26.03.2014 Flashcards by Carlos Domingo

Q

poser sa candidature pour, solliciter, vouloir être

A

to put in for

cours: “putin putting in for speed champion”

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la monnaie

A

the currency

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to have no time to loose (syn) (2)

A

to have no time to spare

to have no time on one’s hands

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To stay (syn) (+litté)

A

to remain

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l’issue

A

The outcome

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transformer la réalité

A

To distort reality

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Voter par procuration

A

to vote by proxy

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bourrage des urnes

A

Ballot stuffing

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un sondage

A

A survey

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Homologue

A

counterpart

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Remplir un vide

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to fill a vacuum

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représenter, incarner

A

To epitomize

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à la barre (bateau)

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At the helm

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discréditer, rejeter quelque chose

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To discard

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une requête

A

A plea

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vaguement, à tord…

A

Loosely

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c’est un enfant de son temps

A

He’s a child of the times

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assez parlé, agissons

A

enough talking, we must act

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ils sont fini les jours où…

A

Gonne are the days when….

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Metre la main sur (3)

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to take over / to rade = to ransack

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An expression by Shakespeare : Julius Caesar

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To the dogs and the dogs of war

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un revers

A

a setback

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balle de match

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Set Point

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aller aux urnes

A

to go to the polls

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une épreuve de force (2)

A

a showdown = a contest of wills

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An open struggle (≠ )

A

a closed door struggle

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to be up to the task (=) (2)

A

to be up to the circumstances

to be found wanting

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perdre du terrain

A

to lose ground

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un fouilli, un désastre, un pagaille

A

a shambles

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comettre des erreurs

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to fumble

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s’embourber

A

to bog down

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embourbé

A

mired in mud

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Powerless (=)

A

helpless

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efficasse

A

efficient

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tenir le cap

A

It’s not holding the course

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tanguer

A

to be pitching and tossing

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inefficient (=) (2)

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ineffective = ineffectual

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inopérant

A

inoperative

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C’est chancelant (3)

A

it’s shaking
= tottering (au sens purement physique du terme)
= fledgling

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être dans la merde

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to be in for it

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ne tenir qu’à un fil

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to hang by a thread

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metteur en scène

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stage-director

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demissionner

A

to withdraw

= to stand down

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sept millions de personnes

A

Seven million people

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couche d’ozone

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Ozone layer

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nuages empoisonnés

A

poison clouds

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casi. gazes déchets…

A

gaseous wastes

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gaz toxics

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noxious gases

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to discharge into the atmosphere (=)

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to disgorge into the atmosphere

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se mélanger

A

to combine

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abîmer, gâcher, gâter

A

to spoil

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un ciel brouillé

A

A smudged sky