intérêts général

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community work

78
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détention préventive

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detention without charge

79
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un abandon de

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a retreat from

80
Q

qui sévit

A

rampant

81
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innovant

A

novel

82
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le comportement des casseurs, des voyous

A

yobbishness

83
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un pillage (magasin)

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a looting

84
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un pillage (région, ville)

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plundering

85
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le vandalisme

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hooliganism

86
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un jeune délinquant

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a juvenile offender

87
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expéditif

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expeditious

88
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faire partie intégrante de qqch

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to be part and parcel of sth

89
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désigner qqch comme

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to pinpoint sth as

90
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contourner

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to sidestep

91
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au bord de l’implosion

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stretched to breaking point

92
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une réforme générale, une refonte

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an overhaul

93
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une lourde peine

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a stiff sentence

94
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une violation des droits de l’homme

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a breach of human rights

95
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d’une portée considérable

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far-reaching

96
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indugent

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lenient

97
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en vertu de cet argument

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or so the argument goes

98
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un bracelet électronique

A

an electronic tag

99
Q

défendre, argumenter en faveur

A

to make the case for sb/sth

100
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un procureur

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a district attorney

101
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un litige

A

a litigation

102
Q

il n’est pas surprenant que

A

it comes as no surprise that