86. The Olympic Games Flashcards

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Les Jeux d’hiver / d’été

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The Winter / Summer Games

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Les Jeux olympiques

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The Olympics / the Games

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Le plus grand spectacle au monde

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The greatest show on earth

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Accueillir les jeux

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To host the Games

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La ville organisatrice

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The host city

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Organiser les jeux

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To stage the Games

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Le Comité international olympique

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The International Olympic Committee

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Un membre du CIO

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An IOC member

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Corrompre qqun

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To bribe sbd

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La cérémonie d’ouverture

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The opening ceremony

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La flamme olympique

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The Olympic torch

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Le stade olympique

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The Olympic stadium

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Les anneaux olympiques

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The Olympic rings

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La cérémonie de clôture

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The closing ceremony

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Participer à

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To participate in / to take part in

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Concourir

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To compete

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A vos marques, prêts, partez

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On yours marks, get set, go

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Une compétition

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An event

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Un athlète

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An athlete

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L’athlétisme

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Track and field events

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Les sports individuels

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Individual sports

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Les sports collectifs

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Team sports

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La ruée vers l’or olympique

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The Olympic gold rush

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Un sérieux prétendant à une médaille

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A strong contender for a medal

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Être l’homme / la femme à battre

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To be the one to beat

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Une médaille d’or / d’argent / de bronze

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A gold / silver / bronze medal

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Un médaillé d’or

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A gold medallist

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Le podium olympique

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The Olympic podium

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Jouer l’hymne nationale

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To play the national anthem

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L’esprit olympiade

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The Olympic spirit

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Produire des héros

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To produce heroes

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Rapporter des millions de dollars

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To generate millions of dollars

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Devenir trop commercial

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To get too commercial

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Les droits de télévision

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TV rights

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Être couvert par les médias

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To be covered by the media

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De nouvelles installations

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New facilities

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Une manne financière incroyable

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An amazing cash bonanza

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Une catastrophe financière

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A financial disaster

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Les Jeux ont une couverture médiatique énorme dans le monde entier

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The Games receive widespread media coverage all over the world

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L’essentiel n’est pas de gagner, mais de participer

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The important thing is not winning but taking part

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Personne n’est assez naïf pour croire que le commerce ne tient aucune place dans les Jeux

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No one is naive enough to believe commerce has nothing to do with the Games

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Le boom touristique tant espéré ne se matérialise pas toujours

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The hoped-for tourism boom does not always materialise

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Un prestige et une prospérité incalculable

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An untold prestige and prosperity

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Les recettes issues des Jeux ont explosé. Mais le coût des infrastructures aussi

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Revenues from the Games have soared. But so have infrastructure costs