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#5 The Future Flashcards

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Inonder (devenir recouvert d’eau)

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To flood: to become covered with water

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Une innondation (une grande quantité d’eau qui recouvre un espace habituellement sec)

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A flood: a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry

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Le(s) changement(s) climatique(s)

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Climate change

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Avertir, prévenir (dire à quelqu’un que quelque chose d’indésiré va se passer, afin qu’il puisse l’éviter)

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To warn: to tell sb about sth unpleasant that is likely to happen, so that they can avoid it.

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5
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Aggraver

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To compound (often passive = to be compounded) = to aggravate

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Sécheresse (une longue durée durant laquelle il y a peu ou pas de pluie)

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A drought: a long period of time when there is little or no rain

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Sec # humide

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Dry # wet, humid, damp

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Sécher (devenir sec/sécher qqch)

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To dry (dried): to become dry/to make sth dry

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À l’extérieur, en plein air # à l’intérieur

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outdoors # indoors

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Un plan, un projet (pour faire qqch)

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A scheme: a plan for doing sth

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Un ruisseau (une petite rivière étroite)

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A stream: a small narrow river

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Stocker (mettre qqch qq part et le garder pour l’utiliser plus tard)

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To store: to put sth somewhere and keep it there to use later

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Compenser

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To offset: to compensate for

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Une vague de chaleur (une période de chaleur inhabituelle)

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A heatwave: a period of unusually hot weather

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Chaud/chaleur

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Hot (adj) / Heat (noun)

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16
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Augmenter (intr)

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To rise (rose, risen) Intransitive = to increase

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Une augmentation

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A rise = an increase

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Faire face à (“s’en sortir” avec succès face à une difficulté)

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To cope with sth: to deal successfully with sth difficult

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S’assurer que…

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To make sure that…

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20
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Changer

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To change

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Un changement

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A change

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Lutter, se batte (une lutte)

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To struggle (a struggle)

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être résistant

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To be resilient

24
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être travailleur

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To be hard-working (to work hard)

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Avoir les pieds sur terre, être sensé

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To be sensible

26
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être diplômé de l’université

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To graduate from college

27
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un étudiant diplômé de l’UTC

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A UTC graduate (/!\ not “an UTC”)

28
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Gagner, économiser de l’argent

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To earn money / to save money

29
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Dépenser de l’argent pour…

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To spend money on…

30
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Quels sont vos projets à long terme ?

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What are your long-term plans ?

31
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On s’attend à ce que l’activité se développe dans les années à venir

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Over the next few years, business is expected to grow

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Maintenir son avance sur la concurrence

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To stay ahead of the competition

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La plupart des gens sont sensés (raisonnables)

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Most people are sensible (Most+noun)

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La plupart des gens que je connais sont sensés

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Most of the people I know are sensible (most of the + noun)

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Elle aura besoin de formation pour(/afin) de maintenir son avance sur la concurrence

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She’ll need training to stay ahead of the competition

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Nous devons savoir parler pour que(/afin que) le client puisse nous comprendre

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We need to be able to speak so that the customer can understand us.

37
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Se tenir informé des dernières nouvelles

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To keep up with the latest news

38
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Cela vaut la peine de…

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It’s worth (+noun or +ing)

39
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être au bord d’une crise économique

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To be on the verge of an economic crisis

40
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être sur le point de faire qqch

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To be on the verge of (+noun or +ing)

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Il y a de grandes chances pour que

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It’s on the cards (or US “in the cards”) that…

42
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être sur le point de faire qqch, à deux doigts de…

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To be on the brink of doing sth

43
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Beaucoup d’animaux sont au bord de l’extinction, sur le point de disparaître

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Many animals are on the brink of (on the point of) extinction

44
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Elle est excellente / il est certain qu’elle réussira

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She’s excellent : she (is bound to) (is certain to) succeed

45
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Probable # improbable

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Likely # unlikely (/!\ structure)

46
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Il a envoyé beaucoup de CVs

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He has sent a lot of CVs

47
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Il est probable qu’il trouvera un travail

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He’s likely to find a job

48
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Je gagne très peu d’argent chaque mois

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I earn a very little money every month

49
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Il est peu probable que je devienne millionnaire

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I’m unlikely to become a millionaire

50
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La faim et la pauvreté sont des problèmes que les pays en voie de développement n’ont jamais réussi à régler.

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Hunger and poverty are problems that developing countries have never (been able to)(managed) to overcome/solve.

51
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Le stress peut être nécessaire dans la vie, mais le stress provoqué par les emails du patron est insupportable !

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Stress may be necessary in life, but the stress caused by boss’s emails is unbearable.

52
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Il aime les livres et la musique mais il déteste l’ordinateur et le téléphone.

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He likes books and music but he hates the computer and the telephone.

53
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La plupart des gens ne peuvent vivre sans téléphone portable. Certains se servent de leur téléphone portable comme ordinateur.

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Most people can’t live without a mobile phone. Some use their mobile phone as a computer.

54
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Cet étudiant se rappellera toujours les amis qu’il a rencontrés à l’université.

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This student will always remember the friends he met at university (THE university = just a meeting place # when he studied).

55
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L’employé s’est excusé de nous avoir donné un conseil assez inutile.

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The employee apologized for giving us (a rather useless piece of advice)(rather useless advice).

56
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Video - Risk from extreme weather set to rise (resume)

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more extrem weather - temperature will increase / rain too much, flooding / droughts
economies will suffer > too hot outdoors
struggling with heat > elderly/ageing people
gouvernment need to cut gas emissions / accept making changes
Pollution - depending on / put into place (number plates odd or even numbers) Factories closing down (exhaust fumes)

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