_English V O C_ Flashcards
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céder au exigences
to pander to (minority parties)
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a plan made in secret by a group of people to do smth illegal or harmful
a plot
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promettre, mettre en gage
to pledge
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une situation difficile
a predicament
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trouble, opaque
murky
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étoffer
to beef up
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tripler
to treble
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dépendre de
to hinge on
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le changement est en train de se faire
the change is afoot
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quinze jours
a fortnight
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transporteur, société de transport routiers
haulier
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noce, beuverie, gueuleton du crédit
the credit binge
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s’entasser, s’accumuler
to pile up
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s’arcbouter, se préparer à (for), (to do ) à faire
to brace oneself (for, to)
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speculation de remaniement
reshuffle speculation
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être silencieux comme une tombe
to be quiet as a grave
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décisif, point de repère, étape importante
landmark
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(fig) toile de fond
a backdrop
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pessimiste
downbeat
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commencer la semaine de maniere defensive
to start the week on the back foot
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effet qui mine la confidence
confidence-sapping effect
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matieres premieres en general plus faible
commodities mostly weaker
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compare a la meme period l’annee passee
compared with the same period last year
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= to downgrade forecasts
to cut forecasts
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est revenu d’une semaine de vacances
has return from a week-long holiday
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tomber en recession
to fall back towards recession
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une serie de solides donnees
a stretch of strong data
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des credits pourris jusqu’ici non-decouverts
as-yet undiscovered bad loans
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balles en caoutchouc
rubber bullets
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lots of noise but not much happening
all thunder, little rain (all fart, no poo)
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agacer, irriter
to irk
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maigres progres
scant progress
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la pagaille, le desastre
the shambles
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fremir, vaciller
to quiver
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grotesque
ludicrous
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ne pas prendre position
to sit on the fence
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pot d’echappement
exhaust pipe
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etre en voie de guerison
to be on the mend
le desaccord / rupture gouvernement a fait surface apres que
the government rift surfaced after
fair la lumiere sur qqch
to shed light on smth (shed/shed/shed/)
entraver la capacite a faire
to hamper the ability to do
confinement
containment
couts des contentieux
litigation costs
a ‘crap’ deal (unfair, mean)
a shabby deal
semer la pagaille
to sow mayhem
a ‘defensive wall’, un rempart
a bulwark
se meler a, se confondre a
to mingle with
chient errant
stray dog
firme meurtrie, abimee
battered firm
le deces, la fin/mort de l’euro
the demise of the euro
rivalisant pour
vying for
boue
mud
l’humeur est abattue
the mood is despondent
envoyer des secousses a travers le monde
tremble in a person’s voice
sudden feeling of fear or excitement
to send tremors round the world
derailler
to go haywire
attitude controller
controlled demeanour
une strategie confuse
a muddled strategy
fil, laine (used in production of textile)
yarn
vetement, habit
garment
accorder, octroyer une distinction honorific
to bestow a award
terminer le ventre en-dessus
to go belly-up
elle a ecrit une tartine
she wrote reams about it
jurer de faire
to vow to do
a large amount of smth
a raft of smth
etre decourageant
to be daunting
l’histoire est jongee de
history is littered with
lugubres, lamentable perspectives
dismal outlook
le succes depend de la possibility d’assurer
success hinges on securing
les tensions relatives a cette trx ont bouillonee
tensions over the deal have been simmering
une reaction violente contre qqch
a backlash against smth
etre contredit par les faits
to be belied by the facts
renoncer a, cede a, abandonner / voluntarily cease to keep or claim
to relinquish
speak or act in an evasive way / se derober
to prevaricate
to put off doing smth
to procrastinate
refuser (avec mepris) un deal
to spurn a deal
reduire, ecourter, mettre en entrave
to curtail
flechir, faiblir
to falter
faire bouger, osciller, trembler
to wobble
