23 Flashcards

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avec mention

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with honours

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un professeur d’Université

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a professor

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autonome

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self-governing

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attribuer un diplôme

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to award a degree

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un séminaire, un TD

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a seminar

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une résidence universitaire

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a hall of residence

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un bureau des élèves

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a students’ union

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manifester, témoigner

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to evidence

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la semaine d’intégration

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the freshers’ week

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inciter qqn à faire qqch

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to urge sb to do sth

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l’état d’ébriété

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drunkenness

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to be obedient

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to be tractable, biddable

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dans la mesure où

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insofar as

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un vivier

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a pool

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une généralisation à l’emporte-pièce

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a sweeping generalisation

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mettre dans le même panier

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to lump sth/people together

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il est vrai que

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admittedly

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décrocher un travail

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to land a job

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décréditer, tourner au ridicule

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to debunk

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démythifier

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to debunk

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néfaste

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pernicious

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l’école maternelle

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a kindergarten (US)

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un collège

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a junior high school (US)

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un lycée

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a senior high school (US)

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25
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la création d’un esprit d’équipe

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the team building

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être l’exemple parfait de

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to epitomise sth/ to be the epitome of sth

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la survie du plus fort, sélection naturelle

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the survival of the fittest

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rendre qqch obligatoire

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to mandate that sth should be done

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29
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la “clause de no-n-établissement interdisant aux pouvoirs de financer les activités religieuses

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the Establishment Clause

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30
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attiser, raviver

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to rekindle

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interdire à qqn de faire qqch

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to bar sb from doing sth

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32
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déguisé

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in disguise

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33
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un étudiant étranger

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an overseas student

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34
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le jour de remise des diplômes

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Commencement day

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35
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activités extra-scolaires

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extracurricular activities

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36
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propulser qqn au pouvoir

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to sweep sb to power

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37
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le mandat de premier ministre

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premiership

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38
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étoffer

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to beef up

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39
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expertise, meilleures règles pouvant être établies

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best practice

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40
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compter sur, parier

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to bank on

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le niveau a baissé

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standards have dumbed down

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un héritage mitigé

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a mixed legacy

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des cours de remise à niveau

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remedial course

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trois matières fondamentales (mahts, lecture, écriture)

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the three Rs

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attirant

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enticing

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non confessionnel

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non-denominational

47
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entraîner qqch

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to entail sth

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géré par l’Eglise

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Church-run

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tout cela revient

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it all boils down to

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un sujet controversé

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a moot point

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un engouement pour

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a craze for

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être aux antipodes l’un de l’autre

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to be poles apart

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être peu diposé à

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to be averse to sth

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des méthodes éprouvés

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tried-and-true methods

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engouement

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infatuation

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susciter

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to spark off sth

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être avantagé dès le départ

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to have a head start

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implanté, ancré dans

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entrenched in

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écrémer

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to cream offf

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un partisan de

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a proponent of

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dans l’optique de faire qqch

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with a view of doing sth

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un repère, une référence

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a benchmark

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une politique globale

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a blanket policy

64
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être coincé entre … et

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to be cornered between …. and

65
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les frais de scolarités complémentaires

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top-up fees

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être plafonné à

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to be capped at

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n’avoir guère d’autre choix que

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to have little choice but to

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une filiale de

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a subsiadiary of

69
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to pay back

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to pay off

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entre … et

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what with … and

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une pierre d’achoppement

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a stumbling block

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être dissuadé par

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to be put off by

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élèves à besoins éducatifs spécifiques

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special needs students

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une école spécialisée pour les handicapés

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a special school

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le ramassage scolaire

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bussing

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considérable

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momentous

77
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être considéré + adj

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to be deemed + adj

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un critère

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a criterion (critera)

79
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pencher vers

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to tilt to

80
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la tendance actuelle

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the trend of the day

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il n’en reste pas moins que

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the fact remains that

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porter ses fruits

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to bear fruit

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être en cours

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to be Under ways

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radical

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sweeping

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qui tarde depuis trop longtemps

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long-overdue

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les matières académiques fondamentales

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core academic subjects

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être remis en question

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to be called into question

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tomber à plat

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to fall flat

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une dispense, une dérogation

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a waiver

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être une abomination

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to be anathema to

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un système fondé sur l’économie de marché

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a market-based system

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un évènement organisé pour collecter des fonds

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a fund-raising event

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un point de vente

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an outlet

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dans l’enceinte de l’école

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on school premises

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l’affichage publicitaire

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bill-sticking

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un antenne satellite

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a satellite dish

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gratuitement

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free of charge

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la fidélité à la marque

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brand loyalty

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venir spontanément à l’esprit

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to come readily to mind

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suivre le rythme

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to match the pace