4 - Quelques dates... Flashcards

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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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4
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entreprendre

A

to undertake

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5
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creuser

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to dig

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6
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une affaire

A

a deal

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7
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s’étendre

A

to stretch

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charger (arme, logiciel, pleins de sens)

A

to load

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la terre, le sol

A

the soil

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10
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financer

A

to fund

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11
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une entreprise

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a venture

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12
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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

A

a tract housse

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inexploré (terre, océan, lieu…)

A

uncharted

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16
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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

A

to rally around sth

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20
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un crie de guerre

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a battle cry

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21
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faire sécession

A

to secede

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22
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à peine plus que

A

little more than

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23
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massacrer, tuer

A

to slay

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un carrosse

A

a carriage

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un jouet
a plaything
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avoir pour but de
to set out to
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à la portée de
within the grasp of
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robuste
sturdy
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fiable
dependable
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représentern (il représente 5% des exportations...)
to account for
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radicalement
drastically
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une usine
a plant
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installer, organiser
to set up
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une chaine de production
an assembly line
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le rendement, la production
output
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bête, stupide
mindless
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automote
an automation
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confronté à
faced with
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24h sur 24
round-the-clock
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le salaire typique
the going wage
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encourager, inciter
to spur
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une route nationale
a highway
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stupéfier
to stun
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l'équipement militaire
war materiel
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un étranger
an alien
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enfermer qqn
to shut someone away
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Les attentats du 11 septembre 2001
9-11 (Nine Eleven)
48
un chercheur d'or de la ruée vers l'or
a 49er (forty-niner)
49
un porte-avions
an aircraft carrier
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la guerre froide
the Cold War
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le Jour J (du Débarquement en Normandie) = 6 Juin 1944
the D-Day
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l'Elephant et l'Âne
the Elephant and the Donkey
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Les Pères Fondateurs (Washington, Franklin, Jefferson...)
the Founding Fathers
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une réserve indienne
an Indian Reservation
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un syndicat
a labor union
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la Destinée Manifeste
Manifest Destiny
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dresser une carte, cartographier
to map
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un événement important
a milestone
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la lobby des armes
the NRA
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Les indiens d'Amérique
Native Americans
61
l'OTAN
NATO
62
un simple soldat
a private