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Adjectif et noms (Essai) Flashcards

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1
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une idée fausse

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a misconception

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la mobilité sociale

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upward mobility

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3
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un cheval de batail

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a hobbyhorse

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4
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la cote de popularité

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approval rating

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la diffusion

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the spread

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une affirmation

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statement

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un manifestant

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a protester

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une manifestation

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a demonstration

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buté

entété

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wrong-headed

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criant

qui saute aux yeux

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blatant

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11
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des perpectives

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outlooks

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un obstacle

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hurdle

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un revirement

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a U-turn

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14
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une situation sans issue

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a catch-22 situation

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un atout

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a asset

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16
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répercussions

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knock-on effects

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un tournant

une étape importante

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a milestone

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18
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une impasse

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a stalemate

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19
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un enlisement

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deadlock

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20
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prendre le contrôle de

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to take a grip on

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21
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le recensement

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the census

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22
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l’urbanisme

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urban planning

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23
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the gentry

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the middle class

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24
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à la mode

2

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trendy

fashionable

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25
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l’informatique

2

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to work in IT

computing

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une barbe

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a beard

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average people

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mainstream society

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un style de vie

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a lifestyle

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an insult

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an abuse

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ne pas être bien accueilli

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to be unwelcome

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un objet de moquerie

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a laughing stock

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un loyer

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a rent

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un promoteur immobilier

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a developper

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influent

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influential

35
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pauvre

3

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poor
badly off
poverty-stricken

36
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un citadin

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a city dweller

37
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une ruse (2)

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a deception

a trickery

38
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pénible
agacant
2

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upsetting

annoying

39
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déception

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disappointment

40
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la demande

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supply

41
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une marée noire

2

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an oil spill / slick

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une organisation d’aide humanitaire

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a relief agency

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underdeveloped

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backward

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dans tout le pays

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countrywide

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une faible contribution

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a scant contribution

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qui menace de manière imminente

2

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looming

impending

47
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un mandat

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a warrent

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le surplus

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the leftover

49
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une escroquerie

2

A

a shell game

a swindle

50
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une tentative

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an attempt

51
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subvention

bourse

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a subsidy

a grant

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le port d’arme

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gun ownership

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marge de manoeuvre

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leeway

to have leeway in

54
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bénéfique pour

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beneficial to

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un acte

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a deed

56
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bonne action

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good deed

57
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qui regarde vers le grand large

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outward-looking

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une période d’adaptation

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a phasing-in period

59
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les énergies renouvelables

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renewables

60
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gaz de schiste

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shale gas

61
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un climatosceptique

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a climate denier

a climate sceptic

62
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un puit de pétrole

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oilwell

63
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charbon

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coal

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un labyrinthe

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a maze

65
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un délai

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a deadline

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la démagogie

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grandstanding

67
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fausses promesses

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hollow promesses

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un ressortissant

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a national

69
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Le Brexit

A

Brexit

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un centre financier

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a financial hub

71
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le retrait du RU de…

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the UK’s withdrawal from…

72
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la livre sterling

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the pound

73
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les privilégiés

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the happy few

the overdog

74
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les VIP

A

ø A list people

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