Art 1

Question 1

Accroc/ le hic/ difficulté

Answer 1

snag

Question 2

perspectives

Answer 2

outlook

Question 3

Obstacle

Answer 3

hurdle

Question 4

c’est prendre ses désirs pour des réalités

Answer 4

it’s wishful thinking

Question 5

revirement/ volte-face/ demi-tour

Answer 5

U-turn

Question 6

impasse/ situation sans issue

Answer 6

catch-22 situation

Question 7

atout

Answer 7

asset

Question 8

répercussions/ retombées

Answer 8

knock-on effect

Question 9

jalon/ tournant

Answer 9

milestone

Question 10

difficulté

être dans l’embarras

Answer 10

quandary

to be in a quandary

Question 11

atout

carte maitresse

Answer 11

trump card

Question 12

une affaire

Answer 12

case

Question 13

une question brûlante/ épineuse

Answer 13

burning issue

Question 14

impasse/ enlisement

Answer 14

stalemate

Question 15

un exemple en la matière

Answer 15

case in point

Question 16

manifester un intérêt de pure forme

Answer 16

to pay lip service

Question 17

se retourner contre

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to backfire on sby/stg

Question 18

ouvrir la voie

Answer 18

to pave the way

Question 19

se permettre de ne pas être de cet avis

Answer 19

to beg to differ

Question 20

affronter/ faire face

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to come to grips

Question 21

larguer/ jeter par dessus bord

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to jettison

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progresser

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to make headway

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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

Question 25

frénésie/ battage médiatique

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to hype

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se réconcilier/ réparer les pots cassés/ recoller les morceaux

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to mend fences

Question 27

soutenir

sous-jacent

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to underpin

to underly

Question 28

faire les frais

Answer 28

to bear the brunt

Question 29

tourmenter/ harceler

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to plague

Question 30

un raz-de-marée (électoral

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landslide

Question 31

une victoire écrasante

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a landslide/ overwhelming victory

Question 32

un profond changement

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a sea change

Question 33

lancer un projet

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to launch a scheme

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être autonome

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to be self-reliant

Question 35

to have a feedback

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recevoir des commentaires

Question 36

litigieux

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contentious
controversial
divisive

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dominant

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mainstream

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débat passionné

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heated/ fierce/ lively debate

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être aux antipodes

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to be poles/worlds apart

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profondément enraciné

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deeply ingrained

deeply rooted

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trouver un terrain d’entente

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to find common ground

Question 42

élargir

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to widen

to bridgen

Question 43

les nantis et les déshérités

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the haves and the have-nots

Question 44

De deux maux il faut savoir choisir le moindre

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You must choose se the lesser between two evils

Question 45

abandonner (une politique)

Answer 45

to scrap
to get rid of (a policy)
to jettison

Question 46

entrer en vigueur

Answer 46

to come into effect/ force

Question 47

malgré

Answer 47

in the teeth of

Question 48

s’associer/ se mêler

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to merge

Question 49

cela n’a rien à voir

Answer 49

to be beside the point

Question 50

un actionnaire

Answer 50

a stake/shareholder

Question 51

faire monter la mise

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to raise the stake

Question 52

ouvrir l’esprit

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to broaden the mind

Question 53

par la même occasion

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by the same token

Question 54

être une question prioritaire/secondaire

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to be on the front/back burner

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au bord de/ sur le point de

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on the brink of

on the hedge of

Question 56

pouvoirs décentralisés

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devolved powers

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être médiatisé

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to be hyped
to be publicized
to be given great media coverage

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s’attaquer au problème

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to tackle an issue

to address an issue

Question 59

la guerre contre le terrorisme

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a war on terror (GWB)

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frappes préventives

Answer 60

pre-emptive strikes

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une grande avancée dans

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a breakthrough in

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DINKY

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Double Income No kids = couple à deux revenus sans enfant

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YUPPY

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Young Urban Professional = jeune cadre dynamique

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NIMBY/ Nymbyism

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Not In My BackYard = opposant au projet

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avoir carte blanche

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to be given free rein/ free hand/ carte blanche

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exercer beaucoup d’influence/ du pouvoir

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to wield a lot of clout/ power

Question 67

une devise

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a motto

Question 68

les mots à la mode

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buzz words

Question 69

un jusqu’au-boutiste

un conservateur réactionnaire

Answer 69

a diehard

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invention

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brainchild

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C’est écrit, les jeux sont fait

c’est imminent

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to see the writing on the wall

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empêcher, ralentir le progrès

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to hinder/ to hamper progress

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fusionner avec una entreprise

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to merge with another company

Question 74

un choix au hasard, peu rigoureux

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a haphazard choice

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imminent

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impending/ looming

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accorder une subvention

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to grant a subsidy

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être imperméable au danger/ placide

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to be impervious to danger

Question 78

chercher ses mots pour formuler une réponse

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to grope for an answer

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induire

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to induce

Question 80

un lieu de débauche (un repaire)

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a den of vice

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décorer

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to emblazon (with)

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une victoire à la Pyrrhus (beaucoup de pertes pour le vainqueur)

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a pyrrhic victory

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bagarre, se bagarrer

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scuffle, to scuffle

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pugilat (bagarre avec des coups de poing)

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a fistfight

Question 85

railler qn

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to taunt sb (to make fun of)

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agresseur

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an assailant (aggressor, attacker)

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chahut

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bdham

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des accès de racisme

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bouts of racism

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tache

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stain

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changer de décision

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to waver from a decision

Question 91

hésiter sur

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to waver over

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couture

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a seam

Question 93

arracher (a qn)

Answer 93

to wrest (from sb)

Question 94

détruire au bulldozer

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to bulldoze sb

Question 95

optimiste

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upbeat, optimistic