Anglais Lambda III

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To tumble

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S’écrouler / Dégringoler

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Accuser qqn de faire qch

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To accuse sb OF doing sth

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Stringent

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Rigoureux / Strict

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Les Bermudes

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Bermuda

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The Economist

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Socially and Economically liberal

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The Guardian

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Socially Liberal

Economically anti-liberal

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The Daily Telegraph

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Socially conservative

Economically liberal

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The Times

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Socially and Economically liberal

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The Financial Times

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Socially and Economically liberal

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The New York Times

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Left-leaning

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The Wall Street Journal

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Socially and economically liberal

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The Washington Post

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Left-leaning ?

Bought by Jeff Bezos (Amazon) in é014 so …

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The LA Times

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Left-leaning

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Forbes Magazine

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Socially and economically liberal

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The New Yorker

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Left-leaning

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The Huffington Post

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Left-leaning

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Inutilement

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Wastefully

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Funnelled

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Acheminé / Canalisé / Englouti ($$)

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Undermine

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Saper / Miner

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Hypothèque

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Mortgage

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To taunt

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Narguer, se moquer

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Réchauffement de l’atmosphère

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Global warming

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Emettre du CO2

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To emit carbon dioxide

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L’effet de serre

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The greenhouse effect

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Au dessus du niveau de la mer

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Above sea level

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Dégâts

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Damage (Sans S)

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Encourir un risque

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To avert a risk / To be at risk

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La banquise

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Icefield

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Fondre

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To melt

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La nappe phréatique

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The groundwater

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Les réserves de pétroles s'épuisent

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Oil reserves are running out

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OPEP

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OPEC (Organization of Petroleum exporting countries)

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Un barril

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A barrel

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Les économies d'énergies

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Energy savings

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L'essence

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Pétrole (UK) / Gas (US)

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Un panneau solaire

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A solar pannel

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L'énergie nucléaire

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Nuclear power

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Eliminer les déchets nucléaire

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to dispose nuclear waste

Question 39

This expression is used to express opposition by local citizens to the locating in their neighborhood of a civic project, as a jail, garbage dump, or drug rehabilitation center, that, though needed by the larger community, is considered unsightly, dangerous, or likely to lead to decreased property values.

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Nimby = Not in my backyard

Question 40

When a company, government or other group promotes green-based environmental initiatives or images but actually operates in a way that is damaging to the environment or in an opposite manner to the goal of the announced initiatives.

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" Greenwashing est un anglicisme qui sert à désigner les pratiques consistant à utiliser abusivement un positionnement ou des pratiques écologiques à des fins marketing. Le greenwashing peut par exemple se faire par des publicités trompeuses ou par le fait d'arborer des « labels verts maison » non officiels."

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To loot

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Piller

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Pillage

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Loot

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Pénurie

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Shortage

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To stifle someone

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Etouffer qqn

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To play by the rules

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Se plier aux règles

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Accueillir

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To Welcome

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Chercher de meilleures conditions de vie

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To be in search of better life country

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Se réfugier

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To Take Shelter

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Pays d'accueil

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Host country

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La xénophobie

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Xenophobia

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S'intégrer

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To become integrated (into)

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Etre refoulé à la frontière

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To be turned away at the border

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Un permis de séjour

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A residence permit

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Obtenir la nationalité britannique

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To be granted British citizenship

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Régulariser le statut des clandestins

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To regularise the statuts of illegal migrants

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Etre expulsé du pays

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To be ordered out of the country

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Fuir la persecution

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to flee persecution

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Est-ce une aubaine ou un fléau pour l'Europe ?

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Is it a boon or a bane for Europe ?

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Bien s'intégrer dans la société

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to integrate well into a society

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Echapper à la pauvreté

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To escape poverty

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Contrôle des frontières

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Border control

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La citoyenneté

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Citizenship

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Facteurs d'attractions

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Pull factors

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La politique d'immigration

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The immigration policy

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Un paradis

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A haven

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Risquer sa vie

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To risk one's life

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Entrer en masse

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To swarm into

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Arriver par vague

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To come in waves

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S'intégrer

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To become integrated into

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Fuir la persecution

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To flee persecution

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Etre une aubaine ou un fléau pour l'Europe

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Is it a boon or a bane for Europe

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Attiré(e) par une vie meilleure

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to be lured by a better life

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Etre refoulé à la frontière

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To be turned away at the border

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Camp de réfugié

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Refugee camp

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Un système de quota

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A quota system

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Quotas d'immigration

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Immigration quotas

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Refugié

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Refugee

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L'expulsion

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Deportation

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Mettre un frein à l'immigration

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To curb immigration

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A lorry

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Un poids-lourd / Un camion

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Un pion

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A pawn

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A peer

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Une paire / Un homologue

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A thread

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Un fil (un tuyau genre une aide je pense)

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Thoroughly

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Complètement / A fond / Sérieusement