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2A1 Flashcards

1
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personnages connus de la guerre de sécession

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Robert E. Lee; Jefferson Davis (pesident of the Confederacy); Ulysses S. Grant (Memorial in NY: led the Union Army)

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2
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la guerre de sécession

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the Civil War

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3
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ambigu

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ambiguous

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couleur et animal symboles des Républicains

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Red; an elephant

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couleur et animal symboles des Démocrates

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blue; a donkey

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honorifique

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honorary

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battre son plein

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to be in full flow

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broder(ie)

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(to) embroider(y)

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l’auvent

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the awning

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10
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la balancelle

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the swing seat

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11
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sur les genoux de qqun

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on one’s lap

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12
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une raie au milieu

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a center parting

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13
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un fléau

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a scourge (prononcer /skeurge/)

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14
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premier discours (inaugural, “baptême” d’orateur)

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maiden speech

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15
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allocution

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an address

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16
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décousu, incohérent

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disjointed

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17
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exprimer, diffuser ou aérer

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to air

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18
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se lamenter sur, se plaindre de

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to bemoan stg

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19
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pousser qqun à faire qqch

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to goad so to do stg

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20
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un aiguillon / stimulant

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a goad

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21
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direct (pour une personne, un commentaire)

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blunt

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22
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acte unilatéral

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one-sided action

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23
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droit, moralement correct

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righteous (/rightious/)

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24
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essence sans-plomb

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unleaded petrol (GB)/ unleaded gas(oline) (US)

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25
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devant le parlement

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outside the parliament

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26
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contestable

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questionnable

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27
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il est dommage que

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it is a pity that

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28
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le trou dans la couche d’ozone

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the hole in the ozone layer

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29
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des produits chimiques

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chemicals

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30
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déverser

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to pour / to discharge

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31
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faire des ravages, causer de gros dégâts, dévaster

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to cause havoc in/to

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32
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indicateur (économique)

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(economic) indicator

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33
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nuage de pollution

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smog

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34
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émanations, fumées (de diesel)

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(diesel) fumes

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35
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précéder dans le temps

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to predate stg

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36
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mandat de premier ministre

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a premiership

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37
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éviter, prévenir (qqch de mal)

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to avert

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38
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une bonne excuse (fam)

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a cop-out

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39
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recevoir, se prendre (amende, etc)

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to cop stg

40
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premier ministre de la république d’Irlande

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Taoiseach (Leo Varadkar)

41
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renflouement, sauvetage financier

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a bailout

42
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contrecarrer, faire échouer, déjouer / frustrer

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to frustrate

43
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normes concernant les moteurs

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engine (/engine/) standards

44
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raser qqch

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to raze stg to the ground

45
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goudron

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tar

46
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sables bitumineux

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tar sands (ex au Canada)

47
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durée

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a (time) span

48
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sainteté (entouré d’un respect religieux)

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sanctity

49
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système d’échanges de droits d’émission

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emissions trading system

50
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l’industrie agro-alimentaire

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agribusiness

51
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plaignant (celui qui porte plainte)

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complainant

52
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procureur

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prosecutor

53
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la société civile

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civil society

54
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à la différence de

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to the difference of

55
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une valeur pédagogique

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a pedagogic value

56
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siéger

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to sit

57
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chef d’inculpation, accusation

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charge

58
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à la demande de

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at the request of

59
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déchiffrer

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to decipher

60
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décryptage

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decoding

61
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avertissement, mise en garde (officiel)

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a notice

62
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un jalon, une date majeure

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a landmark (–> adj: landmark)

63
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cas de jurisprudence

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a landmark case

64
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violation des droits de l’homme

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infringement on human rights

65
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s’engager

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to commit oneself

66
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s’engager à faire

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to commit to do

67
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cheville ouvrière, épine dorsale

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linchpin / backbone

68
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sonner l’alarme

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to ring the alarm (bell)

69
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fondement

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basis(pluriel: bases) / founding principle

70
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système de plafonnement et d’échanges (–> émissions)

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cap-and-trade system

71
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gérer, s’occuper de

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to cope with

72
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Sunnite / Chiite

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Sunni / Shia

73
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expiation

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atonement

74
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qui cloche (adj) / de travers (adv)

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amiss

75
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sans aucun doute

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doubtless

76
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désarroi, consternation, découragement soudain

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dismay

77
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une miche

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a loaf

78
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la banquise

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the ice floe

79
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un rayon de soleil

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a sunray

80
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sous-produit / produit dérivé

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a byproduct

81
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un courant d’air

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a draught (/draft/)

82
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la sécheresse

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drought (/draout/)

83
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un glacier

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a glacier

84
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la tourbe

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peat

85
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forer

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to drill

86
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gisement de pétrole

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oilfield

87
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raffiner

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to refine

88
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paperasse, formalités administratives, bureaucratie

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red tape, paperwork

89
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soja

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soya / soybean

90
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sucre de cane

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cane sugar

91
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3 vb pour un procès

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to sue (attaquer en justice/ monter le dossier); to try (juger); to judge (juger, rendre la sentence)

92
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mots pour vrai

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true (la vérité); real (réel, pas un hologramme); right (a raison); genuine (a la bonne origine; véritable); authentic

93
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avocat

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lawyer; attorney (US); Barrister (UK)

94
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analyse

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one analysis; 2 analyses

95
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point litigieux; sujet épineux

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point of contention

Anglais (23 decks)

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