Art 1 Flashcards

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Accroc/ le hic/ difficulté

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snag

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perspectives

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outlook

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Obstacle

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hurdle

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c’est prendre ses désirs pour des réalités

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it’s wishful thinking

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revirement/ volte-face/ demi-tour

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U-turn

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impasse/ situation sans issue

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catch-22 situation

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atout

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asset

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répercussions/ retombées

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knock-on effect

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jalon/ tournant

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milestone

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difficulté

être dans l’embarras

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quandary

to be in a quandary

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atout

carte maitresse

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trump card

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12
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une affaire

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case

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une question brûlante/ épineuse

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burning issue

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impasse/ enlisement

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stalemate

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15
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un exemple en la matière

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case in point

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manifester un intérêt de pure forme

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to pay lip service

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17
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se retourner contre

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to backfire on sby/stg

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ouvrir la voie

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to pave the way

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se permettre de ne pas être de cet avis

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to beg to differ

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20
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affronter/ faire face

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to come to grips

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larguer/ jeter par dessus bord

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to jettison

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22
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progresser

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to make headway

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23
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entreprendre/ se lancer dans

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to embark on

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mettre en oeuvre

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to implement

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frénésie/ battage médiatique
to hype
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se réconcilier/ réparer les pots cassés/ recoller les morceaux
to mend fences
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soutenir | sous-jacent
to underpin | to underly
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faire les frais
to bear the brunt
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tourmenter/ harceler
to plague
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un raz-de-marée (électoral
landslide
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une victoire écrasante
a landslide/ overwhelming victory
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un profond changement
a sea change
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lancer un projet
to launch a scheme
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être autonome
to be self-reliant
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to have a feedback
recevoir des commentaires
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litigieux
contentious controversial divisive
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dominant
mainstream
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débat passionné
heated/ fierce/ lively debate
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être aux antipodes
to be poles/worlds apart
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profondément enraciné
deeply ingrained | deeply rooted
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trouver un terrain d'entente
to find common ground
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élargir
to widen | to bridgen
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les nantis et les déshérités
the haves and the have-nots
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De deux maux il faut savoir choisir le moindre
You must choose se the lesser between two evils
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abandonner (une politique)
to scrap to get rid of (a policy) to jettison
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entrer en vigueur
to come into effect/ force
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malgré
in the teeth of
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s'associer/ se mêler
to merge
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cela n'a rien à voir
to be beside the point
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un actionnaire
a stake/shareholder
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faire monter la mise
to raise the stake
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ouvrir l'esprit
to broaden the mind
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par la même occasion
by the same token
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être une question prioritaire/secondaire
to be on the front/back burner
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au bord de/ sur le point de
on the brink of | on the hedge of
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pouvoirs décentralisés
devolved powers
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être médiatisé
to be hyped to be publicized to be given great media coverage
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s'attaquer au problème
to tackle an issue | to address an issue
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la guerre contre le terrorisme
a war on terror (GWB)
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frappes préventives
pre-emptive strikes
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une grande avancée dans
a breakthrough in
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DINKY
Double Income No kids = couple à deux revenus sans enfant
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YUPPY
Young Urban Professional = jeune cadre dynamique
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NIMBY/ Nymbyism
Not In My BackYard = opposant au projet
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avoir carte blanche
to be given free rein/ free hand/ carte blanche
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exercer beaucoup d'influence/ du pouvoir
to wield a lot of clout/ power
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une devise
a motto
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les mots à la mode
buzz words
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un jusqu'au-boutiste | un conservateur réactionnaire
a diehard
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invention
brainchild
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C'est écrit, les jeux sont fait | c'est imminent
to see the writing on the wall
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empêcher, ralentir le progrès
to hinder/ to hamper progress
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fusionner avec una entreprise
to merge with another company
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un choix au hasard, peu rigoureux
a haphazard choice
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imminent
impending/ looming
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accorder une subvention
to grant a subsidy
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être imperméable au danger/ placide
to be impervious to danger
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chercher ses mots pour formuler une réponse
to grope for an answer
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induire
to induce
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un lieu de débauche (un repaire)
a den of vice
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décorer
to emblazon (with)
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une victoire à la Pyrrhus (beaucoup de pertes pour le vainqueur)
a pyrrhic victory
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bagarre, se bagarrer
scuffle, to scuffle
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pugilat (bagarre avec des coups de poing)
a fistfight
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railler qn
to taunt sb (to make fun of)
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agresseur
an assailant (aggressor, attacker)
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chahut
bdham
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des accès de racisme
bouts of racism
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tache
stain
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changer de décision
to waver from a decision
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hésiter sur
to waver over
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couture
a seam
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arracher (a qn)
to wrest (from sb)
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détruire au bulldozer
to bulldoze sb
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optimiste
upbeat, optimistic