4 - Quelques dates... Flashcards

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1
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exposer

A

to lay out

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se préparer, se tramer, mijoter couver (genre un orage, complot…)

A

to brew

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3
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un tort

A

a wrong

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entreprendre

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to undertake

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5
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creuser

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to dig

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une affaire

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a deal

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s’étendre

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to stretch

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charger (arme, logiciel, pleins de sens)

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to load

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la terre, le sol

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the soil

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financer

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to fund

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une entreprise

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a venture

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un achat, une acquisition

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a purchase

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13
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une étendue

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a tract

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14
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un pavillon

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a tract housse

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inexploré (terre, océan, lieu…)

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uncharted

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encore moins, alors encore moins

Exemple : elle ne peut… alors encore moins courir

A

let alone

…, let alone run

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17
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tirer violemment sur (porte…)

A

to wrench

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18
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injustifié

A

unwarranted

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19
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se rallier

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to rally around sth

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20
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un crie de guerre

A

a battle cry

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21
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faire sécession

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to secede

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22
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à peine plus que

A

little more than

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massacrer, tuer

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to slay

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un carrosse

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a carriage

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25
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un jouet

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a plaything

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avoir pour but de

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to set out to

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à la portée de

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within the grasp of

28
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robuste

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sturdy

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fiable

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dependable

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représentern (il représente 5% des exportations…)

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to account for

31
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radicalement

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drastically

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une usine

A

a plant

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installer, organiser

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to set up

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une chaine de production

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an assembly line

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le rendement, la production

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output

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bête, stupide

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mindless

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automote

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an automation

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confronté à

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faced with

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24h sur 24

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round-the-clock

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le salaire typique

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the going wage

41
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encourager, inciter

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to spur

42
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une route nationale

A

a highway

43
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stupéfier

A

to stun

44
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l’équipement militaire

A

war materiel

45
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un étranger

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an alien

46
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enfermer qqn

A

to shut someone away

47
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Les attentats du 11 septembre 2001

A

9-11 (Nine Eleven)

48
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un chercheur d’or de la ruée vers l’or

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a 49er (forty-niner)

49
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un porte-avions

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an aircraft carrier

50
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la guerre froide

A

the Cold War

51
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le Jour J (du Débarquement en Normandie) = 6 Juin 1944

A

the D-Day

52
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l’Elephant et l’Âne

A

the Elephant and the Donkey

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Les Pères Fondateurs (Washington, Franklin, Jefferson…)

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the Founding Fathers

54
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une réserve indienne

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an Indian Reservation

55
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un syndicat

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a labor union

56
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la Destinée Manifeste

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Manifest Destiny

57
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dresser une carte, cartographier

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to map

58
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un événement important

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a milestone

59
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la lobby des armes

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the NRA

60
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Les indiens d’Amérique

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Native Americans

61
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l’OTAN

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NATO

62
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un simple soldat

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a private