26/02/2025 Flashcards

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Heureusement

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Just as well

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Traitement de texte

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Word processing

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S’y connaître

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To know a thing or two

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Changer d’emploi

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To change jobs

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Continuer d’espérer

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To be hoping against hope

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Avare, radin

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Tight-fisted

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Faire le rapprochement

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To put two and two together

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Faire d’une pierre deux coups

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to kill two birds with one stone

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Faire cavalier seul

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To go it alone

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Devoir se rendre compte

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Must realize

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Un point tournant

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A turning point

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Ne plus

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Not anymore (quantité)/ no more
Not any longer (temps)/ no longer

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Être sceptique

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To be skeptical

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Un projet de réforme de…

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A blueprint for… reform

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Un livre blanc (une annonce par le gouvernement sur un projet)

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A Withe Paper

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Augmentation du niveau des mers

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Rising sea levels

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Être une menace

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To pose a threat

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Être une menace plus sérieuse

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to pose a far greater threat

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On n’a rien sans rien

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No pain, no gain

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Les réfugiés climatiques

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Eco-migrants

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Un endroit de plus habitable où vivre

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a more inhabitable living space

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Remède miracle

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Wonder drugs / Magic bullet

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Période de déréglementation

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The period of deregulation

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Être fini

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To be over

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Être conscient
To be aware
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Être inconscient
To be unaware
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Un point de non retour
A point of no return / no turning back
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De plus en plus de
An increasing number of
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Atteindre
To reach
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Atteindre un point de non retour
To reach no turning back
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Passons aux choses sérieuses. Agissons maintenant
Let’s get down to brass tracks. Let’s act now.
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Être gagnant sur tout les tableaux
to have the best of both worlds
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Les temps sont durs
Times are hard
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Autant faire
Just as well
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Tirer le meilleur parti
To make the most of it
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Militants ant(-sida)
(AIDS) campaigners
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Une campagne
A campaign
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Le pape
The Pope
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Ne pas être en phase / être coupé de
To be out of touch
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Désamorcer (des tensions existantes)
To defuse (existing tensions)
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Intervenir
To intervene
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Brassage
Brewing
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Brasser
To brew
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La tempête politique
The political storm
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Bouleversement
Upheaval
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Connaître
To head for
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C’est trop beau pour être vrai
It’s too good to be true
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Ce n’est sans doute que de la poudre aux yeux
It’s probably just greenwash
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Prouver
To prove
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Être à la hauteur
To rise to the occasion
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Investissement sans risque
A risk-free investment
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Les repercussions
The knock-on effects
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Denrées alimentaires
Foodstuffs
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Flamber
To surge
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Le temps presse
We are running out of time
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Trainer les pieds
To be dragging its feet
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Remettre sa démission
To tender your resignation
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Se répandre comme une traînée de poudre
To spread like wildfire
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Rien à se reprocher
To have nothing to reproach yourself with
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Injustement
Unfairly
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L’échec des négociations
The failure of the negotiations