6ème page Flashcards

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critiquer qqun violemment

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to take someone to task

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2
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des relations tendues

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tense relations

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3
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trouver un accord

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to come to terms

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4
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un groupe de réflexion

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a think-tank

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5
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l’objectif principal

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the main thrust

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6
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une bombe à retardement

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a time bomb

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7
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se plier à la règle

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to toe the line

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8
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nuire considérablement

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to take a toll on

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9
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sonner le glas pour

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to toll the bell for

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10
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renverser le dictateur

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to topple the dictator

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11
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le critère/la pierre de touche

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the touchstone

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12
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to reduce

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to trim

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13
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un redressemet

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a turnaround

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14
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un atout (maître)

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a trump card

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15
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saper, affaiblir

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to undermine

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être à la base, étayer

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to underpin

17
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déclencher une vague de violence

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to unleash a wave of violence

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mettre à jour

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to update

19
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moderniser

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to upgrade

20
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un bouleversement politique

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a political upheaval

21
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conseiller vivement

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to urge

22
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faire volte-face

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to do a U-turn

23
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avoir tout intérêt à ce que

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to have a vested interest in

24
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intérêts particuliers

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vested interests

25
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écarter une épidémie

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to ward off an epidemic

26
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comité de surveillance

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a watchdog (committee)

27
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un tournant décisif

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a watershed

28
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une réalisation couteuse et inutile

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a white elephant

29
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un voeu pieux

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wishful thinking

30
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une manne financière

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a windfall

31
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éradiquer la pauvreté

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to wipe out/eradicate poverty

32
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difficultés économiques

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economic woes

33
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trouver une solution

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to work out a solution

34
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ne pas dévoiler

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to keep under wraps

35
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s’attirer les foudres

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to incur one’s wrath

36
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un moyen de comparaison

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a yardstick

37
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comprendre l’avertissement/que la fin est proche

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to see the writing on the wall