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72 Sentences From The Press Flashcards

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UNE TÂCHE REDOUTABLE

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A Dauting Task

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…sont méconnaissables tant elles ont changé.

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Have changed beyond recognition.

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À NOYER LE POISON ET À TERGIVERSER.

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…is obfuscating and prevaricating

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…ne peuvent qu’…..

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…is bound to…

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Les gens commencent à comprendre…

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It is beginning to sink in ….

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…Quelque soit sa race.

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…regardless of race.

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…sont responsables…

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…are to blame for…

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…qui a fait les gros titres de la presse…

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…grabbed the headlines…

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…inadmissibles.

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…beyond the pale.

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…ne sont pas fréquents…

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…are few and far between…

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…une des priorités…

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…high on the agenda…

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…être au point mort.

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…to have ground to a halt.

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…consacré à…est dérisoire par rapport …

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…earnmarked for….pales into insignificance compared with…

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14
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…actuellement…

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…currently….

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15
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…sévir contre…

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…Crack down on..

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16
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…répandue…

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…rife…

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17
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…ont eu des graves conséquences…

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…have taken their toll…

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18
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…serait responsable…

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…is allegedly responsible for…

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…c’est prendre ses désirs pour des réalités.

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…are a pure wishful thinking.

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…une source d’inquiétude de plus en plus vive…

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…a growing cause for concern…

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…un mal pour un Bien.

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…a blessing in disguise.

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…une ville qui a prospéré…

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…a town which thrived…

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23
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Tout n’est pas sombre…

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It is not all doom and gloom…

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24
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…pour endiguer le flot…

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…to stem the tide…

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25
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…font des ravages…

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…are causing havoc…

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Il ne se passe pratiquement pas un mois…

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Hardly a month goes by…

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27
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Si on se fie…

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If ….is anything to go by…

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28
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Considérer l’eau comme un dû.

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Taking water for granted.

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Une force avec laquelle il faut compter.

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À force to be reckoned with.

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Restrospectivement…

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With the benefit of hindsight…

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…en subissent les plus graves conséquences.

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….bear the brunt of…

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…ont été abandonnés provisoirement.

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…have been shelved.

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…ouvre la voie à …

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….paves the way for…

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….sont en jeu.

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…are at stake.

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…compense…

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…makes up for…

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…parlent beaucoup mais agissent peu…

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…talk the talk but don’t walk the walk.

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…bouleversements majeurs.

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…major upheavals.

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Personne ne sait…

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…..is anybody’s guess.

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Après être montés en flèche…….les prix ont dégringoles….

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After rocketing…..prices plummeted…

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….avoir du retard par rapport à….

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… are still lagging behind….

41
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Ils ont fermé les yeux…

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They turned a blind eye to….

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…il s’est ravisé…

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…He thought better of it…

43
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…perdra de l’influence…

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…will be losing clout…

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…pour faire aussi bien que les voisins.

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…to keep up with the Joneses.

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…ont exprimé leur inquiétude quant à….

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…have voiced concern about…

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Le problème de l’immigration est si épineux qu’il ne sait pas comment s’y attaquer.

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Immigration is such a thorny issue that he does not really know how to comme to grips with it.

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…ont pris le train de l’écologie en marge.

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…have jumped on the environmental bandwagon.

48
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…un fardeau pour…

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…a burden on…

49
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Dans l’état actuel des choses…

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As things stand,….

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Contrairement à celle de john, la carrière de David est au point mort.

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Unlike John’s, David’s career has stalled.

51
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…l’emporte largement sur…

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…far outweighs…

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…il a brillé par son absence…

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…he was conspicuous by his absence.

53
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Il a eu beau essayer,…

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Try as he might,…

54
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…régler la note…

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…to foot the bill…

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S’il y en a Bien un ….,c’est Bien toi.

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You all of people….

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Entre les enfants , son mari etc…

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What with the children, her husband etc…

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….il ne s’en porte pas plus mal.

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…he is none the worse for it.

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Nous ne sommes pas plus avancés….

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We are none the wiser…

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…ravagent…

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…Wreak havoc on…

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…a essayé de tuer la rébellion dans l’œuf…

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…tried to nip the rebellion in the bud…

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En dépit de…

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For all…

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L’idée qu’on….commence à faire son chemin.

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It is starting to sink in…

63
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…en dit long sur…

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…speaks volume about…

64
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La crise de l’emploi

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The jobs crises

65
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…engendrer des troubles sociaux…

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…spawn social unrest…

66
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…ont profité de …

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…took advantage of…

67
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N’eût été ses enfants, elle aurait demandé le divorce il y a longtemps.

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Were it not for her children, she would have asked for a divorce long ago.

68
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Tout se résume en un mot :

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It all boils down to one word :

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…alors tant mieux.

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…then so much the better.

70
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Pour autant que je sache,…

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For all I know…

71
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…sera supprimé progressivement…sera introduit petit à petit…

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…will be phased out… will be phased in…

72
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…a diminué …

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….is on the wane…

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