65 Flashcards

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a muckraker

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littéralement un fouille-merde. Ce terme désigne les journalistes d’investigation qui dénonce des problèmes sociaux

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a shill

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Also called a plant or a stooge, it’s a person who publicly helps or gives credibility to a person or organization without disclosing. that they have a close relationship with the person or organization.

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reconstituer

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to piece together

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souiller, ternir

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to sully

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mettre des bâtons dans les roues

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to throw a spanner in the works

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narrer

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to unfold

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l’economie se redresse

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the economy turn round

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hargneux, mordant

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acrimonious

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to bargain for

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to haggle over sth

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battre d’un cheveu

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to beat by a whisker

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à tendance islamiste

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islamist-tinged

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assembler qch avec qch, associer qch avec qch

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to conflate sth and sth

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une poule aux oeufs d’or

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a cash cow

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la femelle de la baleiné ou de l’éléphant

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a cow

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être intimidé

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to cow down to sbdy

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démuseler

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to unmuzzle

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rester bouche bée, bâiller (chemise)

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to gape

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avouer, confesser

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to bely

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tourné vers l’extérieur

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outward-facing

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les entreprises de la technologie financière

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fintech firms

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technique

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techy* (techier, techiest)

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une matraque

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a bludgeon

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soumis à qch

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subservient to sth

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cracher (fumée)

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to belch out

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un renvoi, un rot
a belch
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être dédaigneux
to be dismissive
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donner des signes de vieillesse
to creak with age
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fondateur, fondamental
seminal paper
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convenu
formulaic
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éviter, rejeter
to eschew
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une épreuve
an ordeal
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tenir sa parole
to be as good as your word
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des plages bordées de palmiers
palm-fringed beaches
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sa politique est de s'impliquer sur le terrain
she has a very hands-on approach
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cheminer
to trundle along
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pousser tout doucement
to trundle
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sélectionner, massacrer
to cull
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écluser beaucoup de gin
to swill gin
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un grand buveur r de gin
to be gin-swilling
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d'un air penaud
sheepishly
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pincer, attraper
to nab
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ennui
tedium
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une combinaison travaillé à l'entraînement
a set piece
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une opération préparée
a set piece
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réfléchir, ruminer
to mull over
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faire une farce
to punk someone
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les moyens de faire qch
the wherewithal to do sth
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désordre
kerfuffle*
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acteur non-étatique
nonstate actor
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une petite déviation, anomalie
a blip
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pénétrant, envahissant, omniprésent
pervasive
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par l'entremise de, par l'action de
through the agency of, by the agency of
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une organisation humanitaire
an aid agency
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putative
putatif (qui est supposé être)
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dans l'ensemble
on the whole
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une pénurie
a paucity
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à l'aube de
on the cusp of